16 October 2007 • 9:36 pm
Michael Moore, seer extraordinaire, promised that the following would happen if the hated “W” were reelected in 2004:
If you are 18-25 years old and reading this right now, I have news for you — if Bush wins, he’s going to bring back the draft. He will be forced to. Because, thanks to his crazy war, recruitment is going to be at an all-time low. And many of the troops stuck over there are NOT going to re-enlist. The only way Bush is going to be able to staff the military is to draft you and your friends. Parents, make no mistake about it — Bush’s second term will see your sons taken from you and sent to fight wars for the oily rich. Only an ex-general who knows first-hand that a draft is a sure-fire way to wreck an army will be able to avert the inevitable.
With about 15 months left in the Bush administration, it appears that Mr. Moore’s prognostication is just slightly off the mark.
The Moore quote is available here.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Michael Moore
Matt Drudge has a link to the Wall Street Journal interview with Fox honcho Roger Ailes, who is overseeing the launch of Fox Business Network, a cable channel that hopes to give CNBC some needed competition. Part of the interview:
WSJ: Are you a hands-on manager?
Mr. Ailes: I have a working knowledge of all the areas. I have probably 14 vice presidents who report to me. I have to know enough about each of their areas to know how to ask the proper questions….I think what I bring to it is life experience. People say, “How can you? You didn’t go to Columbia Journalism School, how can you run a news organization?” I say, “I have two qualifications: One, I didn’t go to Columbia Journalism School, so there’s a chance I’ll be fair, and, two, I never want to go to a party in this town, so there’s nobody’s a- I have to kiss.”
OUCH! There is nothing that elites hate more than being snubbed by their betters.
The interview is here.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Columbia Journalism, Fox Business Network
Record temps in Chicago led race officials to cancel the annual marathon at mile 20. From the Chicago Tribune comes this howler:
“Why did they cancel it at Mile 20? Couldn’t they cancel it at Mile 5,” said Arzu Karimova, 28, a market researcher from Chicago. “I put my entire summer into this. My entire marathon is gone. I’ll never have another first marathon experience.”
It isn’t a marathon until the race is finished, at least by someone. Poor Mr. Karimova will still be able to have a “first marathon,” it just won’t be today. His entire marathon isn’t gone.
The news story is here.
UPDATE A later Chicago Trib web piece has come out about the confirmed death and scores of hospitalizations of runners related to the extreme heat during today’s marathon. The earlier post about the complaining solipsist was not intended to ridicule those persons with medical conditions, since details had not been made available. BT’s sympathy is for the victims.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Chicago marathon
