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Keith Olbermann: Bush Owes Us An Apology

Of course, we won't get it. He probably doesn't even apologize do Laura for being a three-hump chump in the sack.

An excerpt, from the crux of the piece:

In four simple words last Friday, the President brought into sharp focus what has been only vaguely clear these past five-and-a-half years - the way the terrain at night is perceptible only during an angry flash of lightning, and then, a second later, all again is dark.

“It's unacceptable to think," he said.

It is never unacceptable to think.

And when a President says thinking is unacceptable, even on one topic, even in the heat of the moment, even in the turning of a phrase extracted from its context, he takes us toward a new and fearful path -- one heretofore the realm of science fiction authors and apocalyptic visionaries.

That flash of lightning freezes at the distant horizon, and we can just make out a world in which authority can actually suggest it has become unacceptable to think.

Seriously, can we impeach this asshat yet? Unfortunately, a citizen cannot initiate impeachment proceedings, unless it's by crafting such a compelling letter to one's Representative (and, later, their Senator) that they will do so on behalf of their constituency. [A good precis on impeachment.]

In a slightly different vein, but repeating the same refrain as has been previously bandied about, Razerwolfe's summation of the current Islamo/Catholic pissing match.

Pope "Eggs" Benedict: This guy, six hundred years ago, said some critical things about religion & violence and happened to mention Mohammed. I'm not saying that Islamists are violent asshats, I'm saying "violence isn't a good way to spread religion."
Islamist Nutjobs: *react like violent asshats and go 'splody*
Media: *inexplicably side with nutjobs*
The Vatican: *facepalm*

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