Verbal Jazz Highlights and Low Notes of the Week
Once again, before Verbal Jazz launches into the general lunacy...
It had the makings of the kind of satire that you might see on Verbal Jazz...an American goes looking for work in the burgeoning Iraqi job market because he could find nothing at home. Alas, it ended tragically when Nicholas Berg was brutally beheaded while the cameras kept rolling. A piece of commentary I read postulated that this kind of behavior from terrorists is the reason we are in Iraq to begin with, but I that sounds more like a convenient excuse to back a war that gets more out of control as time passes. Nor do I buy that Berg's killing was the proper retaliatory response for what went on in Abu Ghraib. Perhaps the most telling sign that the situation in Iraq is a mess is that "Mallard Fillmore" spent all week mocking the fish-in-a-barrel-shot that is Air America (the liberal radio network) and none examining the hubris that made our leaders predict that Americans would be walking the streets of Baghdad on palm fronds.
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Now, for the general lunacy
Letting terrorists win: On Monday, Massachusetts will issue gay marriage licenses. There have been last minute attempts to stop this from happening. Verbal Jazz asks you: would terrorists be in favor of gay marriage? I didn't think so...therefore, those strongly opposed to gay marriage may be playing into the hands of terrorists!
It's all in the preparation: I don't know what is more disturbing, the fact that the LA Lakers are 4-0 after Kobe Bryant visits the courtroom, or the fact that ESPN thinks this is a newsworthy trend. This might encourage even more NBA stars to get involved in criminal prosecutions hoping that the courtroom drama will juice their game. When you've got lawyers; who needs steroids?
Beyond Belief: It looks as though Rummy will keep his job as the Secretary of Defense, after all. As a kid I always wondered why members of the Cabinet were called "secretary;" they never fetched coffee, and I never saw them type anything. Rummy was even told he is doing a "superb" job. I guess, "superb" to the President means ignoring human rights violations until the last possible minute...then passing the buck. In addition to Rummy's "superb" job, the president also believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Creationism is a science.
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It had the makings of the kind of satire that you might see on Verbal Jazz...an American goes looking for work in the burgeoning Iraqi job market because he could find nothing at home. Alas, it ended tragically when Nicholas Berg was brutally beheaded while the cameras kept rolling. A piece of commentary I read postulated that this kind of behavior from terrorists is the reason we are in Iraq to begin with, but I that sounds more like a convenient excuse to back a war that gets more out of control as time passes. Nor do I buy that Berg's killing was the proper retaliatory response for what went on in Abu Ghraib. Perhaps the most telling sign that the situation in Iraq is a mess is that "Mallard Fillmore" spent all week mocking the fish-in-a-barrel-shot that is Air America (the liberal radio network) and none examining the hubris that made our leaders predict that Americans would be walking the streets of Baghdad on palm fronds.
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Now, for the general lunacy
Letting terrorists win: On Monday, Massachusetts will issue gay marriage licenses. There have been last minute attempts to stop this from happening. Verbal Jazz asks you: would terrorists be in favor of gay marriage? I didn't think so...therefore, those strongly opposed to gay marriage may be playing into the hands of terrorists!
It's all in the preparation: I don't know what is more disturbing, the fact that the LA Lakers are 4-0 after Kobe Bryant visits the courtroom, or the fact that ESPN thinks this is a newsworthy trend. This might encourage even more NBA stars to get involved in criminal prosecutions hoping that the courtroom drama will juice their game. When you've got lawyers; who needs steroids?
Beyond Belief: It looks as though Rummy will keep his job as the Secretary of Defense, after all. As a kid I always wondered why members of the Cabinet were called "secretary;" they never fetched coffee, and I never saw them type anything. Rummy was even told he is doing a "superb" job. I guess, "superb" to the President means ignoring human rights violations until the last possible minute...then passing the buck. In addition to Rummy's "superb" job, the president also believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Creationism is a science.
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