Did You Know - It's a Barrier

President Bush has long wanted to untie the Iraqis and he might have found a way. By building a 3-mile long wall through Baghdad to searate Sunni and Shiite militias, he's now got EVERYONE against his actions. What an unltra-maroon. Click here to read the whole article...

BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi military officials scrambling to deflect criticism of a wall being erected to separate a volatile Sunni Muslim neighborhood from surrounding Shiite areas insisted Monday that the structure is not a wall at all.

It's a barrier.

The distinction comes because it is a temporary structure, they said of the 14,000-pound slabs of concrete placed side by side on the edge of Sunni-dominated Adhamiya, in northeastern Baghdad. When completed, it is expected to be 3 miles long.

Click on this image to enlarge so you can read it. I stole it from a blog somewhere - I lost the source. Now, I do like to concept of government - people coming together to provide for joint services. But man, those big bureaucracies of this day and age can really screw up, can't they?

Political Joke

A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was walking slowly up to the holy site. She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, using a cane in a very slow fashion, she approached him for an interview.

"I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. Sir, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall and praying?"

"For about 60 years."

"60 years! That's amazing! What do you pray for?"

"I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews, and the Muslims. I pray for all the hatred to stop and I pray for all our children to grow up in safety and friendship."

"And how do you feel after doing this for 60 years?"

"Like I'm talking to a fucking' wall."