The Best Hraka Around
I’d be more inclined to go see the new Star Wars flick, if the villain wasn’t named Darth Chimperooski, the Sithbush Lord; and if it wasn’t set on the planet Halliburtonoo II. Oh well, I suppose if Michael Moore could go for Best Picture with Fahrenheit 9/11, then George Lucas should be allowed to compete for Best Documentary with “Revenge of the Sithpublicans.”
Admittedly, the stink over Newsweek’s now-retracted story on alleged Koran flushing is a bit overwrought. Now that I think about it, where was Kevin Drum when Andres Serrano was dunking crucifixes in urine for art projects? Where *is* Atrios as Christians are being tortured and murdered in Sudan, China, and Saudi Arabia - did I miss his calls for the Islamacists and the Chi-Coms to respect the religion of the Christers? And now that I think about it… wait a minute… you mean we’re supposed to be worried about disrespecting a book, many of whose adherents claim it directs the murder of gays and women who go out wearing something other than a G.P. Medium tent, with the fly pulled down? We’re supposed to respect *that* book? This dichotomy raises some interesting questions about race and condescension.
But that shouldn’t stop us from playing Washington’s favorite parlor game: Guess the Leaker! Michelle Malkin is hot on the trail of the nameless source cited by Newsweek in their most recent unfounded slander of the Armed Forces. She seemed to focus earlier on Eric Saar, an enlisted interrogator who worked at Gitmo. As a Washington attorney, I’m a skeptic about that claim for a couple reasons. First, the claim was outright denied by Newsweek this afternoon.
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Use the Farm, Cuke. Stretch out with your peelings….
Humorous, but it’ll take more than scare tactics–even nicely produced ones–about irradiated fruit before I’ll buy organic.
ACROSS THE POND
Europe’s ’70s Show
The Continent’s economic death spiral.
BY BRIAN M. CARNEY
Sunday, May 15, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT
A fairly interesting piece that spoke to the economics student in me.