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October 26, 2006 By: Southpaw Jones Category: Interesting?

Southpaw Jones presents
Is This Interesting?
Thoughts/feelings that just might not matter:

An exerpt from yesterday’s White House briefing:
THE PRESIDENT: You’d expect us to work closely with that government to come up with a way forward that the government feels comfortable with. And there’s probably going to be some bones of contention during these discussions, but, nevertheless, we’ll respect the fact that the Iraq government is sovereign, and they must respect the fact that we’ve got patience, but not unlimited patience.

Q What happens if that patience runs out?

THE PRESIDENT: See, that’s that hypothetical Keil is trying to get me to answer. Why do we work to see to it that it doesn’t work out — run out? That’s the whole objective. That’s what positive people do. They say, we’re going to put something in place and we’ll work to achieve it.

Uh, is it just me, or…nah, no way. No a’whey! The President of These United States seems to be implying that…I’m having trouble typing it, because it’s just so…ludicrous. Is that the word? Surreal? What kind of world is this? Ok, I’m just going to breathe. Count to ten.

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Si…arggh! I can’t do it! THE PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO TAKE MILITARY ACTION TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE INSTALLED IN IRAQ…AQ…AQ…ack. Talk about the snake head eating the head on the opposite side! I can’t even wrap my head around it. Is he saying that Iraq is not ready for democracy? I thought it was God’s gift to every living creature, even the woodland gnome! They can’t handle God’s gift?

Seriously, his insinuation is scarily close to this: “My fellow Americans, our country has invaded another nation under false pretences, creating perhaps the worst fiasco in modern history. I have asked America’s president, our president…well, me…I’ve asked myself how I could allow this to happen, and how I’m going to fix it. I tell myself that I don’t know and that, frankly, I don’t like to be rushed. So I reply to myself that I can’t just wait forever, and I may need to take action against America. They are severely disappointing me, and I am disappointing them. I respect the fact that they/we are a sovereign nation that sort of elected him/me, but I disapprove of myself, their president, me. He wants a drink so desperately, and I have to fight him every step of the way. My point is this, America, I’m going to war against you/us/myself. It’s time to stop this madness and this madman.”

Southpaw Jones presents
Lazy Links
Something way more entertaining that I can offer:

300 Love Letters!

Spike Gillespie presents
Spaiku!
A look at her world / seventeen syllables and / three lines at a time:

we leap-dance with our
inner children and colored
invisible scarves!

Southpaw Jones presents
Online Museum of the Week
The Corazon Free Trade Lucha Libre Mask Collection:

EXPECTRO!

Southpaw Jones presents
Quotopia
Freshly-picked quotes from the ol’ reference collection:
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

Ingrid Bergman