If we had some ham, we'd have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs....

[kentuck]

If we had reporters in Baghdad that were not afraid to get out of their hotels, we would have some truth, if there was not so much fear. And if we knew the truth, we would know if were winning or losing, rather than depending on the military propaganda to tell us about how many KIA's they had today that were crossing the Syrian border. And if we had some truth, we would have some victory, if we had some freedom....

[DrDebug]

1. The only eyes and ears are the people now

Wednesday, May 18, 2005
The Dead and the Undead...

She stood in the crowded room as her drove of minions stood around her...?A huddling mass trying to draw closer to her aura of evil. The lights flashed against her fangs as her cruel lips curled into a grimace. It was meant to be a smile but it wouldn't reach her cold, lifeless eyes? It was a leer- the leer of the undead before a feeding...

The above was not a scene from Buffy the Vampire Slayer- it was just Condi Rice in Iraq a day ago. At home, we fondly refer to her as The Vampire. She's such a contrast to Bush- he simply looks stupid. She, on the other hand, looks utterly evil.

The last two weeks have been violent. The number of explosions in Baghdad alone is frightening. There have also been several assassinations- bodies being found here and there. It's somewhat disturbing to know that corpses are turning up in the most unexpected places. Many people will tell you it's not wise to eat river fish anymore because they have been nourished on the human remains being dumped into the river. That thought alone has given me more than one sleepless night. It is almost as if Baghdad has turned into a giant graveyard.

The latest corpses were those of some Sunni and Shia clerics- several of them well-known. People are being patient and there is a general consensus that these killings are being done to provoke civil war. Also worrisome is the fact that we are hearing of people being rounded up by security forces (Iraqi) and then being found dead days later- apparently when the new Iraqi government recently decided to reinstate the death penalty, they had something else in mind.

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

[BrotherBuzz]

2. A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig.

That's what ham and eggs is all about. Cripes, here it is the Memorial day weekend and our troops (pigs?) are dying while the chickens (press?) are holed up in their coops.

[eleny]

3. We lost the day we invaded

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