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2003-08-27 Iraq

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Posted by .com 2003-08-27 2:20:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Don't forget the "Ministry of Special Favors" and the "Ministry of Funny Walks".

Posted by Dishman 2003-8-27 2:28:09 AM|| 2003-8-27 2:28:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 er, uhm, jealous fighting over cabinet posts, and the perks that go with them, is the bread and butter of democracies. Dot com youd better not spend alot of time reading the Jerusalem Post or Haaretz - the manuevering for cabinet posts and perks will be too much for your sensitive soul. 25 isnt an unreasonably large cabinet in such circumstances, and a neat political solution. i mean where did we get the number of 25 for the governing council anyway? enough to give everybody representation and balance. Same considerations that go into making up a cabinet. So just turn the IGC into a cabinet - makes sense to me.

BTW "first blossom of independence" curious to note that modern Orthodox and Conservative prayerbooks refer to the state of Israel as "the first blossom of redemption" - is that language too precious???? Now I wouldnt have expected you to know that dot com, but still .....

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-27 10:07:26 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:07:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 LH - Nope, I didn't. Won't go get one to look it up, either. ;-> I'll take your word for it! Mebbe Daniel Williams was aware of it, however, though I doubt it. I'll bet he just thought he was being clever and "fresh" in his prose. Wanna bet? ;-)

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 10:12:33 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:12:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 theres so much more,like this quote:

'Well, this is a change from the past. It is not like when Saddam Hussein ruled," said Mowaffak Rubaie, an independent Shiite representative. "He used to name a cabinet in one minute. We have to negotiate." '

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-27 10:24:56 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:24:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 all in all

A. this (the cabinet) is a good thing
B. The article is a good article

So whats your problem? Maybe you should go have fun arguing with Murat and Aris.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-27 10:26:35 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:26:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, geez, they're turning into Congress already!

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-27 11:03:08 AM|| 2003-8-27 11:03:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 They had to do something with the office buildings anyway now that the bureaucracy surrounding the Huissain family is no more. As one pundit I read in National Post pointed out, you can't let the Ministry of Genital Clamping Stand idle. Property values fall in blighted districts of cities.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-8-27 1:50:02 PM|| 2003-8-27 1:50:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 LH - political whoring is political whoring, no matter who does it. Does that cover your question? Now you go play with the trolls.

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 6:23:04 PM|| 2003-8-27 6:23:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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