I am generally a fan of open source development. I think it leads to better, more secure code and I think the ethic of sharing knowledge is both morally and practically a Good Thing. I have even participated in the occasional project in the past and am no great fan of Microsoft. Ask me about [...]
Archive for October 31st, 2005
Problems with Open Source
Posted in Culture, Politics, Science on October 31, 2005 | Comments Off
The Death of American Journalism
Posted in Media, Politics on October 31, 2005 | Comments Off
So Joe Wilson writes on opinion article in the New York Times disputing some points in the Administration’s case for invading Iraq. He lays out the situation as he sees it and explains where the Administration is, in his opinion, wrong. The White House responds by outing his undercover wife to reporters in what appears [...]
Bush White House: Incompetence Flows From the Top Down
Posted in General, Politics on October 31, 2005 | 8 Comments »
Jonathan Alter has a not-exactly-new, but insightful, discussion of Bush policy-making in the current Newsweek: Why were top White House officials and Vice President Cheney so concerned about an obscure former diplomat like Wilson? Because he had the temerity to offer public dissent. . . . He was more than “fair game,” as Karl Rove [...]
Intelligence Coverup to Bolster Iraq War Arguments
Posted in Culture, General, Iraq, Politics on October 31, 2005 | Comments Off
Apparently, faked intelligence on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident has helped propel the United States into two misguided and disastrous wars – and the NSA is still actively covering up its role in forwarding that knowingly-distorted intelligence. An internal review conducted by NSA historians several years ago concluded not only that the Gulf of Tonkin [...]
All the nonsense about Plame not being undercover, and not really someone whose cover had to be kept? Complete crap. And all the nonsense about the Bushies not knowing her name was not to be revealed? Complete crap: This is a crucial piece of information. The Counterproliferation Division (CPD) is part of the CIA’s Directorate [...]
Believe it or not, there are some right wingers who are claiming that Clinton’s perjury about a consensual sexual act is worse than Libby’s perjury about the leaking of the name of an undercover CIA agent. So let me try to explain this: When Clinton and Lewinsky had sex, two consenting adults had some pleasure. [...]
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