Boy Blunder needs Mr. Wizard

Brits plan to "humiliate" Bush.

LONDON, England (Reuters) 10/16 -- Anti-war protesters plan to topple and dance on a mock statue of U.S. President George W. Bush in the center of London as part of demonstrations to "blight" his visit to Britain next month.

Their re-working in Trafalgar Square of the famous humiliation of a Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad six months ago will be among running protests including marches and a mock trial of Bush planned around his November 19-21 state visit.

A petition has been launched to ask the British government to cancel his visit, and, assuming that will not be heeded, a mock state procession will be staged and a "Goodbye George" concert held the day he leaves.

Well, when word gets to the little prince, he either won't go, or he'll have some bad-ass plan to counter. I seem to recall him demanding a guaranteed standing ovation for a trip to Europe, and when he didn't get it, he just kept his jacks and ball at home. But I can't wait to see the photos of the demonstrations.

"This will be a November to remember. I think it will be a bonfire of the vanities of Bush and Blair," said legislator George Galloway, whose radical anti-war rhetoric has seen him suspended from Blair's ruling Labour Party.

Galloway said he hoped images of protests in Britain would help turn the political tide against Bush in the run-up to the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

"Whilst we bear them (Americans) absolutely no ill will, indeed the opposite, we hate their president and think he is one of the world's most dangerous men," Galloway said. "They should take the opportunity they have next November to do the world a favor, as well as themselves, and get rid of him."

Amen.


More on that Universal National Service Act bill:

Certain allowance for arbitrariness seems to be written directly into it. As I said, you can be sure the children of those pressing for this Act will not be risking their lives.

3 (b) GROUNDS FOR EXTENSION- At the discretion of the President, the period of military service for a member of the uniformed services under this Act may be extended--
(1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for injury or illness incurred in line of duty; or
(2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate for any time lost to training for any cause.


3(c) EARLY TERMINATION- The period of national service for a person under this Act shall be terminated before the end of such period under the following circumstances:
...
(4) Such other grounds as the President may establish.

I would think this Act would do away with the need for the Selective Service, and something tells me it would "go over" better with the average American. Now I need to figure out how to follow its progress. Here's more than I probably will ever want to know. Looks like I will need to consult THOMAS. THOMAS says of this bill (HR163): Latest Major Action: 2/3/2003 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

THOMAS also says these are the folks who are sponsoring this grand idea:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 1/7/2003 [HI-1]
Rep Brown, Corrine - 1/28/2003 [FL-3]
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 1/28/2003 [MO-1]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 1/7/2003 [MI-14]
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 1/28/2003 [MD-7]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 1/28/2003 [FL-23]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 1/28/2003 [TX-18]
Rep Lewis, John - 1/7/2003 [GA-5]
Rep McDermott, Jim - 1/7/2003 [WA-7]
Rep Moran, James P. - 1/28/2003 [VA-8]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 1/28/2003 [DC]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 1/7/2003 [CA-13]
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 1/28/2003 [NY-12]

....and that same bill is being sponsored in the Senate (S89) by Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC], and its "latest status" is Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

How did I get in this spot? Political research. Yikes. Who can I blame this on? Hellllllp! Mr. Wizaaaaaaaaard! Get me outta here!

You don't know Mr. Wizard the Lizard?!
Well, here you go. Even has his picture.
What it doesn't have is the advice that Mr. Wizard always gave Tooter:
"Be just what you is, not what you is not.
Folks what they is, is the happiest lot."

Oops - I take it back, it does have it - but not quoted the way I remember it!
I wonder about Bob Wallace. Good Dad, Bad Dad. Bob? Bob?
Not that I think we aren't in a damned cartoon here, mind you.