September 7th, 2008
Some are Honda 70-90s, but mostly I can’t tell what kind of motorcycles these are: their owners definitely see them as all-purpose mules.
From the so-rich-first-world-person-you-think-you-need-a-truck department:
There are not very many simple issues in our political life. Even the standard polarizing hot-button issues, like abortion, aren’t simple, yet there are a few principles on which I used to think all Americans agreed. Today Bush signed the detention-rules bill, the bill where McCain and Company caved in to pressure and voted their politics instead of their head&heart. Or maybe they did vote their head&heart, only they know.
by Chan Lowe hosted at goComics
I tripped over an interesting article followed by many intelligent comments a while ago. It’s by Robert Pape, author of a new book, Dying to Win: Why Suicide Terrorists Do It, on the biographies of suicide bombers.
Picture of her son, the bomber.
I can’t offer any answers here, just more questions…
Steve Sack hosted at Slate
Bush on Bush:
“I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.” — Sept. 21, 2003
“I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.” —quoted in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War
“I’m also not very analytical. You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.” — June 4, 2003
“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right.” —July 22, 2001
“I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job.” —July 9, 2004
all quotes excerpted from political humor at about.com
Normally these tidbits from The Decider get treated with contempt, but it’s what they succeed in articulating, not their clumsiness that I want to look at. In Republicanland, competence and expertise are for chumps. Power is all that matters.
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