Monday, July 7, 2003

Bollettino



Casualty report this morning: 3 Americans have been killed in the last 24 hours. 2 Iraqis charging American troops have been killed. 4 Americans were wounded in Ramadi.





There's a very nice article in the LAT this morning about Iraq's 'minister' of telecommunications, one Shakir Abdulla. Abdulla is a guerilla of the peaceful kind: a man who, with ad hoc equipment and an ever changing plan, is trying to put the telephone system back together again. With minimal help from the Americans, even though, presumably, some American slug is serving as an "advisor" to the group. As the article puts it:



"Like many Iraqis, Abdulla cannot understand how the governing U.S.-led occupation authority has allowed things to crumble so utterly.



"The coalition has a responsibility to create security. They created the situation that eliminated it," he said. "They must replace it."



In the meantime, the man must deal with a system that has no billing capability. A system th Patriot

The Flag Shop is Out of Stock

I hang myself...via live telecast.



Coming live from my own funeral...the beautiful weather offered a nice shine,

Which is suitable for a full view of a forever altered skyline.

It's times like these I freestyle biased opinions every other sentence.

My journalistic ethics slip when I pass them off as objective.

Wondering how after it settles we'll

find who provided power to radical rebels. The Melting Pot

seems to be calling the kettle black when it boils over, But

only on our own soil so the little boy holds a toy

soldier... And waits for the suit and tie to come home. We

won't wait 'til he's older, Before we destroy hopes for a

colder war to end. "Now get a close up of his head..."

Makeshift Patriot

The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock

Hang Myself...Half Mast





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