Crucial

Okay, so while I'm dying to get back to the entertainment, there's just too much riding on the Bush response to Iran right now that I have to get some last licks in.

First off, don't believe the hype about "Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says" disseminating out of Bloomberg News. It's coming straight from the man who gave us the Niger bamboozlement that's led to the White House's Valerie Plame revenge outing, per Talking Points Memo. That means the very same Administration liars are at it again.

Second, Bush is just taking advantage of what the President of Iran, asshole Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is using to try and bolster that country's hard-line government's 15% approval rating. Right now, Iran can't make nuclear weapons.

So you have two hard-line leaders trying to shore up their pitiful numbers by fomenting war. Why do we have to play this game when Iran is asking for high-level talks?

If you think I've answered that question, think for a moment about George Bush and those hardcore followers of his who believe in the End Times. Last month in Cleveland he wouldn't even denying believing in The Apocalypse.

If nothing else, the informed public should just remember the deliberate lies that got us into the current Iraq debacle. Even Colin Powell does.