At least it beats Ugg boots

"I know this is a trying time for our military spouses (because really, only married people matter)," Bush said at a Joint Armed Forces Officer Wives' luncheon at Bolling Air Force Base. "We've lost some of our nation's finest men and women in the war on terror(, which Iraq had nothing to do with until I got all war-happy and decided to invade it)."

"And the best way to honor the sacrifice of our fallen troops is to (kill more of them,) complete the mission and lay the foundation of peace by spreading freedom (with tanks and torture)," he said. ...

Bush sought to emphasize Iraq's progress in a second event of the day, appearing in the Oval Office beside Massoud Barzani, the president of the autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq. The two stood to offer reporters and photographers a view of Barzani's traditional Kurdish outfit–a khaki jacket tucked into matching, loosely pleated pants adorned by a knotted sash at his waist and a red-and-white headdress.

"It wasn't all that long ago if he had of worn this outfit and was captured by Saddam Hussein's thugs he would have been killed for wearing it," Bush said. "He feels comfortable wearing it here because we're a free land. He feels comfortable wearing it in his home country because Iraq is free."

So, is this the latest rationale for war? Two thousand Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have died to date for the sake of fashion? Oh, well, I feel much, much better now. At least the survivors can be comfortable and the corpses can be well-dressed. Fucking moron.

Speaking of, no wonder dear old Dick Cheney has been clocking in a lot of time at the undisclosed location as of late–apparently the CIA leak investigation has turned Veepward. And as for Mr. Libby, never mind the potential federal perjury charges and whatnot–how much would it suck to have the entire country know you as "Scooter?" I hope we get some indictments soon, so maybe, just maybe, someone will start calling this "Scootergate." Because that would rule. Though good luck to Karl, Scooter and the gang in getting mugshots anywhere near as smug-son-of-a-bitchin' snappy as Tom DeLay's. Especially with Rove flashing his brights at reporters all the time. Does Rove even show up on conventional film, or would they need one of those special thermal evil spirit detectors?

We had a political editor from NPR as a guest speaker in one of my classes today, and he said his theory is that Cheney will resign by midterm election time so Condi Rice can get the No. 2 spot in preparation for a 2008 run. Now that's freakin' scary to think about. He also said he thinks the tide has shifted decisively in the last week and Miers won't be confirmed, due in large part to incurring the wrath of Sen. Arlen Specter with that whole Griswold v. Connecticutuit debacle. Whadya know, Dubya, apparently that's what happens when you nominate a woman so any criticism is deemed sexist, and nominate one of your administration insiders so you don't have to give up any information on her whatsoever.

This NPR editor also said employers in the political journalism field are hesitant to hire young women because so many leave within a few years to raise families. Could it be that hating children and being someone no one will ever love will actually be selling points for me in job interviews? Rock.

Oh, and to the "Campuses Against Cancer" people who were out on Library Mall last week: Which campuses are for cancer? None seem to print that in their recruiting literature, and I'd like to know just in case I ever go completely insane and consider grad school.