I highly recommend that you check out these two items today.
The first is a photo essay put together by Bob Harris about how to spot a terrorist. I think you’ll like the model terrorist.
And if you missed reading Maureen Dowd’s Wednesday column about the scowling, muttering, sputtering, and conspiring Dick Cheney, you can read [...]
Archive for December, 2005
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director: Alex Gibney
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Rated R (Restricted)
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Paul Krugman weighs in on the U.S. media:
The National Security Council document released this week under the grandiose title “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq” is neither an analytical report nor a policy statement. It’s simply the same old talking points - “victory in Iraq is a vital U.S. interest”; “failure is not an option” [...]
The New York Times picked up the story about the U.S. Military paying to Iraqi news outlets to publish propaganda.
Even as the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development pay contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote a professional and independent Iraqi media, the Pentagon is paying millions [...]
November 28, 2005: An Iraqi boy mourns over the body of his father at the morgue of a local hospital in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. The boy’s father is one of eight Iraqi employees at a US base who were shot and killed as they boarded a minibus in the nearby village of [...]
Who Are The “Enemies of the Legitimate Iraqi Government?”
Published by December 1st, 2005 in Iraq. 0 CommentsYesterday, Bush gave a speech at the Naval Academy and outlined his plan for victory in Iraq. ( Why is it that he always gives his speeches before members of the Armed Forces? Wouldn’t it be great if he spoke before a large crowd of anyone that wanted to listen? He [...]
