A round-up of today's editorial page from the Seattle (Shi'ittle?) Post-Intelligencer:
Never mind that polls consistently show that a large majority of Iraqis feel that getting rid of Saddam was the right thing to do and that they are both better off than they were before the war and optimistic about the future. The unsigned editorial says: "A war gone terribly wrong, and deadly".
Hubert Locke, pathologically anti-Bush former Dean of the Evans School of Public Policy, writes: "Bush ignores the horrors of his war". Got that? It's Bush's war, he single-handedly conjured it up and he's the only person on the planet that might have benefited from the liberation of Iraq.
Guest columnist Mary Pneuman, a member of one of Olympia's finest hippie-dippie liberal Anglican/Jihadist congregations, writes from "East Jerusalem, Israel" [sic] (Our King Abdullah I Memorial Award goes to the first reader who can spot the error): "Our Place in the World: U.S. betrays international community"
Surely, an end to the occupation, removal of the settlements and recognition of human rights are the only ways to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land. The United States would do well to champion this cause rather than turn our backs on the international community and the Palestinian people.I couldn't agree more, Mary Pneuman. Recognition of human rights is an essential part of the equation, including the human right to ride the bus to school without getting one's head blown off. That is why I have officially invited Mary Pneuman to become a Human Shield for Palestine. I'll let you know whether or not she accepts my invitation.
Finally, another bit of evidence of the Seattle P-I's transformation into the Shi'ittle P-I. Islamic-style prudishness and disdain for women's rights: "Don't lift strip club ban just yet"
The Seattle City Council must avoid moving too fast in considering whether to lift a moratorium on strip clubs.Send in the Saudi sex police! Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at April 30, 2004 10:46 AMGiven that the moratorium has been in place since 1988, haste is not imperative. Before the council takes up the issue, the city needs to have better controls on the clubs. Finally.
First, the city should adopt rules that require a 4-foot separation between dancers and customers, a limitation that makes it relatively simple for police to decide whether inappropriate conduct is occurring.
Human Shield? That was hilarious. I can think of a few other people who could benefit from having their world view expanded by a prolonged exposure to the real world. Thanks for sharing the concept!
Great blog, by the way. Thanks for writing.
Posted by: Random Penseur on April 30, 2004 11:17 AMI'll let you know whether or not she accepts my invitation
I'm thinking she willl not. But then again, maybe she willl.
Posted by: /editor on April 30, 2004 04:46 PMSome people should study the history of the situation before speaking.
If she did, Mary Pneuman would know that there was no peace BEFORE there was any occupation or settlements, and when there was not a single Israeli in the West Bank or Gaza to deprive the Palestinians of "human rights."
Posted by: Jed on May 1, 2004 09:33 AMShi'itle P-I! HA! That one is just...Goldbergesque (he at NRO of "cheese eating surrender-monkeys" fame).
Posted by: J. Hagglund on May 1, 2004 03:23 PM"East Jerusalem, Israel" is hilarious as the whole point of positing the existence of "East Jerusalem" is to claim it is not part of Israel.
BTW, apologizing for Arab terrorism and regulating strip clubs used to be pretty reactionary. It just goes to show what can happen after a few years.
Posted by: maor on May 4, 2004 01:38 AM