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"The wounded get dumped at home and soon forgotten. But you're right about the antiseptic nature of coverage. There was a story by Dana Milbank recently in the Washington Post that the Pentagon is not going to allow news coverage and photography of dead soldiers' homecoming on military bases. Show 'em marching off to war but make damned sure we don't see 'em coming back in pieces. It's the Barbara Bush syndrome as official policy. Remember what she told Diane Sawyer earlier this year. "Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths … Why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that …" No wonder her son is the only president in our time who has not attended any memorials or funerals for soldiers killed in action on his watch."
Buzzflash interview with Bill Moyers on media and media reform.
life is full of new experiences, today i got bit by a pit bull blend dog, she got two teeth in and riped my jean leg right off, best part of it was how short the emergency room visit took....
F1L3 S4ar1ng
Sey Hersh on Stovepipe
yippie tales
steal steal this book
Singer/Songwriter Elliott Smith Found Dead, An Apparent Suicide
Please stand up: Real Video clip of Cat Power doing a karoake Slim Shady. (via fimoculous)
NYTimes editorial subhead: "The return of riders to the Staten Island ferry on Thursday morning was a testament to the resilience of Staten Islanders." I guess that's true if by resilient they mean "broke," "overextended," and/or "working for heartless employers." (As many people are these days--hello? NYTimes?)
from the WTF desk : bush/schwarzennegger taking back california '04
get a load of these mooks. one thumb up ?
this rocks the baby's room
anybody seen any fall colors?? this could be a peak weekend??
Anyone see this photo yet?
via buzzflash
Nice map, Alex!
the meaning of every thing
i need to listen no more...
Lovevibe Album of the Year:
Gillian Welch "Soul Journey"
Jumping ship
Ralph Peters (“the thinking man’s Tom Clancy”?) on Bush’s cynical, election-driven betrayal of the Kurds:
President Bush? If he betrays the Kurds, as he appears blithely ready to do, there is at least one vote he will not get in the next election.
Because international issues trump all others in this dangerous age, many of us have given Bush a pass on his greedy, polarizing domestic agenda as long as his foreign policy appeared effective, courageous and wise.
But selling out the Kurds would cancel every one of Bush's promises and successes. If the Democrats want traction against Bush's achievements abroad - which the president appears all too ready to sacrifice - the administration's abrupt, opportunistic disregard of Kurdish interests would be a good place to start.
Unfortunately, most of America doesn’t know Kurds from whey, and couldn’t care less…
1-0 Sox
How embarrassing for California!
last night game was the most nerve racking of my life.....
GO RED SOX!!!......
Speaking of cat problems, how about the guy who raised a tiger and a 5-foot caiman (alligator-like reptile) in a Harlem public housing apartment? (Sorry for the web-hostile Times link.) Has this been on TV yet? It almost reads like an April Fools story. I'm guessing Rush Limbaugh and his ilk will have a field day with it.
cool lamps maybe get some for the baby room, from the same company deff gettin one of these
well, i'm not the only one with cat problems
Lucinda rocked the Beacon, it was our 4th+ show, awesome but high toned/intimate with more vocal/acoustic than rockin, I deff prefer the garden show from this year (we were just as close seat wise) as she had a big space to impress so she had to rock it, same as the show at Roseland during the Car Wheels Gravel Road tour, electric lady land, still like a great restaurant or special wine, I cant wait to taste again.....