Letters to the Editor
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True Comedy!
AnthonyB posts this gem: 'One thing I do find interesting on the far left however, is the strange acceptance that America meddles constantly in the affairs of other nations but a refusal to believe that other nations engage in similar behaviour.'
Oh boy Tony you had me ROTFLMAO on that one. Sheesh, how do you come up with lines like that?
I, for one, can imagine a certain nation meddling in our affairs. Indeed, I think Mr. Kamiya touched on this nation in his article (heh, heh).
Tell me, can you ever imagine that this nation might somehow think it is in its national interest to send the USA in to destroy a regime hostile to that country & its fervid dreams of greater glory?
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Grammar Check
Dear Gary: The word media is plural, not singular. It's incorrect to write "the media is"; rather, you should write "the media are." Media is the plural of the singular medium. Helpfully, Tim
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Media failed, Salon succeeded
Salon magazine was the one media outlet that saw through each of Bush's lies. Wmd, leave the inspectors inside Iraq. Yellowcake memo, a forged document. Aluminum tubes, not enough proof. Sadam Hussein gassed his own people, the other dictators in the world commit crimes on a daily basis. Each one of these lies were uncovered by Salon while the propaganda machine was spewing w's lies. Nytimes.com, Charlie Rose, et tal. This is why I am a faithfull daily reader of Salon.
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media's failure enabled by democrats failure
If the Democrats had shown any spine... if they had even seriously debated the war authorization, journalists would have taken the queue and started asking more questions.
Even now, with a majority of Americans supporting a pull-back from Iraq, Democrats still struggle with taking a stand against Bush, enfeebled by illegitimate claims that they are undermining the troops--whatever that means.
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Amen Salon! The Blogosphere and Internet are the Hope of the the World
From 1980-1985, I was a telecommunications technician in the USAF. I helped maintain large communcations systems that became part of the backbone of the present internet. In fact, for one night, in 1982, as part of an excersize, I was responsible (for 8 hours), for maintaining the entire ARAPNET network of computers... I didn't invent the internet, but yes indeed I have been part of this wonderful revolution... and since 1994 have helped build websites and portals...
Never did I dream that the Internet, largely funded by commerce and capitalism and built on a framework designed by military folks and engineering geeks would become the best, last hope for mankind.
It is.
The Internet is the hope for mankind because it is the last place where truth, the unvarnished, unbiased truth, can live.
In virtually every other media, commerce trumps truth. Not just at FOX Spews, but elsewhere.
For the most part, Salon has been a bright, shining example of how truth sets us free. The prisons in Iraq, the selling of the War, the Coruption on K Street... Salon was there and is here, now, keeping us in the loop on what's going wrong... so we can make it right!
Nora Ephram, on a column on the Huffington Post yesterday, decried the Gulags in Havana run by our Monarch in Chief, GWBush-league, as an example of how complicity, in our collective silence, equals shared blame.
I agree. We HAVE to keep reading the truth, even though it hurts. We HAVE to keep telling the truth to our co-workers and ditto heads and O-Reilyittes, because if we dont, WE ALL reap the whirlwind.
Bravo, Salon. Here's a chink in the armor of willfull ignorance that is so pervasive in our society.
You know, a few days after McCain "strolled freely" in the Bagdad market, most of those happy shopkeepers were rounded up and shot by folks whe didn't think McCain's visit was the flower-power event he portrayed.
Did you get that news today in the mainstream? No. McCain admitted, on 60 Minutes on Sunday, that he mispoke about his level of protection and much more... did we get that on the tube? No.
We got stories about Imus, who uttered a slur. Imus is an idiot, a buffoon, and should be run out of town on a rail.. but is THAT the most compelling, important, far reaching, affect all of our lives important? More so that imminent war in Iran and worse? No.
So, Salon, write on. Readers, read on. Forward links to your friends.
Convince them that the rhetoric that we should ALL be talking about is stuff we agree on.. which should start with the truth.
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MereMortal, Paul, Anon
MereMortal - sorry to correct you again, the West Bank wasn't annexed. Annexation involves offering citizenship to residents (which might have solved some problems) The West Bank was held under military administration with a view to a land swap with Jordan which initially laid claim to the area. When Jordan and Israel came to an agreement Jordan rescinded all claims in the '90's (before that it had a defacto claim to the region). Some parts are under Palestinian control, some areas cover the settlements, some are under joint Palestinian/Israeli administration and some are under Israeli jurisdiction. Legally it is a mess.
Anon - I don't want to minimize anything. I do expect, especially under an article detailing the failure of the MSM to properly examine administration claims, that anyone making claims of anything else can properly document those claims, and that goes for the papers you quote from. Neither you, nor anyone you quote from has provided any substantial evidence for the claims you make. In a court of law, you have to prove guilt. You seem to be quite willing to condemn an entire nation based on idle chatter and cherry picked quotes. And you have yet to even make an attempt to provide the suspect reasoning that your theory is based on - why exactly is it so wonderful for Israel to have the US at war in a country that wasn't a direct threat to it? If you forget, Iraq directly bombed Israel during Gulf 1 and they did nothing (and Gulf 1 was about Oil, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia). Iraqs military capabilities had dropped substantially since then. An unstable Iraq is a bigger threat to Israel, not a lesser one, Saddam was easier to track than a multitude of different idealogies and groups. Syria and Iran have always been a bigger threat to Israel than Iraq.
Paul, Firstly it is Mr. B. to you. Secondly, your answer is pretty much the same as that to Anon. Cut the tinfoil hat crap and put up or shut up.