Shiny shit

We always kid the Indian at work about how he (and his people) are easily distracted by shiny stuff (Harry remembers when the Dutch bought Manhattan ... heh). He swears he pays the Indian with paper clips and flat washers (there is no such thing as political correctness at the shop).

The Bush administration is doing that now, throwing Khalid Mohammed at us to distract us from the misdeeds regarding attorney-gate. The wonderful TRex wonders about the redactions in his 'testimony':

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What, you mean the parts where he was screaming, "Oh, God, please make it stop! I'll say whatever you want! No more, please! AHHHH, GOD, NOOOOOO!! NOOOOOO!!"?

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So we get to what we all know, this 'confession' was merely an attempt to have us look at shiny shit:

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Yes, look! Over there! Arabs are violent and evil! Pay no attention to the Presidential Aide behind the curtain!

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What they don't get is that without a Rethug-controlled Congress, they don't have the cover to sweep this shit under the rug while we're distracted. Besides, nobody believes shit coming out of 1600 anymore (well, except for the 23% who'd believe the Chimp is really Jesus in disguise). Fool us once ...