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Charlie Rose convenes a five-year anniversary panel of American foreign policy experts to present "both sides" on the Iraq war. As usual, none were actual opponents of the invasion.
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  • My goodness. My Ozzie? O Harriet? Oh a ooze leg...

    I reread LWM who was up catting 'round with W.T. @ 2:00AM!

    Interesting. You know what a dead Anaconda snake taste like?

    Fried Chicken. I heard it in war?

    O damn grunt hacker, machete!

    yup. a Floridian hack cut one up.

    It was sad. I didn't dare taste it.

    A boa.

    In a black pan fry skillet.

    Wars in the breast? yup.

    The source of blood feuds.

    A dark human heart? yup.

    Or sumtin' lurk data is right. yep.

    The ongoing festering family feud?

    So -- Both sides mix in a black fry pot. Ladle. Sir. Simmer. Steaming. wow.

    Hey, we all gonna try some Garden Leeks, and Green Boa Eden Snake Stew!

  • when night falls -

    over the "homeland" it might be the right time for a fairy tale:

    "Once upon a time there was a beautiful and easygoing Kingdom and if you had dinner there - you never were bothered by political discussion or intellectuals (with the exception of New York) - and you could enjoy yourself chatting relaxed about money, the family, real estate or religion (in this order) - or about the newest bike that Derbig bought.

    And because this Kingdom was not only very easygoing but at the same time a kind of nutty "Pendelum" it swung back and forth uncontrollable between electing very pleasant Kings, who loved to crack jokes and some quite serious, types, who used to hang out at the Peanut Gallery or in some fancy Country Clubs. BUT! one day - surprisingly - and only because he was such a really pleasant dude - a King appeared who started to get high on politics. He loved to scheme and strategize until the cows came home. (in a matter of speaking) Unfortunately he also loved to do things, which you can not mention in a fairy tale and when he was caught doing some of these unspeakable things he had to think very fast and invent - the "What is - is?"- It was - a "movement" - dare I say a "cult"a "religion" - which changed EVERYTHING, because a lot of the Kings Peasants got so mad at this "is-is" and all what it entailed that they started looking for someone who knew exactly what "is" was and here this story could have happily ended - BUT! - then - something terrible happened. (You know 9/11) - and in no time the tiny little: "is - is" developed into a huge: "WHAT IF "IT" IS NOT "IT" WHATEVER "IT" IS. The new King had no f… idea and "it" would have been kind of okay if "it" wouldn’t have come with a useless, stupid, idiotic, senseless,expensive and disasterous war (we got a little carried away here) BUT!! - in the meantime his peasants had learned a lot and they

    punished their new King - guess with what? - A TERRIBLE LOW APPROVAL RATING! (uuuh!) - and suddenly there was a political discussion or a newborn intellectual everywhere (even in LA) -

    And then - came the Internet - No - It always was there but only now you could register on Salon and write all kind of cool stuff under a weird name (we first thought about "Estumaladeouquoi" but that would have been French and we hate the French)In reality we loove the French - but on this "Internet" you could pretend to be anything you wanted to be - like a King in peasant clothes or LVM in Mooserdrag.

    It only got a little bit out of hand, when "THE ELECTIONS" (please look up our favorite election joke in an earlier post) started. There were all kind of Kingcandidates, who where rabid followers of the new and constantly growing IS-IS cult and the poor Peasants were totally lost. In no times they exhausted every single thought and in order not to get bored they invented more and more new and foolish ones.

    BUT!!! there was one group of "wise men" (and woman) in the Saloon! They were so clever, that they had made an oath not to speak out for one of the Kingscandidates (true?) and instead they concentrated on how to save the World.Unfortunately at the same time, there was this big bad Wolf in front of the door - ready to blow the darn barn down (isn't that beautiful "darnbarndown) and there was also some "rebellion" in the ranks. "Wise guys" like Bucky, who thought all governments were evil and Shooter who didn’t understand the difference between good and bad wars and Sinnard, who didn’t understand the difference between good and a bad wars and who even mixed up Bush with Obama - thought the worl was beyond saving and as all of them also had made this oath never to give and easy answer to a complicated question (or vice versa) and to always stay "on topic" (with the exception of poetry) - they reasoned and reasoned in a very complicated manner, while the big bad wolf fed the peasants easy thoughts about the coming economy disaster - ("shoot" this tale gets too long) - BUT!!!! then suddenly LVM, WT and GC who liked to hunt together had a great idea. They send Bucky to a small Italian hilltown where "society worked" and he came back - with the funny idea that all you needed was a "good" government (we know the Italian example sucks but Sweden is too cold) -

    and anywhoo - Bucky, who kind of hunted together with Sinnard showed him the differences between ducks and explained to him, that everything which walks the same is a Bush and also Shooter had a "vision" and all the old wise men (and woman) finally got together and spoke in one voice out for "Hope" and "Change" (even these very simple words) and that’s how Glenn and his Gang changed the World!

  • For the Canadians on this thread

    And I know there are several, of which i am one myself.

    The current episode of K Chronicles should be of interest =>

    http://www.salon.com/comics/knig/2008/03/26/knig/

  • piece of cake. That was a sound of a full fledged pigeon.

    You wrote that melodiously.

    It reminded me of What Joy!

    Smile. Watch. Ducks/Chicks.

    That was Good Squab soup.

    Serious. Watch ducks quack.

    Listen to chickens cackle too.