Northman's Fury

The Economist's political cartoonist believes that Fred Thompson's chances may improve were he to cover up the shiny dome nature has given him.

Now while I admit the Maggie looks like it suits Fred quite well, I am very much offended by the implication that voters will only consider those with a full head of hair to be worthy candidates. This is just as bad as the recent discovery that Hillary Clinton has breasts! Discrimination against an entire subset of the population based on a physical characteristic!

Actually, this distaste for shiny-topped leadership is even more serious than the breast issue. To quote the great Canadian philosopher Red Green, "This is the worst kind of discrimination. It's against me!"

Please excuse me while I go mourn my receding hairline and the end of my dreams for political office.

The General does his usual excellent job of skewering the Bush Administration regarding the recently announced capture of a top al Qaeda aide. A sample:

in a stroke of sheer luck, interrogators were able to get him to confirm all of the Administration's talking points about Al Qaeda's involvement in Iraq just as the Democratic leadership in the Senate was moving to end a Republican filibuster of the Levin-Reed Troop Withdrawal plan.

Unfortunately, the mediaslumunistofascists at CNN only read you the first page of the press release. Abu Shahid had much more information to share. Here are a few of his quotes the media failed to report:

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1,357 of our best terrorist trainees lost all hope and abandoned their training when your mighty and fearsome president commuted Scooter Libby's sentence.

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We are undermining your society with gay marriage, evolution, and environmental regulation.

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Our ultimate goal is to punish Americans by providing them with single-payer health care.

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Tinky-Winky and Spongebob Squarepants are important mullahs in our organization.

As a note, I would like to say that I agree fully.

Further, to avoid confusion, I'm starting a list for easy reference for any other stupid questions.