March 13, 2004
ELBOW ROOM
I need a little scrolling space to separate my initial siteview from that last picture, s'il vous plait. Even I have limits.
So, query: why do the Saudis get a pass from Bush on human rights? W is tougher on the hostage state of Lebanon than he is on the birthplace and savings and loan of Wahhabism. Curious. Or infuriating. I'm not saying the Saudis have W's pecker in their pocket, I'm just suggesting Laura has to drive over to Georgetown and borrow it from Prince Bandar if she wants some manmeat.
Why is Arafat still alive? As a diplomatic measure, how can Israel be any worse off if they were to whack him? What are the Pali's going to do? Start an intifada?
Upside: new Pali leadership, with a modicum of willingness to negotiate. Perhaps even a recognition that their strategy of the last 3 years has been, not only wantonly murderous, but unproductive to boot.
Is it just me, or does Iraqi-bred, Iranian-born Persian ayatollah Sistani look just like Khomeini, He Who Was Slathered in Clarified Butter, and dropped in the dirt like a piece of porkflesh at his funeral? I think Sean Connery could play either of these guys, with the proper hairpiece.
There. That should give me some breathing space.