05 July 2003


Are we any safer...?

And here's how well our fight "against world terrorism" is faring:
06 July 2003

Terror returned to Moscow yesterday as two women suicide bombers blew themselves up near the entrance to a packed open-air rock concert, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20.

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When challenged, the woman detonated an explosive belt hidden under her dress. The first blast, equal to half a kilo of TNT, killed more than a dozen bystanders, many of them queuing to enter the festival. Blood and body parts were strewn around the area after the blast, so powerful it wrecked a ticket kiosk and shredded the clothing of people as far as 30 metres away. Then, 10 minutes later a second woman blew herself up near an exit gate.
This carnage is the direct result of the arrogance and bluster of megalomaniac world leaders, Bush among them. It utterly sickens me. When will we common folk wisen up, quit following orders, incarcerate the arms-dealers, destroy the weapons, disband the armies and start solving real problems like world hunger, clean water, AIDS and other deadly diseases?

Yes, I'm a dreamer.

Complete story here.

You can bet they will...!

When I first got wind of this, I thought it must be an exaggeration. I mean, even President Bush wouldn't be this tactless and stupid.

Oh, but I was wrong. When it comes to insensitivity and pure idiocy, the so-called "leader of the free-world" remains Numero-Uno.

From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
TONY JONES: A defiant president George W Bush has vowed to deal with fighters launching attacks on US troops in Iraq, urging Iraqi militants to "bring it on".

Despite the tough talk, he's refused to commit additional troops to the country, although Poland and the Ukraine will be sending more soldiers.

The President's comments came as US forces were ambushed yet again in Iraq.

Today, at least two Iraqis were killed and ten American soldiers wounded in three separate attacks.
According to NPR this morning, we currently have 200,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq, most of them army troops. Our "coalition" members, on the other hand, have contributed a whopping total of 12,000 troops! Most of them British.

Considering how eager Bush was to fight in Vietnam, he sure plays fast and loose with American lives.

Complete Bush story here.

04 July 2003


Feeling their oats....

How magnanimous of the Right to parody itself so.

Must see to believe: here.

(Thanks, Chad, for the link!)