December 23, 2006 – Prattling Before the Pratfall

Seinfeld Irony

I’ve never seen even a single episode of Seinfeld. And — HA! — I have no plans to ever change that. Why? Not because I have anything against Seinfeld or the show. Exactly the opposite. If I started watching it I would undoubtedly keep watching it. It’s like smoking. If you don’t start, you don’t have to quit.

As proof that I have nothing against Jerry Seinfeld, here’s a trailer that I love, for a movie I’ve never seen. This thing has been blogged a buh-zillion times, but I’m going to do it again.

Change Stay the Course

As soon as I heard the buzzword “surge” introduced in the news, I knew there would be no change of policy in Iraq, other than escalation. Here’s a brief audio clip taken from Bush’s press conference on Wednesday.

[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/DEC06/Bushism.mp3]

Do you hear any indication that Bush intends to do anything differently? I don’t. He keeps repeating the same things over and over, in some self-deluded wish that somehow they’re true. A net increase of 20,000 – 30,000 “boots on the ground” will have the net effect of nothing, other than adding to American casualties.