Sunday (Blog) Papers
Cernig pulls together the emerging details from the British burning cars plot.
Shamanic announces her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, “Dreadlocks, lesbianism, and all.” Reason? The available candidates suck so bad. ” . . . the Republican party is simply unable to generate the quality of candidates that America needs to maintain a functioning democracy.” This is true enough, but I think it’s better if I run instead. I’m a straight, white male and almost tall (5′11″), so I meet the core requirements for a Republican presidential candidate. The awkward fact that I’ve never voted for a Republican for President mustn’t distract us from the fact that I am the only potential Republican nominee who can get respectful links from the liberal blogosphere. I can be a healer!
Pat Lang says US military intelligence in Iraq sucks and could be better, and explains how. He does not want to hear
that locals will not spy for the United States or that such work is hard or dangerous. “been there, done that.” I also am not interested in the “now enugh linguists” argument. It can be done. Not interested in the “gay rights” argument either.
That’s all well and good. My point in response is the basic libertarian one: the Army’s military intelligence has come to be structured the way it is because it suits the people running the Army. If we were determined to run the world well, as opposed to just running the world, there are all kinds of structural changes we could make to the military, the civilian government and the citizenry. The fact that we won’t be making those changes for perfectly intelligible institutional reasons is about Argument Number 5 on a long list of reasons we shouldn’t try to run the world in the first place.
Comment by Cernig —
July 1, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Heh – what if every blogger announces they’re running for the GOP nomination?
Newsweek 2008 People Of The Year – the GOP Nominees, all 70 Million Of Them.
Regards, C
Comment by shamanic —
July 1, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
I don’t know Jim. How many times have you been married? Because we know that Republicans like multiply-married candidates, and I myself have been in no fewer than two very long relationships, and an awful lot of shorter ones. I would also put my lovemaking skills on par with Fred Thompson’s.
And finally, as Cernig suggests at Newshoggers, I plan to lead the GOP into an orgy of hate against Mimes. MIMES! It’s perfect, because unlike the gays and the Mescans, Mimes can’t talk back.
I’ll see you at the debates Jim.
Comment by Thoreau —
July 1, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
But do you own a ranch, Jim?
Comment by Dave W. —
July 1, 2007 @ 7:10 pm
Still no pictures of the people who parked the fuel-laden Mercedeses in London. I guess if the police manage to get somebody, and then tell us they got the right guys, then we will just have to trust them on that. I mean, if Scotland Yard released pictures to the public then the suspects would be tipped off that there was a manhunt for them, wouldn’t they? Silly Dave W. Can I has a CCTV lol?
Comment by sglover —
July 2, 2007 @ 9:11 am
I see nothing about how you’ve played a decisive leader figure on a successful TeeVee series. An unqualified offering, indeed!
Comment by Uncle Kvetch —
July 2, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
I want Antonio Banderas to divorce that squeaky woman, and marry me. I don’t want to hear “oh, but he’s not gay” or “but he’s never met you.” Been there, done that.
It can be done.