Archive for August, 2007

Embattled Attorney General Resigns NYTimes

Monday, August 27th, 2007

BREAKING Monday AM http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html?_r=2&oref=slogin  (h)

Embattled Attorney General Resigns By STEVEN LEE MYERS WACO, Tex., Aug. 27 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.

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Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed [...]

GONZALES RESIGNS Wash Post Monday Am

Monday, August 27th, 2007

By Howard Schneider Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 27, 2007; 9:24 AM

 

Embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has resigned from his post, according to an administration official, ending a controversial cabinet tenure that included clashes with Congress over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the nature of efforts to spy on U.S. citizens.

The official said [...]

King George, al-Maliki, & the Press

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

ZNet, MA

by Anthony DiMaggio

When I look at the Bush administration’s actions in Iraq, I can’t help but be reminded of a scene from the classic film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Consider the parallels, for example, in the scene between Graham Chapman and Michael Palin, where King Arthur (played by Chapman) argues with an [...]

Wanting:  Humility Before the Truth

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

See: Even I Question ‘the Truth’ About 911 By Robert Fisk (From The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2893860.ece Then: Check out comments here… http://www.countercurrents.org/fisk260807.htm

This article by Robert Fisk addresses the various 911 theories with a surprise twist. The comments that follow here demonstrate the ongoing temper, pride and dogmatism added onto a number of opposing views.

So I am here addressing the comments rather than [...]

Bush Attacks Greeneland

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Yahoo! News

Chris Kelly

Sat Aug 25, 6:07 PM ET

Some say the best way to win a debate is to invent a straw man on the other side, and then refute the crazy things they never said. I say those people are wrong.

The problem isn’t using the occasional fictitious opponent in an argument; the problem is that’s [...]

Kafka Komics: Yes George, Tell Us About the War

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

by Don Nash Click to enlarge

In the Footsteps of Napoleon

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Pacific Free Press, Canada

Saturday, 25 August 2007

Bush’s Napoleonic Folly

by Juan Cole

French Egypt and American Iraq can be considered bookends on the history of modern imperialism in the Middle East. The Bush administration’s already failed version of the conquest of Iraq is, of course, on everyone’s mind; while the French conquest of Egypt, now more than [...]