Jeffrey McManus

Link: Task of Shooting Down Satellite Begins

"Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who left Washington Wednesday for a week of meetings in Asia, has been empowered by President Bush to issue the order to shoot down the satellite."

You know, people kick around the word "empower" a lot, but you have to admit, when the President of the United States orders you to use your navy to fire a rocket into orbit to destroy a spy satellite, that’s what I would call empowerment.

I wish that my two-year-old were more cogent so I could explain this to him — rockets, boats, and explosions, all wrapped into one. Only if Thomas the Tank Engine played the role of the Secretary of Defense and Sir Topham Hatt were president could it possibly enhance the already pornographic appeal.

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