I can't complain but sometimes I still do
In case you missed this, George W. Bush marked the third anniversary of the Iraq War Sunday without using the word "war."
War is an icky word, isn't it? May I suggest changing the name of this conflict to Iraq Ice Cream Sundae? It just sounds more delicious.
posted by Steve Hyden @ 10:17 AM
I can't complain but sometimes I still do
My name is Steve and I'm a newspaper reporter and writer living in northeast Wisconsin, which is just below the armpit created by the bulk of the state and the peninsula. I don't live in the actual armpit, which is Green Bay, which is a place where fat people sit on their porches and watch traffic go by when the Packers aren't in season. I live in Appleton, a place where slightly less fat people do slightly more interesting things, like watch NASCAR, which is traffic with better camera work. I like living here 79 percent of the time. I fancy myself a deep thinker, an iconoclast, a man who can enjoy both high and low culture. Think Chuck Klosterman with a dose of Jack Nicholson from "Five Easy Pieces." However, I suspect I am not nearly as cool as I think I am. I may in fact be a dork. For example, look at how I described myself a few sentences earlier. What can I say? I'm the guy who started listening to the Clash when he was 13 not because he was reacting against the repressive Republican regime he had lived under most of his life, but because John Cusack wore a Clash T-shirt in "Say Anything..."
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Better yet, let's change the name of the conflict to "Iraq Robin Williams" since that does NOT suck. -r
It isn't a war any more than nuclear bombs are bombs. They're weapons of mass destruction, and this is a liberation conflict. Duh, Steve.
remember that sketch cartoon in bowling for columbine where he explains the history of fear and white people? that pops into my head every so often. especially when we go to war on various defenseless countries.
p.s. i used spell check, and nailed that entire paragraph, pride (in the name of love).
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