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“I HAD TO GO WITH A RE-RUN, SINCE THE WRITERS ARE STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP ON A SIMILAR¬†FANTASY –¬† ‘24′.”
“IN THAT CASE, GENERAL, COULDN’T YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN US A ‘REALITY SHOW’?”
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BLOGWORTHIES:
The Daily Show’s Iraq-Me-Petraeus, via One Good Move.
P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash Grades Obama, Clinton and McCain on Their Petraeus Qualifying Exams.
Dan Kurtzman with Political Insanity, by the Numbers.
Lisa Casey on the new Florida Gun Law. 
 
“IT’S ONE THING TO SAY WE’RE ISLAMO-FASCISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY CIVILIZATION,¬†BUT WHEN YOU CONTINUALLY CALL US “SHIITES,” THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT¬†TO PURSUE OUR FULL REMEDIES IN A COURT OF LAW.”
“I’M ON THE CASE.”
 
Welcome back, “Neo-Con¬†dreams” were your ticket in
Welcome back, to that same old Mosque where you preached your sin
Well the names have all changed, since they hung Saddam,
And the time for Iran, and the Shias come
Who’d have thought Bush freed ya  (Who’d have thought Bush freed ya)
Now al-Maliki needs ya  (Now al-Maliki needs ya)
Yeah ya squeeze us a lot, cause you’ve got us on the spot, 
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
 
“UP YOUR SQUATYA, WITH A RUBBER FATWA.”
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BLOGWORTHIES:
BuzzFlash Interview with Max Blumenthal, on Hannity’s History With Talk Radio’s ‘Angry White Men’.
Sen. Chuck Hagel on The Daily Show, via One Good Move.
John McCain and David Letterman Trade Insults, courtesy of Dan Kurtzman.
“AND I MAY HAVE TO CUT BACK EVEN ON THAT.¬†LAST TIME I PROCEEDED TO CHECK-OUT, MY WHOLE FREAKING BASKET BLEW UP.”
“IF WE DON’T STAY AND SPREAD IRAQ WITH AMERICAN SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY, WE’LL SEE THE RE-GROWTH OF THE SAME CHIA THEOCRACY THEY HAD UNDER SADDAM.”
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BLOGWORTHIES:
Juan Cole with the latest in Iraq: Mahdi Army Unsubdued; Iran asks for End to Fighting.
The Clinton Campaign’s Circuitous Straight Talk, by P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash.
The new video game — Hillary’s Bosnia Mission, courtesy of One Good Move.¬†
¬† “THE IRANIANS¬†AIDING AL QAEDA?¬† IT ALL DEPENDS¬†ON WHETHER JOE LIEBERMAN AND LINDSEY GRAHAM ARE AROUND TO TAKE ME TO¬†THE BATHROOM.”
“WILL JOHN McCAIN BATTLE AL QAEDA ON THE PLANET MARS? ENQUIRING MINDS, AND JOE LIEBERMAN, WANT TO KNOW.”
“I’M ACTUALLY FROM THE SUN-NI.”
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BLOGWORTHIES:
P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash: Barack Obama’s Next Challenge, If He Dares To Be Really Honest.
Norm Jenson with a “John McCain ad.”
In another episode that can only be characterized as Bushfeld: The War About Nothing, the Iraqi government has decided to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion by “re-gifting” the “democracy” given to it by the Bush Administration.
Standing amidst the ruins of the Iraqi Defense Ministry in downtown Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki explained that they first tried to “de-gift” democracy back to the U.S. under a “grace” period, but quickly learned that the Administration had no grace.” Said Maliki, “They don’t have grace, they don’t want grace … they don’t even say grace.”
“Besides,” Maliki added, “it’s clear Bush and Cheney themselves have tried to re-gift the democracy that was left to them by their predecessors.”
As a result, Iraq has desperately tried to “re-gift” democracy to some of its regional neighbors, such as the Saudis, Syrians, Palestinians and Iranians, but found no takers.
In fact, Ahmadinejad of Iran denied that democracy has ever existed, asserting that “it was merely a fiction invented by the Jews to justify their take-over of Palestine.”
As a result, Iraq, led by its powerful Shiite clerics, is now attempting to return its democracy for a theocracy, having had the foresight to hold on to the receipt.
Looking back on the whole failed gift of democracy, one Baghdad resident, who lost his job, house and half of his family to sectarian violence, said: “To tell you the truth, I woulda’ been perfectly happy with a labelmaker.”
“THE SYMBOL FOR THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY — SILVERWARE — HAS ALL BEEN LOOTED!”
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Some Iraq  perspectives from: 
BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin On the Fifth Anniversary:¬†It’s Mourning in America.
Greg Mitchell on Getting it Right in Iraq.
Digby on¬†‘Fourth Branch Cheney’ and the Fifth Anniversary.
 
“REMEMBER, JOHN, WE’LL BE STAYING AT THE BAGHDAD GREEN ZONE MARRIOTT, NOT THE HANOI HILTON.”
[Crooks & Liars with the Story, and Lisa Casey with the Cheney Iraq adventure.] 
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