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February 21, 2007

“To focus on the air in the balls, or lack thereof, undermines the American spirit of generosity and completely misses the point of giving.”

Another own-goal in the war on terror.

Via Crash Landing.

Posted by Jim Henley @ 10:04 pm, Filed under: Main

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5 Responses to ““To focus on the air in the balls, or lack thereof, undermines the American spirit of generosity and completely misses the point of giving.””

  1. Comment by matthew hogan
    February 22, 2007 @ 8:21 am

    ….Well at least we avoided causing inflation in Iraq.

  2. Comment by Nell
    February 22, 2007 @ 9:37 am

    The quote in the post title reads as a brutal little poem, emblematic of this moment.

    Maybe it’s an effect of having come here straight from the poetry pages (thanks to the Auden pointers of yesterday), but it’s strengthened by the way the quotation is broken up to fit the column.

  3. Comment by Xanthippas
    February 22, 2007 @ 1:58 pm

    I swear, sometimes it’s like there’s a big ball of stupid that just keeps gathering more stupid on the way down the side of the mountain, and nobody can stop it.

  4. Comment by Jim Henley
    February 22, 2007 @ 2:05 pm

    An inflated ball of stupid, I suppose you mean.

  5. Comment by the talking dog
    February 22, 2007 @ 9:13 pm

    I’m reminded of an old parody of Soviet productivity: by year 1985, everyone in Soviet Union will have automobile! By year 1990… gasoline.

    I guess the lesson of this is how DARE those ingrate bastards not welcome us with flowers and parades… after all we’ve done for them. Surely SOMEONE in that God foresaken country must have a ball pump and pin (that they’re not using to make a homemade IED…)

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