Slog - Comments on The Morning News

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:44:04 -0800

Interesting on Starbucks since we are in the MIDDLE OF SECOND QUARTER!!!!!!!

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:49:19 -0800

I hope to get an opportunity to mock the Department of Homeland Security and interfere with their drill.

Comment by It's Mark Mitchell

It's Mark Mitchell — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:55:31 -0800

I picture them carrying little shovels and wearing tin helmets for the drill...

Now that the weather is nice, I expect they'll station another "guard" at the reservoir at Volunteer Park. I think the winter weather was too much for him, because he disappeared about November.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:59:24 -0800

So a misogynist society is liberated from a brutal regime where women don�t even get to go to school, but still remains a nasty misogynist society � and that�s the US military�s fault?

Yes, then by all means, bring back the Taliban! If we can't make deep cultural improvments we should roll back any improvments made.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:10:28 -0800

raindrop, I know this has been asked many times before, but what the hell, I'll ask it again. What on Earth are you talking about?

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:18:14 -0800

@5: To Bradley's disingenuous lead-in (link text) to the Afghan story.

Comment by Too bad, Mom

Too bad, Mom — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:20:32 -0800

I'd vote against my mother's birthday if Tim Eyman's name was behind it.

Comment by Alan

Alan — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:24:20 -0800

Oh my...

Dennis, who is also a member of the national 9/11 Truth movement, said many people are concerned that the federal government will use these practice drills to stage an actual attack on U.S. soil. "Then they'll blame it on, say, Iran, and use it as an excuse to go to war," he said.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:27:20 -0800

@7: Well, thanks to Tim Eyman at least you can afford a mother's day present if you renew your car tabs in May.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:28:33 -0800

Something to Make Your Blood Boil First Thing in the Morning: Afghan women don�t have it much better after the U.S. invasion

Disingenuous means 'giving a false appearance of frankness'. As in, Bradley didn't really mean that this should make your blood boil. And he didn't really mean that Afghan women don't have it much better off. But obviously he was not being disingenuous because, obviously, this would make anyone's blood boil, because obviously they don't have it much better off.

And obviously nowhere does it say the US military is to blame, and nowhere does it say bring back the Taliban.

Look, dude, could you please make a little more effort? You're wasting everybody's time when post these random things.

Comment by McG

McG — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:29:31 -0800

The Eyman story will raise big money for him. Every attack on the man will build his support. Fight his ideas not his person. The HA types have helped him not hurt him.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:06:19 -0800

The inference of the lead-in is that the U.S. invasion didn�t help Afghan women that much, and reading between the lines it also infers that it may not have been worth it. A more respectful lead-in, that honors our brave soldiers, should have been �Despite liberation from the Taliban, Afghan society still treats its women brutally.� OK enlenchos?

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:13:23 -0800

No, it's not OK. You sound like some Bill O'Reilly chickenhawk. But I can see I am wasting my time.

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:32:00 -0800

@9. raindrop, here's a nice story for you: when tim's measure passed, i ended up paying more to renew my tabs. i suspect anyone else driving an inexpensive vehicle experienced the same. so, no, i actually have less money. not only that, you shouldn't support an initiative just because it taxes you personally less.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:45:24 -0800

Raindrop is a little oversensitive. The administration dropped the ball and failed to finish the job in Afghanistan because they were too obsessed with starting another failure in Iraq. That message should've been included in the headline. Afghani women are suffering thanks to assholes like Charlie Wilson and George W. Bush.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:54:56 -0800

@15: I can agree with that.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:03:41 -0800

Am I the only one who continues to notice that we seem to do a real good job blowing up all the #2 guys in Al-Qaeda, but they always are immediately replaced, presumably, by the #3 guy, allowing everybody else below to move up a slot?

(Hm, wonder if they all wear numbers on their uniforms, like The Beagle Boys?)

And it also makes me wonder - if we're so good at getting all these #2's-of-the-month, when are we going to get around to nailing that pesky #1 guy?

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:20:32 -0800

Comte, life is too much like a hurricane to wear numbers.