Friday, August 22, 2008

The Week That Was: 8/22/08

Time Is On Our Side: After resisting all demands for setting a timetable for withdrawing from Iraq, after mocking Barack Obama when he called for a timeline for withdrawal, there are now reports that Bush is negotiating for . . . . a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq!

British surgeons are preparing to perform the world's first full face transplant. If you ask me, the Olsen twins should fork over whatever it takes to get on the short list.

Giving A Whole New Meaning To "The Rubber Game of the Match": Even in the staid environment of the Beijing Olympics, there are reports that the athletes village is a hotbed of sex. Don't forget to stick the landing!

Thank God: According to a new poll, for the first time in a dozen years a majority of Americans believe that churches and religious institutions should “keep out” of politics. Get out and don't come back.

Sweet Georgia Down: It's pretty obvious now that Russia intends to stage a full occupation of the sovereign country of Georgia. It's too bad (thanks to Bush's amateurish foreign policy) that we're in a position to do little but sit on the sidelines.

Jambo Bwana, Obama: The English press have reported that they have located Barack's long lost half-brother in a Kenyan slum. It seems that no American press have yet picked up the story-- whether that speaks to the veracity of the story or America's indifference to Africa in general, I hate to speculate.

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