Today’s New York Times (registration required, or use bugmenot) bemoans the fact that in this war, no “war heroes” have merged. No widely distributed tales of a single soldier rescuing his unit or tons of innocents, no General Custers fighting to the death on princple, even if the cause is lost.
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Good ol’ Rummy spins the truth again.
Well yes, that’s true. However, there was no al Qaeda in Iraq either, until the administration decided to claim that there was, invaded, and then al Qaeda said “hey, that’s a good idea…” and set up a network there. Rummy also conveniently forgets that the whole reason for al Qaeda’s existence originally was because the US military has this nasty habit of showing up somewhere to “help” a region, and then we never seem to want to leave when the job is done. Bin Laden was pissed because our troops set up camp in Saudi Arabia for the first Gulf War, and decided it was too cozy to leave once the war was over. See, conservative Muslims are historically very touchy about non-Muslim peoples occupying their land.
I wouldn’t ever dream of defending al Qaeda’s motives, however we weren’t exactly minding our own business when they sprang up, and it’s important to remember that. And besides, there is that whole nasty business of us training and arming terrorists and then having them turn on us, and using our own tactics and weapons against us.
Maybe God is trying to tell them something
So how was this year’s Boy Scout jamboree?
Well, first a boy scout troop suffers losses as scout leaders and a boy scout are electrocuted setting up their camp. Then, scores of boy scouts are treated for heat stroke. And now, more deaths as lightning strikes a boy scout cabin, all at the same event. Oh, and a Black Hawk helicopter nearly crashed near the site, too.
Oh, but the jamboree was a success. Just thought you should know.
Apple FINALLY evolves the mouse
It’s about damn time Apple did something about their one-button mouse design.
Step 1 of brand identity 101: Learn how to spell your own name.
So if Pentax is the “Official Digital Camera of the InternetTM“, does that mean that Petnax is “teh l33t3st cam EVAR for teh Intarweb L0LZ?!”
UPDATE: Pentax has discovered their error and corrected it. But thanks to screen capture, I can make sure they’ll never live it down. I think it’s only fair turnabout considering they’re parading their stupid trademark like it’s an official award or something. Considering there is no standards body to declare anyone the official anything of the internet, I could call myself the Official Scared Poet of the InternetTM and no one could contest it… nor would it have any real meaning.