The Bright Side Of Life

Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week nearly one quarter of the British forces deployed in Iraq will be leaving by May, and promised even more would be decommissioned from the war-torn former nation by the end of the year.

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I Pity The Fool

George W. Bush sputtered out his infamous mangling of the old “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” saying back in September 2002, when his administration was feverishly spinning suspect intelligence, outright lies, and frightening innuendo to garner public support for its ill-fated adventure in Iraq.

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