Bummer about Reagan. Allah's got nothing to add except that he's really enjoying watching the TV news people interrupt their Bush-bashing and apologizing for Islamic terror to salute a Republican president who stood up to fascism. They'll love you someday when you can't remember your name, George.
Allah should also say that the blogosphere is never, ever more grating than when it's in obit mode. And it's only going to get worse as the week wears on. Purple prose is one thing but c'mon, people: Do you really need to be the twelfth guy on your block to post the "tear down this wall" quote? Just say no to redundancy. The Gipper would have wanted it that way.
UPDATE: The only Reagan obit you'll need.
Reagan Akbar.
I've been remiss in not saying thanks to those who have sent along their well wishes, among them the Commissar, Michele, Charles, Roger, Michael Ledeen, Juliette, Kate, Joe, Jheka, Cameron, Ed, Clay, and especially Cecile Dubois, who sent me one of the sweetest e-mails I've ever received. What happened to those bratty, self-absorbed teenagers of yesteryear, I ask you? Ah well. Blame the parents.
Thanks again to all of them and to all the non-blogger readers who have written to give their encouragement. I really appreciate it.
Dealing with personal stuff. Back whenever inspiration strikes. In the meantime, check out . . .
This year, Allah's giving traffic
Allah's been waiting for someone with a little moral credibility to step in and put this whole torture thing in perspective. Whew!
Say no to war crimes:
Vote for the war criminal
Allahu Akbar.
And you thought Allah was kidding about the omniscience thing.
Allahu Akbar.
At long last, VDH sees the magnitude of the problem. Iraq, he says, has become a kind of proxy war:
We have been fighting two wars all along. The easier one was against the fascists in the Middle East, whom we demolished in Afghanistan in less than eight weeks and routed in Iraq in three—while rounding them up worldwide and preventing another 9-11 attack here at home. But the other challenge? Now that has been nearly impossible to win. For here in the West we are split into two widely divergent groups who disagree about almost everything that has transpired since September 11 . . . .[N]ow we come to the earthquake of Iraq, and the divide has become a gaping abyss. Yes, there is real controversy over troop levels, the mission and purpose of our stay, and the costs of reconstructing Iraq. But behind the conundrum rest very, very different views of what the West and indeed the world should be. This fight for the future of Iraq is turning out to be far more than a referendum on democracy in the Middle East, but rather a trial of our own culture here at home.
Proxy war. Or rather, civil war. Major battle coming up.
Allahu Akbar.
