Politics
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Light Lunchtime Reading
In case you’re wondering exactly what laws that a Water Department sewer boss is charged with breaking when he solicited signatures for Mayor Daley at work, go ahead and breeze through Chapter 2-156 of the Municipal Code. Stultifying.
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Single Scariest Iraq Story I’ve Read in a Long Time
In an article by the reliable Marc Santora euphemistically entitled, “Missteps by Iraqi Forces in Battle Raise Questions“, he lays a few tidbits out for us: Some choice portions of his article: The battle also brought into focus the reality that some of the power struggles in Iraq are among Shiites, not just between Shiites…
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Second City Cop Wonders About Agressive Towing
Second City Cop, a lively anonymous weblog maintained by a Chicago police officer, asks “Are We at War? …with Streets and Sanitation?”. In typical SCC fashion, the copious comments pile on details about the post (unmarked police cars being ticketed and towed)– naming names, giving locations, mentioning companies– and also fly off into a bunch…
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The Real War on Terror
Very quietly, the Bush Administration seems to be carrying out a pretty decent war on terror in Africa. It includes our friends the Ethiopians beating back the creeps in Somalia and then, apparently, us getting some licks in, too: Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:A U.S. AC-130 GUNSHIP CARRIED OUT A STRIKE AGAINST HIGH VALUE ALQAEDA TARGETS…
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No Surge, No.
If there’s anything we learned from the execution of Saddam Hussein, it’s that we are not at war. The Sunnis and the Shiites of Iraq really don’t care about us– they’re after each other, with vengeance. All we are is expensive collateral damage. Why try to win a war you’re not even fighting. I say…