(1) The Unconscious Humor Of George Bush
President Bush, on Wednesday afternoon, addressing the ongoing fighting between government forces and Shi’ite militants in Basra and Sadr City:
Bush: My first reaction to watching the Iraqi government respond forcefully and to make it abundantly clear that — I think the exact — I can’t remember the exact words […]
A.P.:
Senate Republicans blocked Democratic attempts to rein in President Bush’s domestic wiretapping program Wednesday, endorsing a White House-supported bill that would give the controversial surveillance legal status.
Under pressure from the Bush administration for quick action, the full Senate could take up the measure next week.
[…]
Republicans defeated several Democratic amendments, including measures to insert a […]
In the latest in an ever-growing number of corners turned and democratic victories, Iraqi voters once again inked up their fingers and headed to the polls—this time to ratify or strike down their first constitution. And while the outcome isn’t official as I write this, most news outlets are reporting that the measure appears to […]
“It’s just like when we were in pre-school!”
Poll: Iraqi elections give Bush boost:
Between January 14 and 16, 51 percent of survey participants expressed approval of Bush’s performance as president. But 57 percent of the surveyed Friday through Sunday stated that they approved of how the he does his job.
After careful demographic, psychological and political analysis, […]
Do they even remember Afghanistan?
You know, that fist-shaped country that had a “free” election just a few months ago.
Afghanistan’s first-ever presidential election has passed off peacefully, but ended in controversy as opposition candidates called for a boycott…The move followed claims of voting irregularities. The dispute centres on the supposedly indelible ink that had been […]
In the days following the Iraqi election, a lot of people out there decided to show their solidarity with the voters of Iraq by putting blue ink on their index finger. A fairly harmless gesture, though it could probably be argued that many of the people inking up their fingers do it in […]
Fight the power:
KRAMER (to organizer at AIDS Walk desk): Uh, Cosmo Kramer?
ORGANIZER: Uh…o.k., you’re checked in. Here’s your AIDS ribbon.
KRAMER: Uh, no thanks.
ORGANIZER: You don’t want to wear an AIDS ribbon?
KRAMER: No.
ORGANIZER: But you have to wear an AIDS ribbon.
KRAMER: I have to?
ORGANIZER: Yes.
KRAMER: See, that’s why I don’t want to.
ORGANIZER: But everyone […]
If these chickenhawks wanted to emulate voters, they should have spent a few hours in line outside the chamber only to take their seats at the very end of the speech.
