The Dusty Dog

No Shit Sherlock and OH GOD!

Rolling Stone magazine, and author Sean Wilentz have provided a profile of the dubya cockroach, The Worst President in History?

George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace. Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be little the administration can do to avoid being ranked on the lowest tier of U.S. presidents. And that may be the best-case scenario. Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history.

This article is being circulating around the internets (sorry, I couldn't help myself) these last few days cuz it's so on the money. Those of us who blog and read blogs and follow the horrific politics of this present administration have already come to this conclusion. Hell, we knew it was going to ring true before dubya even took the reigns (sorry, I couldn't help myself again). It was a predictable train wreck. More from Rolling Stone:

Bush, however, is one of the rarities in presidential history: He has not only stumbled badly in every one of these key areas, he has also displayed a weakness common among the greatest presidential failures -- an unswerving adherence to a simplistic ideology that abjures deviation from dogma as heresy, thus preventing any pragmatic adjustment to changing realities. Repeatedly, Bush has undone himself, a failing revealed in each major area of presidential performance.

The article goes on to articulate the specifics of this neocon nightmare. Or, shall I say, "this American nightmare?" Nah, neither. This administration is a global nightmare. It's that bad. And, it's only getting worse.

In anticipation of a possible nuclear strike against Iran, this den of thieves and liars is planning a test in the Nevada desert the first week of June, 2006. Defense News has the story. This ain't no conventional test.

The U.S. military plans to detonate a 700 ton explosive charge in a test called “Divine Strake” that will send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas, a senior defense official said March 30.

And, let's not think that people aren't concerned. This from My Way News:

No elected officials responded to the notice until Thursday, Morgan said. The test site is not required to seek public comment, he said.

"Given the level of contamination in areas where nuclear tests were conducted, I have real concerns about the dust and other pollutants that will be released into the air as a result of this explosion," said U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley.

Disarmament activist Pete Litster said tests at the site violate international law. Litster, executive director of the Shundahai Network, said the site belongs to the Western Shoshone Indian tribe.

It will be a blast of 700 tons of explosives so that the military industrial complex (Carlyle Group???) can calculate how much nuclear material would be needed to recreate the damage of 700 tons of explosives. You see, we don't have the technology to carry a bomb weighing 700 tons. It's just not possible. So, we need to scale down the weight of the bomb, using nuclear material so it will be able to be flown in and dropped onto some Iranian nuclear plant. Oh god, I just hope that if we get that far, the pilot refuses. Just flat out refuses. It would be our only hope. But, if we get that far, praying will be our next only option.

Is that it? Are they planning to bring on the Apocalypse, whereby everyone would now be praying? Is that how they plan to convert the masses to religion, and specifically their warped sense of Christianity? Isn't this the equivalent of the Islamist concept of paradise and virgins? I dunno, but I sure see the similarity.



Credit is due for the mushroom cloud artwork - The Hiroshima Special Exhibit

posted by Dusty Dog at 4/20/2006