This collection of entries is from December 15, 2003.
Saddam, when the 4th Infantry Division and Task Force 121 find him his "spider hole: "I am Saddam Hussein I am the president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate."
Soldiers: "President Bush sends his regards."
Now that Saddam is out of his hole and cleaned-up, he's back to being his ol' pompous self, replying to interrogators' questions with nationalist or patriotic rhetoric:
From Time magazine correspondent Brian Bennett:
"He was offered a glass of water, and Saddam said, 'Well, if I take that glass of water I will have to urinate, and if I have to urinate, I will have to go to the bathroom, and how can I possibly go to the bathroom when my people are enslaved?' "
"He also said he didn't play nice with U.N. [weapons] inspectors so that he could protect the privacy of his presidential areas."
Ever since I started driving 40 miles to work on the tollway system, I have been astonished on how well (generally) the drivers have been. No real idiots, everyone doing about 80 mph (when we can) and everyone is behaving.
Until this morning.
We had accidents (a 3-car one that had to be someone not paying attention). I had a pickup truck in front of me who's right taillight didn't have it's red lens, so everytime he tapped his brakes, I've got a bright light in my eyes. Then - at the same time - I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee behind me that has his right headlight pointed upwards - right into my rear-view mirror. The truck infront of me taps his brakes one more time while we're in the left lane going about 70... and then cuts sharply across 3 lanes of traffic to get off at an exit. Moron. Lots of people going under the limit and not yielding to merging traffic, too. Weird.
Then I get on Buckley, on my way to the base when a stretch limo screams out of a hotel parking lot to make an attempt to get across 3 lanes of traffic so he can make a left. I think he forgot how long the damn limo is, as he didn't exactly clear my lane (the left lane). Bastard.
I think the holdiday humbugs are finally out.