The Independent
This is a neat little UK paper that has some good content. For example here is a nice article about Bush. First stating that the administration knew of the disasterous outcome of Katrina before they let on.
Second commenting on the thwarted LA terrorist attack of 2002 that "Democrats accused Mr Bush of resurrecting an affair he first mentioned in late 2005 to deflect attention from the row over eavesdropping by the National Security Agency."
Third pointing out that a senior CIA official believed that the White House had long set in their minds an attack on Iraq, even without ample evidence.
And fourth bring to our attention the hypocrisy of the administration in relation to the Plame incident and the current domestic spying issues.
Oh yeah and there's a bit about Jack Abramoff meeting the President "almost a dozen times."
And for those of you that don't care for politics there's even this article about sex toys and the environment.
Mr Brown said that by the evening of Monday 29 August, his Fema agency had reported to superiors that catastrophic floodwaters were pouring into the city, that fires were breaking out and large numbers of people were stranded. Nonetheless the following morning, Mr Bush told the country from his ranch in Texas that New Orleans had "dodged the bullet".
Second commenting on the thwarted LA terrorist attack of 2002 that "Democrats accused Mr Bush of resurrecting an affair he first mentioned in late 2005 to deflect attention from the row over eavesdropping by the National Security Agency."
Third pointing out that a senior CIA official believed that the White House had long set in their minds an attack on Iraq, even without ample evidence.
And fourth bring to our attention the hypocrisy of the administration in relation to the Plame incident and the current domestic spying issues.
The revelations thus open the White House to charges of hypocrisy - that it was railing against the leak that the NSA, supposed to deal exclusively with foreign intelligence, had a secret domestic spying programme, but had blithely encouraged intelligence leaks that suited its purposes.
Oh yeah and there's a bit about Jack Abramoff meeting the President "almost a dozen times."
And for those of you that don't care for politics there's even this article about sex toys and the environment.
posted by GW at 1:05 PM
2 Comments:
What does it matter now that we discover that George Bush was a day behind in realizing New Orleans was destroyed? I think most people around are in agreement that the situation wasn't handled as well as it could have been. So thanks to this article, does he lose credibility? My answer is no, because people have already made their decisions as to how they feel about the man. And what does it matter anyway since he can't run for re-election? He can do whatever he pleases without any consequences (short of anything illegal of course).
What has changed in your mind now that you've read this article? Do you feel that your negative opinion of the President is now properly justified? Has this journalist done his job? What is his job? To talk about what's going on in the world I suppose. But what is he really affecting? What if all the journalists who have put time and effort into this story put that time and effort into helping some of the victims of Katrina? That might be something to actually write about.
Alas, the sad truth is that it's not realistic for something like that to happen. Which is exactly why journalists will keep on writing stories like ths one. But since it's not doing anything to better the situation, it's exactly why I'll continue to NOT pay attention to them.
Sweet, when I post a comment in Ohio, the timestamp is West Coast time...it's like I'm in California, except that it's cold and cloudy outside, there are no mountains, all the houses look the same and everyone drives a minivan. Yes, that's correct, I live in Hilliard.
Post a Comment
<< Home