[mountaineer]

Didn't the "very impressive" Mark Warner just get a very impressively bad grade in a Wall Street Journal article analyzing the various governors? Oops, sorry Chrissie. The story that has me laughing is the one about the NY Times complaining that all these Middle Easterners now clamoring for freedom is a bad thing. Saddam good, freedom bad. Oppressive murderous dictatorships good, self-determination bad. etc., etc., ad nauseam

[Timeout]

I read one intriguing analysis today regarding Syria and Baby Assad. You've heard of "suicide by cop"? Basically someone who wants to die pulls a gun on a cop and gets the cop to do it for him.

The theory about Syria opines that Baby Assad may be doing the same thing. He was never meant to take over from his dad (#1-son got killed). He's an opthamologist who lived the good life until the "crown" was thrust upon him. He really isn't cut out for this dictator stuff. Not to mention his party is only about a 10% minority in Syria which can significantly shorten one's life expectancy.

Could it be that he's maneuvering toward the day when he's "driven" out of Syria and "forced" to go live in luxurious exile in the salons of Paris???

[BigWaveBetty]

"Less than six weeks after President Bush's Inaugural Address appealing for democratic reforms in the Middle East, the United States is coping with an unaccustomed problem: a region churning with fresh demands for democracy, fresh opportunities and fresh potential for instability."--New York Times, March 1

LOL!!!! Comedy GOLD!

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN

The NYT's has hired John Stewart to write new analysis under the above pseudonym.