The demented dwarf from Cleveland has introduced articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. Dana Milbank has the (hilarious) story:

A reporter from the Cleveland Plain Dealer encouraged USS Kucinich to contact planet Earth. "But Nancy Pelosi says this is not going anywhere," she pointed out.

"Have you talked to her today?" Kucinich shot back.

"Yes, I did," she replied.

Kucinich had not expected that answer. "Then I would say I have not talked to her," he acknowledged.

It was not an auspicious beginning for the impeachment of Richard B. Cheney.

"Demented Dwarf" is a bit strong isn't it?...and mean? Perhaps next time you'll consider calling him "a person facing height and reality challenges." Actually, if he were to adopt "Demented Dwarf" as his campaign slogan, his popularity would probably double. It might even register as a whole number.

"Demented Dwarf" is a bit strong isn't it?...and mean?

Hey, just calling 'em the way I see 'em. The sad thing is that his popularity is apparently high enough to continue to get him reelected. I won't comment on what that says about the people in his district. Other than that apparently Ohio doesn't have any laws to prevent imbeciles from voting.

Rand: "The demented dwarf from Cleveland has introduced articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney."

Who better to impeach a Nazi psychopath with delusions of species membership? I find it vaguely appropriate, confronting the legions of mental and moral midgets behind this bloodthirsty animal with his own bizarre and diminutive figure. Kucinich is foolish and obtuse, but a lot of others will be shamed by the fact that someone like him had to do the honors because of their cowardice.

Article: "It was not an auspicious beginning for the impeachment of Richard B. Cheney."

John Conyers is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the House. How's that for an auspicious beginning?

Well...at least now we know that the trolls are in league with the dwarves...

Feel free to use any other terms from children's fantasy if it helps you understand.

Brian is just upset because it is true. If he projected any better, he would be called 'Bell & Howell'.

"John Conyers is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the House. How's that for an auspicious beginning?"

John Conyers in federal prision for high crimes and misdemeanors would be an auspicious begining.

John Conyers is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the House. How's that for an auspicious beginning?

Auspicious indeed. But, alas, auspices have always proven more likely to be the projected fantasy wishes of the oracle than true messages from the gods.

Mike: "Brian is just upset because it is true."

What exactly are you referring to?

Mike: "If he projected any better, he would be called 'Bell & Howell'."

You've used this line before, Mike. Ought to watch that Reaganitis.

"John Conyers in federal prision for high crimes and misdemeanors would be an auspicious begining."

When Lord Cheney's in his cell, and the Golden Child is living it up in a mental institution for the criminally insane, and the President is a man who wouldn't be welcome in your neighborhood, you're welcome to wage armed insurrection to restore the lack of a Constitution.

Did I mention that we now have definitive proof that the trolls are in league with the dwarves?

Frankly, we resent any implication that Mister Ciderwhiskey, if that is indeed his real name, is in anyway related to our once fine line of projecting products. We demand that line be stricken and replaced with: "A hey nonny nonny and hie hee hoo!" since that is in fact the proper title for Mr. Conyers, or as he is known hereabouts: Whistle the Clown.

"When Lord Cheney's in his cell, and the Golden Child is living it up in a mental institution for the criminally insane, and the President is a man who wouldn't be welcome in your neighborhood, you're welcome to wage armed insurrection to restore the lack of a Constitution."

Dude, just put down the crack pipe and back away slowly..........

"Mike: "If he projected any better, he would be called 'Bell & Howell'."

You've used this line before, Mike. Ought to watch that Reaganitis."

There you go again. If the Jackboot fits Brian, wear it. Please use good arch support. We wouldn't want you to get fallen arches from excessive goosesteeping in your mother's basement.

What do you expect Mike? Brian seems to like Karl better than Groucho. I wonder what he thinks of FDR what with that internment thing and that Manhatten Project and all. There was a real king.

Bill,

Who knows what passes for thought in those like BS(damn, he has the right initials, doesn't he?).

He has passed beyond the event horizon of reality.

Gunga: "Did I mention that we now have definitive proof that the trolls are in league with the dwarves?"

Have you been drinking Texas tap water again?

One-off Sock Puppet: "We demand that line be stricken and replaced with: "A hey nonny nonny and hie hee hoo!""

That's pretty much what he said.

Mike: "Dude, just put down the crack pipe and back away slowly..."

And then turn around while you try to light up in my asthma inhaler? Sheesh, go hit up Rush Limbaugh if you're that desperate.

Mike: "There you go again. If the Jackboot fits Brian, wear it."

If it fits up your ass, wear it there.

Mike: "We wouldn't want you to get fallen arches from excessive goosesteeping in your mother's basement."

Ah yes, the liberal Nazi. "I vill krush you into ze dust...but first I vill make ze rights und ze friedom und ze opportunitik zo you vill be trikt! Muahahaha!"

Bill Maron: "Brian seems to like Karl better than Groucho."

Then you seem to like Hess more than the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Bill Maron: "I wonder what he thinks of FDR what with that internment thing and that Manhatten Project and all."

I don't know why you bring up the Manhattan Project, but in the case of Japanese internment the absolute smartest, most competent, and most moralistic leaders would have been hard-pressed given the circumstances. The American public was overwhelmingly racist even before Pearl Harbor, and were now roiling with utter paranoia and rage; we were not at war with a government in their eyes, but with an entire *race*. America firmly viewed itself as an intrinsically white nation, and not just demographically--everyone else here was just a grudgingly tolerated visitor, regardless of citizenship status.

This view was overwhelmingly predominant before Pearl Harbor, and when America was suddenly under direct attack--in the white public's view, by an Asian race previously viewed as servile and inferior--people suddenly noticed the "tolerated visitors" from Japan and immediately saw enemies. Now, I am not suggesting that the Roosevelt administration was a pure bastion of liberal enlightenment giving in to a vengeful mob, although I don't believe for second they reacted without reflection; but I am saying that these men were products of the America in which they lived. A white America where non-whites were merely tolerated guests even in the most enlightened circles.

And that is just the background. We were under attack by a massively powerful enemy whose intentions and true strength were suddenly unknown variables; there was a small, but initially nontrivial possibility of being invaded, and through the lens of paranoia and racism the likelihood would have seemed incredibly large. The Empire of the Sun had pulled off an incredibly daring, well-planned, well-executed attack that nearly crippled the US Navy, and Fu Manchu fantasies of demonically subtle conspiracies might have seemed reasonable. Not a single person then living had ever seen America in greater danger.

Roosevelt had no clue how far their ambitions stretched or how deep their plans ran, but he and the American people saw that there were large numbers of "them" on the West Coast where enemy action seemed likely and decided that couldn't be allowed. Also, I don't believe the American people would have listened to him if he had defended Japanese-Americans. There would have been lynch mobs, mass murders, and independent action by state governors invoking National Guards.

If he deployed troops to protect the Japanese from such acts, it would have destroyed national confidence in his leadership, made him seem sympathetic to "the enemy," and just maybe resulted in impeachment or even, small but nontrivial possibility, military coup d'etat, any or all of which would have undermined the war and been far worse for everyone--literally everyone--than what actually happened. The action was illegal and unconstitutional, so FDR should either have sought a legal suspension of habeas corpus, or confessed at the time that it was illegal and vowed to submit himself to legal judgment after the war.

All things considered, Franklin Delano Roosvelt is the greatest leader of all time. And I don't limit that statement to American presidents or the modern world.

Bill Maron: "There was a real king."

There was a real president in a real war, unlike the demented fictions that plague us today. Where do they get people who can vote for a sick, anti-human psychopath like Dick Cheney, who would have tortured and summarily executed the internees were he in FDR's shoes, along with anyone who mildly criticized him, and then have the unmitigated gall to piss on FDR as some kind of dictator for not being omniscient?

Brian, for someone who believes themselves (yes I think you have multiple personality) so clever and witty you sure do suck at quick comebacks. Then, of course, you can't help but degenerate back into your scripted random word generator prose.

Ya know, I'm realy beginning to suspect that the trolls are in league with the dwarves...