Comments on: Not so pithy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jane http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462912 Jane Sat, 03 May 2008 19:37:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462912 Heard somewhere on the ether that 70% of Americans think Dubya is the worst president in history. It may have been in the headlines in the lead-up to Lateline or it could have been during the day. I've been engaged in a time consuming and frustrating domestic task all week so have lost all sense of time and proportion and can't provide a link. Anyone mentioning curtains will be summarily executed! Heard somewhere on the ether that 70% of Americans think Dubya is the worst president in history. It may have been in the headlines in the lead-up to Lateline or it could have been during the day. I’ve been engaged in a time consuming and frustrating domestic task all week so have lost all sense of time and proportion and can’t provide a link. Anyone mentioning curtains will be summarily executed!

]]> By: Down and Out of Sài Gòn http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462428 Down and Out of Sài Gòn Fri, 02 May 2008 03:30:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462428 <i>Might I humbly suggest you people get over your banner fetish, it is starting to look silly, Iraq gets better daily, Al Sadr’s JM gets significantly degraded daily and his supposed loyal subjects are delighted and all you people can point to is “ahh but they had “mission Accomplished” on the banner” - Whoopee!</i> Kingsley: last I heard, Sadr was cramming for his Ayatollah exams, and wasn't playing a day-to-day role in Sadr City, or anywhere else in Iraq. No matter. If parliamentary delegations leave their own counrty to <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/01/content_8088431.htm" rel="nofollow">engage in peacetalks with him</a>, then al-Sadr remains a very important person indeed. <blockquote>A delegation from Shiite lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament headed to Iran for talks with anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to end ongoing clashes between Sadr followers and U.S-backed Iraqi troops, a Sadr spokesman said on Thursday. Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for Sadr in the central holy city of Najaf, said five lawmakers led by deputy parliament speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya traveled to Iran on Wednesday. "A delegation from the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) in the parliament headed by Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya, went to Iran to meet Saiyyd Muqtada al-Sadr there and other leaders of the Sadr movement who are in Iran, to negotiate with him a way out of the crisis," Obeidi said. Obeidi's remarks is the first acknowledgment by Sadr followers that their leader is in Iran. </blockquote> Might I humbly suggest you people get over your banner fetish, it is starting to look silly, Iraq gets better daily, Al Sadr’s JM gets significantly degraded daily and his supposed loyal subjects are delighted and all you people can point to is “ahh but they had “mission Accomplished” on the banner” - Whoopee!

Kingsley: last I heard, Sadr was cramming for his Ayatollah exams, and wasn’t playing a day-to-day role in Sadr City, or anywhere else in Iraq. No matter. If parliamentary delegations leave their own counrty to engage in peacetalks with him, then al-Sadr remains a very important person indeed.

A delegation from Shiite lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament headed to Iran for talks with anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to end ongoing clashes between Sadr followers and U.S-backed Iraqi troops, a Sadr spokesman said on Thursday.

Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for Sadr in the central holy city of Najaf, said five lawmakers led by deputy parliament speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya traveled to Iran on Wednesday.

“A delegation from the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) in the parliament headed by Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya, went to Iran to meet Saiyyd Muqtada al-Sadr there and other leaders of the Sadr movement who are in Iran, to negotiate with him a way out of the crisis,” Obeidi said.

Obeidi’s remarks is the first acknowledgment by Sadr followers that their leader is in Iran.

]]> By: Ken Lovell http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462378 Ken Lovell Fri, 02 May 2008 01:38:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462378 Yes Kingsley, we have always been at war with the Sadrists and we invaded Iraq to rid the world of the evil dictator Moqtada. It's all becoming clearer by the day. Yes Kingsley, we have always been at war with the Sadrists and we invaded Iraq to rid the world of the evil dictator Moqtada. It’s all becoming clearer by the day.

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462375 Katz Fri, 02 May 2008 01:35:20 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462375 <blockquote>Might I humbly suggest you people get over your banner fetish, it is starting to look silly, Iraq gets better daily, Al Sadr’s JM gets significantly degraded daily and his supposed loyal subjects are delighted and all you people can point to is “ahh but they had “mission Accomplished” on the banner” - Whoopee!</blockquote> Oh my, how naive... This isn't about the last war. This is about the next war. The next war is the battle to keep McCain's ageing posterior off the Oval Office swivel chair. Trouble is, Kingsley, US voters have already made up their minds about the Iraq Fiasco. Al Sadr doesn't loom very large in their thinking. McCain has promised 100 more years of "Mission Accomplished". The folks are very gun-shy about that prospect. The Iraq Tar Baby is going to sink McCain and much of the GOP. The banner absurdity simply fans the flames of GOP annihilation Good.

Might I humbly suggest you people get over your banner fetish, it is starting to look silly, Iraq gets better daily, Al Sadr’s JM gets significantly degraded daily and his supposed loyal subjects are delighted and all you people can point to is “ahh but they had “mission Accomplished” on the banner” - Whoopee!

Oh my, how naive…

This isn’t about the last war. This is about the next war.

The next war is the battle to keep McCain’s ageing posterior off the Oval Office swivel chair.

Trouble is, Kingsley, US voters have already made up their minds about the Iraq Fiasco. Al Sadr doesn’t loom very large in their thinking.

McCain has promised 100 more years of “Mission Accomplished”. The folks are very gun-shy about that prospect.

The Iraq Tar Baby is going to sink McCain and much of the GOP. The banner absurdity simply fans the flames of GOP annihilation

Good.

]]> By: Kingsley http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462322 Kingsley Fri, 02 May 2008 00:01:30 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462322 Might I humbly suggest you people get over your banner fetish, it is starting to look silly, Iraq gets better daily, Al Sadr's JM gets significantly degraded daily and his supposed loyal subjects are delighted and all you people can point to is "ahh but they had "mission Accomplished" on the banner" - Whoopee! Might I humbly suggest you people get over your banner fetish, it is starting to look silly, Iraq gets better daily, Al Sadr’s JM gets significantly degraded daily and his supposed loyal subjects are delighted and all you people can point to is “ahh but they had “mission Accomplished” on the banner” - Whoopee!

]]> By: Paul Burns http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462313 Paul Burns Thu, 01 May 2008 23:49:52 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462313 And Tatty agreed with all this rubbish. Which is why he was never listed as one of t5he world's ten most influential people. Him and Hyacynth musta been screaming at the tele in the Wollstonecraft cottasge this morning as they watched the Packer Puppets report it, somewhat demeaningly, no doubt on Ratty's telephoned instructions. No wonder thje world calls Bush the American Imbecile. And Tatty agreed with all this rubbish. Which is why he was never listed as one of t5he world’s ten most influential people. Him and Hyacynth musta been screaming at the tele in the Wollstonecraft cottasge this morning as they watched the Packer Puppets report it, somewhat demeaningly, no doubt on Ratty’s telephoned instructions. No wonder thje world calls Bush the American Imbecile.

]]> By: Tony D http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462280 Tony D Thu, 01 May 2008 22:04:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462280 Neo-cons, the gift that keeps on giving eh? I actually kinda hope that Johnny Boy McCain wins, that way we'll get one of these every couple of months. Neo-cons, the gift that keeps on giving eh?

I actually kinda hope that Johnny Boy McCain wins, that way we’ll get one of these every couple of months.

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462204 Katz Thu, 01 May 2008 14:15:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/05/01/not-so-pithy/#comment-462204 But wait! <blockquote>In a pre-recorded message from soemwhere in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden has claimed responsibility for erecting that troublesome "Mission Accomplished" banner. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino announced: "The President wants the American people to see that this is proof that we are fighting a determined and resourceful enemy who will stop at nothing to undermine our non-negotiable way of life."</blockquote> But wait!

In a pre-recorded message from soemwhere in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden has claimed responsibility for erecting that troublesome “Mission Accomplished” banner.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino announced: “The President wants the American people to see that this is proof that we are fighting a determined and resourceful enemy who will stop at nothing to undermine our non-negotiable way of life.”

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