What bokononists whisper whenever they think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.


By Elton Beard

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who divide people into two kinds and those who don't. I don't.


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Thursday, September 18, 2003
11:00 AM PT

Shorter Shelby Steele:
Race Card Is the Sign of a Losing Hand

  • If racial discrimination occurs in a state but no government agency is there to heed it, it does not hurt a soul.

9:30 AM PT

Shorter Tom Friedman:
Our War With France

  • France sucks.


Full Circle: The Shorter concept was inspired by Daniel Davies' Shorter Steven den Beste, the inaugural entry for which included this:
  • My dislike of the French is independent of any facts about the world.
Small world.

Plus: geekpol is an early bird, uggabugga illuminates Friedman's incoherence and Atrios has a suggestion for the NYT.

Wednesday, September 17, 2003
10:00 PM PT

Shorter Charles Krauthammer:
What Makes The Bush Haters So Mad?

  • I am perplexed by the inexplicable, near pathological hatred Democrats have for Mr. Bush, who wisely capitalized on 9/11 to reshape foreign and domestic policy in ways that violate every principle liberals hold dear.

3:00 PM PT

This Just In. CNN's John King finally popped the question to Mr. Bush.

JOHN KING: Mr. President, Dr. Rice and Secretary Rumsfeld both said yesterday that they could see no evidence that Iraq had anything to do with September 11th. Yet on Meet The Press on Sunday the vice president said that Iraq was the geographic base for the terrorists and he also said "I don't know", "we don't know" when asked if there was any involvement. Your critics say that this is some effort, deliberate effort to blur the line...

GEORGE W. BUSH (interjects): Yeah...

JOHN KING: ...to confuse people. How would you answer that?

GEORGE W. BUSH: No, we've had no evidence that Saddam was involved with the September the 11th... ...no, what the vice president said was that he has been involved with al-Qaeda, and Al Zaqarawi (ph), al-Qaeda operative, in Baghdad, he's the guy that ordered the killing of a U.S. diplomat, he's a man still running loose, involved with the poisons network, involved with Ansar Al-Islam. There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaeda ties.

And not a moment too soon. Still throwing sand, though.

Update: here's the official White House Transcript.

Plus: Atrios has the relevant quote from Cheney on Russert, uggabugga distills the spirit of comity evident between Cheney and his enabler, Josh Marshall taunts Tim too and Tom Tomorrow has a reminder and an interesting question (I do believe it's "insanely short sighted", Tom).

Tuesday, September 16, 2003
12:30 PM PT

Shorter William Saletan:
Pious Bias

  • Democrats are not without sin so they should unilaterally disarm, stop playing politics and engage only in high-minded debate on terms defined by their opponents.

Plus: Digby succumbs to Peerless pressure.

12:00 PM PT

Shorter David Brooks:
Republicans for Dean

  • Republicans pollsters and strategists really, truly want you to know that they have absolutely no fear of Howard Dean's candidacy.

Update: Kathryn Cramer appears to be a bit skeptical.

Monday, September 15, 2003
5:00 PM PT

Shorter Jonah Goldberg:
Certainty is dwindling - a surefire disadvantage

  • If victory fails to materialize in Iraq, or if terrorists attack again, it will have been the fault of those who lacked certitude in the inerrancy of the Bush administration's doctrines.

Via Pandagon.

1:00 PM PT

Shorter David Horowitz:
Liberals and the Liberal Centers That Fund Them

  • Al Franken is guilty of scholarship, and Ann Coulter is not.

12:00 PM PT

Shorter Grover Norquist:
Don't Even Think About Raising Taxes

  • Being a Republican means never having to pay for your country or your state.

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