The Iraq War: Pretty much the opposite of a war on terror

I know.

 

We've passed into the Hemingway portion of the thread, I see.

 

al-Qaida is not in Iraq!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Maybe you can change your mind about that now.

 

Does he not a) read, b) think, or c) either.
Phone lines are open.

 

Valid question

 

There isn't going to be a treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo this time around.

And who the fuck is IndiansNetwork? I have been on furlough.

 

LJB -- indiansnetwork is mlb without the deep philosophical bent.
Nice call on the Treaty, though.
Next up on SportsJournalists.com's World Of Obscure Historical References -- The Wilmot Proviso!

 

Fenian, my mentor's favorite was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff. Sounds like a couple of welders.

 

Actually, LJB, once, at a Buchanan rally in NH in 1988, old Pat actually mentioned the Smoot-Hawley Tariff as something we should think about.
I was thrilled!

 

Yeah, because protective tariffs are the way to stimulate your economy.

Dare I say, "softwood lumber" without everyone's eyes glazing over?

 

I should say! Herbert Hoover cared about farmers. He worked in the onion fields as a mere stripling.

 

Is there any other kind of stripling?