May 18, 2006
You know--
I think President Bush's choice for CIA director will be fine--I'm neither incensed, alarmed, nor comforted by his military background as such a background, like ANY background, means that he will bring different strengths and weaknesses with him to the job. But I have to say, he really needs to work on his camera presence. This is not the image you want floating around in people's minds when they think of you--
News photographers seem to go out of their way to take such pictures. Luckily, he doesn't have the voice to go along with the look--
Photo credit AP via Yahoo News. Caption: AP - Thu May 18, 12:12 PM ET President Bush's CIA nominee, Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, listens to a question during his Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, May 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Elmer Fudd sketch c. Warner Brothers, lifted from here.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at May 18, 2006 02:50 PM
The resemblance is uncanny, but I will note there is far more intelligence in Gen. Hayden's eyes than Mr. Fudd's.
Posted by: Sarah G. at May 18, 2006 03:28 PMWell, the Genewal's not hunting wabbits all day, is he?
Weaves his mind fwee for intewwectual puwsuits.
Posted by: Skinnydan at May 18, 2006 03:39 PMI just hope he's more effective at hunting down and killing our enemies than Elmer was with Bugs.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 18, 2006 03:43 PM"The Barber of Seville"
Posted by: Larry Anderson at May 18, 2006 03:49 PMNo, we don't want him to marry the bad guys, either.
(And just to be persnickety, that episode is "The Rabbit of Seville.")
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 18, 2006 03:58 PM"Welcome to my shop
let me cut your mop...."
"Ohhhh, you'rrrrrre next!"
You know, I think all of us owe a great debt to Warner Brothers for exposing us to high culture that otherwise we would not have gotten.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 19, 2006 08:56 AMCulture is relative. I expect the writers of the classics might be a little surprised by the interpretations offered by Messrs. Jones, Blanc, & co.
I think they're great, but Signore Rossini might disagree.
Posted by: Skinnydan at May 19, 2006 11:10 AM