That Would’ve Been Awful
From former SecState James Baker’s new book, on the subject of the first Gulf War:
…If Saddam were captured and his regime toppled, American forces would still have been confronted with the specter of a military occupation of indefinite duration to pacify a country and sustain a government in power. The ensuing urban warfare would surely [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“How cheerfully on the false trail they cry.”
–Hamlet, 4.5.109
In-A-Dogga-Da-Vida
Obie goes nuts when unauthorized deer enter the yard anywhere near his window. He barks, hops about and beats his paws on the kennel floor in a drum solo that wouldn’t shame Iron Butterfly. His attention is undivided, except to glance at me to make sure I understand that there are intruders, and [...]
It Begins
MSNBC couldn’t wait to tell us that presidential candidate John Edwards is a multi-milionaire, and yet he is fighting poverty! The network appears blissfully unaware of how many candidates are as wealthy, and of how long Edwards has been doing this sort of work.
The Swift-boating is revving up.
Thought For The Decade
” I would rather someone was wrapped in the Constitution burning the flag than wrapped in the flag burning the Constitution.” –MoxieGrrrl.com
Fer It Afore He Was Agin It
Lest we forget:
“I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.” –Gov. George W. Bush, 1999
With his own war–which he likes very much, thank you–he’s not such a fan of exit strategies:
It doesn’t make any sense [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What rubbish and what offal!” –Julius Caesar, 1.3.109
Your Ignorance, Their Power
TPMmuckraker.com helpfully reminds us of all the information suppressed by the Bush Administration in just six years, including:
In 2005, after a government report showed an increase in terrorism around the world, the administration announced it would stop publishing its annual report on international terrorism.
After the Bureau of Labor Statistics uncovered discouraging data about factory closings [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“He will lie, sir, with such volubility that you would think
truth were a fool.” –All’s Well That Ends Well, 4.3.244-45
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons pease,
And utters it again when God doth please.”
–Love’s Labour’s Lost, 5.2.315-16
