I'm sorry, what?

So I think perhaps there is an underground democratic conspiracy to poison the decanted bourbon of the elite republicans, turning them slowly senile.

Or McCain and Bush have been partying together. Daily. Huffing Glade.

President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'

"The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."

He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.

Mr Bush, whose second and final term as President ends at the end of the year, then left the meeting at the Windsor Hotel in Hokkaido where the leaders of the world's richest nations had been discussing new targets to cut carbon emissions."

Reuters

But you know, that's only HALF the disturbing part of the article.

In the White House press pack, someone called the Italian prime minister the
"most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for government corruption and vice". Have we suddenly taken a hard stance against Italy? Is there a secret cold war, with imminent threat to our supply of cured meats, race cars, and buffalo mozzerella?

"The White House apologised for what it called "sloppy work" and said an official had simply lifted the characterisation from the internet without reading it."



So first of all, yes, Berlusconi is a bona fide bad guy. So I think its funny, and if the insult means I have to use Kraft mozzerella for a while, I'll deal.

But THAT's your excuse? One of my staffers plagiarized it from the Internet, DIDN'T READ IT, and then none of the 20 people who handle that press packet before it goes to the public caught it.

It gives one the impression that somewhere in the White House, there is room of sixth graders putting together Social Studies reports, which the staffers grab whenever they would rather go drinking. Next on the docket: England still owns Australia! And Canada!

In other news (not another Jesse Jackson link)

I iz on ur internetz, cutting off ur ballz