:Archives (April 15, 2003)

Tuesday April 15

Messing With Their Heads

Right-Thinking Comments - Penile PsyOps. Our friendly conservative on the "Left Coast" cites an interesting MSNBC article titled "The Secret War" which talks about pychological operations directed against Iraqi troops, by broadcasting 400-watt arabic messages from Bradley fighting vehicles saying that Iraqi men are impotent.

The Fedayeen, the fierce but undisciplined and untrained Iraqi irregulars, could not bear to be taunted. “We’re going to mess with their heads,” a senior Pentagon official told NEWSWEEK before the war began. . . . Whether they took the bait or saw an opportunity to attack, many Iraqis stormed out of their concealed or dug-in positions -- pushing aside their human shields in some cases -- to be slaughtered by American M1 tanks.

Well, if all it takes is a little insult to their dicks, then Iraqis really are dickless wonders. And their former leader either never had a battle plan or is the most inept general in history. It was the battle-that-never-was, defended by soldiers who died from taunting. Like the memorable line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- "Go way or I shall be forced to taunt you once again"!!

 Posted by glenn at 01:33 PM | Comments (0)

Suing Spammers

America Online on Tuesday said it is filing five lawsuits against individuals and companies that are allegedly purveying bulk unsolicited e-mail, or spam, to its members. [CNET News.com]. Boowah! Spam is destroying the Internet's real killer app, e-mail, by forcing users towards filtering software that kills the good unsolicited messages along with the hundreds of bad ones for Viagra, penis enlargement and Nigerian ex-dictator's wives fortunes. It is preventing legitimate marketers from communicating with customers and raising costs for ISPs, enterprises and regular Joes. Legislation won't do anything. AOL, we salute you!

 Posted by glenn at 01:17 PM | Comments (0)

Get Into The Groove

Yahoo! Sports - Capitals at home with power-play groove
Hot, cold, hot again. The Caps have been inconsistent all season, especially on the power play. As Joseph White of AP observes:

In their first game together, the Washington Capitals' new power play combo of Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra and Robert Lang looked unstoppable, scoring three goals in a victory over Nashville. Instead, the power play turned into a season-long disappointment, enduring stretches of 2-for-50, 2-for-42 and 1-for-25. Bondra, the franchise's career leader in power-play goals, was moved around and even taken off the top unit for a while. Jagr was unhappy that he wasn't getting the 1-on-1 chances on which he thrives.

That's not the stuff to write home about. Tonight at MCI Center, up two games in the series, will set the tone for whether the power play -- and with it, the Capitals' post-season chances -- returns once again.

 Posted by glenn at 10:53 AM | Comments (0)