tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post117285188339296210..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Chuck Norris SolutionJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1173277893012368262007-03-07T09:31:00.000-05:002007-03-07T09:31:00.000-05:00Although Doggouse Riley deserves all possible prai...Although Doggouse Riley deserves all possible praise for opposing most of the "received wisdom" about invading Afghanistan, he has still swallowed one sizeable chunk of it. Does anyone recall Mullah Omar asking the US for evidence that bin Laden was responsible for the attack on the WTC? Prove he's guilty and I'll give you his head on a plate!<BR/>But no proof appeared, and none has yet appearedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1173015606081541642007-03-04T08:40:00.000-05:002007-03-04T08:40:00.000-05:00It comes as no surprise that a philosophical bon m...It comes as no surprise that a philosophical bon mot from Rocket J. Squirrel comes from a guy who now bears an uncanny resemblance to Johnny, the first and only truly "digital" character. Just remembering the brilliant SeƱor Wences brings a smile.<BR/><BR/>S'aright!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1172882819429907492007-03-02T19:46:00.000-05:002007-03-02T19:46:00.000-05:00Regarding:Is there anyone left to argue that the H...Regarding:<BR/><BR/><I>Is there anyone left to argue that the Hell-for-Leather attack on Afghanistan achieved something that wouldn't have been achieved otherwise?</I><BR/><BR/>you are kidding, right?<BR/><BR/>The war with Afghanistan is the war used universally to prove liberal and Democratic foreign policy bona fides.<BR/><BR/>That war was universally supported, or haven't you heard? If you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1172862970225062412007-03-02T14:16:00.000-05:002007-03-02T14:16:00.000-05:00Preach it, Brother Riley. It's not easy to make se...Preach it, Brother Riley. It's not easy to make sense of our current geopolitical mess, but someone sure has to. Unfortunately, I can't help thinking we're paying a bunch of guys to do it, and they're kind of... not.D. Sidhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810866162936064310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1172856546403167652007-03-02T12:29:00.000-05:002007-03-02T12:29:00.000-05:00There is snark, and then there is JBS Riley. Your ...There is snark, and then there is JBS Riley. Your "Greensleeves" analogy, with its sly reference to another despotic madman is exquisite. I remember how Bush I and Reagan kept us out of war by beating up tiny Granada. <BR/>I would ask you to expand further on your cryptic (to me) comment "two of the greatest political leaders,[who] both made serious blunders". Your essays on history are always Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com