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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Terrorists Are Stupid, But Not That Stupid
A number of high profile conservatives are worked up about the recently published story on a US program investigating international financial transactions in a hunt for terrorists.
The story was published by NY Times, LA Times and Wall Street Journal but the outrage seems to focus on NY Times. For instance, Republican Congressman Peter King wants to investigate the newspaper. The Administration asked the NYT to not publish the story and the paper held the story for some time consider the request. That, apparently, allowed the other news media to catch up.
What is the problem wit news papers publishing these stories? No matter if it about international money transactions or phone calls - I think the terrorists figure we're doing that. Personally, I assumed we did.
The Government need to keep secret programs secret. After all, this is not like broadcasting troop movements like Rivera on Fox News. A free press is a good thing and the Administration is undermining it's ability to ask media to not publish really really important stories.
Instead, Frum and Cheney ought to spend their energy getting out of Iraq. ¶ 8:41 AM 0 comments
The story was published by NY Times, LA Times and Wall Street Journal but the outrage seems to focus on NY Times. For instance, Republican Congressman Peter King wants to investigate the newspaper. The Administration asked the NYT to not publish the story and the paper held the story for some time consider the request. That, apparently, allowed the other news media to catch up.
What is the problem wit news papers publishing these stories? No matter if it about international money transactions or phone calls - I think the terrorists figure we're doing that. Personally, I assumed we did.
The Government need to keep secret programs secret. After all, this is not like broadcasting troop movements like Rivera on Fox News. A free press is a good thing and the Administration is undermining it's ability to ask media to not publish really really important stories.
Instead, Frum and Cheney ought to spend their energy getting out of Iraq. ¶ 8:41 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
All Serious Issues Until ...
Nobody can have missed that America is facing serious issues. For instance. We're still engaged in Iraq three years after the invasion. The budget deficit is extreme and it's building up a historic and incredible national debt. The areas affected by last years natural disasters are still a mess. The trade deficit is extreme. Et cetera. So, what issue does the Republicans bring up? Gay marriage! There you have an attempt to exploit a wedge issue. Call me paranoid but it seems like Republican concern correlates with election cycles.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Coulter
It has been obvious for a long time that there is something odd with Ann Coulter. I don't know exactly what but something is seriously wrong. No matter is she is simply an extremely cynical marketer, taking satire to the extreme, or if she is plainly evil - this is just too much. I hope the regular media will cease to give her a microphone. She is in need of help and the issues facing the country are too important for this freak show. Let Fox have her - that's fair and balanced Fox style.
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