tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post6304903854157653698..comments2024-01-29T08:28:26.187-05:00Comments on Nellie Blog: Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-38630847459947831382008-11-24T08:20:00.000-05:002008-11-24T08:20:00.000-05:00All I can offer is that it is going to be interest...All I can offer is that it is going to be interesting...bordering on comical...watching the sides flip and hearing former protesters defend their "dear leader"¹ from "unpatriotic" criticism.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Dann<BR/><BR/>¹-Which is different from "our leader" only in perception, not personage.Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319457121145444425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-10648011451000426222008-11-22T12:44:00.000-05:002008-11-22T12:44:00.000-05:00Wow, that was prescient.Wow, that was prescient.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-25999384420627216492008-11-22T04:33:00.000-05:002008-11-22T04:33:00.000-05:00Don't bet on imps. This is from the very non-impis...Don't bet on imps. This is from the very non-impish Associated Press (And I've had the piece linked much longer, though not back to 2001):<BR/><BR/>By JAKE COYLE – Nov 2, 2008<BR/><BR/>NEW YORK (AP) — Days before the January 2001 inauguration of President Bush, the Onion ran a story headlined: "Bush: `Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over.'"<BR/><BR/>Writers at the satirical paper still speak reverentially of the story, in which Bush promises to take the country into a deep recession, worsen the environment and "end the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton."<BR/><BR/>"Wow, was that prescient," marvels Joe Garden, the Onion's features editor.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-36292476648318490562008-11-22T00:43:00.000-05:002008-11-22T00:43:00.000-05:00"Democracy grows out of the barrel of a gun." Now..."Democracy grows out of the barrel of a gun." Now that the neocon blogosphere has declared today (your time, tomorrow my time) "Victory in Iraq Day," I suppose they'll buy this whole, too.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff, Mike, thanks for pointing it out -- and, ronnie, I think you should bet on the "impish" choice.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-13745386934274633962008-11-21T17:56:00.000-05:002008-11-21T17:56:00.000-05:00Both great. The Onion piece actually made my jaw d...Both great. The Onion piece actually made my jaw drop - especially the soldiers "ready for America's return to military aggression" a full 14 months before the invasion of Iraq. Did they really write something this prescient in 2001 as satire or are they impishly slipping it in now with a 2001 date attached?ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.com