[Stultis]

concerned about politics flagged this article in another thread. Thanks CAP! Unfortunately NewsDay has to be excerpted, but I got most of the good stuff.

[PeteFromMontana]

"Soon we will realize we can speak out freely. We don't have to write on the walls."



Stand by, History will record this properly

[Ditto]

New York Times Headline:

Bush Behind Vandalism In Iraq: Women, Children and Minorities Intimidated By Hateful Graffiti.

[CyberCowboy777]

Not a Washington specific topic but good to know that our fellow Washingtonians, the ones in uniform, are appreciated here and there. Maybe more so there.

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[San Jacinto]

Well, the good news keeps on coming.

I can't wait to watch Dan Rather tonight. I bet he leads with this story and has some Iraqi teenager talk about his liberator and hero Goerge W. Bush, thanking all Americans for the chance at freedom.

Then Dan will probably do a piece on the President's speech, emphasizing that the big protest was a big bust.

Then I bet he has a story on the Judiciary memos and says, "Some Americans are concerned that the Democrats have come under the control of far left wing extremest interest groups, and these memos prove that point."

Follow that up with a profile of filibustered Judge Brown, who speaks of being a conservative African American Woman trying to bring balance to the 9th Circuit. He'll probably try to get her to make some cutting witty remark about Jesse Jackson. (You know, just for a lighter touch.)

Dan will probably close the broadcast with a piece on Thanksgiving, and how many Americans intend to give Thanks for a more hopeful future and a brighter America than anytime in the last 10 years.

I can't wait!

[Mr. Bird]

Nice to see more positives. I got a chuckle remembering the scene in "The Life of Brian" when Brian gets caught painting graffiti by the centurion: "..now conjugate the verb 'to go'.."

[Celtjew Libertarian]

It looks like the handwriting is on the wall....

[My2Cents]

This one brought a lump to my throat:

"Down Saddam the infidel and long live Bush the believer!"

[dighton]

Tagline City.

[McGavin999]

I hope that some enterprising Iraqi photographer will record this for posterity. It would make a wonderful book someday.

[k2blader]

Good read--thanks.

Sending the article to a friend.

[livius]

Great article about something most of us hadn't even considered, although grafitti has been with us from the dawn of time (the Pyramids, Pompei, etc.) and is a pretty revealing form of communication. Thanks for posting.

[concentric circles]

A while back I saw an Iraqi doctor and his wife interviewed on network tv. It was remarkable in it's simplicity. The doctor translated his wife's comments. She said, "If Saddam returned, he would find that his countrymen have changed. Now we can speak what we are thinking and it brings a feeling of great happiness."

[Travis McGee]

"Saddam the dirty, the son of the dirty, in which septic tank are you hiding now?"

[ppaul]

It's a sure bet you we won't be reading this on the front page of our major newspapers, eh?

[samtheman]

This should go right into the Bush campaign in 2004.

Maybe a split screen, one side with Dean going on and on about how horrible it was for us to go in Iraq.

The other side a camera panning wall after Iraqi wall with all the inscriptions translated in subtitles at the bottom of the screen.

There's so much wonderful material for campaign ads out there! I hope the Republicans are imaginative enough to use a lot of it.