Sorry for the lack of posts, but I have been doing work I should have done two years ago. I have a few things I want to put up, and then back to the grindstone.
John Cole started Balloon Juice early in 2002. Those who have followed along know that this has been quite the journey.
This was amusing.
Pet Peeve #125003438 If one
Pet Peeve #125003438
If one more pundit says things are ‘spiralling out of control in the Middle East,’ I am going to get so angry blood is going to shoot out my nose and ears. If this is not already out of control, then I do not know what is. Maybe I am just a control freak.
For some reason, I just
For some reason, I just really enjoyed this sentence from Greg Hlatky at A Dog’s Life:
CLINTON SUCK-UP Jonathan Alter slobbers all over the former President, who’s trying to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.
*** Update ***
I read the piece, and Hlatky is right. Alter does slober all over Clinton.
Zogby, that despicable puke, just
Zogby, that despicable puke, just told Tony Snow on Fox that Bush is responsible for this ‘by abdicating leadership’ in the Middle East. He needs to ‘strengthen’ Arafat.
Then, he claimed that when Arafat talks about martyrs, he is just speaking to the culture of the people. Ahh, I see. It is just multiculturalism.
Now he is spreading the myth that Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount is the reason for the intifada.
Our Friends The Saudis: In
Our Friends The Saudis:
In an interview with TIME, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah called Sharon’s assault on Arafat “a brutal, despicable, savage, inhumane and cruel action.” He continued, “The acts we are witnessing represent the views of a criminal who has blood on his hands,” and vowed, “Palestinian resistance to the occupation will continue.”
That is right, no condemnation of the suicide bombings. Those are labeled as ‘resistance.’