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HOW STUPID IS THAT? [Spokesman

HOW STUPID IS THAT?

[Spokesman Ari Fleischer] said that U.S. President George W. Bush wanted to condemn the attack in "the strongest terms possible," but, in an abrupt reduction of rhetoric, repeatedly described the incident as a "homicide bombing."" --Globe and Mail

I know "homicide bomber" has its adherents in the blogosphere, but it's just a stupid term. ALL bombers are homicide bombers, pretty much. It just makes the man sound like an idiot. Ari: you want to call them something extremist but not say "suicide bomber?" Try "human bomb." (At least then you won't have reporters wrongly interpreting it as your appeasing the Palestinians.)

WALK AWAY, COLIN... JUST WALK

WALK AWAY, COLIN... JUST WALK AWAY...

But this afternoon the State Department spokesman said that in light of today's bombing, Powell is reconsidering whether the meeting with Arafat should take place.

--Washington Post Online

In other news, the guy behind the Arab "peace proposal" has donated $1.35 million to a Saudi government-run telethon, the proceeds to go to Palestinian "martyrs." No doubt disappointing the French, Jerry Lewis was apparently not involved in any way.

STAR WARS 2 SCRIPT STILL

STAR WARS 2 SCRIPT STILL UP

It's been 3 days, and contrary to predictions, the script for Star Wars 2 is still available, if you want to save yourselves the price of admission -- courtesy of the blog world.

JEW BLAMED FOR SEPT. 11

JEW BLAMED FOR SEPT. 11

Think of it, Mort. If you had agreed to meet with Min. Farrakhan when I begged you to, three years ago I think, perhaps you would have been able to persuade your colleagues to shift gears enough to give the Arab/Islamic world some hope on Middle East matters. And 9-11 might not have happened.

--Jude Wanniski to US News and World Report publisher Mort Zuckerman