Second Shift. Because how could I not link someone so perceptive? also props to Kevin at Lean Left whose blog was one of the first lefties I ever read, and who remains a source of inspiration for both topics and writing style. Kevin (the original one) is always on point, but his spelling remains atrocious. [...]
Archive for April 8th, 2004
Say Hello To
Posted in Bloggin on April 8, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Fact Checking Condi
Posted in Politics on April 8, 2004 | 9 Comments »
Looks like Dr. Rice was not so accurate … CLAIM: “We decided immediately to continue pursuing the Clinton Administration’s covert action authorities and other efforts to fight the network.” FACT: Newsweek reported that “In the months before 9/11, the U.S. Justice Department curtailed a highly classified program called ‘Catcher’s Mitt’ to monitor al-Qaida suspects in [...]
White House: Wrong About the Extent of Uprising
Posted in Iraq on April 8, 2004 | 4 Comments »
International > Middle East > Account of Broad Shiite Revolt Contradicts White House Stand” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/international/middleeast/08SHIA.html?hp”>This does not inspire confidence. United States forces are confronting a broad-based Shiite uprising that goes well beyond supporters of one militant Islamic cleric who has been the focus of American counterinsurgency efforts, United States intelligence officials said Wednesday. That assertion [...]
"No Silver Bullet"
Posted in General on April 8, 2004 | Comments Off
Condi Rice said that. There was “no silver bullet” that could have prevented 9/11. As if anyone ever claimed that, as if that fact excused their obsession with missile defense and rogue states over stateless terrorists, as if that excuses not going to “battle stations” like the Clinton Administration, as if that excuses stalling the [...]
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