Sunday, October 16, 2005

Museums respond to evolution critics. Museums respond to evolution critics [The Raw Story | A rational voice - Alternative news] 8:12:51 PM    comment []

Rice: After 9-11 We Could Decide the Proximate Cause Was Al Qaeda. This morning on NBC's Meet the Press, Condoleezza Rice explains why we invaded Iraq: The fact of the matter is that when we were attacked on September 11, we had a choice to make. We could decide that the proximate cause was al Qaeda and the people who flew those planes into buildings and, therefore, we would go after al Qaeda or we could take a bolder approach. This may be news to the Secretary of State but the proximate cause of 9-11 was al-Qaeda. Nevertheless, the administration decided to invade Iraq instead of focusing our efforts on destroying al-Qaeda and capturing Bin Laden. Today, bin Laden remains at large, international terrorism is on the rise and the invasion has becomea potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video. [Think Progress] 1:16:29 PM    comment []

Kristol: Rove and Libby Will Be Indicted. Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, commenting on Fox News Sunday about the leak scandal: KRISTOL: But talking to people pretty close to both Libby and Rove outside of government, who therefore can talk about it, I think they expect the worse now. I think they WALLACE: That both Libby and Rove will be indicted. KRISTOL: I believe, if I had to predict and I don't know more about this than anybody else reading the papers that both Libby and Rove will be indicted, not for what the original referral was about but for some combination of disclosing classified information or perhaps failing to be fully candid with federal investigators or with the grand jury. To review: Kristol talks to people close to Libby and Rove, then claims he knows nothing more than anybody else. He goes on to predict the two of them will be indicted not for what the original referral was. But Kristol then says Rove and Libby will be indicted for, among other crimes, "disclosing classified information" which is exactly what the CIA referral was about. The right-wing is already spinning themselves into knots as they struggle to defend the conduct of the White House. [Think Progress] 1:12:03 PM    comment []

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