Just Me And My Pal Johnny Walker

Modern Drunkard Magazine has listed the Ten Greatest Alcohol Icons Of All Time.

The list includes Johnny Walker, the Hamm’s Bear, Captain Morgan, etc. but why did they include the obscure Guiness toucan rather than the better known Budweiser eagle? Or St. Pauli Girl?

I’m crying foul—or fowl (Wild Turkey)!

h/t: Ms. Ann

I’m Abigail Beecher, Your History Teacher

Many people seem to think that history began when George Bush was sworn into office. One of the few advantages of being old is that I have actually LIVED history, which brings me to a recent Guardian (UK) article.

I love reading the Guardian—-their politics are whacked, but the reporting and writing are lively and informative, to say nothing of being slanted to the left. So when I read this article about how in 1998 the Brits would not hand over intelligence information to the CIA on bin Laden unless the CIA promised to not torture him, which the CIA would not promise to do, I had to laugh!

I was laughing because:

1) Clinton was POTUS in 1998 and all good partisans know that torture only began with the Bush Administration—facts be damned;

2) The Guardian blames Bush anyway, and

3) Who started extraordinary rendition? Bush? Nah, it was that paragon of human rights, Bill Clinton.

I love it when partisans try to rewrite history! Whenever they do, I always ask myself this question: Are they dumb or just dishonest?

What a hoot!

I’m No Sports Maven…..

but this just makes me happy. Iraq won the Asian Cup (soccer or football, depending on your nationality) 1-0 over Saudia Arabia.

The Iraqis have suffered so much, both before Saddam and after.  This is a much needed and well deserved boost to their national pride and identity.

Allahu Akbar, indeed!