I'll steal from Bill Maher here.

New Rule #1: Seymour Hersh doesn't deserve a Pulitzer for his work. He deserves the thanks of a grateful nation and whatever the medal is that we give to civilians. This article is reason enough to re-make the war, to support real journalism, and to support the New Yorker.
(Edit: The nation's highest civilian honor is the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's kind of sketchy as to the "honor" part, so I'm not sure this is what Hersh has earned.)

New Rule #2: I'm not the first to make this suggestion, but I'll have a different justification and result. If George Bush styles himself a Texan, then he should idolize LBJ like the majority of the state. For once, I'll say LBJ's example should be followed. Bush should, finally, listen to his own calls for personal responsibility and end his campaign. He should step aside.

New Rule #2a: With Bush stepping aside - and I don't think it's long before we start hearing discussion of Nixonian measures - the Republican party can quickly fix things by nominating the man reportedly under consideration for a position in the Kerry government. John McCain for President? He'd have my vote in this election.

New Rule #3: There were seven different commissions that looked into Pearl Harbor, three that looked into the Gulf of Tonkin, and one that's looked into 9/11. While I hope this commission does it's work diligently, I'd like to see the results of one that had complete, unfettered access to the information it needs.

New Rule #4: When Jeb Bush starts discussions of running for President, please ignore him.

New Rule #5: Comparing what happened in Abu Gharib to any other atrocity is bullshit. The difference is - we're not terrorists. Terrorists and rogues do things to inspire terror. Tyrants and dictators do that as well. If America wants to see itself as the white-hatted cowboy, it has to play the part of the Good Guy. I'll offer Gary Cooper in High Noon as the ideal rather than, say, Marcellus Wallace.

New Rule #6: Yes, there is a way to blame all this on Bud Selig.

New Rule #7: Clinton got impeached for lying about a blow job. If the Republicans set the bar there, I'm thinking that any number of things done in this administration might meet this new standard.

New Rule #7a: Don't impeach Bush. The bar may have been re-set, but that's no reason to hold ourselves to the new low standard. For all the personal responsibility espoused by the Conservative movement's dittoheads and chickenhawks, they don't do much of it. Here's how it works: we make our choices and we live with them. There's no recall provision in the U.S. Consititution.

New Rule #7b: No, I didn't say Clinton was right or that we should ignore conduct. Maybe my generation is jaded and cynical, but we've come to expect the lies of politicians. Here's the difference - life and death. The result of Clinton's misdeed was a stained blue dress; the result of Bush's are pine boxes.

(More in comments - not sure why, but I can't fit the whole thing in MT.)