Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Miscellanea - Is Jennifer Aniston a Conservative? Edition

I'm not a celebrity worshiper, and I could care less about what starlet is dating what hunk, but I found this link intriguing, though I have my doubts. After all, this is the same Aniston who was quoted as calling Bush a f***ing idiot (in fairness, prior to 9/11)...

UPDATE 01/13/05 7:42 pm central: Upon further review, methinks I've fallen for a satire on the item above - d'oh!

The incomparable Arthur Chrenkoff posts on Jean-Marie Le Pen (who, as Arthur mentions, once called the Holocaust a 'detail' of World War II'). Now the French extremist is talking about the relative decency of the German occupiers of France during World War II - relative to, say, the wholesale slaughter that took place in countries like Poland. Chrenkoff's conclusion? ' ...You can make a historically accurate statement and still be an offensive bastard with an ugly political agenda'...

Elsewhere on the Nazi front, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy notices a similarity between Prince Harry and one Eric Cartman...

It must be depressing to be a left-winger and focus on negativity all day, every day. Extremist history professor Juan Cole posts this diatribe against the legitimacy of the upcoming elections in Iraq. Cole focuses on the Sunni's disenchantment with the new democratic process. You'll look in vain for any mention of the underlying cause of said opposition, that is, the privileged position the Sunnis in Iraq held under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Why clutter your propaganda with context, after all? This is rather akin to shedding tears over the lost rights of the white minority when South Africa's nightmare of apartheid ended. Securing the rights of minorities is a crucial part of democracy, but that goal will never be reached if the 'offended' party refuses to take part in free elections...

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