Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Up the Ante

"In drawers and footlockers, servicemembers in Iraq are banking on the future by hoarding millions of Iraq’s year- old currency, the dinar."

Interesting.  Will there be a payoff, like there was in Kuwait?

"If post-war Kuwait is any example, they might be right: A Kuwaiti dinar was valued at a about a dime after the war. Each now brings in $3.40."

“Troops take a gamble on Iraqi dinars"

Via triticale.

Posted by John Venlet on 10/26 at 04:25 PM
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A Woman Responds to Heinz-Kerry Ramblings

"Last time I checked, women can say anything they damn well please in the United States of America. I know that isn’t the case everywhere in the world, but here in our country, you can say what you want and be heard. Just look at the internet and blogosphere, public TV, radio talk shows, etc."

The above is only a portion of what Ally, at Who Moved My Truth, has to say in response to Heinz-Kerry blathering about women as victims, depressed victims at that.

Ally’s post is titled Stupid Women.

Ally does not fit the stupid woman mold.

Posted by John Venlet on 10/26 at 12:24 PM
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There's Never a Big Ass Hurricane Around When You Need One

“Thousands Of Lawyers Prepare For Battle In Florida"

Posted by John Venlet on 10/26 at 09:41 AM
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Piles of Books

I enjoy reading, immensely.  I love the heft of a weighty tome in my hand, a bookshelf jammed to the gills, a night stand overflowing with books needing to be read, and pocket sized hardcovers of mighty works, such as The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, which can be perused over and over again, and travel in your pocket.

Written under a pseudonym, here’s a bibliophile’s confession that’s a simple, entertaining read.

“My Own Private Library."

Via Arts & Letters Daily.

Posted by John Venlet on 10/26 at 04:20 AM
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Boom, Boom, Out Go the Lights

The big news, over the course of the day yesterday, was, of course, the missing Iraq high explosives.  Reading all the blather brought to mind the lyrics “Where oh where did my puppy dog go?  Oh where oh where can he be?”

Of course, the missing explosives are the fault of GWB, and John Kerry and cronies were avidly fanning the fuse to the story in an attempt to blow up GWB’s political campaign.  Has NBC stubbed out the burning fuse?

“NBCNEWS: CACHE OF EXPLOSIVES VANISHED FROM SITE IN IRAQ BEFORE TROOPS ARRIVED..."

Posted by John Venlet on 10/26 at 04:06 AM
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