Friday, August 01, 2008

The War of Words (and links)

In our sound bite politics, words can be used as narratives. And when a "narrative" is set in a "stubborn/steadfast" (depending on your angle) man's mind, he'll never be for the word he was against. Now I'm not talking about Our War on a the noun Terror. A more appropriate example is the worst president in history's recent "agreement" with the Iraqi government on "joint aspirational time horizons" as opposed to a "timeline" for Our "withdrawal" from the "quagmire" in Iraq. It is nice to hear that they may be finally coming up with an "exit strategy", like the ones the son of a bush Used to go on and on about. The "decider" also came out recently to say that there is "progress" in Iraq, but it's different than the "progress" in Iraq last year or the "progress" from two years ago. That "progress" meant we had to stay. This "progress" means the failure-in-chief can "reduce" the troops' tours of duty from the 15 months He increased them to, back down to a year. This "raise the price and hold a sale" "ideology" isn't only for the White House spin on easing the burden they've put on Our troops. Turns out it works for gas prices, too. Huzzah! Gas might be down to $3.50 a gallon by Labor Day (just a buck more than it was 2 years ago)!!!!

Words can make campaign coverage "spin", too. A quote, completely taken out of context, can be used by the media to discuss buzzwords like "presumptuous" or "arrogance". A quick word about "arrogance", well actually, there are a few... "Bring 'Em On" "You're either with us or you're against us" "mission accomplished" "God wants me to run for President". And was it "presumptuous" for "I don't have the temperment or the mental capacity (click that one!) to be president" johnny to tour Iraq and the "Middle East", or Columbia and Mexico, as a candidate for president? Or is it only presumptuous if the trip goes incredibly well? Elitist is another funny word. Referring to the actions of one social class towards another, it's usually based on income, which may be illustrated by a candidate's $520 loafers. Quite often in politics, though, it's based on intelligence. You know, if you use big words, and stuff like that, you're an "elitist". And speaking of the "elite", doesn't comparing multi-millionaire heiress paris hilton to multi-millionaire heiress cindy mccain make a hell of a lot more sense than comparing her to Barack Obama?

A word currently trying the nerves of the treasonous she-devil "turd blossom" is "contempt", specifically, Contempt of Congress. The House Judiciary committee voted to send Contempt of Congress charges against karl rove to the full House of Representatives for a vote. The charges stem from rover's refusal to testify before Congress about his involvement in the political hiring and firing (that's not allowed) at the "Justice" (There's a word that seems to have lost some power over the last eight years) Department and for his possible pressing of the investigation of Alabama's former governor based on his party affiliation.

Who knows why rover and miers and bolton and dick and junior have repeatedly refused to testify, under oath, and in public, even when a word like "contempt" is hanging over their heads. Maybe it's because they're afraid of another word... "Indictment". Indictment took another red "law maker" recently. A leader in the gop, an avid avenger for oil, and a "bridge to nowhere" enthusiast, senator ted stevens was indicted on corruption charges. Another fallen in disgrace. Don't worry though, ya old "series of tubes" chum, no one in Washington seems to care about words like "accountability" or "responsibility" any more, anyway. You can add "honor" and "integrity" to that list, as well.

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