What Do You Call a Government That Disgusts An Entire Continent?

Nastiest Woman in the World Today
We gathered in the great room to enjoy the roaring fireplace and one of Schuyler's good cocktails. Tonight, blending both Russian and Polish vodkas in a Hot Cherry, he used Stolichnaya vodka and Wisniowka vodka, a Polish cherry vodka. The cocktail was perfect for a cold night spent by the fireplace, shooting the breeze, so to speak. All of us were as frisky in thought and tongue as the colts and fillies out in the fields. In other words, our conversation tonight didn't really turn out to be a very structured evening of discussion of current events, but rather a disjointed everybody asking questions right and left, starting off with who was the nastiest woman alive right now?

 

There's no way to guarantee the accuracy of the comments, but it sounded like most people dashed off Imelda Marcos, Leona Helmsley, Barbara Bush, and número uno, the Dominatrix of Darkness, none other than Condi "Condosleazza" Rice. Seems she just left on a trip to a Europe where she definitely is not going to be made to feel very welcome. Heck, the "unwelcome" part of her trip started before she even boarded Dominatrix One, her plane.

 

We Don't Torture, But Cheney's Made Our Noses Quadruple Bypass Brown
Sweet old 'Sleazza, she had an interview at Andrews Air Force Base, and before even leaving U.S. soil was already "chastising" the Europeans for criticizing the U.S. Extraordinary Rendition cum Torture thing. Good way to be well received, 'Sleazza, bitch about your hosts before you even ring the doorbell! She said all she, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were doing was "saving European lives." Yeah, sure azúcar moscavado! (Sorry Doonesbury, you got us started on that one.)

At the same interview at Andrews Air Force Base, she was quoted as sniping: "The United States does not permit, tolerate or condone torture under any circumstances." So why, Elizabeth asked, are Cheney and Senator John McCain in battle to the death? Anyway, 'Sleazza continued, "The United States does not transport and has not transported detainees from one country to another for the purpose of interrogation using torture." When The Queen of Sleaze was asked which Europeans she and her cabal had been responsible for saving, she couldn't come up with an answer and refused to answer. When pressured about the "black sites" she said the information was classified, thus stupidly admitting that there was such a thing as "black sites."

 

Interesting Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
The Democrats are launching an investigation into the existence of the notorious "black sites" whereas the nefarious Republicans are only interested in launching an investigation into who leaked that information to the press. Says a lot about values, doesn't it?

Anyway, Jane said, once on the plane, Ms. 'Sleazza was getting really bitchy and ornery, losing all patience with the reporters' insistence on answers. She was quoted as saying on Dominatrix One, "Democracies are going to debate these things, but they need to debate them not just on one side of the issue, that is how the actual activities are being carried out, but they should also consider if we are doing everything we can to protect innocent lives."

Well, 'Sleazza Moscavado, Liz opined, if you put on one list the number of "terrorists" who have actually committed atrocities and have been legally caught and brought to trial, and the Europeans do the same, which list do you think is going to be just a tiny bit short, versus which list do you think is going to be quite long?

 

Now, About Those Black Sites and Bush's "Allies"
Seems, Bob said, that Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden and Iceland, just to name the first countries, are launching very aggressive investigations, under the tutelage of Swiss investigator Dick Marty, into just how, why, and when the U.S. has used friendly territory without authorization, to effect its illegal extraordinary renditions. The Associated Press quoted Mr. Marty as saying that: "I think all Europeans agree with Americans that we must fight terrorism, but this fight has to be fought by legal means."

 

Poor Mr. Marty, he doesn't seem to understand that there isn't one lousy louse in this administration that understands what the word 'legal' means. The Azteco-american toad of an Attorney General? Hell, he drafted the first papers that have taken this country into the swamps of unethical, immoral, illegal territory, but now, thanks to the Europeans, all the U.S. garbage is about to be brought out in the open, which may be the only good thing about knowing that the Republican Drag-loving Commandrix-in-Chief is going to be around for three more years, and then, Al-Qaeda's probably going to "render" him.

 

Britain, A U.S. Ally?
Well, no longer sweetie, said Liz. Used to be, but only Tony Blair. Seems the British themselves are pressuring the members of the European Parliament's Executive Commission to investigate the allegations that the CIA has used secret prisons in Eastern Europe and have used unknowing European countries for secret transfer of "terrorists." Thanks to British Liberal Democrat Baroness Ludford's efforts, this thing's not going away.

 

Just A Bit More Rambling (Heck, It's Freezing Outside!)
O.K., so 'Sleazza's not the only sleazy thing slinking around the soiled White House. The rest of the seriously deleterious scum balls are also responsible for "ticking" off the Europeans, but one thing they refuse to discuss with Congress, according to Art, is the speed with which the "Coalition of the Willing" is soon going to be the "Coalition of the Sleazy." Seems there really are only 22,000 troops in this little, itty bitty "coalition," and now that number is going to start falling like a snowball down a glacier.

Tony Blair doesn't have a Bush-size "mandate" so Parliament is going to start cutting down their 8,500 troops next year (that's like a few weeks away buckaroo!) These troop cuts are going to be followed pretty rapidly by the Italians, the Japanese, the Poles, the South Koreans, the Ukrainians, the Bulgarians, the Australians, the Bulgarians, and probably even the El Salvadorans. Gosh, do you think Bush is going to have to send the Tecate Beer-guzzling twins over there to help out? And really, it's probably time the two Bush mothers ought to go over there and roll bandages and "lift morale" no?

Jim thought by now we, if not The White House, have gotten the picture. It's a cold, lonely world out there, and even the U.S. can't manage totally on its own. Imagine what these scummy, sleazy people have done to the U.S.: left us friendless, more hated than ever, unable to respond to natural disasters or another 9/11, and so indebted to the Chinese our credit rating is probably worse than Annie's, the lady who pushes her grocery cart around town with all her earthly possessions in it. I'd say, pretty dim picture, and it's time for impeachment and regime change. Pronto. Before all the horses get out, 'cause then there's no point in closing the gate to the corral, is there?

 

Sorry: Warned You About the Rambling, But Now, Let's Eat!
Max and Art teemed up to prepare dinner tonight. They are both creative and Max is Mr. Well-organized. Also, they occasionally break some rules. By now you know that we normally stick to the principle of light, white wines first, leading to fuller white wines, and slowly progressing to the red wines. Well, these guys broke the rules, but I doubt there will be even one note of disagreement with the order of wine they chose for us tonight. Though it can be very cold outside, that never deters Max from grilling, either on the porch or in the pool house and making mad dashes back and forth (keeps him trim.)

Their first course, an appetizer, used Max's passion for anything grilled. He grilled some Spanish chorizos then sliced them, brushed slices of baguettes with olive oil and grilled them, made an amazingly good salsa, and put together an original Grilled Chorizo appetizer with salsa. Instead of a Spanish sherry, Max and Art wanted to have this dish with a nice Syrah from Rosenblum Cellars, their 2003 Yolo County Rominger Vineyard Syrah. Just to play with our palate, they also served some Les Jamelles Syrah Vin de Pays d'Oc 2003, which exhibited clean, fresh, lively and pretty cherry and spice notes, and was more than half the price of the California artisanal wine.

Our next course, another Max and Art delight, was Crab Soup with Okra and Tomatoes. Another spicy dish, which Max and Art asked us to enjoy but at the same time, remember its Southern origins, and say a little prayer for the people who have suffered from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They decided to pair their soup with a Pinot Grigio from Italian winemaker Santa Margherita. This wine has a clean, intense aroma and dry flavor, with a pleasant golden apple aftertaste. It was so good we all hoped they would serve us some more with the fish course.

 

Dashing off to the grills in the pool house, Max quickly grilled some scallops to perfection and served them to us with a simple corn salad, and yes, we were in luck, they had brought some extra bottles of the Pinot Grigio which they served with the scallops.

 

Tonight, guava served two purposes. First, the guys served us small dollops of guava sorbet to cleanse our palates, and then they used guava to grill magnificently tender Guava-Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Serrano Pepper Salsa. On the plates, we were served braised collard greens, individual Onion-Fennel Gratin served in the Staub gratin dishes, and Max's Sweet Potato Spoon Bread. For the Tenderloin, Max and Art selected a Rancho Zabaco 2002 Dry Creek Valley Reserve Zinfandel, which was redolent of wild berries and fresh red currants.

 

We thought that after such a magnificent dinner, we would go into the great room and have some after-dinner coffee, but Max and Art still had one more surprise for us. They had made Praline Mousse for us, and served the mousses in Bistro-style parfait glasses with a simple vanilla-sugar cookie, and paired the dessert with an excellent, superb, magnificent Berncasteler Doctor 2003 Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese. Bliss in a little glass (because of the horrific price.)

 

Winding Down
Now, fully satiated, we proceeded to join the teenagers in the great room and then had small cups of Max's delicious coffee. After the dessert wine, we thought it would be a sin to have any after-dinner liqueur, and forsook it. I guess the weather also affected the teenagers because they too were all wound-up and extra chatty, but then the parents in our crowd live for those extra-special moments spent with their children. All in all, what a wonderful end to a busy, chilly day.

 

Summary:
The United States is determined to isolate itself from the rest of the world. Our government is absolutely determined to make every country in the world despise us. Sending that despicably irritating woman, Condoleezza "Condosleazza" Rice off to further irritate and alienate the Europeans, is a bomb that is not going to explode in Europe, it is going to explode in Washington.

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