He works on obscene pre-modern Arabic poetry, which is pretty awesome.
We hear so little of the Arab opinion, and when we do, we don't want to hear it. Rose doesn't want to hear it, that seems clear. That's one reason McCain's indefinite low-casualty occupation is so out of touch. THE IRAQI'S DON'T LIKE US.
97% of them. Actually, it's not just a lack of warm feeling. It's active dislike.
We hear so little of the Arab opinion
I'll give you some Arab opinion right here:
FUCK ALL Y'ALL.
Seriously, after watching that fucking frontline special I feel visceral disgust upon even pondering the visages of Mssrs. Rumsfeld and Cheney.
4: The other thing that seems to have escaped the Administration: any plan that depends upon the middle class bravely leading the way needs to meet reality, where the middle class will do the sensible thing and fuck off when the alternative is being killed.
How does a pothole cause that kind of eye injury?
I'll bet you anything Larry King kicked his ass.
9: He was holding his MacBook Air when he tripped (this is true) and decided to save the laptop rather than his face.
8: Yes, that's right up there with "And then the people will rise up."
Crazy grad student! Crazy-bitchslap handwaving action, too.
He was holding his MacBook Air when he tripped (this is true) and decided to save the laptop rather than his face.
Aka: Larry King kicked his ass in a steel-cage match.
Hmm. OK, that was less awesome than I was led to believe it would be.
Is it still true that more or less civilized, sustained and substantive conversation of this kind about politics is basically absent from American TV?
Watched this indie movie the other night. I thought it was a little better than it's reviews. The Iraqis portrayed in it, and it was more about Iraqis than Americans, were a lot more variegated than just:"They don't like us." The Saudis were portrayed as the worst in Iraq.
Also watched Kim Ki-Duk's The Bow. Neither his best or worst, better than the plastic surgery movie. The 16-yr-old losing her virginity to the invisible dead guy performed pretty well.
Remake of Shutter has gotten terrible reviews.
What , you don't even own a TV? Yes, it's true, and that's why this is cool (that, and the fact that he does a good job, dammit).
Charlie Rose sucks. Compare the way he talked with Antoon, constantly cross-talking and stepping on his answers, with the huge slurping blowjob he gave Jack Welch, and you too will agree: Charlie Rose sucks.
What , you don't even own a TV? Yes, it's true, and that's why this is cool (that, and the fact that he does a good job, dammit).
Of course I own a TV. It just mostly shows Pixar movies and there's no cable.
You really shouldn't say "huge slurping blowjob" like it's a bad thing.
My new hero Antoon deserves a huge slurping blowjob. Jack Welch deserves a world-historical bitch-slap from the working class. That's all I'm saying.
I probably saw it linked from here anyway, but the Boondocks episode in which Huey has his recurring dream of "telling white people the truth" is hilarious and apt. The best part, of course, is when his Grandpa scolds him, "Never tell white people the truth! I'm gonna go find myself a white person right now and lie to him."
20: Charlie Rose sucks. Compare the way he talked with Antoon, constantly cross-talking and stepping on his answers, with the huge slurping blowjob he gave Jack Welch, and you too will agree: Charlie Rose sucks.
Charlie Rose sucks, but he is an equal-opportunity interrupter.
26: Except for Jack Welch.
If he didn't interrupt Jack Welch, it's because he was in slobbering awe of his capitalist machismo. What's the problem?
If he didn't interrupt Jack Welch, it's because he was in slobbering awe of his capitalist machismo.
This is exactly right. It was embarrassing to behold.
After 30 Rock, just hearing "Jack Welch" cracks me up. (Alec Baldwin is a GE exec with a demented adulation of JW.)
deserves a world-historical bitch-slap from the working class
So many deserve, so few receive.
"Hey I know him."
I took a term of arabic from him. Occasionally he would let loose with one of these diatribes--it was kinda awesome.
Hey, I just wanted to thank Ogged for directing my attention to this video. Great stuff, not often heard, not widely known. I agree with some of the commenters that Charlie Rose sucks ass, though.