Today's Freedom Medal ceremonies: rewarding our failures.

[Sara Beverley]

It's astonishing what power can do. We can reward our own failures and make heros out of cowards and criminals.

[immoderate]

1. More of the "Wizard of Oz Syndrome"

Wizard to scarecrow: "I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma."

--IMM

[Pirate Smile]

2. Promote Condi. Retain Rumsfeld. As usual, they are consistent in

rewarding incompetence.

[maddezmom]

3. * looks more and more like a dictator every day

did you see how smug he was??? GOD help us all.

[dzoner]

4. Reply

The most pathetic ceremony I have have ever seen.

[BiggJawn]

5. Ain't that something, now?

Our nation's highest civilian honour, awarded to 3 colossal FUCK-UPS.

Why didn't he just give one to Colon Bowell, or Colon's boy Mikey, while he was at it?

Mikey Bowell for protecting Murka from the Evil JanetTitty...

Colon for his convincing tap-dance before the UN....

If I had one of those medals, I'd wipe my ass on it and send it back.

Next thing you know, Chimpy will start handing them out like Tic-Tacs to all his Ranger and Pioneer buds...

[dzoner]

6. reply

Fox analysis: History will prove how great these three have been and everyone makes an occasional mistake.

[Doc_Technical]

7. In "Catch 22", Yossarian was promoted and given a medal

for having the squadron drop its bombs in the ocean instead

of bombing a village, and Col. Cathcart couldn't

punish him because it would be bad publicity, so he promoted

Yossarian to Captain.

[annabanana]

8. Olberman just made this exact point on Countdown

brilliant... and lookin' true from here!