thinkness - April 2003 Archives

April 2003

Cut the cuts - Okay, I've not posted in a while. Gurp. I'm in New York, out of my element. Without further ado: A recent Globe editorial is a good little nugget that's helping me catch up with some of the domestic political goings-on.... Posted in political currents | 4 Trackbacks | 118 Comments

Cad cards - The US military is distributing playing decks to soldiers that bear the likenesses of 55 Iraqis than should be captured or killed on sight. I've got a Saddam Hussein flush. What about you?... Posted in political currents | 1 Trackbacks | 208 Comments

deep regret -- intention - deep regret -- intention A white Republican state representative has helped me to delineate and explicate the nature of the "deep regret" chronic piece in real-time. The legislator, Fred Brummer, said during to another legislator during a House session that... Posted in language | 13 Trackbacks | 183 Comments

Ohmigod I'm ready to give out the real idiot ... - Ohmigod I'm ready to give out the real idiot of the year award. [Not like that fake one to Richard Perle a few days ago.] This is a real one. The episode starts with a woman from Wisconsin who was... Posted in | 1 Trackbacks | 167 Comments

color -- know your phalluses - color -- know your phalluses Here is a dope comic Eric sent me [this is the second section out of four]. Here's the color: "Some women just haven't gotten used to having a pet Talib around the camp. They've been... Posted in color , language | 3 Trackbacks | 308 Comments
deep regret -- let's call a spade a diamond - deep regret -- let's call a spade a diamond Here's one from a while ago that I wanted to put up on the blog before I forget. It's a good Molly Ivins story about corporate PR. Good quotes, such as,... Posted in language | 2 Trackbacks | 252 Comments

YFUV? - Slate posted a story highlighting the current ad campaign for the new Hummer. Key point: "But to think that either Hummer dealers or potential buyers would be somehow embarrassed is to misunderstand the brand. People who drive enormous, angry, military-style... Posted in political currents | 2 Trackbacks | 189 Comments

color -- the sammich - color -- the sammich General Tony McPeak getting interviewed by the Oregonian: Oregonian: "There is an argument here, which is that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological and nuclear know-how . . . that the Iraqi government could... Posted in color , language | 13 Trackbacks | 185 Comments
Color -- The Sandbox - I'm introducing another chronic entry to thinkness. This one's called 'color'. It's just a collection of colorful analogies and metaphors related to news and ideas and anything that interests me. Here's the first: color -- the sandbox My father sent... Posted in color , language | 1 Trackbacks | 354 Comments

So sure are you - Every once in a while, when I think I'm beginning to feel like I really understand what's going on, I come across an article like this, from a liberal guy at a liberal paper telling me how terrible a man... Posted in political currents | 7 Trackbacks | 160 Comments

Surprise surprise - Slate published a really good story on how it's not surprising that the US is surprised that Iraq's army is using unconventional strategies. During the US military's big war game, they rigged the results so that we would win. The... Posted in | 6 Trackbacks | 163 Comments
War, hell, etc. - Here's an apt companion story to that one I posted yesterday about the horrors of war. Sample of the happiness: "Cease fire!" Johnson yelled over the radio. Then, as he peered into his binoculars from the intersection on Highway 9,... Posted in | 4 Trackbacks | 374 Comments