Seriously, you couldn't make most of this stuff up. The Globe today had many more ads than they usually do, so, they needed more pages, and so, I guess, they came up with more "news." I mean it. Here we are on the verge of sending more soldiers to the Middle East, and I know your heart will be warmed by the article that focuses on how FINALLY, after all the violence in Baghdad for the past six years, "an 85-year-old elite social club is making a comeback." Well, thank goodness for that!
There's an open bar and loud music, and best of all, Saturday Night Bingo. Early in the history of the club, one could only become a member if A) he/she was a college graduate and B) knew a foreign language. During the "bad years" of the U.S. invasion, (my quotations marks) in order to attract members, those requirements had to be dropped. Now, though, they have been able to reinstate the requirements, and hope to "weed out" the scumbags who joined up while bombs were falling throughout the city - even cracking their swimming pool. Oh no! But not to worry - the swimming pool has been fixed and plans are afoot to build a bowling alley, gymnasium and cafeteria. Probably another opportunity for KBR to get the contract on that new construction. The best part of the club (and I mean this sincerely) is that Shi'ites, Sunnis and Christians all come together there, and no one seems to mind.
So, I want to thank the Globe for bringing us this heartwarming look at how much stability we have brought to Baghdad. Such a club represents democracy in action, don't you think? I mean, you can't get much more democratic than Saturday night Bingo.
I just wonder if it was worth the lives of 4366 American soldiers, 31,571 seriously wounded and countless thousands (between 50,000 and 600,000) of Iraqi civilians?
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS: don't forget the origin of the bikini in 1946 to distract us from less important activities, like atomic testing on the paradise island of Bikini. When will it end???
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