Weasels
Dilbert has the results of its annual weasel awards. Over 40,000 people voted. Some of the awards are:
Weaseliest Pundit/Reporter: Michael Moore beats out the entire staff of the NY Times
Weaseliest Celebrity: Tom Cruise beats out Michael Jackson
Weaseliest Industry: Oil Industry beats out the Mainstream Media
Weaseliest Organization: The Republican Party beats out the RIAA/MPAA
Weaseliest Politician: No surpise George W Bush beats out Donald Rumsfield
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November 5th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
As usual Kerry left his run too late.
November 5th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
I feel quite ambivalent about the whole war on terror thing. The real problem here is that the resistance hides within the civilian population, so that they can’t be fought without civilian casualties. Concern about this is a relatively recent thing. Past solutions include:
- The Roman Empire just killed everyone anyway (“they made a desert and called it peace”)
- The Germans made reprisals against the civilian population.
- The Allies bombed German and Japanese civilians into a state of numb despair.
So while I find the USA’s approach, including torture to get intelligence, repugnant, I don’t know that I can come up with a better alternative. I know that some of it seems against the ‘rules of war’. But under the rules of war they could have bombed Kabul flat before invading Afghanistan. They chose not to.
War is a dirty business. ‘Civilised’ armies lose. In WWII the Allies were happy to attack the populations that supported their enemies. What has changed?
November 5th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Oops, sorry. Meant to post that on No Right Turn, and now have. Still, it is kind of relevant to the thread ….
(Dumbass kiwi_donkey.)
November 5th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
I still can’t believe that Tom Cruise beat Paris Hilton. Or Charlie Sheen?!