TODAY'S TOP FIVE: A Likud Party of Virtue wringing concessions from the Syria of Vice
So This is Freedom, Iraqi-Style! The US military has angrily clamped down on Iraqi civilians claiming authority. Quoth Lt. Gen. David McKiernan: "The coalition alone retains absolute authority within Iraq." Then he warned that anyone challenging American authority would be arrested. For you naysayers, this is precisely how it happened after the American revolution: French and Spanish troops, which had done the bulk of the fighting, occupied America for years and established a de facto colonial administration staffed by business associates of the French king. Anyone challenging their authority was arrested, and French troops fired on crowds of American demonstrators. And then we had, you know, freedom.
Iran or Syria: America's War-Crazed Dictatorship is Torn Like a Fat Kid Trying to Decide on Burger King or McDonald's Watch for this one in the days to come (brought to you first by the crypto-fascist right wing "press"): It's those evil mullahs in Iran who are organizing the massive anti-US demonstrations in Iraq! "Outside agents" was pretty much what the racist state governments of the South said during the civil rights era, too, and look where it got them.
Nu ke Talks End a Day Early as Powell Threatens North Korea And it's funny because he's the "moderate" in the administration. Careful, now, Colin: Those North Koreans have nuclear weapons and a real army. They're a little different from the under-equipped Iraqi conscripts and Vietnamese peasants you're used to dealing with.
Tax Cut-Lovin' "President" Bush Urges Less Revenue, More Spending This is the equivalent of someone urging you to quit you job while simultaneously buying a lot of guns.
Another Group of People Mad at Rick Santorum Sure, gays all over America are ticked off at Sen. Santorum (R-Penn.) for his comments comparing gay sex to things like polygamy and incest, but another group of people who are canceling plans to send his campaign checks have been forgotten by the press: namely, the incestuous. This site is a virtual treasure trove of advocacy and support for those who want to marry their cousins, and full of enlightening facts (e.g. Charles Darwin married his cousin!). Especially enjoyable is the "Destroyers of Freedom" section about Maryland legislators who want to outlaw cousin marriage. Putting aside all smarminess, I was actually moved by the arguments and sincerity on this site, and now I kind of buy the argument that if states can't legislate gay relationships, they shouldn't be able to legislate on this kind of thing either. You see? This is what the Internet does! It erodes traditional standards! God help us, Pat Robertson was right! (In light of this revlation, this attack on Santorum by polygamists was perhaps inevitable.)
-Consider Arms, Considering His Attractive Cousins in a New Way
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