The Quotable Windbag

Hurricane Katrina exposes the US president's cavalier approach to catastrophes.

George Bush at insensitive best, shoots off one inappropriate comment after the other.

The G8 meeting this year prompts humanitarian musings, and the London bombs galvanize Western moralists.

George W Bush makes a big speech to win back the confidence of Americans on Iraq, and—guess what—he can't stop bullshitting.

The UK government soothes people about its totalitarian tendencies, Condoleeza Rice eschews the presidency, and Bush blathers on about high intentions.

American brownshirts tear into an academic's radical political opinion. Etcetera.

Karzai talks up Afghan democracy, Bush sermonizes on peace and goodwill, and Israelis are concerned about perceived similarities to Nazis.

President Bush gloats over re-election, Ayad Allawi talks about law, and Palestinians are introduced to Jewish kings.

British officials talk up torture. American officials find it enormously useful. And odd words are exchanged about legitimacy.

Doublethink comes easily to George Bush and Ariel Sharon as they pronounce on affairs in the Middle East.

Pakistan takes pride in its terrorist-busting role and the situation in Iraq gets more tangled.

Rumsfeld, Blair, and Bush on the carnage in Iraq; Iraqis get “sovereignty” and Saddam Hussein; and Israeli officials talk about their wall. Plus other rising acts.

Pieties about Iraq becoming “sovereign” from the learned and the wise.

US and Israeli military officers display logic and conscience deficits when justifying their actions. Plus William Boykin, Rush Limbaugh, and the usual wafflers.