Mark the Spark — please (as I say to my students) read more carefully. Knowing who his parents were and where he grew up does not substitute for thoughtful exploration of the texts. Do you want your ideas judged purely on the basis of who your parents are/were?

*shuddering at the very thought*

He got it. And could tell it to you. Your job was to die. You were simply expected to take seven mud people with you. Then the math worked. And there was no point or reason for being bitter. How else could the world be?

And that’s the trap we’re in today. The honesty comes from the trigger-pullers. And the leadership doesn’t have to listen…

mikey

And no, Kipling is not being “ironic”– he grew up in India (thus the Jungle Book) as his parents served the Queenly Empire there, & he hated the “wogs” & brown people & embraced his privilege.

He did have some regrets when he sent his 21 yr. old son off to WWI and the boy was dead in less than a week– but that was fairly late in his career.

But let’s be honest. They like commie poets who are afraid of meter….

And allergic to rhyme…

mikey

I’m sure the guys in AQ-M will be doing a LOT of R&R there. Will they have a, “Bomb Check Girl”? Or will there simply be a hole in the wall that says, “Put Bomb Here”?

And there’s no reason to believe that today’s Iraqis aren’t grateful for all the freedom we’ve given them.

Was “opening a Kurdish casino” one of the benchmarks? Please tell me it was. Please.

From a very, very deep-rooted desire to be liked. They’ve projected their egos onto the troops and the US presence in Iraq. If the Iraqis are happy that the US is there, then they are liked by the Iraqis in their minds. Unlike that bitch ex-wife and stupid boss.

Yes. Yes, they are, and I’ll be opening in The Grand Wazoo Ballroom and Theater on March 15th for a limited one-week engagement, with nightly shows at 8:00 and 11:30.

Shecky Gold’s opening for me. You may have seen Shecky on my 2002-03 reality series on Bravo. He’s a funny, funny guy. You’ll love him.

The early show’s open to all ages, but the 11:30 can get a little…blue.

I look forward to seeing you there. And don’t forget to try the veal. It’s halal, of course.

Thank you very much. You’ve been a terrific audience. And God Bless America….and a free Iraq!

Danke Schoen, darlin’ Danke Schoen…

I believe in life after love….

They have this great skit where they get cut down in a hail of gunfire, splurting blue liquid over the stage, then fall to the ground and lay still for the next hour and a half.
I think it will really speak to the Iraqis.

From the voices. In their heads. Received as radio transmissions. Through the fillings in their teeth. Direct from HQ.

I’ve always been under the impression that Kipling was being sarcastic. When I was a teaching assistant, I gave a lecture on the US adventure in the Philippines, and I read a couple of verses from “White Man’s Burden” and I taught it from the perspective that Kipling was being sarcastic. Something from his tone.

Still, I’m not an expert in English lit, and I could be wrong. Does anyone know enough of Kipling’s private thoughts, from journals or letters or whatever, to offer up an opinion?

So when does “Blue Man Group” open?

This can be applied equally well to angry Iraqis (but remember how grateful we thought you oughta be when we invaded your country?) and angry black Americans (but remember how grateful we decided you oughta be that we brung you over to this great country?)

You have to make fantasy history part 1 before you can follow it up triumphantly with fantasy history part 2.

I mean, what is Medved’s storyline meant to do except to later enable him to lament the absence of gratitude on the part of black people for slavery?