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sisyphusshrugged) wrote2003-04-16 12:00 pm
sisyphusshrugged) wrote2003-04-16 12:00 pm
more stuff from around
from To the Barricades! (I love having an excuse to use two prepositions together), we show our commitment to Democracy in Iraq:
...So "freedom of speech," dear Iraqis, means you can say anything you like. But it doesn't mean anyone has to listen to you. It means we can't prevent you from saying what you like (but see above). But we can prevent anyone from hearing you.
You'll come to love this democracy thing. Really.
name of blog points out that General Garner is a bit of a jackass, and shares with us this redolent thought of the good general's about Vietnam:
..."It took too long," he said. "We should have taken the war north instead of waiting in the south. Just like here. If President Bush had been president, we would have won."
Truly. If he had been President he might have showed up for work. That always helps.
As for this rumination on the despoiling of the museums and libraries of Iraq (link may still be broken, so go to Late Night Thoughts and read The Death of the Word):
Um.
Gee, Miss Emma, ma'am, remind me not to piss you off, OK?
I mean that in a good way, of course.
You should scroll down and read the stuff about Cuba (where Emma was born) and cuban-american emigre culture. I think it's fascinating.
...So "freedom of speech," dear Iraqis, means you can say anything you like. But it doesn't mean anyone has to listen to you. It means we can't prevent you from saying what you like (but see above). But we can prevent anyone from hearing you.
You'll come to love this democracy thing. Really.
name of blog points out that General Garner is a bit of a jackass, and shares with us this redolent thought of the good general's about Vietnam:
..."It took too long," he said. "We should have taken the war north instead of waiting in the south. Just like here. If President Bush had been president, we would have won."
Truly. If he had been President he might have showed up for work. That always helps.
As for this rumination on the despoiling of the museums and libraries of Iraq (link may still be broken, so go to Late Night Thoughts and read The Death of the Word):
He who breaks [this book] or puts it in water or rubs it until you cannot recognize it [and] cannot make it be understood, may Ashur, Sin, Shamash, Adad and Ishtar, Bel, Nergal, Ishlar of Nineveh, Ishtar of Arbela, Ishtar of Bit Kidmurri, the gods of heaven and earth and the gods of Assyria, may all these curse him with a curse which cannot be relieved, terrible and merciless, as long as he lives, may they let his name, his seed, be carried off from the land, may they put his flesh in a dog's mouth.
Um.
Gee, Miss Emma, ma'am, remind me not to piss you off, OK?
I mean that in a good way, of course.
You should scroll down and read the stuff about Cuba (where Emma was born) and cuban-american emigre culture. I think it's fascinating.