A note on today's Iraq progress report by the GAO: the Government Accountability Office, originally the General Accounting Office, once described the M1 Abrams main battle tank, the most devastatingly effective tank in the ninety-year history of contemporary armored warfare, a weapons platform that has been the undisputed king of every battlefield on which it has ever been engaged, a "deathtrap" that would fail in combat against the Soviet tanks it was designed to slay and serve as a expensive tomb for the brave U.S. Army tankers within. The GAO's report to Congress literally used the word "deathtrap" to describe the Abrams. Just something to bear in mind when considering whether or not the GAO knows what it's talking about in Iraq. Knowledge is power.




The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Fountains of Wayne, "Karpet King" from Out-of-State Plates, Disc 1 (T.L.A.M.)

Montag, 3 September
The Aquabats!, "Hot Summer Nights (Won't Last Forever)!" from Charge!! (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I hope each of you had a grand Labor Day and properly bade adieu to another spectacular summer.