Law Suit Implications

Someone here at work just said that the peace protesters in Chicago are suing the city because they weren't provided porta-potties at their march. Hmmm... Does this mean they're admitting the marchers were full of sh*t?

Found It.

Really fun zoomable satellite image of Baghdad here at Space.com I was able to zoom in and locate the famous traffic circle where the statue was pulled down. It's also the location of the camera delivering the picture named "Baghdad Live" on many web places like cbsnews.com. To find it, click once with the cursor on one of the two big islands just above the upper bend of the river. Let the picture sharpen, then click on the circular object in the middle of the first major road to the right of the river, about level with the bigger of the two islands. When you zoom all the way in on that circle, you can see the turquoise dome of the mosque and the statue itself, still standing when the pic was taken. It's near the lower right edge of the park in the middle of the traffic circle. About half a block to the left of that circle is the roof of the hotel where the camera is located and where the reporters are staying. At least that's how I interpret the image.

Worth the Price of Admission

From Page Six.com

BILL Clinton was booed Wednesday night when he took the stage at the Beacon Theater at the start of a Willie Nelson concert. "The place went wild when [Clinton] was announced," said our spy. "There was loud booing and yelling." Clinton "seemed angered" and made a comment about "angry Republicans," which stirred the crowd on more. "There was so much anti-Clinton booing and yelling that when Willie came back out, he asked if everyone was all right . . .

Willie should take notice of the Ditsy Twits' career limiting maneuver and think about who he's inviting on stage at his concerts. I would have loved to be there, just to have Clinton actually hear me boo him.

Liberal Take

So this is how the Left will deal with the jubilance of the liberated Iraqis. They will simply ignore all the good and focus on the temporary confusion and disorder. Robert Fisk is truly despicable.

From the Lampost

Oliver North reported on the radio, just back from a patrol with Marines through Sadaam City. It was very moving. The Iraqi people are finally rising up against those who have tormented them. He said a man with a “Baath Party Official” sign around his neck was hanging from a lampost not far from where he stood. Put there by his former subjects. Wherever the patrol went they were greeted by cheering crowds and people holding up children so they could see the Marines. North says that without exception the fanatical Fedayeen have turned out to be non-Iraqis. They were Egyptions, Syrians, Somalis, etc, but not Iraqi. He said people are pointing them out to Marines. North also said that he has travelled widely in the world but has never seen such abject poverty as Sadaam had created in Sadaam City.

You Gotta Look at This One

Balloon Juice has a great photo essay.

Iraqi-Americans Finally Show Up at a Demonstration

Ever wonder why there were no Iraqi-Americans at those "anti-war" pro-Sadaam protest marches? From Fox News:

Iraqi-Americans Rejoice at Saddam Defeat
(4/9/03 - Dearborn, MI) — Standing on car roofs, cheering and waving American and Iraqi flags, members of Michigan's Iraqi community rejoiced Wednesday at the apparent collapse of Saddam Hussein's government. "Today is my birthday," said Ali Al-Ghazali, 46, a native of southern Iraq. "But it's also the birthday for all Iraqis." "If President Bush will allow, I would like to shake his hand," he said, standing alongside his 74-year-old father, Musa Al-Ghazali.

The sense of jubilation was echoed by the dozen or so men watching the news on the Arabic language television network Al-Jazeera. The relief was clear on their faces as they watched the images on TV. But even as they celebrated, it was clear that the wounds left by Saddam's regime would take much longer to heal. "Don't kill them," said Hadi Al-Baghdadi, a 42 year-old Iraqi living in Dearborn, referring to Saddam and members of the ruling Baath party. "Put them in cages in a zoo. And then we can use the admissions fees to rebuild Iraq."

Healing Moment

New Agers speak of the importance of "healing." Well, on the morning of 9/11/2001 as I was supposed to be getting ready for work, I was traumatized watching events unfold on the television. Clearly, in New Age parlance, I needed healing. Today as I got ready for work in the same bedroom the same TV set showed American Marines help dancing crowds of Iraqi citizens pull down a statue of Sadaam. The moment was jubilent and beautiful as only a truly spontaneous event can be. It marks the crossing of the continental divide of this war. There's no going back. It was a healing moment.

Horrible

"All day and night you would hear terrible screams, and some were from children."

It's not fun to read this article, but if you still have doubts about the war on Sadaam you should take a couple of minutes and read it.

Sadaam and his cohorts did these unspeakably evil things, and that's the reason we had to disarm them. They are (were) beasts, psychopathic brutes. They could not be allowed to be in possession of the sort of weapons that could infict mass damages on the rest of us. They proved beyond any doubt that they were capable of using such weapons on a whim.

Basic

Travolta uses his Scientology stare a lot, if you like that sort of thing. The female lead, Connie Nielsen, is cute, but you don't get to see her naked.

If the plot of this movie were a mathematical formula it would be something like this:

435/12 + 978 + (947 * ½) *3,564 = 459,098± 46%

Trouble is, if you bother to work it all out, it doesn't add up. Don't bother.