http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/ Engadget Comments for Danish troops equipped with MP3 pillows http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/
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Makes about as much sense (if not more) than mp3 pillows.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/
Stick with gadgets.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/
Saying things could be going better is pretty innocuous, and apolitical. I don’t think they’re running the risk of alienating half of their readers by stating what couldn’t be more obvious unless you were standing somewhere in Iraq outside the green zone when a car bomb blows up in your face.

If Evan had written something like “Our administration lied us into war by fixing the facts around their policy, and now we’re stuck in a quagmire where the best option we have is to hope to hell this constitution gets ratified so that the Islamists can take over the country and we can get out of there with our tail between our legs,” then that would be a political comment.

It’d still be true, but it’d be a political comment.

And the quip about “wishful thinking” is not only uncalled for, but extremely insensitive to the writers/editors you’re reading on a daily basis. To imply that Evan or anyone in their right mind would wish for things to continue in a violent, bloody downward spiral just for the sake of making the administration look bad is ridiculous. The administration and the GOP are doing a good enough job of that on their own.

Now how’s that for a political comment?
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I do, however, feel that the statement was rather light in the article -- our reaction, however, illustrates what a hotbed issue this is, and how hard it is to even make minor quipps.

Besides, nobody commented on the most obvious piece of wackiness: they're supplying their thousands of troops with ... umm... 10 pillows?? Way to go Danes! Show those troops just how much you care!!

-Pie
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What I was trying to say was that the GOP are doing a good enuogh job of making themselves look bad (Can you say Valerie Plame, Tom Delay, Bill Frist, Tom Noe, Duke Cunningham, etc?)all by themselves.

And as for the Iraqi constitution, you can read my opinions about that here

http://www.italknews.com/member/spage.php?content=16304

But I agree with Pie. This has gone far enough on Engadget. Anyone who wants to continue this discussion can do so though email. You can find mine at the above link.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/
Please, man. If you don't like the articles, then go somewhere else. I find their comments funny. It brings extra interest in the stories. You know, so they're not so boring... Just because they may not agree with everything you think doesn't mean they must shut up because they're "wrong." Besides, this is a blog. What did you expect to find on a blog other than people's opinions?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM