SO MUCH FOR SILENCE. NOW HOW ABOUT SOME EXPLAINING?

Our former Puppet-in-Chief Bush The Younger finally broke his silence about President Obama and reminded us once again how dopey he is. Apparently he's making good enough progress in his ongoing effort to rid the state of Texas of brush that he could take some time out to make a speech. Well, perhaps the word speech is a bit generous, but he did make some incoherent statements that left reporters scratching their heads and our nation's comedians scrambling for their note pads and tape recorders to compose new jokes. Just like old times!

Looks like Bush The Younger is once again peeved about his old boss Shotgun Dick Cheney speaking for his administration and making all the decisions, and once again showing why Cheney had to stage a coup following the 2000 election. The man still can't put a coherent sentence together, but to be fair, it is not his fault. In order to speak coherently, one must be able to think straight, and that was never his long suit. Well-rehearsed sound bites were more his thing, stuff like "making America strong" and "If you don't but a new car, the terrorists win." Not exactly Abe Lincoln material, but the best he could do.

So now that Shotgun Dick and Dumbya are back in public life, maybe they can explain some of their policies. It's been a while, enough time for reflection and illumination. Maybe tell us why they left the country in a shambles. Tell us exactly why they thought it would a great idea to copy Gestapo interrogation methods for Prisoners of War in violation of the Geneva Convention. Perhaps identify specifically the offending passages in The Bill of Rights that prompted them to try and eviscerate it. Maybe explain in detail why they decided that regulations were a bad idea for the industries handling the nation's wealth. They also might shed some light on how they got the impression that the people of New Orleans were all incredibly good swimmers.

Or how about shedding some light on why they invaded the wrong nation? That seems like a pretty big faux pas. That's not exactly like putting on mismatched socks, that's a real beaut. Imagine FDR invading Argentina, wrecking the joint and hanging their leader following Pearl Harbor? You'd think lots of questions about his thought process would have arisen after something like that, no? Well, all the excuses offered at the time for invading Iraq were false, and the only plausible reason that remains is to get control of their oil, which has become a mission accomplished with this week's signing of no-bid contracts by Exxon-Mobile, Total, Shell, and BP. Maybe Mister-I-Got-Six-Deferments-Cheney and Mister-I-Deserted-My-Post-In-Time-Of-War Bush can explain why they thought it was okay to cause more than 4,000 American soldiers to die for Big Oil.

And maybe Bush The Younger can tell us why he said that Mr. Obama deserved his silence for the beginning of his presidency but not now. Why he didn't think of that in 1999, before he ran for the presidency? We all deserved his silence and never having to get to know life under Shotgun Dick. People are buzzing about the poor state of democracy in Iran these days, forgetting the horrendous quality of Democracy in America for 8 long years. So let's welcome these two clown princes back into the public eye. With the evil mastermind and his dimwitted puppet on display, they can serve as a potent reminder to never again elect anyone but the smartest guy in the room.