Posted 4:40 PM by Blah blah

New on my reading list: Rachel Lucas, a widely read Dallas woman who is pro-war, pro-military, and writes well in a saucy, ernest way I find appealing. See, Raven and Danny? I read both sides. Anyhow, I don't think we should lump everyone into either pro-war or anti-war.

Raymond's List: Types of Views About This War

1. The "bomb whoever don't like my twang" crowd, who are friends with the "send 'em all the hell back home, to places I would never try to find on a map even if you paid me" crowd. They tend to have crewcuts and go "Yessir!"
2. The "we would never hurt a fly, EVER" crowd, who stock lots of Beanie Babies in the back seats of their cars and tend to chain themselves to the doors of 7-Elevens, mistaking them for government buildings. They tend to have a poor sense of balance.
3. The "government is all a conspiracy, you suck, the world will be damned" crowd, who tend to favor anarchy and barricade themselves in armed compounds. When lonely they just marry a 5th wife and burn offerings to space aliens.
4. The "I just woke up, wha...?" crowd. They tend to spend most of their time retying their shoelaces.
5. The "we're fed up with Saddam, fuck the U.N. and get it over with" crowd. They feel for the civilians, but not THAT much. They like Tom Clancy and don't speak French.
6. The "we're fed up with Saddam but all need to be in this together, and by the way let's get Tony Blair for President in 2004!" crowd. They tend to wear cool sunglasses, spend time in Barnes & Noble sipping mochas and frappuccinos, like Woody Allen, and DO speak French. Sometimes they have a hard time deciding what to wear. Their friends like to tell them their problems because they listen well. This is MY category.

Poor Tony was more a #6, but he decided to act like a #5 just for the war. After the war, he'll return to #6 behavior again.