January 25, 2007--Rats
These are a unique sub-genus of Rats.
For Rats with which we are familiar, Neotoma Cinerea, when things look threatening to them, they simply abandon ship in an attempt to save themselves. In effect, these Rats take responsibility for their own survival.
But for these new mutated Rats, Neotoma Hypocrita, when they find themselves in danger, though they are still known to abandon ship, they are also discovered by Rodentologists to have a tendency to turn on and devour each other as well as toss each other overboard. In their case, they do everything possible to avoid taking any responsibility whatsoever.
Take Scooter Libby for example—he was an old-fashioned Rat (Cinerea) who worked 20 hours a day, seven days a week to take care of his boss, our Vice President. He sat there listening to his ravings, did his bidding, and when necessary his dirty work. But when Scooter himself got into trouble while doing some of this bidding, winding up perhaps, out of loyalty, lying to the grand jury to protect his mentor, what happened to him? Vice President Hypocrita, without much thought, tossed him overboard to protect an even bigger Rat’s right hand man, I mean Brain—Karl (Sub-Genus Hypocrita) Rove. (See NY Times article linked below.)
And of course that Pack of Rats in Congress and their Neo-Con Rodent Consigliores, rather than simply abandoning ship to protect their political lives, are busy turning on each other in a cannibalistic feeding frenzy when all they really need to do to save themselves is what any self-respecting Neotoma Cinerea would do—abandon ship.
Recall, this crowd rode triumphantly into office by railing against the previous administration’s failure to take responsibility for the consequences of their own behavior. Remember what they had to say about “I didn’t inhale”? And, “I never had sexual relations with that woman”?
They promised that they would be different. And so they have turned out to be.
We should have known what to expect of them from their own personal histories of having avoided taking responsibility for anything. When these future leaders of ours were asked by their country to serve, they used connections to sort-of serve, as in the National Guard; or, if they didn’t have those kinds of connections, they manipulated the system to secure, for example, five deferments.
No problem, though, sending other people’s kids off to death and mutilation.
Or for that matter, doing the same to each other.
For Rats with which we are familiar, Neotoma Cinerea, when things look threatening to them, they simply abandon ship in an attempt to save themselves. In effect, these Rats take responsibility for their own survival.
But for these new mutated Rats, Neotoma Hypocrita, when they find themselves in danger, though they are still known to abandon ship, they are also discovered by Rodentologists to have a tendency to turn on and devour each other as well as toss each other overboard. In their case, they do everything possible to avoid taking any responsibility whatsoever.
Take Scooter Libby for example—he was an old-fashioned Rat (Cinerea) who worked 20 hours a day, seven days a week to take care of his boss, our Vice President. He sat there listening to his ravings, did his bidding, and when necessary his dirty work. But when Scooter himself got into trouble while doing some of this bidding, winding up perhaps, out of loyalty, lying to the grand jury to protect his mentor, what happened to him? Vice President Hypocrita, without much thought, tossed him overboard to protect an even bigger Rat’s right hand man, I mean Brain—Karl (Sub-Genus Hypocrita) Rove. (See NY Times article linked below.)
And of course that Pack of Rats in Congress and their Neo-Con Rodent Consigliores, rather than simply abandoning ship to protect their political lives, are busy turning on each other in a cannibalistic feeding frenzy when all they really need to do to save themselves is what any self-respecting Neotoma Cinerea would do—abandon ship.
Recall, this crowd rode triumphantly into office by railing against the previous administration’s failure to take responsibility for the consequences of their own behavior. Remember what they had to say about “I didn’t inhale”? And, “I never had sexual relations with that woman”?
They promised that they would be different. And so they have turned out to be.
We should have known what to expect of them from their own personal histories of having avoided taking responsibility for anything. When these future leaders of ours were asked by their country to serve, they used connections to sort-of serve, as in the National Guard; or, if they didn’t have those kinds of connections, they manipulated the system to secure, for example, five deferments.
No problem, though, sending other people’s kids off to death and mutilation.
Or for that matter, doing the same to each other.
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