ZOMBIE CONTENTIONS

I was going to do a “Quote of the Week,” but I really can’t decide.  It’s been a bonanza week for boners and what follows is hardly exhaustive.  I like this one that Greg “Teh Resistance” caught:

“Iran has taken weeks now and has not shown its willingness to say yes to this proposal . . . and so as a consequence we have begun discussions with our international partners about the importance of having consequences.“

Do you suppose TOTUS is suffering a little jet lag?

Then there’s Obama helping Holder (responding about to a question regarding those people who are offended taht KSM would be accorded full rights under the Constitution):

“I don’t think it will be offensive at all when he’s convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him,” Obama told NBC’s Chuck Todd.

Whoa… having a flashback… I’m in a funky second-hand store in 73704, in the heart of Austin’s hippiest weirdelicious-est zip code, and I spy a stack of bumperstickers (buck apiece) on the counter that read.: “Take my Civil Rights.  I’m Wasn’t Using Them Anyway.”  I’m sure that the proprietor is happy that they’ve been taken and given to KSM, but only as a tease in a show trial before he gets the Big Hook.

For the record: I am offended and I’m even more offended that this former Con-Law professor is making a mockery of due process and endangering the proper execution of justice, be it civil or military.

Then there’s Jon Kyl, shooting the Holder-fish in the barrel:

You have repeatedly said of your decision to prosecute KSM in Article 3 courts is that is where you have the best chance to prosecte, that your chances of success are enhanced in Article 3 courts and that you have access to all the evidence so you are in a better position to judge than those who are ignorant of that evidence are.  How would you be more likely to get a conviction in Federal Court when KSM has already asked to plead guilty before a military commission and be executed? How can you be more likely to get a conviction in an Article 3 court than that?

I know I feel safer.  Where are the fiscal hawks on this one? I bet we could fund a jillion abortions for what it would cost to bring KSM to trial.  A firing squad is all fixed cost stuff.  And think of the morale boost to the other detainees, “Oh say can you hear the crackle of the rifles?  By the dawn’s early light, Khalid is rising to meet his 72 virgins in Paradise.  I wonder if you get that fabulous Chicken Surprise with Minted Peas and Mashed Potatoes in Paradise? Those stupid Uighurs just got beaches!  They don’t even know how to swim! Bwahahahaha!”

Then there are those pesky sideshows: the economy and the Stimulus that is stimulating phantom economies in phantom places with phantom people.  Let’s call it “Simulus.”  David Obey had this to say about the completely crappy numbers that the Administration put out about how our tax dollars are being put to use:

The inaccuracies on recovery.gov that have come to light are outrageous and the Administration owes itself, the Congress, and every American a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes.

Credibility counts in government and stupid mistakes like this undermine it. We’ve got too many serious problems in this country to let that happen.

We designed the Recovery Act to be open and transparent and I expect the the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, who oversees the recovery act web site and data to have information that is accurate, reliable and understandable to the American public.

With all due respect to Rep. Obey: you didn’t really design anything.  You and your colleagues rushed and squandered three-quarters of a trillion dollars, and at least a few billion are completely unaccounted for and probably much more than that has gone to line the pockets of the favored.  And remember: Joe Biden was put in charge.  This is what you can expect.

Barack Obama responds to this by calling it a “side issue,” (@3:45) but only after saying, “I spend every waking hour- when I’m with my economic team- on this issue.”  Follow up: do you spend sleeping hours with your economic team?

I’ve been sitting here waiting for my text message from The One about his Afghanistan decision, but it looks like nuthin’ till after Thanksgiving.  Surprise!

File under “Too Much To Hope For:” Tiny Timmy Geithner resigning.  Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas, natch):

“I don’t think you should be fired. I thought you should have never been hired.”

I’m going to crack a beer and call it a week.  A wee-week.  And put this on your desktop.  And send it to Obama’s crackberry.