john busteed's Radio WeblogMy weblog of musings, comments, thoughts or lack there of...Connect those stories, number two It's...- July 15, 2003 Connect those stories, number two It's time to play "connect the story" -- the game where we show the relationship between seemingly disconnected news stories -- again, as we recently did regarding the California energy and budget crises.There isn't much more to say about the flap over President Bush's State of the Union use of fraudulent evidence regarding Iraq's nuclear program. We know that an administration desperate to make a case for war seized upon material that it had been...http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2003/06/27.html#a388 UnAmerican- July 15, 2003 The Economist has an article about Governor Bush's shadow court system, the military tribunals. One of the most basic rights of all Americans (and all other democracies) is the rule of law In a perfect world, everyone, rich or poor, powerful or weak, is entitled to the exact same treatment under the law. In addition to Afghanis, Governor Bush has exported British, Australian, and US citizens to Guantanamo Bay, where they are out of any recognized court's jurisdiction. The governor will begin...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103186/ Quote of the day- July 15, 2003 Howard Dean is guest posting on Lawrence Lessig's blog next week. Slashdot noted it, and the usual rantings ensued. One voice of sanity: that of Joe Trippi, Dean's campaign manager, where he said: And we are not trying to kid anybody -- particularly anyone here -- we know we ain't perfect -- and that we don't get it all -- but we are trying to get it -- trying to reach out to everyone using every tool we can -- because as someone who you will probably regard as a political hack -- who has...http://www.backupbrain.com/2003_07_13_archive.html Bush mispoke- July 11, 2003 Why is it that Democrats, especially Clinton, are liars but Bush mispoke when he said that the Iraqis were trying to buy uranium from Africa rather than he lied to make his case for invasion better This is more of the incredible division that I have witnessed in politics in the last ten years. The division between the parties have never been better and bipartisanship is a fucking joke. It is always Governor Bush's way or you are being teasonous. You just know that he and Karl Rove are going to..http://radio.weblogs.com/0103186/2003/07/10.html#a115 |