Word: milquetoasts
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...says the Iraq invasion was unconstitutional because Congress never declared war and who decries post-9/11 security measures as infringements on our freedoms--has become one of the most popular figures among the young right. His raucous seminar on the evils of abortion, taxation, the Democrats and "milquetoast" Republicans--as well as the pleasures of NASCAR--didn't end until 2:30 one morning...
Each of the nine stories in Joe Ollmann's new black and white paperback, "Chewing on Tinfoil," (Insomniac Press; 155 pp.; $15.95) feature some sort of (un)lovable loser. The alienated high-school kid, office milquetoast, pretentious layabout, lapsed art student, and bowl-hair-cut kid: all these and more appear in its pages. Ollmann's work is new to me, and it has the leaps and falls of a new artist extending himself. Some of the tales are artless swipes at the usual archetypes, but enough of the stories surprise you with odd details or an unexpected twist...
...NATO's early deployment, and its milquetoast mandate, may seem imprudent given the continuing potential for an escalation of violence - the alliance has sworn, perhaps for the benefit of edgy domestic constituencies, to keep its men far away from any situation that even looks like turning nasty. But, like NATO's promise to simply withdraw if fighting resumes, it's hard to take that at face value. For one thing, NATO troops have actually been in Macedonia all along - Skopje houses the major logistics base for the entire Kosovo peacekeeping operation, and they're not about to withdraw. The reason...
...best, the "peace deal" being brokered in Macedonia is a misnomer. At worst it may be a recipe for marching NATO troops with a milquetoast mandate into the middle of another Balkan bloodbath...
...taken the liberty of using the word "asshole" in its entirety (except in headlines). First, we figure that reporting the news means telling the whole story, and, second, it strikes us as a bit prissy to ignore the actual wording of a quote in favor of a milquetoast replica...