Movement In Still Life
Did you hear about the guy who declared himself Governor of Baghdad? How does that work? I want to declare myself governor of something. Maybe i can declare myself Mayor of Beijing, considering that the job is open now. (look at the picture: he's thinking, "yeah, i deserved to get fired.")
Or perhaps i can declare myself the junior Senator from Illinois, since Peter Fitzgerald is not running for re-election. When was the last time an incumbent Republican couldn't raise enough money for a re-election campaign? I'm going to miss Peter Fitzgerald. He's a man of integrity and candor which made him a maverick in the Senate.
You may have read this article: "Rumsfeld Calls for Regime Change in Iraq". There have been a series of government leaks and seeming missteps over the last ten years whenever diplomatic steps are taken toward North Korea. Here's one example. Another is referred to in the last paragraph of this article.
What could explain this pattern of ill-timed government leaks? It could be that there are people who have been and continue to try to scuttle any notion of a diplomatic resolution to the N. Korean issue.
Finally, i have in a past post called the local PBS program Chicago Tonight something of a mess, but last night i was watching host Bob Sirott interview John Malkovich. At the end of the interview, the cameras stay on, a music bed begins to play, Bob and John stand and shake hands, the lights dim, Bob Sirott becomes a silhoutte, Malkovich carefully removes the microphone from his lapel, Silhoutte Sirott starts to walk away then looks back over his shoulder and says something to Malkovich, Malkovich nods, the camera pulls back slowly and swings ahead to another part of the set, the music continues, Bob takes a seat at a table across from a man who is already seated there, the camera moves in, the music fades, the lights come up, a voice somewhere in the background says, "Here we go," and Bob introduces the next segment with his guest. It was beautiful. The transitions alone are worth watching.
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