March 28, 2006

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As you've read, I'm sure, in the New York Times:

The [Bush–Blair] memo also shows that the president and the prime minister acknowledged that no unconventional weapons had been found inside Iraq. Faced with the possibility of not finding any before the planned invasion, Mr. Bush talked about several ways to provoke a confrontation, including a proposal to paint a United States surveillance plane in the colors of the United Nations in hopes of drawing fire, or assassinating Mr. Hussein.

If Feingold's censure isn't greeted by Congress like the circus come to town, I'm heading down to Capitol Hill and throwing rocks at anyone wearing a suit. You're all on notice.

Just read that—what kind of Soviet shit is that, who is this sputnik in the White House, where is our city on a hill?

Posted by Kriston at March 28, 2006 10:48 AM
Comments

Not to infringe on your personal self-expression, but wouldn't it be more effective to organize a bunch of friends to dress as zombies, and then go throw stones at Congresspeople?

Posted by: LizardBreath at March 28, 2006 11:26 AM

What do you know, LB, and who are your sources?

Posted by: Kriston at March 28, 2006 11:28 AM

Like Manuel from Fawlty Towers: "I know naaathing." (given the password protection on your email, I still know nothing. But am entertained nonetheless.)

Posted by: LizardBreath at March 28, 2006 11:42 AM

Yes! Yes! Zombies! With signs! Though I don't know how this issue would really pertain to the injustices faced by the undead. From what I can tell, zombies tend to be neutral on the motives for preemptive strike, unless there are yummy brains involved, which there clearly aren't in this particular case.

Posted by: genevieve at March 28, 2006 12:40 PM

A proper flesh mob would likely strike anyone on the Mall wearing a suit, so there's a good chance that the offensive parties would be eaten.

Posted by: Kriston at March 28, 2006 12:55 PM

"...the president's sentiments about invading Iraq were known at the time..."--from the same NYT article

Anyone who was paying attention could have told you this.

"...no unconventional weapons had been found inside Iraq."

...at that point. ...thus far. I believe that's the sentiment behind the statement. However, illegal missiles were found among many other violations. Evidence found recently prove that Saddam instructed his field commanders to not cooperate (and thus avoid this confrontation) with U.N. inspectors, leading every intelligence agency in the West to believe they still had WMD.

"a proposal to paint a United States surveillance plane in the colors of the United Nations in hopes of drawing fire,"

This is ridiculous considering that planes securing the No-Fly Zones were being fired on already, daily.

Either way, it's clear that those who oppose the war will believe what they want and interpret evidence as they want and those that favored the war will do the same. It's amazing how the same documents can be viewed through such different lenses and how polarized the discussion has become. So much so that recent documents proving that Saddam instructed his officers to hide evidence of weapons programs (thus hampering Hans Blix's team in '03)and to refuse to explain where the weapons went are dismissed as irrelevant.

History will absolve Bush. There's no chance for any objectivity in the present.

Posted by: j.scott barnard at March 28, 2006 1:49 PM

But anyhow, I make a good dip. Zombies like dip, right?

Posted by: supershuttle at March 28, 2006 3:46 PM

Is it made from head cheese?

Posted by: Kriston at March 28, 2006 4:53 PM

Def. Head cheese is in fact not a cheese, but rather a terrine made of meat taken from the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) that would not otherwise be considered appealing. It may also include meat from the feet and heart.

This is the actual definition of head cheese, which sounds fairly rank, but since zombies don't need to worry themselves about Prions and encephalopahty, then sure, head cheese it is.

Posted by: supershuttle at March 28, 2006 5:37 PM

That definition doesn't make it clear quite how gelatinous head cheese is. I bet zombies like that.

Posted by: LizardBreath at March 29, 2006 4:39 PM

There has to be a high brains content to the cheese for it to be appealing to the zombies I think.

Posted by: j.scott barnard at March 30, 2006 6:58 AM
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