Monday, December 01, 2003
"I did see 'Bowling for Columbine' and I was amazed on how a work of fiction could be considered a documentary." claims my Mr. Conservative Electronic Acquaintance #1. Piped in Conservative Electronic Acquaintance #2, "I've already read David Corn's (Editor of The Nation) book on Bushes supposed lies. Better than most efforts (less foaming at the mouth) but I was not impressed. Just sophistry, speculation and no actual proof or facts. So I've done my liberal reading."
Anna Bloviations: No actual proof or facts? Fiction? Gee maybe you guys should write a book given that you seem to have an exclusivity on truth, facts, and fiction vs. non If you're all about facts and truth then why aren't you bothered by the lack thereof with respect to WMD in Iraq?
Next CEA #2 reworked my quote, "had a few more people bothered to read Mein Kamph..." so that it read, "had a few more people, bothered to read the Islamic Traditions, the teachings of modern day Middle Eastern clerics, and the teachings of American clerics they might have hindered the Islamists' slaughter of millions."
Anna Bloviations: I couldn't agree more that it is high time America began seriously learning about other people's cultures. Preferably BEFORE we go blazing into countries in the name of 'liberating' the citizenry. 'Cause not only is there hurt surprise when the countrymen don't fall to their knees weeping in gratitude -- not only do we undermine our diplomatic credibility throughout the world -- most importantly our young soldiers can't understand whether the screaming Iraqi woman is telling them that no, she is not harboring terrorists, it is only her two napping children inside and please not to shoot, or if she is yelling at them to DUCK because two shady looking characters behind the wall are about to lob grenades at them. It should be a pre-requisite that everyone in the military take intensive foreign language courses (ideally following 12 years of foreign languages in school). The sad reality is that a good many of them can barely master their own language, let alone another -- our Commander in Chief being a prime example.
OK, OK I'm ranting boring politics again. No doubt I sound just like all of the other ranting, spewing, 'poli-tainers,' right? How about a shocking Harper's stat instead:
Number of New York City eighth-graders deemed "proficient" on last year's end-of-summer-school reading exam: 0
Percentage of those who took the test who were promoted to the ninth grade: 78.
At work today, the Senate was in session today for exactly three minutes: from 11:01 a.m. until 11:04 a.m. They are done for the day. Alrighty then... I guess I'll do a little online Christmas shopping, finish the next chapter of the sequel to War and Peace, and figure out what weekends we can go up to New Hampshire this winter given a hubby who is gone one-to-two weeks a month with no rhyme-or-reason of a schedule. I'm also thinking of putting a guide together for "How to Go Grocery Shopping If You're an Environmentally-Conscious Short-Fused Liberal In a Hurry." Speaking of environmentally conscious, you know I never heard back from XSweat -- the company that promotes the un-sweatshop. Bastards never wrote back a thank-you. They obviously forgot the No.#1-most-important-marketing-rule: ALWAYS get back to your potential customer. Or maybe their real bottom line is just a buck after all.
Anna Bloviations: No actual proof or facts? Fiction? Gee maybe you guys should write a book given that you seem to have an exclusivity on truth, facts, and fiction vs. non If you're all about facts and truth then why aren't you bothered by the lack thereof with respect to WMD in Iraq?
Next CEA #2 reworked my quote, "had a few more people bothered to read Mein Kamph..." so that it read, "had a few more people, bothered to read the Islamic Traditions, the teachings of modern day Middle Eastern clerics, and the teachings of American clerics they might have hindered the Islamists' slaughter of millions."
Anna Bloviations: I couldn't agree more that it is high time America began seriously learning about other people's cultures. Preferably BEFORE we go blazing into countries in the name of 'liberating' the citizenry. 'Cause not only is there hurt surprise when the countrymen don't fall to their knees weeping in gratitude -- not only do we undermine our diplomatic credibility throughout the world -- most importantly our young soldiers can't understand whether the screaming Iraqi woman is telling them that no, she is not harboring terrorists, it is only her two napping children inside and please not to shoot, or if she is yelling at them to DUCK because two shady looking characters behind the wall are about to lob grenades at them. It should be a pre-requisite that everyone in the military take intensive foreign language courses (ideally following 12 years of foreign languages in school). The sad reality is that a good many of them can barely master their own language, let alone another -- our Commander in Chief being a prime example.
OK, OK I'm ranting boring politics again. No doubt I sound just like all of the other ranting, spewing, 'poli-tainers,' right? How about a shocking Harper's stat instead:
Number of New York City eighth-graders deemed "proficient" on last year's end-of-summer-school reading exam: 0
Percentage of those who took the test who were promoted to the ninth grade: 78.
At work today, the Senate was in session today for exactly three minutes: from 11:01 a.m. until 11:04 a.m. They are done for the day. Alrighty then... I guess I'll do a little online Christmas shopping, finish the next chapter of the sequel to War and Peace, and figure out what weekends we can go up to New Hampshire this winter given a hubby who is gone one-to-two weeks a month with no rhyme-or-reason of a schedule. I'm also thinking of putting a guide together for "How to Go Grocery Shopping If You're an Environmentally-Conscious Short-Fused Liberal In a Hurry." Speaking of environmentally conscious, you know I never heard back from XSweat -- the company that promotes the un-sweatshop. Bastards never wrote back a thank-you. They obviously forgot the No.#1-most-important-marketing-rule: ALWAYS get back to your potential customer. Or maybe their real bottom line is just a buck after all.
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