Thursday, December 11, 2003

go, Dennis, go!!. One of the reasons that I support Dennis Kucinich for president is that the man is absolutely fearless. Take on Enron-wannabe First Energy? Not a problem. Take on Diebold? Not a problem. Take on ABC News? Not a problem. His latest plan is to take this Flash animation: (click to view animation) and air it on TV in Iowa. Yes, that is a flag-draped coffin in the image. Watch the animation. Imagine that on TV in Iowa. Now do you see what I mean by fearless? If you're a proud antiwar activist and would do anything to watch the Republicans have fits over this, you can donate solely for the purpose of airing the ad. Go here. Remember, all you Deaniacs, if Dean has the nomination sewed up as you say, there's no harm in helping out the candidate at the bottom in the polls. Give generously. [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs] There's no way I'd vote for Kucinich, but it is a good ad. It reminds me of a suggestion I read on some libertarian web site or other for a series of commercials, one per day, showing individual Americans who had died in Iraq. 10:39:16 PM    comment () They don't control the horizontal and the vertical anymore. There were big anti-terror/pro-democracy demonstrations in Baghdad today. Glenn Reynolds points out they were noticed grudgingly, when at all, by the 'professional' 'media'. A few years ago this would have meant the story didn't exist. Times change.... [Samizdata.net] I notice that people in Iraq protesting in favor of democracy are necessarily protesting against the US government, which is distinctly anti-democracy and has lately been employing terrorist tactics in Iraq. The Crusaders are spinning it as a pro-US demonstration, but I wonder how many of the protesters are saying "a pox on both your houses?" 7:28:40 PM    comment () The Proud, The Few, The New Iraq Army. Three hundred of 700 American-trained troops have quit the new Iraqi army, reports CNN. The reasons include "unhappiness with terms, conditions and pay and with instructions of commanding officers." [Hit & Run] It understandable that they wouldn't want to be sepoys; what I find strange is that it wasn't obvious to them what the "new Iraqi army" would be. 12:01:21 PM    comment ()

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