tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post3797133297092085184..comments2024-01-12T18:27:33.795-05:00Comments on Exercise in Futility: Beer in BaghdadTommykeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-51219927099286735312008-07-12T19:27:00.000-04:002008-07-12T19:27:00.000-04:00Hi Mike. Of course, my comments were half in jest...Hi Mike. Of course, my comments were half in jest. But when we're talking about the heart of the Arab world, whether or not a person can operate a liquor store or a woman safely walk the street wearing clothes that Muslim fundies deem insufficiently modest are baromoters of the strength of the forces of secularism in a Muslim country.Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-11714485227499120562008-07-12T18:55:00.000-04:002008-07-12T18:55:00.000-04:00strange that the measure of safety and civilizatio...strange that the measure of safety and civilization is the free flow of alcohol and the length of women's garments (welcome to the modern world)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-5487468770629262372008-07-12T17:03:00.000-04:002008-07-12T17:03:00.000-04:00The zeaolts have to be losing control if these sto...<EM>The zeaolts have to be losing control if these stores haven't been blown up.</EM><BR/><BR/>I'll drink to that Bullet!Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-36544154744172068592008-07-11T15:16:00.000-04:002008-07-11T15:16:00.000-04:00IMO, it is one of the BEST indicators to describe ...IMO, it is one of the BEST indicators to describe the improving conditions. The zeaolts have to be losing control if these stores haven't been blown up.<BR/><BR/>I read a really interesting article about a liquor store owner in Baghdad a while back, I'll see if I can find it.bullethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649812197402491992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35315805.post-65996147152794547012008-07-10T23:52:00.000-04:002008-07-10T23:52:00.000-04:00I'll take a beer. :)Seriously, that is good news.I'll take a beer. :)<BR/>Seriously, that is good news.tina FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10037896362034609151noreply@blogger.com