Posted on 06/23/2005 6:22:43 AM PDT by Pokey78
Sir Bob is so goofy and I don't think he ever could sing .
This week he told Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay home from the G8 meeting because Canada has not met its commitments. Later, outside the Commons, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued the invitation to the G8, not Geldof.
Why does ANYONE respond to Sir Bob, let alone Canadas Finance Minister? I do not get it.
Steyn hits it right on the mark with this column, again.
Also, is Batman still "The Caped Crusader" in the movies or has Hollywood red penciled that?
Please don't feed the animals.
Feeding them just reinforces their bad behavior.
Iraq was a quagmire before it became a quagmire. Same with all the other kingdoms in the Middle East. We were content to let the kingdoms produce little more than local quagmires until they decided to export them to downtown NYC, the banks of the Potomac and farmland of PA.
Since my World History classes in High School-- the names of these kingdoms hadn't changed in these Shi'iteholes. That was in 1986.
Now we've forcibly changed 1 of them. Removed another regime in the perpetual Afghani quaqmire. Transported the Libyan centrifuges to a location you can visit off Hwy 40 in Tenn. Effectively kicked the Syrians out of Lebanon without firing a shot. Have the Egyptians talking of ending decades of "Emergency" rule. Have the Saudi's recognizing women as more than vassals for sperm.
Now we've pushed the quagmires back into their own backyard. You must periodically beat back the Mohammedan.
Steyn seems a little harsh in his criticism of lack of progress in Bosnia. After all it only took eight years to decide what shade of blue should be used on their flag. (Last I knew they were still working on the crest.)
On the contrary. It's been one of the most astounding successes in military history. The "daily carnage" pales in comparison to what has happened during a typical war. There is more "daily carnage" on US highways.
Once they know you're watching, they'll start throwing their feces at you.
Not a memoir per se, but selected recollections.
And now that I know more details about his life, the fact that he is where he is now is ten times as amazing to me as I thought previously.
Would you believe that he used to be a Marxist?
No problemo AmishDude. I think you and I have crossed paths before. Thanks for the flag on whatchamacallit's animalist proclivities, because I don't enjoy flamewars with the few cranks that the forum does (unfortunately) include.
BTW, I've got lots of ancestors that were Amish. The Hostetlers are in my line, fwiw.
"The Hostetlers"...That's funny. They have a couple of pages in the Lancaster phone book.
Now that's just plain funny. Wow, thats a bunch of Hostetlers. Is that Lancaster PA?
All others are cheap imitations, including Burt.
Perfect!
Include me out of that one. The paucity of Polish jokes here doesn't mean we've turned Polish, either.
Sounds to me like she got that just about right.
As Drudge says,
Developing ...
Mr Bush will be polite at Gleneagles, but it’s no coincidence that his closest relationship is with a man he hardly ever meets in person, and never at the big talking-shops — John Howard of Australia, who doesn’t get to go to the G8 or Nato or the EU and yet works more effectively with America than Canada or any of the so-called ‘major European allies’ like France and Germany. Summits are, so to speak, one huge bluff.According to my favourite foreign minister these days, Australia’s Alexander Downer, ‘Iraq was a clear example about how outcomes are more important than blind faith in the principles of non-intervention, sovereignty and multilateralism.... Increasingly multilateralism is a synonym for an ineffective and unfocused policy involving internationalism of the lowest common denominator. Multilateral institutions need to become more results-oriented.’
... It’s what we do that defines us.
According to my favourite foreign minister these days, Australia’s Alexander Downer, ‘Iraq was a clear example about how outcomes are more important than blind faith in the principles of non-intervention, sovereignty and multilateralism.... Increasingly multilateralism is a synonym for an ineffective and unfocused policy involving internationalism of the lowest common denominator. Multilateral institutions need to become more results-oriented.’
Thanks for the ping to another brilliant Steyn-sighting!
LOLOLOLOL!
I'm getting my chequebook out right now...
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