(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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[Watch this space for: Pentagon and Petroleum, The Media is only as Liberal as the Corporations Who Own Them, Wash Down With, and Recalcify]
WARBLOGGER WATCH
Friday, July 19, 2002
An intrepid reader pointed out in the comment section that my example of Lileks' anti-Arabism (above) wasn't very strong. OK, I'll admit that I didn't feel like trawling through much of Lileks' fulminating and grabbed the first one I saw (took about 2 minutes). Still, for the sake of my argument here is another of his tirades, taken from his "Screed" section (took me an additional 2 minutes to find, two minutes I'll never have back, to paraphrase Hans Moleman):
Say there, you mullahs in Iran - remember that guy who bled you white for ten years in the most pointless, ruinous war of the 20th century - news flash. He keeps a meat grinder in his office for interrogating underlings, and his dogs are very well fed. Calling all Kuwaitis! Calling all Kuwaitis! We know that 70% of you, according to recent surveys, have an unfavorable opinion of Americans, but remember that distant day when the Republican Guard exercised their historical right to pry your hot-tubs off the patio and ship them back home?