A Marine with the party that bagged Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of the capture was 100% ca-ca. There was no hole in the ground! They found Hussein in a house. Saddam was not cowering, wearing a Pamper [tm] in a rathole. He shot at the attackers!
This story was all spin, all the time, another piece of the propaganda puzzle, designed to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis. and even more, the American People. Us::::::::The hapless confabulation of knuckleheads that are asked to implicitly sanction this war.
Also in the news today, are Democrats talking about how the war may not be such a bad thing after all...the way democracy is breaking out in Lebanon and other countries. . .
Click on the title to link to the UPI piece.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Senator Santorum, With His Pants Down Around His Ankles Again
Senator Rick Santorum took a poll on his website recently, asking people's opinions on Social Security personal accounts. People love the plan, the Senator said. But, he took the results down.
The Senator can't really weasel out of the poll, 'though, since his opponent Chuck Pennacchio cleverly cached a snapshot of the results.
Senator Bob Kerrey, then the Senator from Nebraska, called it a few weeks after Santorum took office:
"Santorum, that's Latin for a**hole."
You can count on this dingbat to be on the wrong side of virtually every issue, and this time is no exception. Recently Santorum said that banning gay marriage would be "the ultimate homeland security." The website Counterpunch detailed
Now that The Senator has been elevated to a Republican leadership position, his staff can no longer keep him muzzled; it shows. Keep sounding off Senator!"Even Santorum's staff knows the senator is a vacuous boob prone to outrageous gaffs and crude outbursts of unvarnished bigotry. For years, they kept him firmly leashed, rarely permitting him to attend a press interview without a senior staffer by his side."
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Heroes And Villains No. 31--> Morris Dees & Queen Mary I a/k/a Bloody Mary
Clink the painting to enlarge....
Monday, March 07, 2005
Kill Things Over The Internet! (Or, Technology On The March)
There's a web site now (live-shot.com) where you shoot a remote .22 caliber rifle at targets and silhouettes. The company has develped real time cameras that a user can pan and tilt, and fire away. Literally. It looks as if they also plan on allowing you to bag antelopes, wild boars, and other critters in the future. For an extra fee, they will send you DVD video of your shooting session, as well as the target you ventilate. I didn't check to see if they would send you the 50 pounds of pork if you bag the wild boar.
It makes you wonder what's next. First, of course, this system will be exploited by the "adult entertainment industry." After the vast legions of one-handed typists explore the technology, you just might be able to climb Denali over the internet, bake a cake in real time, or swim with the sharks.
Click on the title of this article to link up with Live-shot.com's website.
"challenge yourself and compare your skills to other members with our on-line target shooting. "
It makes you wonder what's next. First, of course, this system will be exploited by the "adult entertainment industry." After the vast legions of one-handed typists explore the technology, you just might be able to climb Denali over the internet, bake a cake in real time, or swim with the sharks.
Click on the title of this article to link up with Live-shot.com's website.
The View From Up There
Click on the title of this posting to link to a great panoramic view from the summit of Mt. Everest. Only a thousand people have made it to the summit. Everest is at roughly the same altitude most commercial airlines fly at... /jack
Poem: AT HILLCREST CEMETARY IN KENT, WASHINGTON, I WALK BY THE GRAVE OF SAM THE GRASSEATER
I walk past the grave
Of Sam the Grasseater (he took no chances).
He was known for improper advances
(No woman over fifty was safe).
He mowed lawns and dug
Every single grave in town.
The first grave in forty years
He had not personally dug
Was the one where he sank down,
As Sam would say,
Snug as a bug in the rug.
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Of Sam the Grasseater (he took no chances).
He was known for improper advances
(No woman over fifty was safe).
He mowed lawns and dug
Every single grave in town.
The first grave in forty years
He had not personally dug
Was the one where he sank down,
As Sam would say,
Snug as a bug in the rug.
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Sunday, March 06, 2005
The Dog Suicides, Part 2
Click the pooch to enlarge.
This story has been bugging me: http://jackbrummet.blogspot.com/2005/03/canine-suicides.html No one has a more cynical estimation of dog intelligence than I do. They will fetch a stick for hours, they sit endlessly waiting to be petted, and you can hook them up in teams to drag a sled through miles of snow. They are faithful and devoted, but they are none too swift. They are flat-out too dumb to commit suicide (not that committing suicide is a hallmark of intelligence...but it does indicate reasoning, however faulty).
A passel of heroic dog stories exist, but I look upon them with a jaundiced eye. We have even heard stories before of animal suicide (the greatly exaggerated stories of lemmings marching off cliffs into the sea). Aside from the well-known urban legend of a dog chasing a ball thrown through a top-floor apartment's window, there is not a lot of information about dog suicides.
The dogs in Dumbarton, Scotland are either being hucked off the bridge by some sicko, or the highly improbable explanation of an optical illusion is actually true. I hope they follow up this story.
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Saturday, March 05, 2005
The Dog Suicides
Animal researchers are concerned after at least five dogs are said to have thrown themselves from an historic bridge in the past six months. Dogs don't commit suicide. At least as far as we know today. Click on the title to link to this story... /jack
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