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April 14, 2008
On this glorious Monday, First Tiger, Then Rummy, Then YOU!
FIRST, I read a sports column Saturday night that all but predicted a Tiger Woods’ triumphant comeback on the final day of the Masters. The author seemed as certain of his prediction as Vice President Cheney was when he told Tim Russert that Iraqis would greet us as liberators, this despite the fact that Tiger has never won a major tournament when he’s trailed heading into the final round. So much for both predictions…
SECOND, speaking of Iraq, do you think Donald Rumsfeld ever wakes up and thinks, “My God, what did I do?” Do world leaders ever have (and admit to) such intellectual renaissances (after they’ve made incredibly controversial decisions)? A few years ago, the current President Bush certainly struggled when NBC’s David Gregory asked him if he had made any mistakes as president. I don’t know if Bush ever actually came up with one. (I’ll give him three: (1) out of control spending, (2) the Iraq war; (3) the nomination of Harriet Miers (if you haven't read that entry, you should; it's a keeper!).) Rumsfeld cannot possibly think he did a great job as Defense Secretary, can he? If we had committed the resources to winning the Iraq war from the beginning, who knows; maybe we only would have 10,000 peacekeeping soldiers stationed over there today. But that’s not what happened because we tried to win the war on the cheap, and Donald Rumsfeld is largely responsible for why we tried to win the war that way. I wonder if he ever regrets his actions. I certainly wouldn’t want to be him on certain nights when he has to deal with the nightmares that he undoubtedly has. (It also would be awful to wake up in the morning and look down and see an old man’s peter instead of my own.)
THIRD, it’s hard to believe, but in fewer than three weeks, the Thinking Fool will be three years old. Do you have a favorite entry or two or three or four? If so, email me and let me know. I want to compile a “Best of Thinking Fool” list and it’d be nice to get your input. A lot more of you visit than comment each day, so it’d be good to hear from as many people as possible. (It’s often hard for me to gauge what people like and don’t like.) I won’t share your name or email address with anyone if you’re worried about that. My email is ThinkingFool at gmail dot com. Oh, and it should go without saying that I appreciate every reader I have, except you, President Carter. I wish you’d stop coming around here, though if reading my stupid blog would keep you from meddling in world affairs, then grab a cocktail, kick your feet up, get your lovely wife some kneepads, and enjoy. Was he a disaster as governor too, or did he only start sucking once he became president and continue on sucking more and more as an ex-president?
Comments
When they are as singleminded and incapable of perceiving issues from various perspectives as Bush, Rummy and company, then no, I don't think they ever feel any speck of regret for the mind-numbingly stupid things they've done.
Posted by: Harmless Error at April 15, 2008 09:33 PM
Congratulations on the upcoming third b-day. My favorite are the ones with your commentary on various political scandals over the years.
Posted by: ming the merciless at April 18, 2008 09:15 AM
