Cheney Is A Dick

Cheney showed up to a memorial marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz yesterday looking like the unfeeling bastard he is. There are plenty of articles in the press expressing the same opinion, but this Washington Monthly article shows a great image of him today in proper attire. So he obviously had the tasteful clothes with him ... he just chose not to wear them. It's also important to note what he wore to the Inauguration in comparatively cold weather.

On the evening of January 19th is was 23°F in Washington and Cheney wore this:


On January 20th (Inauguration day) is was 32°F in Washington and Cheney wore this:


On January 27th it was 15°F-20°F in Auschwitz and Dick wore this:

A (Disposable) Kodak Moment

I've been looking for an image of this for a while and finally found one. While watching the inaugeration last week I could have sworn I saw Jeb Bush snapping pictures with a disposable camera. You gotta love this family.

Best Way to Enjoy Cookies and Beverage

This thing kicks ass. Mocha has tons of amazing stuff to make you feel hip while eating and/or drinking.

Best ... Parking Job ... Ever!

Strange photo gallery showing off the amazing ability of tiny Japanese people to fit tiny Japanese cars into tiny Japanese parking spaces.

Secret Wars: Starring William Boykin as Captain America

So Rumsfeld has his own secret special ops force called the Strategic Support Branch. And it's paid for with "reprogrammed" tax dollars. And it's been operating for 2 years without the knowledge of Congress. So what? Times of war call for certain sacrifices in liberty and freedom*.

So who's great idea was this secret army? None other than Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, who was once in charge of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Great. So we know he has a spotless track record. What? We still haven't found bin Laden. Oh, well. I'm sure he tried hard. And prayed a lot. If his name sounds familiar it's because he's a total lunatic. Boykin is a self described evangelical Christian who is credited with such brilliant insights to the 2000 election as this: "Why is this man [Bush] in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. He's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this [referring to 9/11]." When speaking about the War on Terror, Boykin said it was shortsighted to think bin Laden and Saddam are our enemies. "Our enemy is a spiritual enemy because we are a nation of believers. . . His name is Satan." He also declared that the War on Terror can only be won "if we come at them in the name of Jesus." These quotes along with a lot of other scary stuff about this guy can be found here.

*Bush mentioned "freedom" and "liberty" 27 and 15 times respectively in his inaugural speech last week. Mentions of secret-taxpayer-funded-spy operations: zero.

Robots To Kill People In Iraq

The Army is preparing to send 18 remote-controlled robotic warriors called SWORDS to fight in Iraq beginning in March or April. It looks kinda' like that lovable robot from Short Circuit except it has a M16, the 240, 249 or 50-caliber machine guns, or the M202 -A1 with a 6mm rocket launcher mounted on it ... and it can shoot you from 450 yards away. This can only be good, right? Right?

The Inauguration: Brought to You By Cadillac

Yesterday, on the Today Show, as the first shots of W's motorcade came through, Matt Lauer paused during his voice-over to plug the new uber-Cadillac the President was riding in. I'm trying to track down the transcript but he said something like: "And GM wouldn't want us to go any further without mentioning the new Cadillac the President is riding in." It seemed creapily like a product placement ad for the new Cadillac model due out in ... who cares when?

Pimp My Ride:
MSNBC has article about it here. The quote from GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner is great: "General Motors and Cadillac are proud to write this latest chapter in American automotive history."
To really show your partrotism, you can purchase a highly detailed replica of the vehicle here. It comes complete with real carpeting in the trunk and is on sale from an original $39.99 way down to $34.99. Get two.