Amen to this

(Via Paul Krugman)

Unusually, I’m having a vocabulary problem. There has to be some word for the kind of person who considers his mild discomfort the equivalent of torture, crippling injury, or death for other people. But I can’t think of it.

What brings this to mind is this from Alberto Gonzales:

"I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror."

This reminded me of Laura Bush’s remark on carnage in Iraq:

"And believe me, no one suffers more than their president and I do when we watch this."

Remember this. And remember, too, that for long years these people were considered heroic patriots, defenders of the nation.

This is so true. These idiots are so self centered, so lacking in empathy, that seeing suffering on TV is as bad as actually suffering, and losing your job is as bad as dying for a meaningless cause. When do we get our new administration?