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8 Marines killed - did anyone notice?
Excerpt: BBC NEWS | Middle East | US marines killed near Falluja Right now, the only place I can find this story is on the BBC - it is not on Google News and the updated NYT home page. Granted, it...
Posted on October 30, 2004 11:09 AM Comments: 0
Who sounds tougher? Bush!
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives Josh Marshall runs the Bush response to the bin Laden tape and the Kerry rsponse and asks:"Which of these two statements sounds like it comes...
Posted on October 30, 2004 09:55 AM Comments: 0
What he said vs what he did
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Taking Bush at His Word" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/opinion/30kristof.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Taking Bush at His Word Kristof has an absolutely super column taking what Bush has said int he past and matching...
Posted on October 30, 2004 06:46 AM Comments: 0
Candidates predicatble - voters are not
Excerpt: Washington > Campaign 2004 > Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/politics/campaign/30campaign.html?hp&ex=1099195200&en=58b5e09d601f869d&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape In my view neither candidate gave an honest...
Posted on October 30, 2004 06:38 AM Comments: 0
What bin Laden said
Excerpt: International > Transcript of Al Jazeera Tape" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/international/29WIRE-TRANS.html?oref=login">The New York Times > International > Transcript of Al Jazeera Tape After 9/11 we kept asking ourselves, "why do they hate us so?" We have never really come to grips with...
Posted on October 30, 2004 05:53 AM Comments: 0
Grasping at straws - a whole pack of 'em
Excerpt: The Smirking Chimp The LA Times column gives a good summary of the various arguents that have been trotted out by the Bushies to try to explain away the hard evidence of their incompetence in not securing a major supply...
Posted on October 29, 2004 03:25 PM Comments: 0
Bush and the troops, troops, troops
Excerpt: 1029-01.jpg 309x410 pixels When you're in the habit of lying, well...check it out. What gets me is how absolutely clumsy this is. I expect these guys to be better, more skillful liars....
Posted on October 29, 2004 03:13 PM Comments: 0
Dodging and weaving - he scores . . .
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives . . . but he was running towards the wrong goal line! ;-) Honestly, the Pentagon looks like part of the Bush/Cheney re-election team and...
Posted on October 29, 2004 02:47 PM Comments: 0
But why do they hate us so?
Excerpt: Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage Here's another reality ignored - we've killed 10 times the num,ber of Iraqi civilians we think have been killed. I said yesterday this story had not reeived much play. At that...
Posted on October 29, 2004 09:45 AM Comments: 0
9/11 - the Making of a president
Excerpt: Two Years Before 9/11, Bush was Already Talking About Attacking Iraq Former Bush biographer tells all - and the most telling is this: "He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999," said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. "It was on...
Posted on October 29, 2004 09:36 AM Comments: 0
The whole damning truth
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives Josh Marshall is complaining here about how CNN distorted its own story - but that's getting ahead of the game. His quotes from CNN interviews...
Posted on October 29, 2004 06:01 AM Comments: 0
Worse than I reported
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: It's Not Just Al Qaqaa" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/opinion/29krugman.html?oref=login&hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: It's Not Just Al Qaqaa Krugman sums it all up better than I did in my earlier entry - though he...
Posted on October 29, 2004 05:50 AM Comments: 0
Whose jumping to conclusions now, Mr. President?
Excerpt: Washington > Missing Explosives: Video Shows G.I.'s at Weapon Cache" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/politics/29bomb.html?hp&ex=1099108800&en=7b767c25018de326&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > Washington > Missing Explosives: Video Shows G.I.'s at Weapon Cache Well, if you thought Bush could control the news, he's doing an awfully poor...
Posted on October 29, 2004 05:43 AM Comments: 0
Gee, could this be why they hate us?
Excerpt: In Iraq -- 100,000 excess Iraqi deaths since war , study says" href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20041028-0804-iraq-deaths.html">SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- 100,000 excess Iraqi deaths since war , study says Keep your eye out for this story. I saw it at Reuters and...
Posted on October 28, 2004 11:57 AM Comments: 0
It's indisputable -we did not secure the weapons site
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Missing Explosives: 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/international/middleeast/28bomb.html?oref=login">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Missing Explosives: 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03...
Posted on October 28, 2004 07:37 AM Comments: 0
What happened to the center?
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Hole in the Heart" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/opinion/28friedman.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Hole in the Heart This is a real interesting column essentially noting how extreme - in one direction or another...
Posted on October 28, 2004 07:14 AM Comments: 0
Unconvinced - listen to this soldier!
Excerpt: Bin Laden should be supporting Bush: 10/ 27/ 2004 This guy is a soldier in Iraq. His home is in Wareham, MA and he regularly sends in these columns to the New Bedford paper. They are good. I say that,...
Posted on October 27, 2004 10:01 AM Comments: 0
And four years ago . . .
Excerpt: Yahoo! News - Reuters Poll: Bush Leads Kerry by 1 Point At this stage four years ago Bush was leading Kerry by five points in the poll that todya puts him ahead by one point. That's encouraging. AND justa day...
Posted on October 27, 2004 09:57 AM Comments: 0
It's the number of troops, dummy!
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives Josh Marshall - and a host of others - seem to be caught up in a lot of details about the missing 380 tons of...
Posted on October 27, 2004 05:23 AM Comments: 0
A dog, a cat, a president and truth
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Pants on Fire?" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/opinion/27kristof.html?oref=login&hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Pants on Fire? This is a very rich column, loaded with insight and integrity - something neither candidate has demonstrated so far. Bush...
Posted on October 27, 2004 04:36 AM Comments: 0
Bad news, bad news, bad news
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Let's see. First we have 380 tons of high explosives looted from under our noses - perhaps. Then we have the Washington Post saying that Bush will be looking for another $70 billion to fund...
Posted on October 26, 2004 06:32 PM Comments: 0
Fear works - for Bush
Excerpt: TIME.com: TIME Poll: Bush Opens 5 Point Lead Against Kerry Bush is convincing people that Kerry can't protect them - and Kerry can't sem to convince people that Bush can't protect them - even with all the evidence on his...
Posted on October 26, 2004 08:57 AM Comments: 0
Blame someone else - Bush isn't responsible for any thing
Excerpt: CNN.com - Tons of Iraq explosives missing - Oct 25, 2004 Here's how the White House explains the 380 tons of missing high explosives: McClellan, on Air Force One, stressed that the missing explosives were not nuclear materials, and said...
Posted on October 25, 2004 02:43 PM Comments: 0
Carter slams Bush
Excerpt: Top News Article | Reuters.com Telling words from the best man to be president of the United states in recent decades . ( No, he doesn't try to impress people with his manhood by jum,ping out of airplanes. He does...
Posted on October 25, 2004 12:58 PM Comments: 0
A real ray of hope
Excerpt: Incumbent Rule But our analysis of 155 polls reveals that, in races that include an incumbent, the traditional answers are wrong. Over 80% of the time, most or all of the undecideds voted for the challenger. Let's hope that's the...
Posted on October 25, 2004 09:16 AM Comments: 0
Hey - anyone seen the kitchen sink?!
Excerpt: International > Middle East > Tracking the Weapons: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/international/middleeast/25bomb.html?hp&ex=1098763200&en=fd35fdf4b6d46d61&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > International > Middle East > Tracking the Weapons: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq...
Posted on October 25, 2004 07:54 AM Comments: 0
Amazing - the Washington Post is for Kerry!
Excerpt: Kerry for President (washingtonpost.com) They conclude: We do not view a vote for Mr. Kerry as a vote without risks. But the risks on the other side are well known, and the strengths Mr. Kerry brings are considerable. He pledges...
Posted on October 24, 2004 02:25 PM Comments: 0
Tora Bora, Bush lies, and the press
Excerpt: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 17, 2004 - October 23, 2004 Archives As a Bush aid once told an NYT reporter, "we make our own reality." He might have added; And reinvent history. The problem is, as...
Posted on October 24, 2004 08:10 AM Comments: 0
The last crusade
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Jews, Israel and America" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/opinion/24friedman.html?hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Jews, Israel and America In the Arab mind we are the Jews - that is, the Arabs see no difference between America...
Posted on October 24, 2004 07:02 AM Comments: 0
Huh?
Excerpt: AP > International > Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death" href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1098676800&en=c718250197fbe536&ei=5094&partner=homepage">The New York Times > AP > International > Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death Two things got me about this story. First, people apparently...
Posted on October 24, 2004 06:46 AM Comments: 0
Kery doesn't make supporting him easy
Excerpt: Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cooking His Own Goose" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/opinion/24dowd.html?oref=login&hp">The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cooking His Own Goose This Kerry goose hunting stunt turned me off for three reasons: 1. It was painfully obvious that it...
Posted on October 24, 2004 06:37 AM Comments: 0



















































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