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Monday, October 18, 2004 |
Stewart on Crossfire
Watching that video of John Stewart on Crossfire for the second or third time is amazing. This guy, who's a comedian after all, is giving an object lesson in journalistic integrity and public service to a bunch of clowns who -- as far as I can tell -- literally have no idea of what he is talking about. If you wonder why the political atmosphere in this country is so poisonous, why serious questions don't get discussed, why a president can base an entire campaign around basic lies about his opponent's stands, picking out little word games, then you have to look no further than this. And if you want the answer to how to fix things, listen to John Stewart. A responsible, aggressive, honest press would be such a wonder we wouldn't even know what to do with it. Hurrah, as always, for John Stewart. If you're one of the few who hasn't seen the video watch it right now.
4:45:52 PM Permalink
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Teachers tossed from Bush sycophant-fest
Teachers tossed from Bush sycophant-fest: "Teachers' T-Shirts Bring Bush Speech Ouster:The women got past the first and second checkpoints and were allowed into the Jackson County fairgrounds, but were asked to leave and then escorted out of the event by campaign officials who allegedly told them their T-shirts were "obscene."Which t-shirts, incidentally, carried the highly inflammatory message "Protect our civil liberties.""
(Via Snappy the Clam.)
Only the politically correct need go to Bush speeches.
3:59:16 PM Permalink
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Bush compromised troops' ability to fight in Iraq last winter
Bush compromised troops' ability to fight in Iraq last winter: "
Funny that a draft dodger isn't committed to our military...
The top U.S. commander in Iraq complained to the Pentagon last winter that his supply situation was so poor that it threatened Army troops' ability to fight, according to an official document that has surfaced only now.
The lack of key spare parts for gear vital to combat operations, such as tanks and helicopters, was causing problems so severe, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote in a letter to top Army officials, that "I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low."....
He also protested in his letter, sent Dec. 4 to the number two officer in the Army, with copies to other senior officials, that his soldiers still needed protective inserts to upgrade 36,000 sets of body armor but that their delivery had been postponed twice in the month before he was writing. There were 131,000 U.S. troops in Iraq at the time.
In what appears to be a plea to top officials to spur the bureaucracy to respond more quickly, Sanchez concluded, "I cannot sustain readiness without Army-level intervention."
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(Via AMERICAblog.)
11:58:28 AM Permalink
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