more shoutbacks

to "stay the course" say "which course? diplomacy failure, intelligence failure, strategy failure, or policy failure?"

to "cut'n'run" say "cut brush!" that and golf are the only activities i know of that bush hasn't proved incompetent at.

speaking of which, try this all-purpose shout: "admincompetent!"

to "fight'em there so we don't have to fight'em here" say "right! fight on their home ground, not on terrain we know."

to "they hate us because they hate our freedom" say "why single out freedom? they hate everything about us...now!"

miscellaneous response: "are you the guy who 2 years ago told me it was a liberation, not an occupation?"

another: say "iraqis are worse off now than under saddam." if they challenge that with "are you saying we shouldn't have removed saddam?" say "do i hear an echo?" or "now that you mention it...."

to those who gushily praise king georgie, say "how big was your tax cut?" if they actually answer, say "so that's the price of loyalty" or "you sure sell yourself [or "your vote"] cheap."

alternate response: "we're not exactly role models. what's in YOUR wallet?" [sorry for the plagiarism, but i don't recall the name of the card.]

next time boss bush holds one of his selected audience events, comment to anybody within earshot "magic theatre. price of admission: your mind." [thanx, hermann.]

remember when gwb said "i have no war plans on my desk"? it was the equivalent of lbj's "no wider war." but in the sainted imperator's case, it turned out to be true! not only on his desk: no plan nowhere.

but we've got the wider war. iraq now extends from gaza to north korea. and intermittently to various parts of europe.

i just noticed if you run together "condi" and "diplomacy" you get "condiplomacy" which divides into "con diplomacy."

speaking of whom/which, i just heard doctorice say she was talking about "days, not weeks." so, in just 5.5 short years, we've gone from "months, not years" to "weeks, not months" to where we are now. which is where? connecting dots again? or dribbling spit on our crossword?

[want to keep the list going? suggestions welcome. click on "comments." anon ok. non-anon too. just leave al-anon out of it. or is bush off the wagon? i don't think he needs drink: he's got al qaeda to keep him pissing his pants.]