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03/17/2004 Archived Entry: "The impulse to puke is nearly irresistable."
The impulse to puke is nearly irresistable.
Oh. My. Sweet. Jeebus.
Is anybody watching CNN right now? A hotel has been levelled, at least 27 are dead, they're dragging bodies from the rubble...
And Jane Arraf is gushing about Iraqi firefighters. Stay with me here.
She's been on the scene for about two hours, and her reporting at first was the typical sensation-mongering, spurred on by Wolf Blitzer. But now that the dust has settled, she's resorting to metaphors like 'Out of the rubble of this hotel is rising a new day in Iraq! Look at those firefighters! These are Iraqis!! These positions have never existed before!!'
Is she saying that Iraq never had firefighters before, and the concept is brand-new?
Unintended humor - after rhapsodizing about how much safer Baghdad is, she starts to interview a US military afficer, and she says 'I keep running into you at these bombings...'
i gotta go find a bucket, just in case I have to retch.
Replies: 5 people speak up
While all the pundits were commenting on how the Spain bombings "proved" that we need to stay in the fight on "terror." none of them noticed that this shows what a FAILURE the invasion and occupation of Iraq has been in the "terror" fight.
While the neo-cons were sending US troops to spill blood for oil in Iraq, Osama and his merry gang have grown and blossomed. Spain is proof of that.
The culprits of 9/11 were Osama and Al Quaida. Bush and his neo-con buddies let their greed steer them into wresting control of Iraq's oil fields from Saddam while Osama ran loose. Those SOBs put their own personal interests above those of this country and as such they should all be impeached and tried for treason.
Hell, through them in GITMO for a few years and maybe they'll spill their guts.
Posted by Larry Dean @ 03/17/2004 03:58 PM NY
CNN is terrible. It's not as horrid as FAUX or MSGOP, but it's close. I wish there was a real 24 hour news channel, not these cheerleaders for the Chimp-in-Charge...
Posted by Blue Demon @ 03/17/2004 04:31 PM NY
That wacky Wolf Blitzer, I swear that guy just breaks me up every time!
Blue Demon,
If you can get it, try the CBC (Canadian). It's like the BBC without the accent and it's even better.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 03/17/2004 04:39 PM NY
"imagine meeting you here...we simply must stop meeting like this"
uck...
I found it paticularly ironic/offensive/alarming that the Corp Media felt compelled to run Cheney's anti-Kerry speech, complete with stand-up comedy, with the images from the bombing playing right next to his evil face...
Posted by Damfa @ 03/17/2004 04:46 PM NY
Avoid vexations of the spirit. Besides retching, they can give you hemorrhoids.
Posted by Aristophanes @ 03/17/2004 09:44 PM NY
