Comments on: Moron, Idiot, or Nefarious Bastard? http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: The Mahablog » More News That Isn’t News http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-35782 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-35782 [...] (Waving arm) I know! I know! He’s got a reverse polarity tin foil hat that detects thought waves that bounce off the moon and channels them directly into his brain! [...] […] (Waving arm) I know! I know! He’s got a reverse polarity tin foil hat that detects thought waves that bounce off the moon and channels them directly into his brain! […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Holy Bleep http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-33478 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:47:52 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-33478 [...] I maintain, as I’ve said before, that Cheney is no mere liar. I think he suffers from some kind of psychological disorder and is pathologically delusional. He repeats long-debunked claims because he really believes them, and no amount of mere empirical evidence is gonna change his mind. According to stuff I’ve read online (which of course is always reliable [wink]), people with delusional disorder are not psychotic and usually appear to be completely normal. In fact, the line between someone with delusional disorder and someone without can be a bit fuzzy. The delusional, however, tend to invest a disproportionate amount of mental energy into maintaining their delusions, often interpreting unrelated matters or simple coincidences as “proof” that their belief is true. And they are hypervigilent about finding more and more “proof.” [...] […] I maintain, as I’ve said before, that Cheney is no mere liar. I think he suffers from some kind of psychological disorder and is pathologically delusional. He repeats long-debunked claims because he really believes them, and no amount of mere empirical evidence is gonna change his mind. According to stuff I’ve read online (which of course is always reliable [wink]), people with delusional disorder are not psychotic and usually appear to be completely normal. In fact, the line between someone with delusional disorder and someone without can be a bit fuzzy. The delusional, however, tend to invest a disproportionate amount of mental energy into maintaining their delusions, often interpreting unrelated matters or simple coincidences as “proof” that their belief is true. And they are hypervigilent about finding more and more “proof.” […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Patriotism v. Paranoia http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-3641 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:46:13 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-3641 [...] But now to the psychopathology — Eskow points out that the recent shooting incident (”Get loaded, shoot a guy in the face, tell the world it’s his fault, then make him crawl.”) is illustrative of antisocial personality disorder as defined by the DSM psychiatric manual. Well, yes; Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the top officials of the Bush Administration could fill the Personality Disorder Hall of Fame. But does “they’ve got the candy” really account for Bush’s following among the people of the U.S.? It might explain why other Republican politicians kowtow to the Bushies, but it doesn’t explain Bush devotion among the hoi polloi. [...] […] But now to the psychopathology — Eskow points out that the recent shooting incident (”Get loaded, shoot a guy in the face, tell the world it’s his fault, then make him crawl.”) is illustrative of antisocial personality disorder as defined by the DSM psychiatric manual. Well, yes; Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the top officials of the Bush Administration could fill the Personality Disorder Hall of Fame. But does “they’ve got the candy” really account for Bush’s following among the people of the U.S.? It might explain why other Republican politicians kowtow to the Bushies, but it doesn’t explain Bush devotion among the hoi polloi. […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » “Its’ Kind of Freaky” http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-3382 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:21:48 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-3382 [...] That might work, except Cheney is more often wrong than right. Josh provides lots of examples. Worse, I strongly suspect Cheney is pathologically delusional. I wrote about this in the past; see “Moron, Idiot, or Nefarious Bastard?” [...] […] That might work, except Cheney is more often wrong than right. Josh provides lots of examples. Worse, I strongly suspect Cheney is pathologically delusional. I wrote about this in the past; see “Moron, Idiot, or Nefarious Bastard?” […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Why We’re Stuck in Iraq http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-1008 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:02:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-1008 [...] Well, good luck with that. In spite of the mountains of direct, smoking-gun evidence, most of the Right is still in denial about the, shall we say, misrepresentation of intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s WMDs. But I want to point to this bit from “Bush’s Lost Year” by James Fallows in the October 2004 Atlantic Monthly: As a political matter, whether the United States is now safer or more vulnerable is of course ferociously controversial. That the war was necessary—and beneficial—is the Bush Administration’s central claim. That it was not is the central claim of its critics. But among national-security professionals there is surprisingly little controversy. Except for those in government and in the opinion industries whose job it is to defend the Administration’s record, they tend to see America’s response to 9/11 as a catastrophe. I have sat through arguments among soldiers and scholars about whether the invasion of Iraq should be considered the worst strategic error in American history—or only the worst since Vietnam. Some of these people argue that the United States had no choice but to fight, given a pre-war consensus among its intelligence agencies that Iraq actually had WMD supplies. Many say that things in Iraq will eventually look much better than they do now. But about the conduct and effect of the war in Iraq one view prevails: it has increased the threats America faces, and has reduced the military, financial, and diplomatic tools with which we can respond. “Let me tell you my gut feeling,” a senior figure at one of America’s military-sponsored think tanks told me recently, after we had talked for twenty minutes about details of the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. “If I can be blunt, the Administration is full of shit. In my view we are much, much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. That is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys. But I think they are incompetent, and I have had a very close perspective on what is happening. Certainly in the long run we have harmed ourselves. We are playing to the enemy’s political advantage. Whatever tactical victories we may gain along the way, this will prove to be a strategic blunder.“ [...] […] Well, good luck with that. In spite of the mountains of direct, smoking-gun evidence, most of the Right is still in denial about the, shall we say, misrepresentation of intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s WMDs. But I want to point to this bit from “Bush’s Lost Year” by James Fallows in the October 2004 Atlantic Monthly: As a political matter, whether the United States is now safer or more vulnerable is of course ferociously controversial. That the war was necessary—and beneficial—is the Bush Administration’s central claim. That it was not is the central claim of its critics. But among national-security professionals there is surprisingly little controversy. Except for those in government and in the opinion industries whose job it is to defend the Administration’s record, they tend to see America’s response to 9/11 as a catastrophe. I have sat through arguments among soldiers and scholars about whether the invasion of Iraq should be considered the worst strategic error in American history—or only the worst since Vietnam. Some of these people argue that the United States had no choice but to fight, given a pre-war consensus among its intelligence agencies that Iraq actually had WMD supplies. Many say that things in Iraq will eventually look much better than they do now. But about the conduct and effect of the war in Iraq one view prevails: it has increased the threats America faces, and has reduced the military, financial, and diplomatic tools with which we can respond. “Let me tell you my gut feeling,” a senior figure at one of America’s military-sponsored think tanks told me recently, after we had talked for twenty minutes about details of the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. “If I can be blunt, the Administration is full of shit. In my view we are much, much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. That is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys. But I think they are incompetent, and I have had a very close perspective on what is happening. Certainly in the long run we have harmed ourselves. We are playing to the enemy’s political advantage. Whatever tactical victories we may gain along the way, this will prove to be a strategic blunder.“ […]

]]> by: A. Citizen http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-888 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:26:54 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-888 Bush far, far down in the hole he has created whistles a little tune, 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' I think, as he puts his back to the next swing of the pick. Then setting it down he says: "Condy, honey, give me the shovel will ya got this nice 'n loose here." Using the shovel he fills up the old wooden bucket tied to a thick rope which ascends upward, out of sight. "Yo, Dick haul away will ya," the leader of the free world yells up the shaft. "We gittin' ther' Condy, baby." Yes, the President labors on into the ever darkening night, digging that hole deeper and deeper. Oblivious to everything and everyone else. Bush far, far down in the hole he has created whistles a little tune, ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ I think, as he puts his back to the next swing of the pick. Then setting it down he says:

“Condy, honey, give me the shovel will ya got this nice ‘n loose here.”

Using the shovel he fills up the old wooden bucket tied to a thick rope which ascends upward, out of sight.

“Yo, Dick haul away will ya,” the leader of the free world yells up the shaft.

“We gittin’ ther’ Condy, baby.”

Yes, the President labors on into the ever darkening night, digging that hole deeper and deeper.

Oblivious to everything and everyone else.

]]> by: Rick http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-880 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:58:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-880 All that is going down now is proof that Bush needed to be reelected before we can undo his damage. If Kerry were in office people would think this was all payback and you know that's exactly how the smear machine would paint it. All that is going down now is proof that Bush needed to be reelected before we can undo his damage. If Kerry were in office people would think this was all payback and you know that’s exactly how the smear machine would paint it.

]]> by: Easter Lemming Liberal News http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-879 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:44:09 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-879 Powell is very much a politician and has a better reputation than he deserves. Powell is very much a politician and has a better reputation than he deserves.

]]> by: alyosha http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-877 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:38:07 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-877 Bush, Cheney, et al. just moved on, from second tier players in Texas or Wyoming to a much bigger game, to running the whole world for them and their pals' benefit. They're really simple to understand if you realize that they view the world as their oyster. If Colin Powell has weaknesses, they'll exploit them, and they did. "Everything exists for me" is their motto. Bush, Cheney, et al. just moved on, from second tier players in Texas or Wyoming to a much bigger game, to running the whole world for them and their pals’ benefit. They’re really simple to understand if you realize that they view the world as their oyster. If Colin Powell has weaknesses, they’ll exploit them, and they did. “Everything exists for me” is their motto.

]]> by: Ken Melvin http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-876 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:32:13 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2005/11/29/moron-idiot-or-nefarious-bastard/#comment-876 In re mental states: I'm under the impression that psychiatrists find the whole Ayn Rand/Libertarian thing bogus, that most corporate executives are certifiable, and that bush is obviously schizophrenic. In re mental states: I’m under the impression that psychiatrists find the whole Ayn Rand/Libertarian thing bogus, that most corporate executives are certifiable, and that bush is obviously schizophrenic.

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