Dad Gave Me The Keys
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by Mark Adams**
Wow, a real blog. How cool is this.
The biggest challenge filling in for our gracious host is quashing my usual tendency to go on, and on . . . like this. Face it, Ara's got a gift for saying much with very few words.
In that spirit, I'll leave you with this little factoid from another guest poster over at Firedoglake:
The fortress-like compound rising beside the Tigris River here will be the largest of its kind in the world, the size of Vatican City, with the population of a small town, its own defense force, self-contained power and water, and a precarious perch at the heart of Iraq's turbulent future.They stand up, we stand down really means when they "stand up" to us.The new U.S. Embassy also seems as cloaked in secrecy as the ministate in Rome.
**You can learn more about Mark at his blog, Dispassionate Liberalism, where you can read much more long-winded dissertations about how the world would be a better place if everyone saw things his way.
Holy crap! -- I haven't left town yet!
That's OK, I'm glad you've started posting. It gives me a chance to see your stuff in realtime. I'm looking forward to it -- in fact, if I was having more fun, I'd have to be twins!
Face it, Ara's got a gift for saying much with very few words.
That made Miss Julie laugh out loud. A lot. She's thinking, "Once he gets going we can't shut him up!!"
That's only because you've got a lot to say.
And, by God, I say it.
:^)