Don't Hold Your Breath

Senator Harry Reid has called on bush and cheney to apologize for their aides alleged crimes. Don't hold your breath. These are not the kind of guys who know the meaning of the word apologize. Let's see, so far no apologies for lying about WMD's, no apologies for poorly equipping American soldiers in Iraq, no apologies for letting people experience the wonder of living on their roofs for five days in New Orleans, no apologies for ignoring 9-11 warnings, and no apologies for screwing America's underclass in favor of the tax cuts for the rich.

Bill Maher had a great comment on his HBO show the other night. He was wondering why bush and cheney did not just call in their staffs to a big conference room and ask who leaked the information on Valerie Plame to the press. Wouldn't that have saved lots of time and money? Well, I think the reason they didn't do this was because they both already knew who did it and probably gave their blessings.

bush and cheney are independent oilmen at heart. They are used to risk. They drill a well and hit it big. They drill a dry hole and they walk away to roll the dice again. Problem is, they are killing lots of people along the way, both Americans and Iraqis.

My buddy Rodger Beimer called this morning to read the latest bumper sticker art to me. It said that "bush makes Nixon look good". That is an understatement.