Monty Python's Terry Jones Weighs In

Man it HAS been a while since I posted. Lots going on, Moving and the like. I will be posting More regularly.

I love Monty Python their ability over the years to point out the absurd in our institutions has been inspiring as well as informative and amusing.


Terry Jones of of the Pythons hits one out of the park this morning in a Guardian Editorial commenting on the fact that Iraqi children were better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now:

So he [George Bush] hit on the idea of bombing them instead. And not just bombing, but capturing and torturing their fathers, humiliating their mothers, shooting at them from road blocks - but none of it seems to do any good. Iraqi children simply refuse to be better nourished, healthier and less inclined to die. It is truly baffling.

And this is why we at the department are appealing to you - the general public - for ideas. If you can think of any other military techniques that we have so far failed to apply to the children of Iraq, please let us know as a matter of urgency. We assure you that, under our present leadership, there is no limit to the amount of money we are prepared to invest in a military solution to the problems of Iraqi children.

Terry also gives torture a thorough going over in this article on the In These Times site. Always good to hear from the Monty Python guys.