"Just Kill the Damn Dots"

One of the most egregiously-overlooked blogs around is Brian James Dunn's The Dignified Rant. To give an idea of what I mean, here is an excerpt from a recent article in which he discusses the 9/11 Commission's "connecting the dots" commentary:

And one last bit of information for those who insist on blaming the Bush administration for not connecting dots before 9-11; and for those who like to pretend that the unilateral Bush administration caused the 9-11 attack: the planning may have begun in mid-1996. (The panel report discusses this, too.) I’d love to hear administration critics discuss the state of the dots in the last half of the 1990s.

We indeed have traveled a long way since 9-11. Too many people are back to 9-10. They hate us, people. All of us. Not just the current administration. Not just the Red State citizens. Owning a bongo and tie-dyed shirts won’t save you. Nor will spouting sympathy for their cause. We’re all targets and they’ll dance over our graves if we let them.

Stop debating to the point of paralysis over what dots should have been connected and what dots existed. The dots keep killing us in the most gruesome manner thay [sic] can come up with. Just kill the freaking dots! We are at war and we must win.

Or you can read his fine rant on North Korea and Bill Richardson, or his depressing observation on the dim chance of Venezuela escaping the Communist dictatorial thumb without bloodshed, or trenchant observations on China or Europe or - what are you still doing here? Go!

Posted by Jeff at June 21, 2004 11:44 PM | Link Cosmos