{"id":152,"date":"2004-02-05T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2004-02-05T16:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=152"},"modified":"2005-12-30T07:28:57","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T12:28:57","slug":"the-parkers-and-the-wmd-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-parkers-and-the-wmd-question","title":{"rendered":"“The Parkers” and the WMD question"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a transcript of a GREAT interview<\/a> with Mo’Nique.<\/p>\n

However, to get to it, you’ll have to read a conversation with Christopher Hitchens about the invasion of Iraq, faulty intelligence, Mel Gibson’s historical anti-semitism, Bloomberg’s attempt at Disney-fying NYC, and more. Here’s a piece from Hitchens:<\/p>\n

My allegiances have changed in the sense that I now find the noises made on the left–which are basically to the effect that we shouldn’t have intervened in Serbia, we shouldn’t have intervened in Afghanistan, we shouldn’t have intervened in Iraq–would have left us with Slobodan Milosevic in power, Bosnia ethnically cleansed, Kosovo part of Greater Serbia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, and Iraq the property of a psychopathic crime family. Now, I’m sorry to say, I’ve no patience with that leftist mentality anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n

And here’s a piece from Mo’Nique:<\/p>\n

And I love people. Yeah. You know why, though? Because for so long, we’ve been taught that big girls can’t be. We can’t be sexy, and we can’t be glamorous and gorgeous. We’ve been trained that we can’t do that. So, when Mo’Nique came and God said, “I need you to change it. I need to use you as a vessel and change it…” I know that I’m beautiful. So because I know it, you can’t help but to think it. When I walk in a room, I know you go, “Damn.” There it is. Right. Oh, Tavis, don’t do it, ’cause you know. Mm-hmm. In a minute. But I know that. So when people say, “How did you do that?” I don’t take any of the credit. You know, I just say thank God for using me for the vessel.<\/em><\/p>\n

I keep meaning to write about the panel\/debate on “Iraq & Beyond” that I attended last Friday evening, which featured Hitchens, Susan Powers, David Frum and Mark Danner. But I’ve been too lazy\/tired during the evenings. Oh, well. Maybe I’ll find some time this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a transcript of a GREAT interview with Mo’Nique. However, to get to it, you’ll have to read a conversation with Christopher Hitchens about the invasion of Iraq, faulty intelligence, Mel Gibson’s historical anti-semitism, Bloomberg’s attempt at Disney-fying NYC, and more. Here’s a piece from Hitchens: My allegiances have changed in the sense that I … <\/p>\n

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Claudia Rosett at the Wall Street Journal has been way out in front on this story, so it's good to see it get front-page treatment from the Times.Because, y'know, it shows that a lot of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics (implicit)"","block_context":{"text":"Politics (implicit)","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/politics-implicit"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":550,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/trotskyist-popinjay","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":1},"title":"“Trotskyist popinjay”?","author":"Gil","date":"May 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Chris Hitchens writes about George Galloway in the Weekly Standard:We are therefore invited by him to assume that, having earlier acquired a justified reputation for loose bookkeeping in respect of \"charities,\" he switched sides in Iraq, attached himself to a regime known for giving and receiving bribes, appointed a notorious\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1198,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/swingers","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":2},"title":"Swingers","author":"Gil","date":"November 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Not that anyone comes here for political wisdom, but I sure am glad to see the pendulum swing this morning. It's gratifying to me not because of any leftover leftist tendencies from my college years, but because it demonstrates what it is that works about our democracy: our ability to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics (explicit)"","block_context":{"text":"Politics (explicit)","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/politics-explicit"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":909,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/um-happy-easter","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":3},"title":"Um, Happy Easter?","author":"Gil","date":"April 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, probably not, if you read this column by Christopher Hitchens about that \"Lost Gospel of Judas\" controversy. Since I don't have a horse in this race, my opinion shouldn't count for much, but if you're dealing with the earthly incarnation of an ominpotent, omniscient divinity, then it'd be awful\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Religion"","block_context":{"text":"Religion","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16142,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-544-mitchell-prothero","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":4},"title":"Episode 544 – Mitchell Prothero","author":"Gil","date":"June 27, 2023","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 544: Mitchell Prothero \"If you deregulate the global economy to the point where you can move whatever you want, wherever and whenever, and you deregulate financial controls so that it's easy to shift money around and hide it, then you're going to get a massive amount of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Big Business"","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/protherocomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/protherocomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/protherocomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/protherocomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/protherocomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C508&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":679,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/happy-birthday","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":5},"title":"Happy Birthday!","author":"Gil","date":"October 25, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"According to the wall calendar in my office, Monday was \"UN Day\"! 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