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January 30, 2003

Senile's Not Just an Egyptian Tourist Activity

It also describes Nelson Mandela pretty well.

Speaking at the International Women's Forum, Mandela said "if there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America."

Mandela said U.S. President George W. Bush covets the oil in Iraq "because Iraq produces 64 percent of the oil in the world. What Bush wants is to get hold of that oil." In fact Iraq contributes to only 5 percent of world oil exports.

Yeah, but don't let little oversights like that stop you in your self-righteous anti-war tirade, ok?

Receiving applause for his comments, Mandela said Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are "undermining" past work of the United Nations.

Yo, Nelson, old buddy - you might pause to take a note of the fact that we humored the UN in going ahead with a new resolution and new inspections. The inspectors have done their job and they have made it clear that Iraq has no intention of complying with the resolutions for disarmament. The only UN work we're undermining is the last five years of you yahoos sitting on your hands while Iraq continually snubbed its nose at you.

As I said on a message board, the UN crowd that only wants diplomacy realizes that as long as they can say they are doing something (negotiating), they can act like it's meaningful - even if all those years of "something" add up to "nothing." You know, kind of like they do right now.

"They do not care. Is it because the secretary-general of the United Nations is now a black man?" said Mandela, referring to Kofi Annan, who is from Ghana.

Wow, the race card - I'm dead impressed. I bet Colin Powell is just seething with hatred at that damned negro Kofi Annan - oh, wait, you say Colin is black? Well, hmmm.

Nelson, I'm thinking it's time someone check you into a home for your own good.

And thanks to Josh Claybourn for the link to the story.

* Lame joke #2 for the day - hooray!