The NSA Administration

Warning to readers - this post contains sexual references that most may find too close for comfort...

In dating there are three categories of lovers: Long-Term (LT), Friends With Benefits (FWB) and No Strings Attached (NSA). Monogamous, trysts, or straight sex, the compassionate and morally superior Bush Administration has proven itself to be all about fucking people without consequences...

A few cases in point:

This weekend, while fleeing North America and his sorry approval ratings (and FBI/Gonzales uproar) President Bush put it plainly, saying that funding for the Iraq War should come with "no strings attached." He said it, dead-on. Whether funding, caring for soldiers injured by his decisions, or mounting Laura in the dark, George is all about flings without repercussions. Who needs coke when you're Commander in Chief?

Scooter Libby learned firsthand that he was a gloryhole for his boss and the admin; the "fall guy" will be going to prison (failing a pardon) forever wondering why he is destined to be the bottom for endless NSA affairs behind bars.

Cheney and Halliburton have shown similar penchants for unprotected, undevoted soirees: Cheney let Libby fall on his sword, however limp, while Halliburton announced that it was taking its war profits to Dubia - moving its headquarters from Houston to another country less eager to ask questions.

And now there's the Gonzales/FBI/Federal Attorney fiasco: Who says the Justice Department must be independent? Firing 8 federal attorneys who failed to investigate mostly Dem pols, the Attorney General is the bootie call that no one wants - even his own party's appointees. Alberto "Don't Call Me Speedy" Gonzales had better learn quick that this administration is loyal to no one, even itself, and he too will slowly forced to his knees, mouth agape in awe, awaiting what so many others have experienced.

On a comforting note, it's nice to see that the Bush Admin. likes its sugar daddies - hedge funds should be left to their own greedy devices (insider trading first and foremost) while defense contractors are posting fine profits, and the Pentagon is firing Generals faster than the BBC is covering Blair's pale behind. Congratulations, fellas, the skimpy skirt Bush wore during elections keeps raising for you...

For the rest of us, we can only hope for sloppy seconds - like Hillary.