New Name for Iraq "Shady Acres" Jonah Goldberg+Python references

National Review Online ^ | 04/04/03 | Jonah Goldeurg

[Dutchgirl]

This is an Ex- ruthless dictator. Bereft of life, he has joined the choir invisble...

[petitfour]

Maybe we should call it Christendom.

[thetruckster]

". . . seizing BIA — as the tag will soon say on our checked luggage — is fantastic news."

What are we going to call the Bureau of Indian Affairs now, or has that been renamed?

[The_Victor]

"He's just pining."

[Dutchgirl]

How about Vegas East...I expect Donald Trump to be snapping up those palaces shortly...

[Fifth Business]

Call it Kuwait. Payback.

[js1138]

Shadey Acres sounds too northern. Here in Florida we'd call it Sunland Center. Just the place for the Special Republican Guard.

[Right Wing Professor]

Alas, one guy who's now virtually unemployable is this joker Ali Hassan Al Majid. He goes by the nickname "Chemical Ali" because he used poison gas on the Kurds and because he has a great method for getting ground-in stains out of carpet

I dunno if he's unemployable. Since he's now stone cold dead, he can easily get a job as a public employee under any Democratic city or state government, and vote five or ten times in the next election.

[Dutchgirl]

How about West "by God" Kuwait?

[IowaHawk]

New New Mexico
Sarinwoode Pointe Estates
The Shops at Jihad Oaks
The Mother of All Subdivisions
Ricinfields Galleria

[GretchenEE]

Jonah bump

[gridlock]

I suspect Saddam will not be invited to join the Bleedin' Choir Invisible. But there is hope for us all, I guess.

I like the idea of naming Iraq with an unpronounceable glyph. "The Nation Formerly Known as Iraq" has a nice ring to it.

[j_tull]

In case you haven't seen this:

Some Monty Python humor for you.
Axis of Just-as-Evil!

Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil",
Libya, China and Syria today announced that they had formed the "Axis of
Just As Evil", which they said would be more evil than that stupid
Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of in his State of the
Union address.

Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new Axis as
having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are just as evil
in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody
knows we're the best evils . . . best at being evil . . . we're the
best."

Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded,
although they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil.
"They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "An
axis can't have more than three countries", explained Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II
you had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So, you can only
have three, and a secret handshake. Ours is wickedly cool."

International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as
within minutes, France surrendered.

Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in
what has become a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan and Serbia
announced that they had formed the "Axis of Somewhat Evil", forcing
Somalia to Join with Uganda and Myanmar in the "Axis of Occasionally
Evil", while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the "Axis of Not
So Much Evil Really as Just Generally Disagreeable". With the criteria
suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone,
El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the "Axis of Countries That
Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics".

Canada, Mexico and Australia formed the "Axis of Nations That Are
Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Some Nasty Thoughts About
America", while Scotland, New Zealand and Spain established the "Axis of
Countries That Want Sheep to Wear Lipstick". "That's not a threat,
really, just something we like to do", said Scottish Executive First
Minister Jack McConnell.

While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't perhaps making
fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most axis, although he
rejected the establishment of the "Axis of Countries Whose Names End in
Guay", accusing one of its members of filing a false application.
Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.

by John Cleese

[thetruckster]

LOL!

[gridlock]

We should sell the naming rights, like they do for sports arenas.

We could start out with "YOUR NAME HERE". After an appropriate deal has been reached, it can be called "Qualcom" or "BancOne" or, better yet, "Texaco".

[xm177e2]

only a third of French citizens want the U.S. and Britain to win the war

53% want us to win, and a little less than a third want us to lose.

[Hatteras]

"— proving that the "special" in Special Republican Guard refers to the fact that they have to wear crash helmets before they get on the school bus — "

Apologies to the millions of "special" people around the globe should be in order and Jonah should start thinking about growing up. What high school journalism class did this guy sneak out of?

[mrsmith]

Name it for his mother:

"Barbarabia".

[TheMole]

Vingt-neuf Palmiers.

[bert]

Isn' BIA already Nashville?