Archive for: June 2005June 30, 2005
In the unlikely event you haven’t yet heard….From FOXNews: Already saddled with resolving a looming nuclear showdown with Iran, the Bush administration now faces the possibility that that country’s new leader helped take 52 Americans hostage in 1979. “Many questions” have been raised by five former U.S. … Literary revisionism, 2: “If instead of a brooding existentialist, Albert Camus were a libertarian” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)“[...] At which point Sisyphus, weary of the burden imposed on him by a centralized, elitist pantheon of self-styled ‘Gods,’ changed his fate by finding a willing masochist to assume his unending task—spreading happiness on two fronts and signalling a … Creating new terrorists: Chimpy McHitlerburton’s smirky rodeo ride through history continues, #14From DefenseLINK News: It all started as Chief Warrant Officer James Gisclair was giving an orientation flight to a pilot new to the area. He and the new pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Nathan Scott, spotted a flash flood … In which I attempt to curry favor with Canadians by carefully caressing their cultural sensibilities, 4Baseball is for pussies. Now hockey—that’s a man‘s sport…!
**** June 29, 2005
Revenge of the ChickenhawksOne of the silliest arguments confronting pro-war supporters is the infantile “chickenhawk” accusation frequently floated by those swimming in the shallow end of the anti-war pool—the idea being, in theory, that if you aren’t a member of the military, you … Literary revisionism, 1: “If Samuel Beckett were an existential optimist” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)Vladimir: “Look, here comes Godot now!” Estragon: “Yup. Right on time, too! And the magnificent bastard even brought a twelve pack…!” Random Cat Blogger thought, Wednesday, June 29, 1:17 PM MST…I sure will miss you, pal. And if there is indeed a Kitty Heaven, I’m sure you’re up there right now—cranked on ‘nip with your teeth sunk deep into some presumptuous rodent who never even saw you coming…* Appendix to the Bush Iraq Speech: Department of Defense Press Briefing, June 27Something I found lacking in the President’s speech last evening was a sustained and pointed rebuke to the ascendent MSM narrative of Operation Iraqi Freedom—a narrative that is augmented by incessant and hyperbolic Gitmo criticisms, the partisan … A brief critique of President Bush’s televised speech on Iraq (bulleted, in case Sean Hannity happens by)Pros: clearly articulated an “exit strategy,” namely, that US troops will leave Iraq once the goal of Iraqi self-sufficiency is realized |
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