Mark Bossingham

At the movies

OCEAN'S 12
Sux. Not really a movie at all. More like an episode of Lives of the Rich and Famous. Hollywood stars on a very well paid vacation in Rome. No plot. Impossible to pick a worst of the worst, but in one scene they pay more for the ultra-cool high-tech equipment than the object they are stealing is worth. A "surprise" appearance by a washed up actor pushes the movie off the self-absobtion meter. Deep six this one.

Iraq 1 - KKK 0

NOT ANOTHER word out of you asses – Cut and Run Kennedy, Illegitimate Kerry and Postpone Kofi. Not only did the Iraqis say "no" to terrorists, they said no to you, too. Go away and never come back

That's the best they can do?

THAT'S IT? That's the best the fierce insurgency" can muster? The AMP (American Media Party) and it's fellow organization the WMP (World Media Party – known fondly as WiMP) have slyly been pumping up the numbers of terrorists, to their most recent count of 100,000. And for good measure the AMP and WMP promised us a ''bloodbath'' on Election Day in Iraq.
    Yet, what did we get? Eight measly dead-enders blow themselves up and 26 innocents. What does this mean? The terrorists decided to take Election Day off or was that the best they could do? I vote with for the latter. For an ''growing insurgency'' it was a pitiful effort. Congratulations Iraq. Just watched CNN Day 2 coverage. How brave, the Iraqis! Even CNN is having trouble finding something bad to say.

BUT THEN again, we have our two Boston Brahman senators. The Fat Ass (Kennedy) now says that we should "look beyond the election." He would, since it pains him to be reminded that as Condi says, the election turned out "better than expected." In Kennedy's wet-brain world good is bad, and vice-versa. He still wants to pull out the troops, one supposes in a last gasp effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The other fool, the soundly defeated John Kerry, decided his best tact was to term an obvious victory for the Iraqi people illegitimate.'' God, you just want to throttle the bastard. These people wait in line for hours, risking their lives for a chance to vote and he demeans their effort as not up to his standards. Kerry reasoned that the poll was worthless when a bunch of Sunnis "can't or won't" vote.
    One is reminded of his 2 million disenfranchised voters in the U.S. He never mentions precisely how these voters were disenfranchised and the AMP never holds his toes to the fire on the issue. I picture fire hoses and snarling German Shepard's. The truth? Polling machines kicked out ballots of people to stupid to fill them out correctly. That's it. That's "disenfranchisement."
    Once again GO IRAQ!.

Clash of Civilizations? You bet

I THINK pretty much everyone out there with an ounce of sense acknowledges that the fundametal bad guys in this world of terror are the Saudis. Still, this piece in the Washington Times is chilling.

The government of Saudi Arabia is spreading "hate propaganda" in religious tracts sent to mosques throughout America, telling Muslims to hate Christians and Jews and to kill any Muslim who converts to another religion, a leading human rights group charged yesterday.

    Saudi government literature collected during the past year from American mosques also tells Muslims living in the United States to "behave as if on a mission behind enemy lines," says an 89-page report released by the Human Rights Group Freedom House.

UPDATE! – Kiki & Jiji

WOW FOLKS, it doesn't get any better than this. We've got an extremely exciting chapter in the Kiki & Jiji saga this week for you. Don't miss out. Click that mouse!

Kennedy cuts and runs

THREE DAYS before a crucial election in Iraq, Sen. Kennedy has done his best to undercut the poll in a speech that can only be defined as treasonous. One expects nothing of this cretin, but he continues to repulse. His call to abandon Iraq is a public relations coup for the rapidly diminishing Zarqawi terrorist gang. Families of soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors who have given their lives for their country are furious. They should be. Their children gave all they had to give – everything. Tell the fat ass – whose most memorable act was to let a young woman drown – what you think of him at his site.

UPDATE – Crazy Noise – Buy it!

FOR ALL you readers on a budget, I've posted chapter two of my novel "Crazy Noise." You could actually buy the book by clicking on the not-so-hard to find links on this sight. If you are in Japan, it's a lot easier to buy it here. But for the rest of you, I want you to read it, too. Comments welcome.

UPDATE! – New column

IF YOU click on the IHT/Asahi articles page you will find the dramatic conclusion to a two-part column.

AP still seeking the bottom

ANOTHER ASSOCIATED Press hack, John Leicester, has penned a revolting hatchet job on the upcoming Iraq election. John, of course, is betting the farm on the election's failure with his story "Skeptics Question Worth of Iraq Election. Apparently too lazy or unable to dig up any Iraqi skeptics, he relies on a Palestinian, a Beirut cleric and the usual mass of unidentified "Europeans." But why bore you with the details – Leicester's lead, which would be tossed back at him by all the editors I know, doesn't even reach the minimum standards of what some of us call journalism:

PARIS (AP) - Is an election guarded by U.S. forces and marked by assassinations and car bombs better than no election at all?

Please note the dateline.

UPDATE – New page!

I'VE ADDED another page – Robin Bossingham Drotleff – for my sister. She's a counselor with a major corporation in California. Don't hold me responsible for her humor and optimism. Stay tuned to this page for my usual jaded, cynical view of the world.