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Recently your humble reporter has been wallowing in the pixelage of “World Class Stupid”. If the rearranged that to be World Stupid Class they could call it geography.
The big dog at WCS is a well spoken fellow, and I sent him a letter yesterday asking for permission to quote some of his work. I may yet do that, but I am distracted by some examples of World Stupid…without any class…from the Bush White House.
The first quote is from WCS itself. You have to admire someone called that who doesn’t mind a bit of competition. It refers to Scott McClelland. Regarding his tell all book at W and the bois: “[Scott] McClelland was reportedly paid $75,000 for his tome. A White House staffer referenced the Bible in response by telling the media, “Ironically, in today’s dollars that amount is worth exactly 30 pieces of silver.”
The WCS feature about this Bible Buckle Humor had a link to a Washington Post article about McClelland and W. This article has a link to mother jones, which does not require a subscription for much the same information.
The quote below is from a book by Ret. Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez. His book has been largely ignored in the flap over the McClelland book, but may well be more credible. A military man has an obligation to follow orders more severe than a press spokesman. When Gen. Sanchez denounces the dunces, he carries more weight.
In the speech quoted below, Mr. Bush was speaking to his national security team and some Generals. It is after an incident in 2004 when some contractors were killed in Fallujah. The president speaks:
“Kick ass!” . “If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can’t send that message. It’s an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal.”
“There is a series of moments and this is one of them. Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!”

This from a man who spent Vietnam marching on weekends in Alabama (sometimes).