In the News

Well, you wake up to find the US has knocked off an Islamic terrorist - a big one, but a terrorist nonetheless. Let me make a prediction here, Bush (who ironically has had little to say thus far - alright, it's only 5 AM and he's probably still a little sleepy bear) will take allllllll the credit and the half-wit, right-wing nutjobs will boost his approval ratings and re-take the small grounds the lefters have gained in Congress.

Meanwhile, this is the opinion I'll stick with:

Islamist expert Yasser al-Sirry

"Zarqawi's death, if confirmed, will have little effect on the jihad in Iraq."

"He made clear several times that he is the leader of one faction that is fighting under the Mujahideen Council umbrella. I expect no let up in the jihad, maybe even an escalation as his followers wage retribution killings."

Sirry said he would only be sure of Zarqawi's death when Al Qaeda announced it: "They will not shy from announcing it, after all, he is a martyr."


I mean, it's kinda like me killing a cockroach in the bathroom. Now that he's taken the big swirl, do I really believe that will be the last one I have to kill? We've had no rain here in two weeks (no, I'm not in Phoenix). That means that roaches and every other critter are looking for water. Kinda your little insecta-jihad.

Meanwhile, the biggest pictures to come out of the Middle East are the ones of the dead bodies from Haditha. Now, when a bunch of US Marines go postal on some fucking Hillbillies in Po-dunk Iraq, I think we need to re-think our strategies. Just my opinion, folks.


Also in the news:
"Hartsfield earns top global efficiency award" Whaaaa?

"A study released this week rated Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the most productive in the world when operating costs were balanced against flights and cargo handled, passengers moved and revenue generated."

OH! "When compared to 'operating costs'."

That explains it.


24 hours and the Cup begins. This should be interesting. I hope the boss doesn't actually expect me to be in that office three or four hours a day for the next two weeks. REALLY, how silly. Oh, a German is pissed off because Budweiser paid 40 Million for the pouring rights at the games. If I were German, I'd be pissed, too. Hell, I'm not German, but I wouldn't touch Budweiser if I were dying on an island surrounded by piss. Might as well be in a raft as close to water as that is. However, if Warsteiner couldn't come up with the duckies to pour at their own games, who's the dumbass? Still, Budweiser - at a World Cup football match - IN Germany? Whoda thunk it. The power of commercializism.

Oh, and lastly, my horoscope says, "No one will be able to predict what you are going to do today. Be ready for an emotional scene."

I'm sorry, but this isn't a horoscope, it's the quote that will be etched into my fucking headstone.