Rock the (Iraqi) Vote!

Insurgents rip off P. Diddy with "Vote and Die" campaign.

Tomorrow is the day. The whole world is watching Iraq, waiting, waiting, and waiting some more to see what happens. Best case scenario: countless tiny explosions all across the land.

No one's very optimistic about the elections. Even President George W. Sunshine has resigned himself to saying, "The fact that they're voting in itself is successful." That's harsh. This guy has pretty much been the only person optimistic about Iraq, and that's the best spin he can come up with to kick this thing off? The least he could do is make something up. I'd promise flying cars. That'd generate some voter turn-out.

Everyone's talking about the upcoming Iraq elections. A little reading on the subject...

Amy Hawthorne (I've never heard of her, either) says the elections are "An explosion waiting to happen." And not in the good way.

Christian Parenti refers to Iraq with words like "meltdown" and "total destruction," calls American intelligence gathering techniques "pathetic and rediculous," and feels Hide and Seek is "predictable" and "boring."

And, a UN fact sheet of everything about the upcoming elections. Every excrutiating detail. What happens if a voter's third cousin drinks milk from a stoneware coffee cup the Monday after the first Wednesday of the election month? Dunno, but I'll bet the answer's here!