Friday, April 18, 2003

From a description of GW at smith2004: Personally, I'd like to go with "unprincipled loathsome squamous non-Euclidean pile of buzzard barf, vulture vomit and hyena diarrhea, festering vilely in his foul pit of unleashed Statism, a disgrace to Texas, the White House and the human race, a viper hissing vilely at the Constitution, a nauseating shambling horror whose aversion to the principles on which this country was founded makes Dracula's feelings about the True Cross look like purest oogly love, and a genetic wreck with whom even the Deep Ones would not deign to cross-breed." But I'm trying to be nice. -- Eric Oppen [End the War on Freedom] An interesting description, but it's much too vague. This describes the current President's father equally well, and if we change "Texas" to "Arkansas" it's also an excellent description of the previous President. 4:06:35 PM    comment () Clutching for Answers in Baghdad. BAGHDAD -- The streets of Baghdad are prickly with pointed questions, as residents pick at my sleeve and beg me for answers I cannot give. "Why is there no water?" "The river is too high and will soon flood. When will the Americans do something?" "We need electricity and security, where is it?" "Where are the prisoners?" asked a man who gave his name as Muhammed. "It's a simple question. What is the answer?" [Back In Iraq 2.0] The occupation is not making many friends among the Iraqis, however. In marked contrast to the welcome and friendliness we always receive in the north and in Kirkuk, the looks here are guarded and even cold. We smile and wave at people in the cars next to us when the traffic grinds to a halt, but our fellow drivers look at us and donât smile back. A report on the current situation in Baghdad. 3:59:50 PM    comment () The Rutan SpaceShipOne Revealed [Slashdot] 3:44:53 PM    comment () Meet the New Boss. Baghdad has a new mayor, or so he says. Jaudat Obeidi added that he has the backing of the Iraqi National Congress, the Pentagon's favorite Iraqi splinter group. But an INC spokesman in Qatar claimed to have never heard of Obeidi. U.S. Marines in the city are even more blunt. "Anyone declaring themselves as mayor or anything else is just not true. The US government has not appointed anyone," a Marine captain said. Be that as it may, it hasn't stopped widespread reporting of Obeidi's ascension as a fact, accompanied by descriptions of an "aide" to INC chief Ahmad Chalabi being in charge of the city. Chalabi himself has just entered the city, which quite a few people evidently think he controls. Wait 'til Iraq gets to the hanging-chad stage of democracy. Might have four or five mayors of Baghdad. [Hit & Run] I like the quote from the Marine. Wouldn't do to let those Iraqis think they've been liberated! 3:34:09 PM    comment ()

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