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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
June 13, 2004
The Way We Were
Recently the State Department admitted that its report on terrorism last year was wrong -- the report claimed there had been fewer terrorist incidents than had actually occurred. This is a big embarrassment, because the Bush administration had used the report's inaccurately low number to crow about progress in the War on Terra. Here's Colin Powell on ABC's This Week, explaining how this happened:
It's a numbers error. It's not a political judgment that said, "Let's see if we can cook the books." We can't get away with that now.
Ah, yes -- I remember well the days when we could get away with cooking the books for political reasons. But now...
[music swells]
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me -- would we?
Could we?
Seriously, though -- "We can't get away with that NOW"?
Posted at June 13, 2004 11:13 PM | TrackBackDid you write this acronyms on pupose? Because COITO = COITUS in Spanish language.
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me -- would we?
Could we?
Juan,
I think you are giving me credit for being far more sophisticated and perceptive than I am. Please continue.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at June 16, 2004 06:09 PM
