A solution to outsourcing

On Friday, Dan Froomkin had this to say about Bush's deal with India. The gist: very, very bad idea to allow India free reign to build as many nukes as they want. I can't help but agree. You can't help but wonder, though--what's the reason for this sweetheart deal for India? Froomkin suggests it's the desire for positive headlines. I propose a different possibility: he intends to solve the problems of outsourcing to India and terrorists in Pakistan by provoking a regional nuclear war. Sound crazy? Sure, but so was invading Iraq in response to 9/11.

Chertoff on Meet the Press

Russert interviews Chertoff on Meet the Press:
RUSSERT: You guys really blew it, didn't you?
CHERTOFF: Tim, I think we're doing a fine job. Now is not the time to talk about who's to blame. When this is all over, then we can talk about it. By the way, the blame rests with the state and local authorities.

Dereliction of duty

Over at Editor and Publisher Ed Mitchell is calling Bush's inaction "dereliction of duty". Earlier I had been thinking criminal negligence, but I think his label is more correct. Let the impeachment proceedings begin.

The Fall of an Administration

It's now glaringly obvious to everyone in the US (and the rest of the world) that our leaders are incompetent and generally indifferent. Hell, even the Washington Times is saying it. My prediction (or maybe just hope) is that the political career of every member of the administration will be finished by this disaster. Bush, if he really loves his country, will have to resign. Cheney, well, I'm not convinced he's still alive. And if Condi Rice had aspirations to elected office, I'd say she finished off her chances on Wednesday. Oh, right, probably Chertoff too. In my wildest dreams, Bill Frist for going ahead with business as usual in the Senate.

Two predictions: first, we'll be pulling out of Iraq in the next year. The opportunity cost is now way too high to ignore. Second, President Denny Hastert in the next 5 months.

Whole lotta doom going on--Rove edition

There's some absolutely terrific Doom in the news these days, enough almost to make up for Bush's win back in November. What would truly make up for it would be impeachment proceedings against both Bush and Cheney. One can hope. However, according to the Constitution, criminal proceedings are an option even if Congress won't impeach.

Americablog has an interesting post on the Plame affair. They note that outing Valerie Wilson by her maiden name allowed anyone paying attention to find her front company, hotel reservations in foreign countries, etc. This would have been more difficult if Novak had referred to her as Valerie Wilson. To me that indicates that destroying her career was as much the point of the operation as discrediting Joe Wilson.

Plenty more Doom to follow, I'm sure...

Garrison Keillor is an agent of the Radical Left

I'd like to thank Discover the Network for this bit of insight. But of course, it makes sense. He is on public radio, after all.

Leviathan arises

The Bam earthquake in Iran occurred on December 26, 2003, at 01:56:52 UTC.

A year is 365 days and about 8 hours, and this year was a leap year, so these two events were spaced apart by a year and about 17 hours.

Nate and I have some theories on this coincidence. His theory is that some sort of massive object in space is affecting the Earth at this point in its orbit. Mine is that one earthquake released Behemoth, and the other Leviathan (or the Kraken, if you prefer).

Either way, we're taking it as an indication of DOOM SOON.