The Truffle

Christine Todd "It's my party tooooooo!" Whitman is the latest of Bush's loyal idiots having to explain why she endangered Americans' lives. Specifically, Whitman, as head of the EPA, said the air around Ground Zero was safe when it wasn't. Like her ex-boss, Whitman has mastered the art of the nonsensical response. Whitman maintained the government warned those working on the toxic debris pile to use respirators, while elsewhere in lower Manhattan the air was safe to the general public. "There are indeed people to blame. They are the terrorists who attacked the United States, not the men and women at all levels of government who worked heroically to protect and defend this country," Whitman said. Yes, dear, we know that. Trying to deflect responsibility just isn't going to work for you or any other Bush employee, past or present. For all the lip service you guys give to New York City and 9/11, you have treated this city like crap. From the t...

Via Glenn Greenwald, we find that the wingnutocracy is still unnerved over the election of a Muslim (!) to Congress. The Muslim in question is a Minnesotan with the very un-Arabic name of Keith Ellison, who converted to Islam in college. First we had Glenn Beck, saying, "Prove to me that you are not working with our enemies." Now Dennis Prager, is angry because Congressman-elect Ellison will be taking his oath of office on the Koran. It is, after all, the holy book he believes in. Being a busybody with no understanding of how the Constitution works, Prager doesn't like this: He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization. Gee, really? Will American civilization suddenly, inexplicably collapse because Ellison places his hand on a Koran? Is this some weird part of God's plan we don't know about? Could Prager explain how this is possible? First, it is an act of hu...