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Thursday, June 05, 2003 |
This ought to be interesting. The options seem limited to 4; but Karl is good, he might come up with more:
(1) Unload with some incontrovertible evidence that will emerge as the best-kept secret since the ending to Psycho. Even to an unrepentant liberal such as myself, this is the preferred ending. We love what America stands for and want to keep believing in it, above all else.
(2) Blame some poor nameless bastard “future draft choice to be named at a later date” in the CIA for “faulty intelligence” and fire the sumbitch outright with high drama, pomp, and circumcision. Somebody high up enough that it seems to matter. Far as I know, nobody in intelligence lost their job for the 9/11 screw-up...maybe a few mininum wage airport screeners who overlooked a potentially dangerous nail file. That's a start, but accountability doesn't stop at the bottom.
(3) Declare a “Code Red” and stop all speculation out of pure animal fear,
(4) Shove a pair of socks down the front of your pants, salute like Ollie North, wave a very large flag, and tell some even bigger lies. What kind of commie would dare to criticize that performance? Yeah, I screwed up, so sue me. Play to the macho bravado side of the peanut gallery and hope they can drown out the boos from those who expected you to be truthful.
7:07:30 PM 
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Another thing I don't understand is how those house of cards war criminals can exist if there really wasn't even a war. We crushed Iraq like a styrofoam cup at Motel 6. There were no battles, no noteworthy resistance, no chemical or bio weapons, and probably no SCUDs. We invaded their country and smashed it like...okay, I'll stick with the styrofoam cup and not say "a puissant at a church picnic," much as that image tickles me. (Word corrected "pissant" to that and I'll take it at its Word)
So how can we charge Chemical Ali and Anthrax Annie with war crimes when we didn't even sign the treaty and there's no evidence? On what grounds do hyperbole and outright lies give us the right to invade a random third-world country, declare their obviously ineffective military to be war criminals, and assume control of their natural resources?
Easy! Tune in to FOX News and listen to slick-haired Neil Cavuto! He’ll make the case in terms even a catastrophically inbred Deliverance banjo boy can appreciate. He’s so cool! – how does he keep that near-perfect wave in his coiffeur? Relax your mind and forget about reality!
"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."— You know who, Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003.
5:40:18 PM
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I'd thought about compiling a list of WMD quotes leading to the war with Iraq. Whiskey Bar: What a Tangled Web We Weave has already done that, so I'll scoot on back to the kitchen.
Here's my favorite, from Rummy:
We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.
(mental note: If you get lost, don't ever stop and ask this guy for directions.)
2:41:07 PM
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The long-awaited tomato tart. I did include a layer of prosciutto just atop the mozzarella bed upon which the roasted tomatoes rest.
2:21:24 PM
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Truth about WMD will emerge, Bush tells troops
President Bush today praised US troops for helping to make Iraq "safer" and promised to "reveal the truth" on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
Mr Bush, speaking to US troops in Qatar at the end of a week-long tour of the Middle East, said: "We've made sure Iraq is not going to be used as an arsenal for terrorist groups."
Mr Bush said the situation in Iraq was improving, thanks to the work of US soldiers, after Saddam Hussein emptied jail cells of "common criminals" just before the war and left his people hungry and desperate.
(From The Guardian)
Related stories:
Iraq increases food rations as citizens stock up for possible war with US
Yes, yes, troublesome details. Those "common criminals" were political dissidents and those "hungry and desperate" people were given 4-6 months of food rations before the war began. Bush did get the country right, however, which is "Iraq."
2:08:45 PM
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Lots of activity at the hummingbird feeder this morning. When more than one of the little guys show up, there is a battle that looks like a miniature jet dogfight.
I put up a new feeder two weeks ago and it wasn't long before the ants found it. A steady trail going down the hanging wire right to the fake floral openings. A lot of them were drowned and the hummingbirds don't like a feeder once the ants get to it. The solution, provided by my friend JP, is to liberally coat the hanger and wire with vaseline (or better Vicks) and the little pests get mired down before they can reach the sugar water. Put on a latex glove to do it so your hand won't reek of Vicks.
10:50:57 AM
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Cooking With The Captain
Honking, the wind puffed into the clumps above the lattice rows. And out looked Panatella, naked and not ashamed, without no clothes. Wiggle Pig went snout-first into a tree. The rubber turkey was gobbled up by the night's dark rubber mouth. A white phosphorous raindrop dropped in the sky. Hot silhouettes in a convertible gave this applause. And several white porcelain trays were rolled in by bumblebees. Their wings arranged with pictures out of the past. And the rainbow baboon gobbled fifteen fish eyes with each spoon. Pockets was caught at window level. Approaching the fractured glass, dripping in light, he spoke: 'I've just looked at myself, and from here to here it ain't far enough, but from here to here it's too short.' 'And circles don't fly, they float,' Pena exclaimed and went on to say, 'Sun sure did shine this year. Who'd you look like underneath?'
Excerpt from Hey Garland I Dig Your Tweed Coat, Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream For Crow (1982)
I’m not sure if my tomatoes are roasted or confites. Confites might be when they’re slow-cooked in oil just under the boiling temperature of water. Whatever they are, Liz says I should remove the skins before I put them in my tomato tart. Her mother loves tomatoes but can’t eat the skins. She's in England. Graham Kerr always said to remove the skins if you’re having company. I think he's in England too. This thing can easily hold 10 shrunken head tomatoes, deeply colored and richly flavored, they don’t fly, they float. Who will eat it? Does it want prosciutto?
2:57:19 AM
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