Sunday, January 27, 2008

Pre-Historical Back to the Future Whitewash

In the Washington Post today a pair of wingnut apologists in general and Bush apologist in particular, attempt to warn us that although Bush is a disaster now, things could change in the distant future.


Reaching for a Place in History



Sunday, January 27, 2008; Page B01

As President Bush prepares to deliver his last State of the Union address tomorrow night, a legion of pundits, politicians and, yes, historians is already assigning the 43rd president his final place in history. These commentators, and especially those who confidently assert that Bush is the "worst president in history," would do well to remember the British historian C.V. Wedgwood's observation: "History is written backward but lived forward. Those who know the end of the story can never know what it was like at the time." We all know -- or think we do -- what things are like in our union now, with an economy hitting a rough patch and a foreign war grinding on with no end in sight. But we don't know how the story will turn out.
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Well, gentlemen, it's gonna take a whole lot 'a spinnin indeed to turn Bush and his turdblossum [El Rove] into a say, Abe Lincoln, or that guy who chopped down the Cherry tree. Who was he now? oh yea, another George. But anyway, it is comforting to ponder future generations coming to understand and look back in wonderment of George Walker Bush; and they'll have the above video to study, admire and hopefully decipher what it all means.

Sunday Iraq Report

Anti-war.com
Sunday: 2 US Soldiers, 9 Iraqis Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded

At least nine Iraqis were killed and eight more were wounded during a light day of violence. Also, two American soldiers were killed. Meanwhile, Iraqi troops are on their way to Mosul for a major operation.

In northeastern Baghdad today, an IED killed a American soldier. Another U.S. soldier was killed during an IED bombing in Baghdad’s Kadhimiya district yesterday.

Updated at 6:20 p.m. EST, Jan. 27, 2008

At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded during a light day of violence. Also, two American soldiers were killed. Meanwhile, Iraqi troops are on their way to Mosul for a major operation.