THE FATE OF AMERICA IS AT HAND AND OBAMA SAYS "HOLLA IF YA NEED ME DOG"

What a profound failure to display leadership at a time when a leader is needed. What better test of how a presidential candidate is going to deal with a crisis than to present them with an actual crisis? And what does Obama do? He states that he'll return if needed. Instead, he intends to spend his days studying up for a foreign policy debate while his counterpart, McCain, is poised to help push through the most important governmental measure of our lifetime. And to cover for his own ineptitude, he has the "audacity" to call McCain's actions a political stunt.

Obama! You're still a Senator. And although you've never really done anything in that capacity, you are being paid a lot of money from taxpayers to be doing something. And you don't even have the common decency to pretend like you're working? You're a joke. An absolute joke. It's obvious you're not needed Obama. No one expects you to help solve this problem. Point of fact, you and the Democrats caused the damn problem. So keep your water baby head tilting, shit-eating grinning, Veggie Burger Hill fighting, self away. Dereliction of duty fits you best

UPDATE: President Bush has issued an invitation to Obama to return to Washington (Has Obama ever even been there?) to discuss the financial crisis. Obama has accepted. Not sure why. His initial decision not to return should tell anyone who is interested that he has nothing of substance to offer.

BUSH DIDN'T LIE ABOUT IRAQ: AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST

The Washington Post of all outlets is saying that Bush didn't lie about Iraq. Of course, there is a major political party attracting votes for lying about lying. So don't expect the mainstream media to take this angle.

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, set out to provide the official foundation for what has become not only a thriving business but, more important, an article of faith among millions of Americans. And in releasing a committee report Thursday, he claimed to have accomplished his mission, though he did not use the L-word.

"In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when it was unsubstantiated, contradicted or even nonexistent," he said.

But dive into Rockefeller's report, in search of where exactly President Bush lied about what his intelligence agencies were telling him about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, and you may be surprised by what you find.

On Iraq's nuclear weapons program? The president's statements "were generally substantiated by intelligence community estimates."

On biological weapons, production capability and those infamous mobile laboratories? The president's statements "were substantiated by intelligence information."

On chemical weapons, then? "Substantiated by intelligence information."

On weapons of mass destruction overall (a separate section of the intelligence committee report)? "Generally substantiated by intelligence information." Delivery vehicles such as ballistic missiles? "Generally substantiated by available intelligence." Unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to deliver WMDs? "Generally substantiated by intelligence information."

As you read through the report, you begin to think maybe you've mistakenly picked up the minority dissent. But, no, this is the Rockefeller indictment. So, you think, the smoking gun must appear in the section on Bush's claims about Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to terrorism.

But statements regarding Iraq's support for terrorist groups other than al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." Statements that Iraq provided safe haven for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorists with ties to al-Qaeda "were substantiated by the intelligence assessments," and statements regarding Iraq's contacts with al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." The report is left to complain about "implications" and statements that "left the impression" that those contacts led to substantive Iraqi cooperation.

Of course, this information means nothing to those it should mean the most. Those running for office on the "Bush lied" lie.

WORDS OF WISDOM

It's like he had a crystal ball and could see Obama's spiritual advisers...

"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs."

Booker T. Washington - 1911

It looks like he could see Obama as well. Booker didn't feel guilty. And neither do I.