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...Axis of Evil gets most of its mileage out of sending up the paranoid American stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims. Ahmed Ahmed, who is an Egyptian-American, likes to complain about how hard it is to pass through airport security because a well-known terrorist shares the same name. If dubious airline officials ask him to prove he's a comedian by telling a joke, Ahmed responds: "Um, I just graduated from flight school?" When that joke bombs (sorry!), he consoles himself with the thought of how frustrated the other Ahmed must get when people mistake him for a comedian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laughing All the Way to the (West) Bank | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

...pledge to reinstate the council’s alcohol reimbursements for parties, which were nixed by Pilbeam earlier this fall—reflected a lack of knowledge of the administration.“It’s really easy, outside the framework of knowing anything about the administration, to complain about it, and to think that you can just march in there and change things,” Sundquist said earlier.Sundquist said yesterday that he and Sarafa would be devoting the coming week to meeting with administrators, faculty, and fellow UC representatives to discuss the coming year.But, with the election...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With Turnout Low, Sundquist-Sarafa Wins UC Election | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...really easy, outside the framework of knowing anything about the administration, to complain about it, and to think that you can just march in there and change things," Sundquist said earlier...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Few Voters, Less Surprise: Sundquist, Sarafa To Lead Council | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...West won't complain too loudly or for too long about the elections. Russia's natural gas is still vital to Europe. The U.S. still hopes Putin can be a better partner on matters like sanctions against Iran. So expect the criticisms of the day to fade, paving the way for Putin and the West to continue talks about energy, trade, international diplomacy. Whatever the state of its internal politics, Russia, these days, is too important to leave out in the cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gently Protesting Putin | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...think it’s really easy outside the framework of knowing anything about the administration to complain about it and to think that you can just march in there and change things,” he said, adding after the debate that it is easy for the other candidates to “come at the incumbent...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Barbs, Drama Mark UC Presidential Debate | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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