{"id":7809,"date":"2011-03-21T12:09:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T19:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=7809"},"modified":"2011-03-21T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T19:49:06","slug":"operation-random-word-generator-and-its-discontents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2011\/03\/21\/operation-random-word-generator-and-its-discontents\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Random Word Generator and its discontents"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was good to see a relatively big war protest on Saturday, timed to the anniversary of the start of the Iraq War but existing with the back-drop of “Operation Odyssey Dawn<\/a>“.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not even that I agree or disagree with anything, so much as consistency ought to hold forth from Bush into Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Hussein Obama.<\/p>\n

Maybe we’ll all rise in support after Haley Barbour assumes the Presidency<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Vote to Impeach!<\/a><\/p>\n

Operation Odyssey Dawn is that little war that every president throws out there, even if there is a big war or two happening.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess we have that knife’s edge of what it means to cheer on a supposed Middle East 1848 — the year of Revolutions in Europe which fell short and were beaten back by the various counter-revolutions, to unwind years later.\u00c2\u00a0 Surely we can watch as Murbarik falls down, but nothing stands there when Qaddafi purchases the necessary military to prompt up any military that wavers against him.<\/p>\n

I suppose I’m, like, 55-45 against.\u00c2\u00a0 I should probably be prompted to more, just for Overton Window’s sake — or slippery slopes.\u00c2\u00a0 I am amused by people pointing out Libya’s anti-al Qaeda stance, which was pounced out there when our government was readying to do business with Qaddafi and was refurbishing his image a tad — (No, really.\u00c2\u00a0 Bush used the friendly title for our new buddy, “Colonel Qaddafi.”)\u00c2\u00a0 This was a tad convenient, no more so and no less so than our current disavowal of the claim — which point in time do you trust the CIA?\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t answer that!\u00c2\u00a0 Depends on which is convenient for your preferred policy.<\/p>\n

I am also amused by hawkish politicians finangling for an oppositional note here — John McCain “supports Obama” but will toss in a “did this too late” just for the Hell of it.<\/p>\n

Sunday, there was an odd porpourri of protests and things, sort of washing off, accumulated downtown.\u00c2\u00a0 There were a few sign wavers sitting on the steps of Pioneer Square with folded signs about Bradley Manning.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest was a motley crew.\u00c2\u00a0 A man dressed jumped aboard the Max in a banana costume, which puzzled me.\u00c2\u00a0 I believe he was connected with the sign wavers — “I’m Vegan Because I have Respect for all Life”.\u00c2\u00a0 Except, maybe, bananas… or the dignity of the man dressed up as a banana.<\/p>\n

Some Union workers handing out strike information before downtown department stores.\u00c2\u00a0 This presents a clashing effect with some other people standing on opposite street corner, where I heard this suspicious survey question given to a passer-byer:\u00c2\u00a0 “What concern do you have in your life that you would like to remedy?”\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve heard that the Scientologists are abounding right now — was that what that was?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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