Not so fast you two!

Both The Aged One and Captain Codpiece have spoken out to demand the repeal of the ban on off shore oil exploration in the US. After all Americans' God given right to cheap petrol trump the preservation of the planet. At least in the case of the Captain he's being consistent whereas TAO used to be against it!

Nonetheless the two of them shouldn't get carried away as, even if the ban were lifted tomorrow, there aren't enough drilling rigs to go around as it is and the situation won't improve for several years if at all.

Today in infamy - "isn't he manly?" edition

I know I'm a few hours early as Captain Codpiece didn't actually proclaim victory in Iraq until 2 May 2003 but whenever I see a picture of him looking so hot and virile in that flight suit I feel something stirring somewhere that I would rather not mention out loud (I think it's a sin)!

In any case, since our job was over nearly five years ago I can only assume that the 3919 Americans who have died in Iraq since then have all died in vain. So Captain Codpiece, your mission, and you have no choice but to accept it, is to explain that to the families of those 3919 brave Americans; none of whom were Bushes or Walkers.

Let's make a deal!

Captain Codpiece wants to go back to Texas. Most American citizens want Captain Codpiece to go back to Texas (if not further afield or to jail). Why wait ten months? Why doesn't he just go now and make the world a safer and more civil place?

There is only one caveat. He has to take his sidekick the undead "I'm a Big" Dick Cheney with him!

"Bush Is Too Horrendous to Be Forgotten"

For those of you who are interested Der Spiegel currently has an excellent interview with Philip Roth.

And only 681,102 minutes more than Nixon (or why Republicans can't do IT)!

Damn those incompetent IT folks. The White House seems to have "lost" 473 days of email archives during their critical lawbreaking period in 2003 - 2005. What a shame. I am sure that they are very sorry for their little mistake. Much of the missing data relates to communications from and to the offices of Captain Codpiece and "I'm a Big" Dick Cheney.

And don't even think about trying to blame the technical staff, OK?

In praise of New Jersey!

When have I said those words before? (OK - I don't think I've ever said those words before.) Nonetheless as the Garden State moves to eliminate the death penalty in the state I have nothing but praise. I can't see this happening in Pennsylvania anytime soon. They can't even deal with addressing the issue of guns.

Pants on fire

I really don't understand. The White House rarely, if ever, admits that the President has lied and this is especially true under Captain Codpiece. So why have they admitted that he lied about his knowledge of Iran less than 24 hours after the lie left his lips?

This wouldn't have happened in Texas

Some members of the legally elected Iraqi government don't understand why the unelected government of Iraq in Washington is holding up their executions. Perhaps Captain Codpiece thinks Iraq is already a state and therefore the Supreme Court ordered moratorium applies.

Dear Governor Romney,

I think we can all agree that abortion is nothing more than cold blooded murder. Therefore I feel that your stated support for jailing "abortionists" does not go far enough. Not only does your plan neglect to punish the instigator of the crime, the ex-mother who is surely guilty of filicide, but I also feel that imprisonment for other party is far too lenient a fate. As you and I both know the only effective deterrent is execution and none of this mamby pamby lethal injection rubbish either I think that they should either be burnt at the stake (something that your home state of Massachusetts is familiar with I am sure) or drawn and quartered.

I eagerly await your reply.

Yours in death for pro-life.

Yank in London