The media, again, asks the wrong question

Demand that Rumsfeld resign? Sure, but the real question is, "When did Bush know? Why didn't he do anything?"

After days of resisting apologizing for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, President Bush finally "expressed his regrets in the White House Rose Garden at the side of King Abdullah II of Jordan after they met in the Oval Office," saying, "I told him I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by Iraqi prisoners and the humiliation suffered by their families." According to the WP, aides had advised the president to apologize the day before in televised appearances on Arabic news channels. Senior officials were puzzled when he did not and had to push "for him to say he was sorry during his news conference with Abdullah."

Tip for dealing with me at work.

When you say to me some big crazy suggestion and my entire response is to say, "Noted." please remember: You can't spell "noted" without "no".

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"My first time renting a car in the UK, I was a little surprised at how long it took to get up to 100 on the motorway and was thinking disparaging remarks about this shitbox Escort. And then I realized that in the UK they still use miles."

-- Paul Tomblin