Puffed Rice

Condiliar apparently thinks her time is valuable:

Rice, who was attending a regional security conference in Malaysia on Friday, had said earlier that she was "willing and ready" to return to the region to work for a sustainable peace agreement.

"I do think it is important that groundwork be laid so I can make the most of whatever time I can spend there," she said at a news conference Friday.

"The Middle East isn't the only part of the world I have to piss off in this job," she didn't add.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to lay the groundwork...








... while around the world people express their appreciation for Condi's work so far.


Bangladesh


Pakistan


India


Indonesia


Russia


Turkey


The West Bank, Palestine


And, of course, Iraq

And what was Condi doing while Beirut burned and the world screamed in protest?

I wonder--did she buy those boots during her Katrina shopping spree?

Even with that outfit, she's still less of an embarrassment, in Indonesia at least, than her predecessor: