Five years into the Bush administration, and four years into the ‘war on terror’, and three years into the war in Iraq, the country is broke, terrorism is on the rise, and the Mess o’ Potamia is worse than ever. Meanwhile, the country has become so overrun by religious nutjobs that NBC is airing exorcisms in primetime:
The number of “significant attacks” grew to about 651 last year, from 208 in 2003, according to statistics released by the National Counterterrorism Center. The 2004 total includes 201 attacks in Iraq.
Knight-Ridder
“I think we’re definitely winning. I think we’ve been winning for some time,” said Gen. Richard Myers.
His civilian boss, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, took a more circumspect view of the situation. The outcome of the war is up to the Iraqis.
“Winning or losing is not the issue for ‘we,’ in my view, in the traditional conventional context of using the word winning and losing and of war,” Rumsfeld said Tuesday at a news conference. “The people that are going to defeat that insurgency are going to be the Iraqis.”
Moonie Wire Service
The country is indeed going to hell in a bucket. And I am not enjoying the ride. Maybe it’s time we had an exorcism to rid us of this evil administration.
I was so beat I laid down to sleep but ended up half-listening to the exorcism story. The snake handling story was better just because of the folksy settings.
I’m CERTAIN it was a coincidence that that particular Dateline — all about religious exorcisms and faith healers and Bible Belt snake handlers — was followed by the new series, “Revelations.”
Oh. One more thing:
Tomorrow night, instead of exorcisms, we’re going to get the devil himself:
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Bush would have a 10- to 12-minute statement before taking questions. The news conference is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT Thursday in the East Room.
Bush held his last news conference on March 16. White House advisers are trying to have him hold the sessions on a monthly basis, far more frequently than in his first term. link
sixth news conference since his election in November (2000?)?
Shit, Gannon was at his last press conference. Are they counting his chit-chats at the ranch?
Dang… I like the word “attempt” to meet with reporters. Even Putin gets out more than this guy.
As for exorcisms, perhaps Carnacki would be more interested in this, but here in Romania they used to show them every Sunday on television.
Mighty creepy… mighty creepy indeed.
My country does need an exorcism and quickly. The seething frustration and hate and anger is taking over the kind and generous spirit it once had.
Pax
Dylan says it best: “There’s a Hard Rain, a Gonna Fall”