Iraq Outbound
July 6, 2008One of our most-favorite of Iraq peoples is the Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr. Beyond looking like a way-sedated Jack Black with a beard, Moqtada carries enormous political clout, and also has the armed capability…
Category Archives: War & Politics
Celebrate the Horror
July 4, 2008Celebrate the horror of what US children are doing this holiday: Miller ran with the Marines he was with to the scene of the attack. “As I ran I saw human pieces…a skull cap with…
Legacy of the George: ‘Two + two = five’
July 2, 2008A category here at Compatible Creatures is Orwellian — a sort which in recent days seems to aptly fit. The word’s very image represents a malignant, manipulative and repressive entity in a position of power,…
Wrong Assumptions
June 29, 2008So Decider George wants a little history, huh? He thinks the future will look more kindly on his tortured ass than folks do nowadays. Wrong! Never assume! It Makes An Ass Out of You and…
‘How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes’
June 25, 2008“This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take…
Romance Redacted
June 23, 2008James Michener’s Caravans is a good-read, romantic novel set in an exotic 1950 Afghanistan. The hero is a young, likable consulate worker with the American embassy in Kabul. The plot: He’s called on to chase…
War Criminals
June 20, 2008In the 230-plus-year history of the US, it was bound to happen. One as cynical as us might have figured it would happen before now, before communications opened up governmental processes to a more public…
Nero Fiddles
June 16, 2008In an ugly sense of an unconscious daydream, another natural tragedy has struck the US with its leader again out to lunch, or in this case, dinner: About 36,000 Iowans were evacuated because of statewide…
OBL: Dead or Alive!
June 15, 2008In the few months left to him as king of the world, Decider George is seeking out his nemesis, the biggest bogeyman of them all — Osama bin Laden. President George W Bush has enlisted…
Disaster Inheritance
June 5, 2008If Sen. Barack Obama becomes President Obama in November, all the change in the world, even all the king’s men and horses and US peoples may not be able to correct the horror. Although a…