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 | and have been out of commission since Friday. Only benefit was I got through most of Jon Krakauer’s Where Men Win Glory: a wonderful, horrible read about Pat Tillman’s decision to leave the NFL for the Army Rangers after 9/11, and all that BushCo did to use him and abuse his family after his friendly fire death in Afghanistan. Truly, it is to read [...] I’m sure women across the Middle East are singing Bush’s praises – right, Condi? In Iraq: Kurdistan is the only known part of Iraq –and one of the few places in the world–where female circumcision is widespread. More than 60 percent of women in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq have been circumcised, according to a study conducted this year. In at least one [...] That’s what “Hanukkah” means. And for the last eight nights, my husband, son and I, though atheists all, have lit the menorah and remembered the cleansing of the Temple by the Maccabees, which is especially meaningful now given the housecleaning soon to come to our own federal government. Go ahead and throw Chimpy and Pickles out with the bathwater. And Dick. And Condi. [...] A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush “a dog” and threw his footwear, just missing the president. … Showing the soles of shoes to someone is [...] Wonder why this Iraqi newsman didn’t greet Bush as a liberator? Can you imagine the price he probably will pay for throwing those two shoes? Wonder why we haven’t seen any statues of Bush erected in Bagdad celebrating all he has done for the Iraqi people? Our liberation is in 36 days and it [...] |      | ||||
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