A Blathering Place

What is Turkey? A Chopped Liver Democracy?

Sat, 09 Oct 2004 21:39:00 GMT

Ok, so one of Bush's ideas trying to justify the Iraqi War is that it will create a democracy in the region that will act as a good example for the rest of the Middle East nations to emulate. Isn't Turkey a democracy? Isn't it in the region. How come it isn't a good enought democratic example? Isn't it even good enough for the European Union to consider it for entry into the EU?

MEGO

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:11:22 GMT

Now here is an acronym I'm sure you will have some reason to use at least once in the next 3 days. Over at a Blog called Glacial Erratics he says: "Some moons ago, colleagues somewhere in the support organization of the university I was working for started using the term MEGO: My Eyes Glaze(d) Over. A term used when describing the effect of tedious documentation or perhaps a meeting trapped in a whirlpool of repetition." [Glacial Erratics]

Alan Dershowitz vs Johnny Cochran

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:45:33 GMT

Did this really happen? I have got to see this one.... ESPN held a mock trial of Pete Rose, with Alan Dershowitz and Johnnie Cochran debating whether the hit king should be in the Hall of Fame in light of his lifetime ban from baseball for gambling....The mock trial was, held at Harvard Law School, and aired live Thursday night. I hope this is rerun.

Time of Lawerence of Arabia compared to Now in Iraq

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:32:51 GMT

Here is an interesting article.

Britain Tried First. Iraq Was No Picnic Then.. It is instructive to look back on an earlier effort by the leading Western power to remake the Middle East as the American occupation of Iraq appears beset. By John Kifner. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Sun, 13 Jul 2003 01:35:19 GMT

Stumbled across the apparent origin of the word "booze" today. At museum in Wheaton Village in New Jersey they had a display of early whiskey bottles. Some of the bottles were manufactured by E.G. Booz company. The bottles were in the shape of a log cabin, rectangular. The chimney was round and served as the neck of the bottle. The roof of the cabin was embossed with the EG Booz name.