this is sort of funny. but really just frightening.

i mean, can condi be serious? i submit this quote indicates all that is wrong with the bush admin:

Rice says President Bush's "unshakable belief in freedom" has rubbed off on her: "It's not hopefulness," she says. "It's a sense of what is possible, and optimism about the strength of democratic institutions." (from the most recent Atlantic).

!!!!! it's not hopefulness? it must be just plain old idiocy. and look at the "possibilities" that those "democratic" "institutions" are bringing to iraq and afghanistan. i guess they certainly can't be described as hopeful situations. at least the article is called grand disillusions.

after these last seven years, i think i'm ready to declare burke my favorite political philosopher. sheesh.