Torture Smorture!!!!!!!!!

I heard tonight on the BBC that Donald “Rummy” Rumsfield offered twice to resign over the torture issue, but Dubya – both times – would not accept his resignation.
What do you make of that? Probably not what I do, but I’ll put it out there anyway!
In the past, politicians used to can their underlings whenever the shit hit the fan – not because they didn’t “love” or agree with their underlings, but to save their own asses from being chewed.
As it is presently, it isn’t often that the shit and the fan are allowed to get together, and the Rove-Bush Siamese Vampires know that and work to that end; they’ve got the anemic media working overtime to suck the blood out of any “impropriety.” The “people” don’t even have a clue; so no sweat! No ass-chewing as long as everything is ignored or denied; the worse the performance, the better the reviews; the better the reviews, the more "reality" conforms to the agenda. Was it Hitler or one of his pals who wrote about the efficacy of "The Big Lie"?

Now, Dubya IS big on “loyalty,” and that’s a bit of it, but the main thing is: If the regime admits Rummy screwed up, it means THEY screwed up; so Rummy couldn’t have screwed up (Tom Ridge - who if he screwed up, screwed up in minor ways - can go, but major morons must be protected – Why? - to protect Dubya! - Rummy stays with praise).
Succinctly: the reality of the situation is irrelevant. Dubya’s an MBA. MARKETING is everything. Night is day. The Pope’s Jewish. Bears don’t shit in the woods, and Dubya cares about dead soldiers, workers, old people, sick people, minorities, women, the poor, and school kids.
Yep! Sure!! Uh huh. Wink, smirk, stutter!!!