PunditGuy — Home

Month: November 2004

In Case You Were Wondering

I’m on that “as yet, unpublished” map.

UPDATE: Follow the trackback and you’ll see that the “unpublished” map is now “PUBLISHED!” Citizenship is now open to the Punditagy territory. (All hail Commissar)

Why?

In the U.S., and in most other “western” countries, we treat our dead leaders with utmost respect (i.e. Reagan’s funeral). Perhaps it is a simple cultural issue, but for the life of me, I can’t understand this:

Yes – that’s Chairman Arafat, post stage dive, being carried through the mosh pit. This looks just like the few Iranian funerals I’ve seen in pictures and on TV (specifically, Ayatollah Khomeini) where the distraught crowds have actually busted up the pine box containing the corpse. It’s all a little creepy in my view.

More scary details from the BEEB.

Socialist Crap

From the World Socialist Website regarding Bush’s choice of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General:

President George Bush announced Wednesday his nomination of
current White House Legal Counsel Alberto Gonzales to replace
Attorney General John Ashcroft, who submitted his resignation
on Tuesday. The nomination of Gonzales confirms that the Bush
administration is preparing to escalate its attacks on democratic
rights and its defiance of international law.

Apparently, the disgruntled reach beyond the democratic party. Read the rest of the drivel here.