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Thursday, April 24, 2003
[8:43:05 PM]

General Buford Blount. General Buford Blount.

One of these days, Buford, someone who respected you will read this, and stop respecting you. Are you an "honorable man", Buford?

"This statement was made by General Buford Blount, the same 3rd Infantry Division commander who boasted that he'd be using depleted uranium munitions during the war in an interview with Le Monde in March, a month ago. And he then said that there had been sniper fire and after the round was fired by the American tank, the sniper fire had ceased. In other words, the clear implication was that the gunfire had come from the Reuters office, which was a most mendacious, vicious lie by General Blount. General Blount lied in order to cover up the death of journalists. It was interesting that when indeed the Americans actually arrived in central Baghdad within a day, no journalists were raising these issues with the Americans who'd just arrived. They should have done...I did actually. And in fact two days later, I was on the Jumeirah bridge, and climbed onto the second tank and asked the tank commander whether he fired at the journalists and he said "I don't know anything about that, sir. I'm new here." Which he may well have been. How do I know if he was there before or not? But that tank round was fired deliberately at the hotel and General Blount's counterfeit -- the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division -- was a lie. A total lie. And it was a grotesque lie against my colleagues. Samia Mahul had a piece of metal in her brain, A young woman who's most bravely reported the Lebanese civil war. And against the Ukrainian cameraman for Reuters and against the Spanish cameraman in the room upstairs. It was a most disgusting lie. And as a journalist, I have to say that. And General Blount has not apologized for it. So far he has gotten away with his lie. I'm sorry to say."--Robert Fisk [alternet.org].

[7:03:35 PM]
A Conversation With Marty Neumeier [meet-the-makers.com].

Marty Neumeier was the editor of Critique, a quarterly magazine about "graphic design thinking".

Critique was great. I miss Critique almost as much as I miss prosperity. Since Critique folded, when I'm near a magazine rack, I just sigh and turn away.

[1:42:52 PM]
The Bush Administration discovers, all of a sudden -- Iraq is full of Muslims who don't necessarily like us. Surprise, surprise, Gomer.--Paul Begala