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Friday, April 30, 2004

Sinclair Broadcasting Group wants you to believe only anonymous, unknown Americans are dying in Iraq. Numbers are abstract. They don’t have families, parents, wives, or children. Those caskets we finally saw last week are not real, except for the flags that cover them. So Sinclair refuses to broadcast Ted Koppel’s tribute to fallen Americans on Nightline. Nothing to see here...just pictures of some dead poor people and who'd wanna see that? Especially when censoring them gives Sinclair an opportunity to position their throbbing lips a little closer to Junior's wide open zipper?   (I apologize for that last statement. Zippers are reliable and there's no good reason to imply their manufacturers are producing an inferior product.)     If you agree with John McCain that we shouldn’t sweep our casualties of war under the carpet, then send a note to Sinclair and tell them that you appreciate those who made the ultimate sacrifice (and, by the way, David D. Smith, it ain’t a $2,000 contribution to re-elect George W, Bush) even if they don’t.   Thanks to Sister Ruth for the links - and to MoveOn.org which makes a sincere attempt to keep our politicians honest, even though it’s probably hopeless.   Okay, I’m out of the pulpit now and back in the kitchen. It’s hard to get excited about food when something gives you indigestion. 5:37:26 PM    comment []

N.C. Gubernatorial Candidate Plans To Walk Across State   POSTED: 3:33 pm EDT April 30, 2004   RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Barrett said he will walk across the state in order to listen to the needs of North Carolinians.   …you know times are hard when even Republicans can’t afford to drive. 5:08:22 PM    comment []

I’ve been thinking about adding a hot sauce section to my links and this morning I got a nice note from Nick Lindauer at Sweat N Spice. Since I am a big fan of both hot sauces and businesses that put a conjunctive ‘N’ in there names, I be sure to add this place – which also has very reasonable prices on their sauces. Chili Heads will immediately notice Cool Million Pepper Extract rated, as the name suggests, at 1,000,000 Scoville units! 4:32:32 AM    comment []

Is It Too Early To Rename Iraq “FUBAR?”   On a day when a former Saddam General is being assigned to head police forces in Fallujah, where the “terrorists” are being described as “Saddam loyalists”, and the news reports about that besieged city bring contradictory reports that get you singing Jimmy Durante’s Should I Stay or Should I Go, interspersed with videos of US Troops torturing Iraqi prisoners outside Baghdad, it is very difficult to be a satirist.   That’s when you gotta go to the big guy, and Terry Jones once again delivers majestically today in The Guardian.   One of the chief problems with the current exciting adventure in Iraq is that no one can agree on what to call anyone else. In the Second World War we were fighting the Germans, and the Germans were fighting us. Everyone agreed who was fighting who. That's what a proper war is like. However, in Iraq, there isn't even any agreement on what to call the Americans. The Iraqis insist on calling them "Americans", which seems, on the face of it, reasonable. The Americans, however, insist on referring to themselves as "coalition forces". This is probably the first time in history that the United States has tried to share its military glory with someone else. It only hurts when you laugh. Digressing, Fubar would be a good name for the republic we’ve created. You can say it in the same sentence as Rwanda, Qatar, and Sudan and have a nice even aural texture - no awkward consonant bumps to make your tongue stumble! We've already given them a flag, let's now give them a national identity. What do you think would be a good candidate for their national bird? 4:03:34 AM    comment []