"This week eight tourists were the first Westerners to be officially sanctioned
vacationers to Iraq; although attendance was low at the Hotel's 'Death to
Infidel Dogs' Happy Hour."
- Alex Kaseberg
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Changing of the Guard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/cartoon/2009/mar/31/steve-bell-basra-handover-cartoon
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"You know what's interesting? Today, a reporter in Crawford, Texas, asked
former President George Bush how he felt about General Motors and Bush said,
'You know, since I left office, I don't really follow the Iraq war anymore.'"
- Jay Leno
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Dear Mr. bin Laden and Mr. al-Zawahiri,
Pardon the intrusion, but lately we've been doing some thinking. Perhaps it's
time to reexamine the hostilities between your organization and our country,
and come to some sort of mutually beneficial agreement that will satisfy the
needs and desires of both yourselves and the United States.
We understand this might sound a little odd. But it's pretty clear that a)
we're probably not going to catch you, but b) our new president isn't a clumsy
fool like the last one, and you can expect your network to be dismantled piece
by piece whether we catch you or not.
But let's face it. It will cost a lot in blood and treasure to keep up this
destructive feud. Besides, we're in a bit of a recession right now and it's
distracting to have to deal with you halfway around the world. At the same
time, we hear that you're feeling the real estate pinch yourself, and that you
can't even give away your vacation caves. So perhaps we can exchange some ideas
for achieving a satisfactory resolution.
We know you're busy, so there's no rush to respond. All we ask at this time is
that you take a moment or two out of your day to think and reflect upon our
suggestion. In the meantime, please accept this gift of pistachio pies and
peanut butter cookies. They're homemade---yes, even the crust---and once
you've tried them you may think you've died and gone to Paradise.
Sincerely,
The United States of America
P.S. Perhaps we can start by agreeing on this: the weather sure is crazy these
days, isn't it? What is up with that??? Well, thank you for your time. Enjoy
the pies and cookies, and be sure to share them with your friends.
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Editorial by Bill in Portland Maine. Bill in Portland Maine is a senior fellow
on disciplinary leave from the Heritage Foundation.
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One-Trick Pony
http://cagle.com/working/090331/koterba.jpg
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"George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch on opening day for the Texas
Rangers... Wouldn't it be really funny if he does it with a shoe?"
- Pedro Bartes
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Top Bush Advisor Denounces Spanish Torture Probe
http://tinyurl.com/djlr95
A former top US government advisor who faces possible indictment in Spain for
his role in establishing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp described the case
against him as "outrageous."
Douglas Feith -- a key advisor in president George W. Bush's Pentagon -- told
Fox News that moves before a Spanish court to indict him for facilitating
torture were an effort to "intimidate US government officials."
A Spanish non-governmental group has called for six Bush-era advisors to be
prosecuted, including Justice Department lawyer John Yoo and a top aide to vice
president Dick Cheney.
The case is currently being considered by high-profile Spanish magistrate
Baltasar Garzon -- famous for his prosecution of human rights cases.
Spanish law applies the principle of "universal jurisdiction," allowing courts
to reach beyond national borders in cases of torture, terrorism or war crimes.
The case may take on extra weight in Spain because Spanish citizens were among
those detained at the Guantanamo facility -- set up by Bush to keep so-called
terror suspects. ...
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Time To Modernize
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=3bb17c375fadd4ac05ad4d1f07969f04
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Leahy Bails on 'Truth Commission' Plan
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/040109b.html
We had asked for the meeting to learn why [Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT] supported
a truth commission over the appointment of a special prosecutor.
Halfway through the allotted 30 minute meeting (with him taking up much of the
time explaining why he was not generally opposed to prosecution, since he had
been a DA for eight years and had the highest conviction rate in Vermont), he
told us that his truth commission had failed to get the broad support it needed
in Congress, and since he couldn't get one Republican to come behind the plan,
"it's not going to happen." ...
By the end of the meeting, we were beginning to wonder whether anything at all
was going to done -- by Congress, by Attorney General Eric Holder, by President
Barack Obama -- to hold the Bush team accountable for its crimes. ...
After Leahy left the meeting, his aide, Chuck Ross, assured our group that
there was no one more devoted to protecting the Constitution than Leahy
"He has been persistent in the face of obfuscation," Ross said. "He got rid of
[AG Alberto] Gonzales. I would challenge you to find someone who has done more
to defend the Constitution."
Then Ross let out a memorable one-liner: "He's all you've got."
What? Leahy's all we've got to protect the Constitution? And we have to accept
Gonzales's resignation as the only punishment for years of gutting the rule of
law? It took about five minutes for all this to sink in.
Then fellow Vermonter John Nirenberg spoke, I think, for all of us: "If he's
the only guy, this is not a healthy situation." ...
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"Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas were reported Saturday to be raising money by
helping Mexican drug cartels smuggle drugs and illegal aliens into the U.S.
It's a way of earning enough to support their operations against Israel. After
years of supporting them financially, Saudi Arabia decided Hezbollah's old
enough to go out and get a job."
- Argus Hamilton
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I Realize....
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=e7a268572378a551e940dfc5c1f4c9c7
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At What Point Do People Revolt?
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/03/31/at-what-point-do-people-revolt/
. . Were I in Washington State, I'd be cleaning my gun right about now waiting
to protect my property from the coming riots or the government apparatchiks
coming to enforce nonsensical legislation.
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Oh. My. Freakin'. Gawd.
Can we get any more.... anal?!?
And what proverbial straw broke the camel's back and led to the descent to
chaos and warfare unbridled?
"Spokane County became the launch pad last July for the nation's strictest ban
on dishwasher detergent made with phosphates, a measure aimed at reducing water
pollution. The ban will be expanded statewide in July 2010, the same time
similar laws take effect in several other states."
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but post-rinse residue.
(via thepoorman.net)
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For some, it is phosphates in dish detergent. For this guy's parents, it was
apparently lead in the house paint.
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"They'll get my dish soap when they pry it from my cold, dead, pruny hands!"
- Erick
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The revolution will not be rinse cycled....
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"Isn't it weird how Republicans can't be out of power for more than a couple
months without lacing their political oppositions with hints and vocabulary of
armed violence and revolution?"
- Josh Marshall, talkingpointsmemo.com
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"MOM! I'M GOING OUTSIDE TO START A REVOLUTION AGAINST THE TYRANNICAL OBAMMUNIST
GOVERNMENT!"
"Okay honey, just make sure you're back in time for dinner.... we're making
your favorite, Frito casserole!"
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"I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist
indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist
conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious dishwasher phosphates."
- "Ripper", Dr. Strangelurve
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Ancient Grey-Beard
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=81dcbb03dd294eb41a58e2a35309f4f6
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