Letters to the Editor
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No objection
Allastair,
My objection is that Glenn has been steadily beating the drum that AIPAC, and its dual-loyalist American Jewish supporters, are pushing this country, against our national interest, into military conflict with Iran. So I think it's disengenuous to cite an article where AIPAC is pushing for sanctions, and not military conflict, as further evidence of AIPAC's warmongering and dual-loyalist treason, when sanctions is precisely the remedy supported by most centrists, and the Europeans, and the Sunni Arab states. Basically, the consensus.
So I think it's weird to cite that article for the purpose cited. Unless it's not weird at all, and it is perfectly consistent with Glenn's practice of demonizing large swaths of the Jewish community. Honest people should decide for themselves.
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Classic misdirection by David.
Its always easier to argue with the words your opponent would have said if he were saying what you could argue with rather than the words he ACTUALLY said which are of course completely irrelevant to your point.....
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The 'bad-witch' always brews a batch that risk our lives.
Yikes!
From whence were they born and where/what will they say next. I found the 'stuff' brewing from the 'right' (I hate labels and lapels, who cares about a bow-tie that falls into the soup for lunch?) so repulsive too. If we could donate a boot for soup and serve boot-soup to cure ignorance, their would be a reason to hope. Nope. One delusion, two delusion, three delusions and some more...Gads...at least we can read a counter-delusion that has some vim substance here...Witness to their continual irrefragable examples. It's an unbelievable phenomena. We need cured.
Cheese. Who said it was going to Be a nothing to do, no where to go, and nothing to say day? Holy Swiss-cheese.
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The YOO-nited States of Dubya
Am I the only one who remembers the sound bite of good ol' Junior Bush, at a campaign rally in Georgia in the final days before last year's election, putting on a hokey fake accent that was several degrees more deep southern fried than his usual Texas/Yankee accent? Certainly none of our celebrity media stars thought THAT particular piece of GOP poltiical theater was worth pointing out to us -- then or now. The same way none of them in 2000 thought very remarkable the persistent internet rumors of hard drug abuse and AWOL status that dogged Candidate Bush. Which in turn was quite a contrast to the breathless 24/7 reporting back in '94 that nearly derailed Candidate Clinton over whether he really inhaled once, or like millions of others avoided the same draft. Quite a contrast, indeed.
Why, laws a massy Miss Scarlett, I do declare, I don't know nothing 'bout the complex business of big-time reporting -- yet it seems the corporate media uses one standard when reporting on the Clintons, and a very different standard when "covering" Junior.
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various comments...
Having passed through a major American midwest
airport the other day again it was either very
important to know the "alert" color was still
orange as it was last time through or it again
was "terror anxiety" feeding time. As it has
become with the "war on drugs" the war of terror
is a fiscal funding magnet that could benefit
from in-depth "why?" and history review activity.
The "liquid explosives" story that came out
of England never did get fully exposed for the
softness of facts and evidence it was predicated
on. Sadly the "liquid explosives anxiety" is in
full bloom in American airports despite the
dodgy science and thin evidence surrounding story
out of England.
It is certain any viable light shining on AIPAC ops
will bring out the legions of attack dogs who no
matter how carefully balanced or postured the critics
wording or thoughts are will bark loud and attack hard.
The recent flare--up and high heat flaming that was/is
meted out to Jimmy Carter regarding his fair and
factual expose on ME burning issues a most recent case.
Jimmy Carter having been a forceful agent for better
ME outcomes surely has demonstrated little that any
AIPAC backer could or should see as anti-Israel.
American ME politics,policy form--up and genuine
ME progress require much more light be shined on
groups such as AIPAC,AEI and those who would deny
the current very unbalanced quality of ME referee work
WashDC is signing off on. Should any attack on
Iran be let loose("when" likely is more on point) it
should not be because facts were boxed up--truth was
hidden away and the long term 21st century best
interests for all Americans--not just militarists and
corporatists-were not carefully scaled and acted upon.
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Coulter's F-word and the mass audience
I did not have time to follow the voluminous comentary to Glenn's post yesterday about contrived masculinity, so please pardon me if this has been suggested.
It occurred to me in reading that post and other reactions to Coulter's language that the (or at least a) target audience for the stereotypical genderizing of political options and personalities is the broad popular audience, who would otherwise (a la What's the Matter with Kansas?) not find (neo-)conservative/GOP positions appealing or persuasive. But if they can sell themselves and their ideas as more macho than thou and so forth, then they can sell it like Detroit sells pickup trucks.
Coulter's tactical mistake was to use an overt word, like "f****t": for many in "Kansas" that word is just a bit too coarse and offensive; for others, it may part the wizard's curtain a bit too much (speaking of Kansas). For many others, of course, it was just a bit more red meat from the most macho of them all: but any cracks in the facade are good.
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Recommend Bruce Schneier
Glenn,
Haven't had a chance to read through all the comments yet, but saw your initial note about security-related stuff, and wanted to also suggest folks stroll on over to http://www.schneier.com/
That's the website of Bruce Schneier, noted modern security expert, particularly in the realm of digital security, and he's really outstanding. He has testified before Congress, written numerous expert texts on the subject of security, and has lots of good information for laypersons, as well, on everything from surveillance to using your computer in ways to minimize security risk when surfing the net (tip #1, stop using Internet Explorer!).
Anyway, I can't recommend Schneier enough. He's terrific. Check him out for more on security and how it relates to the modern stuff we've all been talking about.
No kings,
Robert