[KC Burke]

I guess I have to agree with "x"'s accessment about Pat being insightful but tone-deaf (my condensed take). Did you hear or read the UN speech yet? It seems that Bush has taken the UN at their word as to their primary worth and given them a "Prove It" demand.

[Willie Green]

I guess I have to agree with "x"'s accessment about Pat being insightful but tone-deaf (my condensed take).

So PJB isn't a member of the "Amen Chorus".
What else is new?
IMHO, that's one of Pat's most endearing attributes.
He has the spine to tell it like it is.

Did you hear or read the UN speech yet? It seems that Bush has taken the UN at their word as to their primary worth and given them a "Prove It" demand.

Yeah, had it on the tube.
Not entirely sure why I bothered...
Didn't hear anything surprising.

[Willie Green]

It seems that Bush has taken the UN at their word as to their primary worth and given them a "Prove It" demand.

It seems to me that Dubya should be making his case for going to War before Congress, not the UN.
But Congressional weasels are content in their roles as bickering obstructionists, more intent on micromanaging local school boards. I don't see any mature leadership in D.C. at all.