The Sept. 11th Attacks Could Have Been Prevented
This is the bombshell being dropped by former Republican governor Thomas Kean, the man appointed by Bush to head the 9/11 investigation. Read more, here, from CBS News. Kean promises more startling revelations as hearings get underway next month. Kean levels the blame at key members inside the current administration, and if he gets the subpoenaed documents from the White House, maybe Bush himself. Stay tuned.
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
30,000 Year Old Art
Recently unearthed in Germany's Ach Valley region, were 3 carved ivory objects depicting a bird, a horse, and a half-man/half-lion figure. Read it here, from BBC News. These finds are among the oldest representations of art ever found. Imagine 30,000 years ago. That would be during an Ice Age where the Saharan desert would have been covered in ice, most of Europe would have been a living hell. And yet, early humans still created art. Boggles the mind.
Recently unearthed in Germany's Ach Valley region, were 3 carved ivory objects depicting a bird, a horse, and a half-man/half-lion figure. Read it here, from BBC News. These finds are among the oldest representations of art ever found. Imagine 30,000 years ago. That would be during an Ice Age where the Saharan desert would have been covered in ice, most of Europe would have been a living hell. And yet, early humans still created art. Boggles the mind.
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Should We Execute Hussein?
I think not. I think we should turn his daily life into a Reality TV show. Hussein would be given a new crap job every week and cameras would follow him around, televising his humiliation and degradation to the world. We could even do it as a pay-per-view series, where the proceeds go to pay off the $87 billion we spent on the Iraq war. First job would be cleaning the toilets in the New York subway. Imagine Saddam, there with bristle brush and a can of disinfectant, elbowing the homeless out of the way to remove layer upon layer of graffiti and filth. The next week, Hussein could shovel coal. And so on. Paris Hilton can kiss Hussein's ass, because Hussein TV would crush that insipid The Simple Life.
I think not. I think we should turn his daily life into a Reality TV show. Hussein would be given a new crap job every week and cameras would follow him around, televising his humiliation and degradation to the world. We could even do it as a pay-per-view series, where the proceeds go to pay off the $87 billion we spent on the Iraq war. First job would be cleaning the toilets in the New York subway. Imagine Saddam, there with bristle brush and a can of disinfectant, elbowing the homeless out of the way to remove layer upon layer of graffiti and filth. The next week, Hussein could shovel coal. And so on. Paris Hilton can kiss Hussein's ass, because Hussein TV would crush that insipid The Simple Life.
Fantasy Soccer
My fantasy soccer team (through the BBC Sports pages) is really kicking ass, moving up from a ranking of 145,000 for the month to 79,000! That's momentum! It's like Seabiscuit cruising up the outside, shoving the punters against the rail! I've got Van Nistelrooy, Scholes, Shearer, Savage, Lampard, Joe Cole, Mills, Clapham, Lehmann, Campo and Sinclair on my team! I expect this game month will see us move up into 50,000th place. Quite a remarkable feat, really.
My fantasy soccer team (through the BBC Sports pages) is really kicking ass, moving up from a ranking of 145,000 for the month to 79,000! That's momentum! It's like Seabiscuit cruising up the outside, shoving the punters against the rail! I've got Van Nistelrooy, Scholes, Shearer, Savage, Lampard, Joe Cole, Mills, Clapham, Lehmann, Campo and Sinclair on my team! I expect this game month will see us move up into 50,000th place. Quite a remarkable feat, really.
Monday, December 15, 2003
Premiership Table. See who's on top, here.
Okay, we'll tell you. Arsenal is on top, followed by Manchester United, Chelsea, Fulham, and Newcastle.
Okay, we'll tell you. Arsenal is on top, followed by Manchester United, Chelsea, Fulham, and Newcastle.
Hussein Captured
I was having coctails with some friends this afternoon and we talked about Hussein's capture. It sounds like a slamdunk win for the Bush Team for next year, but hopefully the media will remember that Hussein had nothing to do with the Sept 11th attacks. Of course Hussein was a nasty bugger and the world is better off without him in power, no question. The world would also be better off without many heads of state, including our own, and hopefully next election will send him from office.
Let's look at Hussein's resume. Hussein killed 8,000 Kurds with VX gas rockets. These chemical weapons were made from materials the US sold him. Yes, Hussein caused about 1 million deaths in the Iran-Iraq war, but the US did things like shell Iranian oil platforms and break the Iranian blockade of Iraq to help our ally, Hussein, and to improve Iraq's position in the war. President Reagan issued and Executive Order that stated we would do anything we had to in order to ensure Iraq did not lose the war with Iran. In fact, Reagan removed Iraq from the list of nations that sponsors terrorism, in 1983. In 1990, Hussein was told through a US ambassador that the US does not view Kuwait as having any connection to the US, meaning it was a green light for Iraq to invade Kuwait. After the Gulf War, when we let Hussein's forces massacre those who expected the US to assist in a rebellion, it was like the Bay Of Pigs fiasco. This time, around 60,000 people were killed by Hussein for taking part in the uprising.
It seems our little dictator, that we nurtured and armed and turned loose on Iraq and the middle east, finally got too big for his britches and then we decided to take him out. The crimes and excesses of Hussein would not have been possible without the generous support of the US. Talk about crows coming home to roost!
I was having coctails with some friends this afternoon and we talked about Hussein's capture. It sounds like a slamdunk win for the Bush Team for next year, but hopefully the media will remember that Hussein had nothing to do with the Sept 11th attacks. Of course Hussein was a nasty bugger and the world is better off without him in power, no question. The world would also be better off without many heads of state, including our own, and hopefully next election will send him from office.
Let's look at Hussein's resume. Hussein killed 8,000 Kurds with VX gas rockets. These chemical weapons were made from materials the US sold him. Yes, Hussein caused about 1 million deaths in the Iran-Iraq war, but the US did things like shell Iranian oil platforms and break the Iranian blockade of Iraq to help our ally, Hussein, and to improve Iraq's position in the war. President Reagan issued and Executive Order that stated we would do anything we had to in order to ensure Iraq did not lose the war with Iran. In fact, Reagan removed Iraq from the list of nations that sponsors terrorism, in 1983. In 1990, Hussein was told through a US ambassador that the US does not view Kuwait as having any connection to the US, meaning it was a green light for Iraq to invade Kuwait. After the Gulf War, when we let Hussein's forces massacre those who expected the US to assist in a rebellion, it was like the Bay Of Pigs fiasco. This time, around 60,000 people were killed by Hussein for taking part in the uprising.
It seems our little dictator, that we nurtured and armed and turned loose on Iraq and the middle east, finally got too big for his britches and then we decided to take him out. The crimes and excesses of Hussein would not have been possible without the generous support of the US. Talk about crows coming home to roost!