“The … Brrrrrrrritish Gov… Gov .. Gov-erment has learned … that Saddam Hu … Hu … Hu …  OH FUCK IT! I’M JUST GOING HOME!

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The Jon Swift Memorial Roundup 2010.

Madkane on Christine O’Donnell: Not A Witch, But Possibly A Jailbird.

Recommended Reading Links, at BartCopE!

“NOW, IF THE IOC APPROVES THE NEW SPORT OF ‘GOP ASS-KICKIN,’ THAT’S THE SUREST WAY TO PROMOTE WORLD PEACE AND THE TRUE OLYMPIC SPIRIT.”

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Chicago-based BuzzFlash on the downside of a Chicago Olympics.

Lisa Casey on some “deja vu all over again” politics.

John Amato at Crooks & Liars on the cost of the wars vs. health care.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week.

“THERE IS ONE ‘KNOWN’ I REALLY KNOW: BOB McNAMARA NOT ONLY LEFT ME HIS LEGACY OF MILITARY STRATEGY, BUT ALSO BEQUEATHED ME HIS COMPLETELY FOGGED-UP WIRE-RIMMED GLASSES – THROUGH WHICH I COULDN’T EVEN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MY ASS AND MY ELBOW.”

“ALTHOUGH HIS ADMINISTRATION LASTED JUST ONE SHORT MONTH, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON DECEIVED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, CLAIMING THAT SHAWNEE CHIEF TECUMSEH WAS TRYING TO ACQUIRE YELLOW CORN … FROM AFRICA.”

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Staying on topic, MYDD on the Presidential rankings: William Henry Harrison was robbed!

Obama’s Choice: FDR’s First 100 Days or Lincoln’s Team of Rivals – by Mark Karlin of BuzzFlash.

Speaking of ex-Presidents, William Jefferson Clinton speaks out on the Economic Crisis – at One Good Move.

Lisa Casey with more on the Blago/Burris Insanity.

Juan Cole: Iraq Funding Ponzi Scheme Bigger than Madoff’s.

“IT’S REALLY NO SURPRISE – I’M SIMPLY AWARDING TO MYSELF THE ‘ABSENTEE VOTES’ OF THE MILLIONS OF IRAQIS WHO HAD TO FLEE AFTER OUR INVASION.”

“WE ONLY ALLOW REAL COWBOYS TO RIDE INTO US, NOT SWAGGERING IDIOTS WHO START UNNECESSARY WARS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Lisa Casey on the further limitations of the fake cowboy.

The Daily Show’s Changefest ’09  – at One Good Move.

Juan Cole on Obama’s Pledge to Withdraw from Iraq and the Iraqi Reality.

“WE OPEN WITH A SCENE DURING THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. AL GORE HITS HIS HEAD ON A LOCKBOX, LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THEN EXPERIENCES AN EIGHT-YEAR NIGHTMARE OF UNJUSTIFIED WAR, LAWLESSNESS, AND ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION. HEY, IT WORKED IN DALLAS, AND THAT’S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THIS WHOLE FIASCO STARTED ANYWAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, A SIMPLE SHOWER WON’T WASH AWAY THE STENCH OF THIS ONE.”

“AND SO, MY FELLOW AMERICANS, MY PARTING ADVICE IS TO KEEP LOOKING FOR ENTANGLING ALLIANCES, SO WE CAN PERPETUATE THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.”

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More well-deserved BushBash :

BuzzFlash Commentary on the Farewell from Christine Bowman and P.M. Carpenter.

Lisa Casey asks: Who says W doesn’t inspire a ‘Love Story’?

Dan Kurtzman with The 25 Dumbest Quotes From the Bush Years.

The Colbert Report’s The Last Bush Effigy, at One Good Move.