Citizen Gore said in his speech yesterday that President Bush was wrong to press for a war in Iraq when the war on terrorism is left unfinished. Many people who support a war on Iraq, however, are convinced that toppling Saddam Hussein is part of that same war on terror. But even for those who […]
Terrorists nuke D.C. President Gore vows: 'They will pay' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- President Al Gore, speaking at a fund-raiser at the Commonwealth Club here, reacted angrily to news that terrorists detonated a small "briefcase nuke" in Washington, D.C., destroying the Capitol and the White House and leaving thousands dead. "I'm furious. Really, I am," […]
America's two major newspapers offer vastly different takes on the one-year anniversary of the most deadly terrorist attack on American soil. The New York Times offers a thoughtful, well written piece on September 11, 2001, and how the nation has changed since then. Although America was bound together by emotion on Sept. 11, 2001, America […]
Sometimes I just have to shake my head after reading Paul Krugman columns. You've got to wonder exaclty what goes through this man's head. Our leaders and much of the media tell us that we're a nation at war. But that was a bad metaphor from the start, and looks worse as time goes by. […]
Columnist Mark Steyn has a great article in The Spectator today. There's only one minor mistake -- Anna Nicole Smith's show is on E! not MTV. The best part: When an opinion-former's caught unawares, he retreats to his tropes, however lame, as Lahr did, and Pilger, Chomsky et al. But the clearest way to understand […]
I took MSNBC's Eric Alterman to task for his claim that Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti was someone with whom Israel could make peace. Barghouti is the leader of Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigades. That's the same peace-loving group that did this: Palestinian militants shot a teenaged girl in the head and killed her on Friday […]
I won't write too much about Krugman's latest New York Times column. Suffice it to say that Bush is evil (or stupid) and wants to make sure that poor people get poorer. Krugman's column claims or implies the following: 1. Bush knew the tax cut would put the budget into deficit. 2. The tax cut […]
It may be kinda sappy, but I was reading one of the numerous Sept. 11 anniversary-related stories that the AP is sending over the wires earlier tonight. In a story about the families of the victims of Flight 93, that crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside, and how they are dealing with the loss of their […]
Money-grubbing landlord Denise M. Lyman of New York should be shunned by all New Yorkers. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Americans of all stripes came together and gave from their pocketbooks. Gave of their time. Gave of their tears. Lyman has decided to take. (CBS)-(NEW YORK)-A New York City landlord is demanding more than […]
I don't often check Alterman's blog, but I checked it out today and was shocked by what he said. Marwan Barghouti, as I understand it, plans and helps execute attacks against Israelis only in the occupied territories, where right-wing and opportunist Israelis have chosen to put themselves and their families at risk on land to […]