State of the State of the Union

Too little too late.

And at least it's his last one.

With Friends Like These....

Has it come to this? The leader of (ostensibly) the world’s preeminent nation appearing before the Saudi royal family with hat in hand begging the Saudis and OPEC to lower oil prices?

Surely, if there is any image that underscores the declining prestige of the United States in the world, this is it. We are supposedly a nation that believes in the free market, unless of course, it is contrary to our own economic well being.

I’m sure the President believes that his “special relationship” (read cronies) with the Saudis gives him the latitude to go on his knees before the royal family on the subject.

In response, a Saudi oil minister stated at a press conference after the event, “We will raise production when the market justifies it.”

So much for the President’s special relationship.

Meanwhile, in a region where Bush has called for a "forward strategy of freedom" to promote democracy throughout the Middle East, he conspicuously said little on the subject during his whirlwind tour, and instead strove to shore up his relationships with well known non-democratic states like Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Additionally, after nearly 8 years of allowing the Israeli-Palestinean conflict to fester, he made a desperate, obvious attempt to salvage what little left is of his legacy with a Hail Mary attempt at a peace accord before he leaves office.

Given the distrust and dislike for Mr. Bush in the region, it’s unlikely any such accord will be looked at favorably until there is a new administration in place that will offer a fresh face and clean slate to move forward—assuming that the issue hasn’t been irrevocably damaged beyond repair.

The State of the Male 2008

The latest ploy by the anti-abortion crowd is to bring in the men who now claim to have experienced the trauma of abortion, as reported here in the L.A. Times.

Jason Baier talks often to the little boy he calls Jamie. He imagines this boy -- his son -- with blond hair and green eyes, chubby cheeks, a sweet smile.

But he'll never know for sure.

His fiancee's sister told him about the abortion after it was over. Baier remembers that he cried. The next weeks and months go black. He knows he drank far too much. He and his fiancee fought until they broke up. "I hated the world," he said.

My God, what pussies. If these are the kind of whipped men we’re raising in the United States, it’s no wonder we’re losing the war in Iraq and the respect of the world.

Y’know, gentlemen, if you really were concerned, perhaps if you had taken some personal responsibility and practiced some abstinence and kept your dick in your pants—or at the very least wore a condom—maybe your life wouldn’t have been ruined. I think it’s just as well your DNA be removed from the gene pool and the memory of this world.

Enjoy hell child killers!