Siri, how can I tell if I'm crazy?

Would love to here what AG Holder has to say about this.

Scaryduck: He's not crazy, he's batshiatBa'athshiat mental. There's a difference.

It's worth noting that Bashar Al-Assad was never supposed to be ruler of Syria in the first place. He was off in England being an eye surgeon, having been written off by Dad as not dictator material. When his older brother, who HAD been groomed to take over Syrian rule, was killed in a car crash, Bashar was recalled as next in line. Most of the killing and so on has been orchestrated not by Bashar, but by his other brother, who runs the military and police.

That doesn't get Bashar off the hook, of course, but a Syrian woman I know told me Bashar is well-liked by the majority of Syrians, but thought to be "too weak" to be an effective leader. The problem may be that Bashar just can't control his brother, and is so worried about "looking weak" to his people and other Arab rulers, he's letting all this go on in an effort to appear like a good ruthless dictator.

In that case, he needs to step down not for being too evil, but really for being too spineless.

My mother-in-law said she once heard Assad talk on NPR for nearly twenty minutes and he didn't make any sense. Granted, he could've had a crappy translator, but my money is on "bat shait crazy." When you're a DICKtator, you don't have to make sense.

HBK: Rubberband Girl: My mother-in-law said she once heard Assad talk on NPR for nearly twenty minutes and he didn't make any sense. Granted, he could've had a crappy translator, but my money is on "bat shait crazy." When you're a DICKtator, you don't have to make sense.

Do you have any more stories about things your mom told you she heard on the radio?

You know, not everything has to be from a first-hand source to be reliable. Or is it your contention that because Rubberband Girl didn't hear Assad on the radio herself, therefore Assad is not a crazy loon?

olddinosaur: Obama at the rate he is going, is likely to tip 15 nations into the Islamic camp, and increase the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Like it or not, we need somebody up there who knows what the hell he is doing.


It has not occurred to you that our government might be doing this deliberately? Destabilizing the Middle East to keep them off balance? My, you are naive.