US and the World http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/ A shared blog space with contributing writers Donald Douglas and Greg Stone. While the focus is foreign policy. almost anything dealing with the American political scene is fair game. en-us 2005-02-17T06:03:15-05:00 What does it take? A sledgehammer to the head? http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001605.html War Helps Recruit Terrorists, Hill Told (washingtonpost.com) Man, I try to stay away from the news these days, but every time I dip my toe into it, I go ballistic. What in the world will it take for Congress and... Greg Stone 2005-02-17T06:03:15-05:00 How we look from the other side of the world! (In a word - ugly.) http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001599.html The emperor of vulgarity - Mike Carlton - www.smh.com.au Dom sends me this wonderful link to a column in the Sydney paper that is as satisfying and complete a stream of anti-Bush invective as I have ever read. Now I'm... Presidential election Greg Stone 2005-01-22T03:35:55-05:00 We die, they die, Bush sleeps at night http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001596.html New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread (washingtonpost.com) So 15 more soldiers died and the number of wounded has climbed above 10,000 and the reports keep coming in of abuse of Iraqi prisoners and Bush says he sleeps at night?... War on terror Greg Stone 2004-12-22T07:53:49-05:00 Washing the blood . . . or out, out, dark Rummy http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001595.html Lott Joins Republican Critics of Rumsfeld (washingtonpost.com) Even the Republicans are dumping on Rumsfeld these days, but there's no sign Bush gets the message. The messagei is simple: The unease is with his (Bush's) war - Rumsfeld is just a... War on terror Greg Stone 2004-12-17T10:22:51-05:00 Ah fantasy - the White House lives in a world apart http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001594.html Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Fiddling as Iraq Burns" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/17/opinion/17herbert.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Fiddling as Iraq Burns His opening paragraphs say it all: The White House seems to have slipped the bonds of simple denial... Greg Stone 2004-12-17T08:07:48-05:00 Sadly, you can't hit these immoral bums hard enough, but ... http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001591.html Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Lost in a Masquerade" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/opinion/09dowd.html?oref=login">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Lost in a Masquerade . . . at leatst Maureen Dowd keeps trying which is more than I can do - the... Greg Stone 2004-12-09T09:36:15-05:00 War as it really is http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001589.html The New York Review of Books: On War Man, Chris Hedges knows war and he knows journalist and boy does he lay it all on the line here. You can check it out at the NYRB (link above) , but... War on terror Greg Stone 2004-12-03T10:31:36-05:00 Best story yet out of Iraq http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001587.html Ms. Sippy's Great Escape from Iraq: 11/ 26/ 2004 This is simply the best story I have seen out of the unspeakable misery of Iraq. George Bush may not have a grain of sense, but at least some of our... The media Greg Stone 2004-11-26T07:47:44-05:00 Hussein, a hole and a fan http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001586.html Making Sense of Saddam Hussein's 'Exit Strategy' This writer asks a simple questin I have not heard others asking: Why did Saddam Husseun end up in a hole in the ground witha rug and a fan? I think the question... War on terror Greg Stone 2004-11-24T04:19:49-05:00 Read it and weep http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001585.html Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Plague of Toadies" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/opinion/18dowd.html?oref=login">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Plague of Toadies David Brodeur and others like him have tried to see something encouraging in the moves Bush has made... Presidential election Greg Stone 2004-11-18T15:16:16-05:00 Simply the best yet http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001582.html Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: When the Personal Shouldn't Be Political" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08hart.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: When the Personal Shouldn't Be Political Gary Hart had this to say on faith and government. It is simply the... Presidential election Greg Stone 2004-11-08T12:35:03-05:00 No conspiracy here - but very scary http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001581.html Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Voting Without the Facts" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html?oref=login&hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Voting Without the Facts Good question: I think a case could be made that ignorance played at least as big a role... Presidential election Greg Stone 2004-11-08T07:12:46-05:00 Sad but true ... http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001580.html Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Rove's Revenge" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/opinion/07dowd.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Rove's Revenge Even as a child, I could feel the rush of J.F.K.'s presidency racing forward, opening up a thrilling world of possibilities and... Presidential election Greg Stone 2004-11-07T09:21:53-05:00 Huh?! You mean they didn't consider it an emergency before? http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001579.html AP > International > In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1099890000&en=f2d82505fff4fac0&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > AP > International > In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq This would be downright comic -... War on terror Greg Stone 2004-11-07T09:15:44-05:00 "Nationawide" bull http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001577.html Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall Josh Marshall on what Bush calls a "nationwide" victory. It would almost be comical if it weren't for the seriousness of what it portends. This election cut the nation in two. A single... Presidential election Greg Stone 2004-11-04T15:33:36-05:00