Friday
5/11/04
I Like Shiny Things
Mmmm… shiny. If I had to take a wild guess, I’d say that everybody has a short list of shiny things they secretly admire. Some, for instance, may covet the neighbor’s new 40-inch plasma TV. For others it’s probably the neighbor’s wife instead. I personally often find myself gazing at the lawn across the street. So green. So shiny. So not full of weeds.
Well, I like shiny things on the internet as well; and here are two exquisite little things that I admire immensely. They don’t belong to me, of course, but I felt I just had to share: The first is a simply fantabulous post entitled "Wonder Twin Powers: Activate! Form of Toothpaste!" by Steven over at The Sneeze, and the second shiny thing is from August J. Pollak at xoverboard.com. It’s re-posted below in glorious, shiny Technicolor:
Perhaps he didn't make himself clear:
And all Iraqi military and civilian personnel should listen carefully to this warning: In any conflict, your fate will depend on your actions. Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people. Do not obey any command to use weapons of mass destruction against anyone, including the Iraqi people. War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, "I was just following orders."
-George W. Bush, 3/19/2003
I expect them to be treated, the POWs, I expect to be treated humanely, just like we're treating the prisoners that we have captured humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals.
-George W. Bush, 3/23/2003
As the vise tightens on the Iraqi regime, some of our enemies have chosen to fill their final days with acts of cowardice and murder. In combat, Saddam's thugs shield themselves with women and children. They have killed Iraqi citizens who welcome coalition troops, and they have forced other Iraqis into battle by threatening to torture or kill their families. They have executed prisoners of war, waged attacks under the white flag of truce, and concealed combat forces in civilian neighborhoods, schools, hospitals and mosques. In this war, the Iraqi regime is terrorizing its own citizens, doing everything possible to maximize Iraqi civilian casualties, and then to exploit the deaths they have caused for propaganda. These are war criminals, and they'll be treated as war criminals.
In stark contrast, the citizens of Iraq are coming to know what kind of people we have sent to liberate them.
-George W. Bush, 4/6/2003
Given the nature of this regime, we expect such war crimes. But we will not excuse them.
War criminals will be hunted relentlessly and judged severely.
-George W. Bush, 3/28/2003
---Again, thanks to August J. Pollak at xoverboard.com. Shiny indeed.
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I Like Shiny Things
Mmmm… shiny. If I had to take a wild guess, I’d say that everybody has a short list of shiny things they secretly admire. Some, for instance, may covet the neighbor’s new 40-inch plasma TV. For others it’s probably the neighbor’s wife instead. I personally often find myself gazing at the lawn across the street. So green. So shiny. So not full of weeds.
Well, I like shiny things on the internet as well; and here are two exquisite little things that I admire immensely. They don’t belong to me, of course, but I felt I just had to share: The first is a simply fantabulous post entitled "Wonder Twin Powers: Activate! Form of Toothpaste!" by Steven over at The Sneeze, and the second shiny thing is from August J. Pollak at xoverboard.com. It’s re-posted below in glorious, shiny Technicolor:
Perhaps he didn't make himself clear:
And all Iraqi military and civilian personnel should listen carefully to this warning: In any conflict, your fate will depend on your actions. Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people. Do not obey any command to use weapons of mass destruction against anyone, including the Iraqi people. War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, "I was just following orders."
-George W. Bush, 3/19/2003
I expect them to be treated, the POWs, I expect to be treated humanely, just like we're treating the prisoners that we have captured humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals.
-George W. Bush, 3/23/2003
As the vise tightens on the Iraqi regime, some of our enemies have chosen to fill their final days with acts of cowardice and murder. In combat, Saddam's thugs shield themselves with women and children. They have killed Iraqi citizens who welcome coalition troops, and they have forced other Iraqis into battle by threatening to torture or kill their families. They have executed prisoners of war, waged attacks under the white flag of truce, and concealed combat forces in civilian neighborhoods, schools, hospitals and mosques. In this war, the Iraqi regime is terrorizing its own citizens, doing everything possible to maximize Iraqi civilian casualties, and then to exploit the deaths they have caused for propaganda. These are war criminals, and they'll be treated as war criminals.
In stark contrast, the citizens of Iraq are coming to know what kind of people we have sent to liberate them.
-George W. Bush, 4/6/2003
Given the nature of this regime, we expect such war crimes. But we will not excuse them.
War criminals will be hunted relentlessly and judged severely.
-George W. Bush, 3/28/2003
---Again, thanks to August J. Pollak at xoverboard.com. Shiny indeed.
