Dog and Pony Shows

I guess I'm not political enough, I hadn't even heard of the whole Rush Limbaugh episode until today, and even then it took about 5 minutes to realize it was a dog and pony show. I guess I don't watch enough TV, but the media would have to omit major sections of this story to sound credible in support of the Democrat efforts. The guy was convicted of being phony, what else is there to say? I'm not a Rush fan, but anyone dense enough to buy what is being said about him on this issue is a drone.

But why the distraction?

Because the Senate passed the 2008 Defense Bill by a vote of 92-3 very quietly late on Monday, and only 17 news articles were listed in Google as of 24 hours later. Make enough noise, cause enough distraction, and nobody will notice I guess. Either the left in the US is truly stupid, or the Democrats think they are and can treat them like they are stupid without consequence. Regardless, the only thing all this noise does is improve the credibility of Limbaugh and validate claims the Left still aren't serious players in any aspect of the Iraq discussion, and have to resort to circus over substance.

The final tally: $648 billion. I'll cover details once it becomes law, which is after committee and a presidential signature. If things stay as they are, this could end up the best defense budget for the Navy to date in the Bush administration, in my opinion anyway... more later.