MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann does an excellent story on how the terror alert level goes up whenever the Bush Administration is in trouble, citing thirteen specific examples. Video here, courtesy of Crooks & Liar. And if you want to read it, do so here. Here’s an example: Number Three: February 5th, 2003. Secretary of State Powell tells the United Nations Security … Read More
From The “No Duh” Department
USA Today reports: CIA review faults prewar plans By John Diamond, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — A newly released report published by the CIA rebukes the Bush administration for not paying enough attention to prewar intelligence that predicted the factional rivalries now threatening to split Iraq. Policymakers worried more about making the case for the war, particularly the claim that Iraq … Read More
WHIGing Out
This is an off-shoot from the Fitzgerald/Plame investigation, and has implications that are even bigger than the Downing Street Memos. Read this (pdf) report called "Truth from These Podia: Summary of a Study of Strategic Influence, Perception Management, Strategic Information Warfare and Strategic Psychological Operations in Gulf II," written by Colonel Sam Gardiner who identified 50 false news stories created … Read More
Smurfs Get Bombed
Seriously: BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Out of an idyllic blue sky dotted with birds and butterflies come warplanes that carpet-bomb the Smurfs’ forest village, killing Smurfette, leaving Baby Smurf wailing in distress and sending Papa Smurf and the others bolting for cover. The scene from a bizarre commercial featuring Belgium’s lovable blue-skinned cartoon characters is so upsetting it can only … Read More
An American GI Speaks About Being Tortured By Americans GIs
From the Sunday Times: James Yee entered Guantanamo as a patriotic US officer and Muslim chaplain. He ended up in shackles, branded a spy. This is his disturbing story My cell was 8ft by 6ft, the same size as the detainees’ cages at Guantanamo. Barely a week ago I had received a glowing evaluation for my work as the US … Read More
Headline I Love
Sploid: Weepy Iraq Hawks Admit They Blew It It refers to this story in the Financial Times: Conservatives and exiles desert war campaign. Even among the strongest advocates in Washington of the war in Iraq there is a sense of alarm these days, with harsh criticism directed particularly at the draft constitution, which they see as a betrayal of principles … Read More
Dog Bites Man
Headline: Bush Expects Violence In Iraq Bush also expects the sun to rise in the East. Smart prez.
Arguing With Bush
Professor Juan Cole, an expert on the Middle East, takes on Bush’s "major speech" yesterday by presenting, you know, facts. A must-read.
Nobel Peace Prize
What?!? Bush didn’t get it? I thought he was making the world a safer place blah blah blah! To add insult to injury, the Peace Prize went to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Mohamed ElBaradei. And ElBaradei was on the opposite side of Bush on this whole Iraq thing. From Think Progress, April 27, 2005: He Was … Read More
Bush Ratings Hit New Low; Terror Alert Raised
Connection? Actually, I think this terror alert is pretty bonafide, and might actually be unrelated to Bush’s ever-sinking popularity. UPDATE: Okay, maybe the terror scare is nothing.
Bush: “God Told Me To Invade Afghanistan And Iraq”
Yup. According to the BBC, that’s what Bush reportedly said.
“Major Speech”
It was billed as a "major speech" on terrorism, but you know it’s a lie, because Bush gave it at 10:00 in the morning. I didn’t see it, but it sounds like it was the same old rhetoric: ("9/11", "evil", "WMDs", "evil hearts", "making progress", "9/11", etc.)
I’m With The Wingers On This…
It sure looks like the Oklahoma suicide bombing last weekend was a terrorist attack.
Pop Quiz
Six Iraqi war veterans have announced their intentions to run for Congress in 2006. How many are running as Republicans? How many as Democrats? Answer below the fold.
The Next Conspiracy Theory
Remember that anti-war protest last weekend in Washington, D.C.? You know, the one on the weekend of September 24-25 where hundreds of thousands marched on the Mall? Well, that wasn’t the only thing appearing in D.C. that weekend: Biohazard sensors showed the presence of small amounts of potentially dangerous tularemia bacteria in the Mall area last weekend as huge crowds … Read More