HEY, SOMEBODY HAS TO RUN THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM IN TRIPOLI

10/21/11

Today’s Wall Street Journal is filled with articles about the demise of one Colonel Gadhafi, as are most papers, and some of the articles have, mirabile dictu, diverted from the usual ingenuous, dewy-eyed jubilation regarding this particular Middle Eastern madman’s demise to make such sober comments as

He leaves a nation torn by war, devoid of civic institutions, and difficult to govern

which was penned by Richard Boudreaux in his Journal news piece. This is going to be a long, hard slog not only for the Libyan people but also for the United States and the rest of the West, and let’s hope the Libyan action does not become some kind of template for further involvement of our country in conflicts which we cannot afford, in which we have no direct interest, and that will surely drain us of blood and treasure at a point in history in which our inability to afford either is especially acute.

But enough serious commentary on the demise of the crazed Colonel. Take a look at the largest picture on page A8 of today’s (i.e., Friday, 10/21/11’s) Wall Street Journal, the picture in which the late lout looks a lot like Lon Chaney, Jr. just before he turns into the Wolfman. (I have included a link at the end of this post that should take you right to the picture. Given how this system works, however, you’ll probably have to paste it onto your browser.) In the bottom left of that picture is a smaller black and white picture that, apparently, the beastly Bedouin is holding or is somehow attached to his vainglorious uniform. Who is that standing on the far right side (as you look at it) of the group of Gadhafi acolytes depicted in the picture? Is that Ralph Kramden?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576643061691909524.html?mod=ITP_pageone_3