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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
October 26, 2004
Two Iraqis On The US Election
Imad Khadduri, the former Iraqi nuclear scientist whom I've mentioned before, has written a column about the US elections here.
Khadduri also recommends this latest entry from Baghdad Burning. It's always amazing to see how people in other countries understand American politics better than many Americans:
War and peace in America are in the average American’s hands about as much as they are in mine. Sure, you can vote for this man or that one, but in the end, there’s something bigger, more intricate and quite sinister behind the decisions. Like in that board game Monopoly, you can choose the game pieces -- the little shoe, the car, the top hat… but you can’t choose the way the game is played. The faces change but the intentions and the policy remain the same...
Still, she writes:
Who am I hoping will win? Definitely Kerry...Posted at October 26, 2004 10:14 AM | TrackBackSo is Kerry going to be much better? I don’t know. I don’t know if he’s going to fix things or if he’s going to pull out the troops, or bring more in. I have my doubts about how he will handle the current catastrophe in Iraq. I do know this: nothing can be worse than Bush. No one can be worse than Bush...
Americans -- can things be worse for you? Can things be worse for us in Iraq? Of course they can… only imagine -- four more years of Bush.
