My Sick Mind

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney is assuming the powers of the presidency for the second time in five years while President Bush undergoes a medical procedure. Bush planned to hand over authority to Cheney on Saturday before the president goes under anesthesia to receive a routine colonoscopy — a test to look for potential cancer . I'm a little pressed for time this morning, so maybe you're better off making your own jokes. Here are the circumstances: 1 - A president who bears a striking resemblance to a pertinent body part. 2 - An equally (or perhaps moreso) striking resemblance to the Vice President. 3 - A doctor with his finger up Bush's ass. 4 - Cheney in the Oval Office. 5 - Names like Bush and Dick are involved. Ready? Go.

There is a mini shit storm going on over at Pam’s place. The comments box is all assed-up over the war and what President Dubya is doing. Here’s my two cents. This is from today’s Philadelphia Inquirer : WASHINGTON - The debate over sending more U.S. troops to Iraq intensified yesterday [Wednesday] as President Bush signaled that he will listen but not necessarily defer to balky military officers, and Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, his top Middle East commander and a leading skeptic of a so-called surge, announced his retirement. At an end-of-the-year news conference, Bush said he agreed with generals "that there's got to be a specific mission that can be accomplished" before he decides to dispatch an additional 15,000 to 30,000 troops to the war zone. But he declined to repeat his usual formulation that he will heed his commanders when it comes to troop levels. And… Bush has traditionally paid public deference to the generals. At a news conference in July, for instance,...