DAILY BUZZSAW - LINKS - Monday - September 23, 2002
9/11 Investigations: The American Prospect: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell -- The Bush Administration is playing politics with the investigation of the 9/11 intelligence failurs -- and standing in the way of full accounting"
prospect.org
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BUZZFLASH's Inimitable and Terrific Rebecca Knight:
buzzflash.com
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GORE Comes out Swinging -- Iraq War Questioned
sfgate.com
washingtonpost.com
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GULF WAR VETS group exposes DoD malfeasance and disregard of force health concerns:
ngwrc.org
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HUMOR: Not content to do nothing in the Run-up to Desterter Storm, Bush invades West Nile:
theonion.com
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HUMOR: Ironic Times: Headline: "Bin Laden tells inelligence committee warning signs were ignored...."
ironictimes.com
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HUMOR IN DECLINE: One of the Web's best humor sites has suffered a burn-out:
satirewire.com
By far, the saddest event in today's news........ (OK, I exaggerate a bit. Can you blame me?)
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IRAQ -- ANTI-WAR Network, Lot's of dates of Actions. Portland Action: October
endthewar.org
Portland Action: October 5:
endthewar.org
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IRAQ: OIL economics discussed, by Financial Review, Australia:
afr.com
Quote: Daniel Yergin -- "Oil has meant mastery througout the 20th century."
And the US is very much interested in the business of mastery.
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IRAQ: Gulf War Veterans Leery of another war:
rockymountainnews.com
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NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY -
whitehouse.gov
Discussion and criticism from William Saletan of Slate.com:
msnbc.com
Take-away lines: "That isn’t the new world we’re entering. The new world is the one rationalized by Bush’s manifesto: a world in which great powers wink at each other’s misconduct, every threat is imminent, self-defense means pre-emptive action abroad, interests are dressed up as values, and cooperation means cooperating with the United States. We don’t know what history will judge harshly about this era, but there’s a good chance it’ll be the compromises we embraced to rectify the mistakes of Sept. 11. Perhaps those compromises are necessary. Covering them up surely isn’t."
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TRUTHOUT: Senator Byrd attacks Bush imperium:
truthout.org
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"I cannot believe the gall and the arrogance of the White House in requesting such a broad grant of war powers. This is the worst kind of election-year politics."
--Senator Robert Byrd |
