tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post6005508458102516004..comments2023-11-22T03:32:31.513-05:00Comments on Mostly Harmless: Where's the Rest of Me?The Constructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-3979583357340490382007-02-28T09:16:00.000-05:002007-02-28T09:16:00.000-05:00JP, love the poem--why not make it a post instead ...JP, love the poem--why not make it a post instead of "just" a comment? Privileges of the author function and all that!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-20594959623697150932007-02-28T04:34:00.000-05:002007-02-28T04:34:00.000-05:00Promised antipodean musings here.Promised antipodean musings <A HREF="http://jpstormcrow.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/antipodean-syzygies/" REL="nofollow">here.</A>JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-91136514866215869032007-02-27T16:19:00.000-05:002007-02-27T16:19:00.000-05:00More on Cheney, from another comment I left at Dig...More on Cheney, from another comment I left at Digby.<BR/><BR/><I>"Three" Branches of Government for the clueless in their homes, <BR/>Two Chambers of Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, <BR/>Nine Mortal Justices someday doomed to die, <BR/>One Branch for the Dark Lord on his darkened throne, <BR/>In the Land of Cheney where the Shadows lie. <BR/>One Branch to rule them all, One Branch to find them, <BR/>One Branch to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, <BR/>In the Land of Cheney where the Shadows lie.</I><BR/><BR/>(Slightly modiifed from what I wrote at Digby, I originally had "land of neocon" - not very happy with either - if anyone has a better suggestion let me know, as I like the way it works overall.)JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-36730670474009829192007-02-27T16:11:00.000-05:002007-02-27T16:11:00.000-05:00in an undisclosed location in the latter and I was...<I> in an undisclosed location in the latter and I was in the southwestern corner of the former </I><BR/><BR/>I was in the southwestern corner of the latter (coincidence? - I think not.) In fact I managed to get out to <A HREF="http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/lights/swest/leeuwin.htm" REL="nofollow"> Cape Leeuwin</A> at the very most southwestern tip of Australia, which is a fittingly windswept piece of ground for being one of the ends of the Earth. (In the next day or two I will have a post up at <A HREF="http://jpstormcrow.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">Ignis fatuus</A> on some antipodean musings.)<BR/><BR/>re: Cheney and Australia - from a comment I left at Digby.<BR/><BR/>Posting this from the Sydney airport. Even though the Aussies currently have an asshat-wanna-be for PM, I am pleased that a lot of the coverage has centered around:<BR/><BR/>1) Everyone pissed off on how much the visit of the Dickwad disrupted the place (they shut the whole freaking Harbor Bridge so his motorcade could zip across for lunch.<BR/><BR/>2) By not explicitly saying that if the Aussies pull their troops out it would irreparably damage the US/AUA relationship, Howard appears to have been undermined a bit.JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.com