The TOADIES

--The Toady Awards

You have done enough.
Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last?
Have you left no sense of decency?
--Joseph  N. Welch,  McCarthy Hearings

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Surely there must be a special rung in purgatory for those politicoes who shuttled off any cape of honor or shame in order to extend the longevity of their political lives. At least, a recognition of some kind.

Just as there are the Emmy's and Tony's, there should be an award for the best performance by political toady, so RangerAgainstWar presents: The Toadies.

Colin Powell's 2003 performance at the United Nations Security Counsel arguing for the existence of the non-extant Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) was a classic; he shall be the inaugural member of the club of men of little decency or integrity -- the water boys of the Great Men. The grade school props of the drawings on the easel with the little Photoshopped arrows of mobile chemical units touring the countryside made it that much more heartbreaking of a job.

Now John Kerry is implicating Russian President Putin for behaving like George W. Bush, except he is being less-than forthright about the analogy. Mr. Kerry has fallen from being a man of principle (read his Winter Soldier testimony) to a toady; we nominate him as the newest recipient of the award.

Who would you nominate for The Toadies? What action would earn the nominee this award?

Nominations are hereby open.

Like a Good Neighbor. . .

Fuck this planet!
--Red Planet (2000)
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USA Today reports the Pentagon will "speed up efforts" to destroy its aging chemical weapons in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention of 29 April 1997 (Chemical Weapons Disposal on Fast Track.) However, they are still nine years behind schedule for completion of the project, and have only destroyed 60%, leaving more than 12,000 tons remaining in the U.S.'s arsenal.

"Despite the acceleration, the Pentagon doesn't expect to eliminate all of its chemical weapons until 2021, well past the 2012 deadline set by the international Chemical Weapons Convention. To date, the military has destroyed 60% of the stockpile, which includes VX, GB and mustard gas produced before the weapons program was ended

U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is the agency charged with the materiel destruction. Their motto is Commune Bonum (for the good of the community), and they've teamed with FEMA in these efforts, which should give us all peace of mind.

Remember when Colin Powell got his shorts in a wad over Dr. Death's traveling laundry vans purportedly full of chemical weapons roving the Iraqi desert?

This would be a joke in an alternate universe.