Archive for April, 2004
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American military officials said today that a new Iraqi security force made up of former Iraqi soldiers and commanders will replace the American troops now in Falluja and assume responsibility for the city’s security… The new Iraqi force represents an about-face for the American authorities, who disbanded the Iraqi army following the fall of Mr. [...]
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Speaking of days gone by…
I used to be in a heavy metal band called “Wicked Bitch”. We were named after our singer Dim’s ex-girlfriend Meghan, who I had known since 7th grade and who was crazy.
Dim’s real name was Tim: he was called Dim because he was none to bright. he [...]
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When I lived in my first apartment, my housemates were two metalheads who were best friends and polar opposites. Rob, my little sister’s ex-boyfriend, was half-Filipino and quite verbally communicative, yet his dyslexia was so bad he could barely write his name and was functionally illiterate. He had tight kinky brown hair that he had [...]
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Been about week since I blogged. Melissa and Sam are in town from Canada, and I’ve been occupied.
She’s out watching the hockey game (actually, she shoulda been home by now), so I have some blog time.
This site just about says it all for 2004.
The New York Times, at least today, is WAY [...]
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Well, which is it?
Bush now: “I am satisfied that I never saw any intelligence that indicated there was going to be an attack on America — at a time and a place.” “There was nothing in there that said, you know, there’s an imminent attack.”
Bush then: “Some have said we must not act [...]
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all of these are from the text of Bush’s remarks, posted the the New York Times.
Some of the following comments are long. they are worth it though.
QUESTION: Mr. President, before the war, you and members of your administration made several claims about Iraq: that U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators with sweets and [...]
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I am in awe after tonight’s press conference, and once transcripts are available, I will be posting selct gems.
But in a word, Mr. Bush seems to be losing his marbles.
The difference perhaps wasn’t his standard delivery of catchphrases; it was rather that he was being asked real questions. For instance, after he dropped the [...]
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probably one of the dumbest articles I have EVER read at The New Republic.
Siegel’s thesis, that “the marriage of comedy and politics is even more unhealthy than the marriage of church and state,” is not only false, it is demonstrably false and has been demonstrably false since the plays of the ancient Greeks.
Anyone who takes [...]
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Tom DeLay versus a bunch of middle-aged women in Texas. This is a very funny article.
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Tiny article (found it at Washington Monthly)
In his first comments since Saturday’s release of the presidential daily brief, Bush said the document contained “nothing about an attack on America.”
What part of “Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate Bin Ladin since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US” do you not understand? [...]
