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March 17, 2004 islamoyankee

Thankfully Donald Rumsfeld has proven the case for the Iraq war. I’m glad this administration is restoring dignity to the Office of the President of the United States of America.

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Maybe I shouldn’t have registered for the IIA conference after all . . .
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