Screed Blog

Lileks has a new section on his website for political commentary, or screeds as he like to call them. Here is an excerpt:

I can imagine in late 2001 asking a question of myself in 2005: What’s the main story? The smallpox quarantine? Fallout from the Iranian – Israeli exchange contaminating Indian crops? A series of bombings in heartland malls? 'Well, no – the big story today has to do with soldiers mishandling terrorists' holy texts at a detention center.' Mishandling? How? Like, you mean, they opened it up without first checking to see if it was ticking, and it blew up – 'No, they handled it in a way that disrespected it. Infidels are supposed to use gloves.' Oh. So we lost, then.

Read the whole thing. Today's Bleat with comments on an environmentally friendly pizza place are also worth reading.