Mission Accomplished???

So I have seen two stories in the news over the last two days that have caused me a great deal of consternation.
actually, they pissed me off.

1) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6434-2005Jan13.html

This is the one that gets me. After all the posturing, PR work and tons of media clips about how WMD's were a "immediate threat" and the fear-mongering of our government to convince us that we were mere minutes away from biological disaster, the search for anything ended quietly and with a resounding thud -- there was nothing there to start with.
Where was the landing on the aircraft carrier to announce this one?

2) http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/bush.regrets.ap/index.html
I think this might be my favorite, "sometimes words have consequences" um, hello? of COURSE they have consequences, and they are even higher when you are the president of the united states of america. i mean come on. what really gets me -- is 3 months after the election and all the posturing that this man did for months on end about how he had no regrets about his actions (or his words for that matter) he comes out and finally says --
**slow, texas drawl**
yep, i mighta made a mistake or two.

Gosh you think? But he held the line long enough to get elected before admitting to any wrongdoing or lack of judgment.


And the machine is in full spin again. Already before the "election" in Iraq, we are now being told that the numbers won't mean much -- and we should not put that much emphasis on them. After being told for months at a time that democracy is the saving grace of the people in Iraq -- (don't forget: 10 MILLION people voted in Afghanistan -- including women, see democracy works -- now pass the hookah). And now the administration is faced with a total 180 degree flip.
No it is not the election results, it is what we will do AFTER the election. Really? We? after the election? so more of our men and women can face daily danger in a war that the administration has finally had to admit had no BASIS IN FACT???

Unreal.
I have started reading the news every day with just this total numbness -- a complete resignation that the next four years are going to be a continuing downward spiral into more deception, aggressive posturing & lunacy.

Dumbfounding really. How this man managed to get elected just boggles the brain.
At least mine.
And I now live in a RED state.
Go figure.