“AN A-BOMB, FROM A-CON! EL CONDI DUCI... SWEETER THAN CHENEY!”
After Dick Cheney shoots a friend in the face...
“THE CHENEANBINO! EL VICE PRESIDENTE DECLARES WAR! AN UPPER-LICKY FROM DICKIE!”
After Katrina decimates New Orleans, and Michael Brown’s FEMA launches the rescue...
“BROWNIE GOES BOOM... MICHAEL BROWN, COME ON DOWN... BURN, BROWNIE, BURN!”
After Karl Rove evades prosecution in the Valarie Plame scandal...
After Donald Rumsfeld tells Iraq G.I.s they must put makeshift armor on Humvees...
"HE IS HIGH, HE IS FAR, HE IS... DON! A RIBBY FOR RUMMY!”
On a certain battleship in May 2003...
“BALLGAME OVER! WAR OVER! YANKEES WIN.... THU-UH-UH-UH-UH-UH... YANKEES... WIN!”
A great, great bit from Sterling at the end of yesterday's game (and I paraphrase, since I didn't have my notebook)
ReplyDelete"The Yankees are in a real funk lately. The win one, they lose one; they win one, they lose one; they lose one, they win one. And you know what you get when that happens?"
- dramatic pause -
(Tell us, John! Don't keep us in suspense!)
"You get just what the Yankees are now - a .500 ballclub!"
You know, I got my calculator and figured it out - he's right!
These are the insights that will get him the Frick award next year.
Keep up on current events boys and girls, in the last 12-18 months, the Iraq situation has massively improved on all fronts: Take your pick: Defeat of Al Qaeda, Iraqi forces taking back the country from militias, US casualties decreasing significantly...We are winning.
ReplyDeleteThis is not 2006, it's 2008.
Let's go Yan-kees.
If it's not 2006, then why are you saying the same things you said in 2006?
ReplyDeleteBecause they have the added benefit of being true.
ReplyDeletePrediction: Iraq will certainly not hurt McCain this year and could very well help his candidacy. Obama will have a hard time continuing the "failure" theme.
ReplyDeleteObviously, neither of us know.
ReplyDeleteBut anybody who still thinks we're going to "win" the war -- that is, declare it over and hold a parade -- that's pure delusion.
Because every time somebody does that, the whole thing caves in all over again.
It's been that way for 100 years.
You know that sand we're bleeding into? We're just renting it.
Duque...
ReplyDeleteIs Jason the guy who thinks we won the war in Vietnam?
Nah. He's a guy with an opinion, which -- believe it or not -- is always better than a guy without one.
ReplyDeleteAgree to disagree re: the historical interpretations, but smart guys like Bernard Lewis will tell you that the Iraqi people are an educated, civilized bunch in general stretching back to when Baghdad was the center of learning in the Islamic world:
ReplyDeleteand don't take my word for it on the current situation:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/2959990
Alright, enough: Brett Gardner in CF, please!!
Damn straight.
ReplyDeleteThe guy is batting .300!
Duke, Gards is so ready for the big leagues it's killing me.
ReplyDeleteWe either bring him up or trade him. I'm fearing that latter, but he's definitely outplaying Triple A. He's succeeded at every level, and he's been a catalyst for the entire batting order. I can't help but believe he would transform our team -- moving Damon maybe to third, in place of Abreu. We have to do something.
ReplyDeleteWang finding the proper arm slot tonight is a start.
ReplyDeleteRight. Things are better in Iraq. Yay! Now let's get the fuck out of there.
ReplyDeleteWe are getting to the point where I favor setting benchmarks and a date:
ReplyDeleteIf the Yanks aren't at least 10 games over .500 by August 1, I'm for pulling out of the pennant race.
Trade the bums.
Hey guys!
ReplyDeleteI've been tied up for a couple of days ... I miss anything?
Hey guys!
ReplyDeleteI've been outside enjoying the nice weather instead of watching Yankee games that make me think that someone slipped LSD in my vodka and tonic!
Who the frig is Gards? Brett G?
ReplyDeleteOur AAA speedster?
Does he think we are winning in Iraq?
Can he play first?
Can he be an 8th inning set-up guy?
Can he be relied upon to knock in the tying run from second? From
3rd? From anywhere?
Can anyone here play this damn game?