And the Osama-clock keeps on ticking...

This from firedoglake -- too perfect to fuck with.

1,590 days and counting.

That's how long it has been since 9/11/2001 -- and how long it has been since the Bush Administration said they would kill capture Osama Bin Laden. And...erm...they haven't exactly done that, have they? New tape from Osama today. No capture. Not feeling any safer under this Preznit's watch, that's for sure.

Maybe Bushie should actually start doing his job, instead of just talking about it all the time. Actions speak louder than words. So do inactions.

Results matter. I'm just sayin'.

Meanwhile you've got Chris Matthews Spouting off some ridiculous bullshat comparing Osama to Michael Moore? Check what Peter Daou at Salon has to say.

"Bin Laden sounds like Clint Eastwood" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Ron Silver" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Rush Limbaugh" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Bill O'Reilly"-- "Bin Laden sounds like Mel Gibson" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Bruce Willis" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Michelle Malkin"... Imagine the outrage on the right and in the press (but I repeat myself) if a major media figure spat out those words. Well, on Hardball, Chris Matthews just blurted out that Bin Laden sounds like Michael Moore. Simple: Matthews should apologize. On the air. This has NOTHING to do with Michael Moore and everything to do with how far media figures can go slandering the left. And last I checked, Michael Moore didn't massacre thousands of innocent Americans.

Even John Kerry (whose been in Iraq for the last few days) has something to say about this one.

John Kerry's not too happy about it either, has this to say:

"You'd think the only focus tonight would be on destroying Osama Bin Laden, not comparing him to an American who opposes the war whether you like him or not. You want a real debate that America needs? Here goes: If the administration had done the job right in Tora Bora we might not be having discussions on Hardball about a new Bin Laden tape. How dare Scott McClellan tell America that this Administration puts terrorists out of business when had they put Osama Bin Laden out of business in Afghanistan when our troops wanted to, we wouldn't have to hear this barbarian's voice on tape. That's what we should be talking about in America.

What part of common-freaking-sense don't these people have? Osama on the air and the figure it's time for another round of "bash the liberals"... anything to take everyones attention away from Abramoff/Delay/Illegal-Wiretaps not to mention Plame/Libby (anyone remember that one?) Kos nearly blows a gasket.

The blowhards like Chris Matthews are orgasmic in their denunciations of liberals these days in the wake of the latest Osama Bin Laden tape.

But let's remember -- it's not liberal who are in power. It's been George Bush and his neocon pals. It is THEY who have failed to capture or kill Bin Laden. It is they who have made our country less safe, and created a world in which terrorist attacks have increased. It is they who are making a mess out of the war in Iraq, failing to provide our troops with basic necessities like body and vehicle armor.

This is a point so obvious, that really, it takes idiots like Chris Matthews and the Chickenhawks to fail to see it.

Georgia10 had a great post about it earlier. Also on the case are Crooks and Liars, John Aravosis, Digby, and Jane Hamsher. Matt Stoller writes:

This is not about Michael Moore, this is about what it means to be an American. Are we a country of strongmen who thrive on bullying and accusations of treason, or can we tolerate divergent views? Is the media about raw power and shouting ability, or is it about journalism? That's the question that Matthews must answer. Calling Americans treasonous murderers because of their political views has no place in American politics or journalism. Chris Matthews needs to apologize, now.

Vyan