There isn’t actually much new here. The records confirm that Bush skipped his mandatory flight exam and was thus grounded. They shed no light on his whereabouts in Alabama. They do point out, however, that as a result of his grounding, Bush did not participate in an emergency defense procedure: Significantly, it showed the unit [...]
Archive for September 7th, 2004
AP Gets New Bush Records
Posted in Politics on September 7, 2004 | 18 Comments »
Our Media Sucks
Posted in Politics on September 7, 2004 | Comments Off
Apparently, this is what passes for objectivity: Supporters of Democratic nominee John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, have criticized Bush for serving stateside in the National Guard. Kerry’s Republican critics claim Kerry did not deserve some of his five medals. Umm, nooo…. Supporters of Kerry have criticized Bush for not serving stateside. They criticize [...]
God D*mn
Posted in Iraq on September 7, 2004 | 3 Comments »
1,000 dead. No WMDS, no ties to Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan falling back into chaos, Iraqi cities turning into no-go zones for US troops, and pictures of dead children on Arab TV to recruit more terrorists.
Checkpoint and Political Violence
Posted in Culture, Politics, Writing on September 7, 2004 | 3 Comments »
I am about to do something no one should ever attempt: I am going critique a book I have not read. Worse, the name of the book is Checkpoint. Yes, that Checkpoint– the book Leon Wieseltier referred to a a “scummy little book” and Tim Noah referred to as “pron”. I debated a long time [...]
The Morally Bankrupt Rhetoric of the Right
Posted in Politics on September 7, 2004 | 2 Comments »
While in the battleground state of Wisconsin this weekend, I saw a few stickers and signs that absolutely infuriated me. They bore faux-patriotic American flag backgrounds with the slogan “Support President Bush And Our Troops” superimposed on them. The implication, of course, is that if you don’t support President Bush, then by extension you also [...]
Conservatism Makes You Dumb (A Continuing Series)
Posted in Culture, Iraq, Politics, Terrorism on September 7, 2004 | 6 Comments »
David Brooks, the “reasonable conservative,” has finally decided to call a spade a spade over at The New York Times. He’s figured out what makes Islamic terrorists tick, and he’s not pulling any punches this time: [There is a] death cult . . . thriving at the fringes of the Muslim world. This is the [...]
"An Angry, Fearful Time" – And Journalistic "Disgrace"
Posted in Bloggin, Culture, Politics on September 7, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Edward Wasserman, an endowed professor of journalistic ethics at Washington and Lee University, has an editorial in yesterday’s Miami Herald addressing the performance of the mainstream news media during the early part of the Iraqi invasion. His conclusion is that the failure of the media to report the story accurately, and their acquiescent parroting of [...]
Bush, Cocaine, and Drinking
Posted in Politics on September 7, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Part of the disgust most lefties have towards the media is the “What if Clinton did this?” factor. Digby has a series of post with some fairly strong circumstantial evidence that Bush has been drinking throughout his presidency. There isn’t anything definitive in any of them, but they are suggestive. If Bush is drinking, that [...]
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