NEW ANTONOMASIA POLICY

From here on in we will no longer refer to the current president of the United States as Dear Leader, King George, Georgie Boy, King Georgie Boy, W., Gee Dubya, or by any other antonomasia (lovely, obscure word stolen from William Buckley's letter) except for one: the Liar-in-Chief.

It's time for our change of policy when Paul Krugman can call him an outright liar on this morning's New York Times op-ed page ("Oh, I'm sorry -- was that a rude thing to say?"), and when Frank Rich can diss him with refreshing impudence by channeling Tonto (via Lenny Bruce) on Sunday's op-ed page: "'We will stay the course [in Iraq],' he insistently tells us from his Texas ranch. What do you mean we, white man?"*

*Footnote: The Lone Ranger, in mask, and Tonto are sitting around the camp fire when the Lone Ranger remarks to Tonto that a thousand Indian warriors are bearing down on them and asks him, "What should we do?" to which Tonto replies, "What do you mean we, white man?"

-- Tireless Staff of Thousands

Postscript: G.I. Joe in Iraq is Bushed. And you may want to note that "the current president of the United States," as you call the pretender to the plutocratic-evangelistic throne, is, current-wise, AC/DC: Acting Counterfactually as a Disciple of Christ.

-- A Tireless Reader