Crayon Blogging
March 5th, 2005 at 11:11 am by Preston Taylor HolmesPreston Jr. and I are sitting here at the kitchen counter while Sally takes her morning nap. He’s using crayons, I’m using a laptop. There’s not much difference, really, except that he’s more organized. Here are a few quickies since I’ll only have about 20 minutes this weekend for blogging (Mrs. Holmes is off on a well-deserved “girl’s weekend” so I’m playing Mr. Mom. Let’s hope I don’t get fired as a result.).
First, the “Italian Hostage” story. My Pet Jawa has been all over this one since it first appeared and Rusty continues to be the #1 source for info on this breaking story. The bottom line is that this entire “hostage situation” was a joke from the beginning. Giuliana Sgrena was a journalist for Il Manifesto – an Italian Communist daily rag – who was very close to opposition forces in Iraq. You should read all of Rusty’s updates for the scoop.
Upon her faux release, she was in a car that approached a checkpoint at a high rate of speed and ignored warnings to stop. Justifiably, the car was fired upon and Sgrena was hit, and one of her secret-service goons was killed. Lesson for those who ignore warnings at checkpoints: go slow, stop if requested.
Baldilocks has a great Old Media round up of stories on the incident. She points out that, while the stories agree with the DOD’s facts, the headlines obviously imply wrongdoing on the part of our troops.
In spite of the countless instances in which speeding cars have been used as weapons in the Iraq Theater of Operations, these people brandish Eason Jordan’s bogus weapon at those in life or death situations.
Every time I think I know just how much the mainstream media hate the US military, something new happens and a new low is reached.
In other news, UN troops still raping little girls.
Needless to say, Baldilocks rocks the house.
Elsewhere, the Unpopulist has discovered a cool Google-based gadget that lets you create a MONTAGE from images based on your search criteria. He created a 9-11 montage. It’s a great time waster and pretty damn cool to boot.
March 5th, 2005 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for the link and the compliment! I’m waiting to see, with some dread, how this situation plays out in the old media.
baldilocks
March 5th, 2005 at 3:39 pm
No problem! Thanks for the excellent commentary.
By the way, back in the 80′s killing a Communist would have gotten you a commendation. I think the forces at that checkpoint deserve one for doing their jobs.
We all know what the Old Media is going to do with the story – you already predicted it quite well in your post. At least they’re getting reamed out for it these days.