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So Bizzo has thrown down the gauntlet to justify myself after days of inane and incoherent babbling about why I like the Libyan rebels, despite all apparent reason. Don't get me wrong; there are a lot of very rational arguments for why intervening in general, and, further, in Libya is problematic. I'm sure Bizzo will bore you with many of them, so let me take this opportunity to dismiss and discredit them all beforehand...categorically. There. Done. Because it comes down to this: Fuck all of the complexity. The world is complex. I like the rebels and you should to...and here’s why:  

While it is messy in the short term, supporting what these rebels stand for represents our only long-term solution to the so-called "War on Terrorism." To support this, I'm not going to fight the specifics of each reason why it is not clean and convenient to intervene in Libya. Instead, I’ll give you a reason why we should, and let Bizzo reply to that. I would argue that, no matter the upfront complexity, the long-term benefit outweighs the short-term pain. Simply put: their cause is our cause. It boils down to this: Al Qaeda (AQ): what it represents and how best to fight it.

I would first argue that, in this day, Islamic radicalism represents a major challenge for US interests—perhaps our major near-term, geo-strategic challenge. While it is not, and will never be, an existential threat to this country, AQ and its ilk represent a severe psychological and economic threat. Furthermore, it is the only realistic way that Americans will be attacked at home and abroad--short of nuclear war. Because of this fact, and the link to our need for oil, AQ is a major strategic problem.

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After a long hiatus, I am reporting again....and that means more stories! Today's entry adds to the long list of reasons to move to New Zealand...

www.3news.co.nz/Woman-flashes-gets-hit-by-car/tabid/309/articleID/134386/Default.aspx

Yeah so apparently this happened...any suspects?

The village chief of Khuan Kong, Thailand would humbly request whom it may concern to cease the dumping of dead bodies on his rubber plantation, foretold or otherwise...and also garbage.

Four out of five eunuchs agree that timing is everything.

In the inaugural episode of "Idiot Safari," the semi-regular blog of inane world happenings, Warthog and Bizzo discuss "Savanna Seduction" OR "How To Kill Time In Malawi."

Warthog: sure but don't say I didn't warn you if you get sick
Warthog: Cop: Hey you there! SHEEP FUCKER!...DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE!?!
Bizzo: HAHAHAHAHAH
Warthog: OMG it is spreading...
Warthog: Little known factoid..."According to some information sourced on the internet, bestiality was punishable by death under the Mosaic Law."....thank you Africa News
Bizzo: Fears of the Swine Flu have receded, replaced by a creeping pandemic of Goat Sex Fever.
Warthog: hahahahahah
Bizzo: Which is like Cat Scratch Fever
Bizzo: Except terrifying
Warthog: ROFL
Warthog: "Kadewere is alleged to have had sex with a she-goat end last month."...."Makalani also revealed that Kadewere has been on the run ever since police were notified of the act." I love that juxtaposition
Warthog: Makalani: "FREEZE GOAT FUCKER!" Kadewere: "RUN BETSY!"

Hey all,

So I havent posted in like 30-something odd weeks. Mostly cause I've been immersed in work, taken classes and undertaken tasks I'd once thought were the relm of people far older than I, such as aquiring and then refinancing a mortgage. In any case, I spend much of my time reading about sub-Saharan Africa. While this is mostly depressing, it is, on occasion, absolutely frigging hilarious. So this has given me the idea to start a semi-regular column on the blog covering the more bizzare, strange, light and dark humor that comes across my browser. I'm also soliciting names for the column. Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

'Hog

• Nobody knows who she is.
• She can't relate to women in the lower 48.
• She has no experience when compared to Biden (Beauty Contestant, Mayor of a podunk town, Governor for ~2 years).
• Nobody votes on the VP.
• Her husband works for BP (shades of Cheney)
• 63% of women favor an unnamed Democrat.
• Only 22% of women want to ban abortion.
• Women are now mostly concerned with economic security (28 percent said it was their number one issue), health care (22 percent), homeland security and terrorism (21 percent), retirement security (15 percent) and crime (6 percent).
So, 71% of women favor issues that McCain is weakest on.
• Palin doesn't help him with women at all other than being "a woman" and hurts him on abortion and guns.
• 20% drop in evangelical political engagement since 2004.
• An evangelical VICE-president is not and evangelical PRESIDENT.
• Evangelicals haven't got anything for 8 years of work and a vice-president wont give it to them.
• Obama already has Bush's margin of independents: 48%.
• The Dem base is energized.
• Both McCain and Palin will lose the debates miserably (Nixon).
• The GOP convention will be underwhelming.
• McCain is old, can't speak, looks stiff and sounds fake.
• They had to bus people in from around the country JUST to get 15K people to their event.
• Dems got 80K with a line 2 miles long and they didnt even have to try.
• GOP doesn't have the money or the organization and it is too late to build one.
• The Dem money floodgates are about to open = ALL OBAMA ALL THE TIME.
• News outlets are focused on a storm threatening the Gulf (shades of Katrina)
• Most people vote on the economy and that sucks.
• Most want out of Iraq.
• Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president ever.
• THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
• The weight of US political history and trends.
More to come...