Cursor's Media Patrol - 08/31/06

After "highlighting the tragedy of his own incompetence" in New Orleans, a "dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights violating" President Bush gets a "fantastic Utah welcome," as Mayor Rocky Anderson proclaims that "We are fed lie after lie."

A Bush team campaign to 'Cast Foes As Defeatist' reportedly risks "spraying friendly fire on some of their own candidates," and Paul Craig Roberts feels he may have "misjudged Rumsfeld's intelligence. Anyone who can figure out the Muslim conspiracy is off the charts."

As 'Democrats take fire at Rumsfeld,' Helen Thomas urges "spineless" Dems to drop the "phony timetables" and offer voters "a quick exit from a bad show."

Analyzing "the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept," George Soros argues that "there will be no end to the vicious circle of escalating violence without a political settlement of the Palestine question."

Reporters and pundits who suggest it's 'Game Over' on the Plame leak story are said to be 'Missing the Point,' as it's argued that "the Armitage angle ... is just the latest diversion."

The Pentagon reportedly objects to the practice of predatory lending, through which military families pay up to 780 percent interest, on grounds that debt troubles can affect security clearances and "keep troops from going overseas."

GOP incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns, after being hailed as "a wonderful leader" by First Lady Laura Bush, warned supporters of terrorists who drive taxi cabs "in the daytime and kill at night," but in Virginia, it's "only the media" who "actually care" about Macaca.