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January 31, 2005

a modest proposal

You know, for years, New York has gone by the sobriquet “Baghdad on the Hudson”

As sister cities of a sort, I say we return the favor.

I think we should award the Coalition Provisional Authority with the honorary title of “Tammany on the Tigris”

although it does appear that, as with most things, Joe Conason got there first

6 Responses to “a modest proposal”

  1. Riggsveda Says:
    January 31st, 2005 at 10:56 am

    Can Negroponte be Bill the Butcher?

  2. julia Says:
    January 31st, 2005 at 10:59 am

    it’s not really fair to Tammany, really - we got some really nice courthouses out of them.

  3. julia Says:
    January 31st, 2005 at 10:59 am

    really.

  4. chris from boca Says:
    February 1st, 2005 at 12:42 pm

    Does this mean that James Dobson gets to pick Iraq’s judges?

  5. julia Says:
    February 1st, 2005 at 12:46 pm

    Well, somebody like him, anyway.

    Might be a muslim, tho.

  6. Sly Fanatic Says:
    February 1st, 2005 at 4:51 pm

    How about something along the lines of the Las Vegas ads:” Who you bribed here, have Swiss bank accounts there”?