I like to think of Bolton as the name of the Kryptonite pundit statesman, Bolts-On (meaning his head) who convinced the Kryptonite Planetary Congress that fears of their planet’s annihilation were false and they should focus their energies on liberating market forces from regulatory oppression.

You know, Britain was riddled with similar morons in the 1st half of the 20th century. Ended up being rescued by their former colonies from the Nazis. Who will rescue us from what now that the American Century (code for American Empire) is over.

China?

Look, Kim Jong Il is an attention whore. He just wants to be treated like he’s wearing Big Boy pants. If he doesn’t get it, he throws a fit and detonates a firecracker.

So Big Dawg gives him the old Grip n Grin just like Ol’ Kim is some kind of World Leader. Two women come home. And Kim goes back to play in his private water parks, satisfied.

What appeasement? All Clinton did was STOP calling him evil.

These folks are loonier and more war-mongering than Kim Jong Il, I swear.

My theory has always been that a necessary component of Kim Jong-Il’s success domestically is living in his father’s divine shadow – so he wears platform shoes and a bouffant, kidnaps foreigners, and generally acts like a Bond villain in an attempt to project overcompensatory insanity.

The reality, as everyone who’s actually dealt with him will attest, is that he’s a perfectly sane man running a government established on insane premises. He has a lot to lose from the appearance of losing dignity, but he has to deal with materials shortages like any other dictator. The nuclear-plants-for-fuel-oil deal kept him on a shorter leash than a literally insane dictator would have tolerated, so obviously as soon as the Republicans gained power they snipped it off and scolded the prior administration for thinking a leash could contain such a dangerous animal.

Bolton inhabits a reality where him detonating a nuclear weapon was a total surprise after the policy establishment sensibly heckled him and issued him constant empty threats after removing the one rational constraint on exploiting his nuclear resources we had ever put on him. That reality is called American foreign policy.

The debate isn’t between people who think they’re living in a Bond movie and people who don’t, it’s between people who think they’re living in Thunderball and people who think they’re living in Moonraker. This Bolton fiasco will indeed teach WaPo a lesson – we need to pay attention to the existential threat posed by Grace Jones.

Ah, the Jesse Jackson gambit.

KRENDLER
Are those shallots?
LECTER
Ummm. And caper berries.
KRENDLER
The butter smells wonderful.

Look, Kim Jong Il is an attention whore.
He comments here under a variety of nyms.
Troll-feeding is APPEASEMENT.

Are you crazy? Are you high?

Jim said: Sadly, no. It’s still there.

It is and it isn’t. It’s a quantum thing. It’s still there if you know the link, but it’s not on the list of OpEds for 8/4 and it’s not in the “most viewed liist” (where it was #4).

Check it out.

It’s good news for Republicans!

*Looks around*
Did I miss something?

About South America, I’m guessing he’s referencing Honduras (the right-wing narrative there is that the poor military just HAD to stage a coup to remove Marxoid dictator from power, and how dare Obama denounce that heroic action?).

I have no clue what the demented right-wing has up their ass regarding Central Europe.

Sadly, no. It’s still there.

Imputing actual shame to the WaPo?

ROFL!

Or….

Pass me that rusty knife, will ya? The one we used to carve the chicken.

Mull it over.

Didn’t they find that soy turns you into a girl or something?

It happened to me!

I take it that caper sauce is not an option.

Just make sure the spice is “mustard seeds”.

We also serve an arabesuqe roue.

Anyone from this place is bound to be at least a bit of a roué.

So Big Dawg gives him the old Grip n Grin just like Ol’ Kim is some kind of World Leader. Two women come home. And Kim goes back to play in his private water parks, satisfied.

What appeasement? All Clinton did was STOP calling him evil.

These folks are loonier and more war-mongering than Kim Jong Il, I swear.

It’s worse than Jimmy Carter. It’s all appeasement, all the time, from South America to Central Europe

*Looks around*
Did I miss something?

Guys, I know when you brought the dog here, he seemed friendly, and I know you wanted to keep him because he followed you home. But really, since he’s been here, all he’s really done is shit the carpets, pee on the sofa, and chew on everything. And he barks constantly. Perhaps it’s time to take him to a shelter? We could get a new dog, one that isn’t so aggressive or stupid…

You are rather rotund, tis true.

In some cases, prancing sauce may be.

We also serve an arabesuqe roue.

I was reading an article by John Bolton published 8/4/09 about Clinton’s trip to North Korea. When I went back to re-read it today, it was gone! There is no trace of it! Is that something to do with the fact the trip was successful and Bolton had argued against it? Was it “scrubbed” because it made the WaPo editorial board look foolish? Please explain the WaPo policy about removing, without comment, material they have just published when it seems that events have proven their writers wrong.

Thank You.

Steve Kelso aka “IndyInNh”