Yearly Archives: 2003

If Blair Falls can bush Stand

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Bilmon doesn’t think the US has the stuff anymore to take out a president:

Here in land of the fairly free and the not-so-brave, that wouldn’t make much difference, I suppose, since we seem to have lost our taste for White House scandal — not to White House accountability — once Bill Clinton put his slick willy back in his pants. But the British appear to still take these things fairly seriously.

But if Blair really does fall can you imagine the new set of lies and misdirection we will be subject to as the Republican controlled House and Senate dodge their responsibility.
And then again, the bushies may have laid the groundwork for trying to pull their fat out of the fire:

Senior officials in the Bush administration believe Kay’s weapons discoveries should have been revealed as they were made. However, a decision, approved by President Bush, was made to wait until more was discovered and then announce it — probably in September.

See The Left Coaster for more details on Blair’s travails.

Politics of Fear

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Here’s the next to last paragraph from William Pitt’s editorial at trouthout.org:

Understand that the difference between these two groups – the Bush crew, and the men and women of the VFP – is the difference between what America is, and what America should be. Consider the experiences, the motivations, the actions, the sacrifices. Decide whether you want to spend your life afraid, or whether you will overcome that fear to reach the greatest victory of your life. Decide where you stand.

Read the whole thing, think about the bushies, think about Kennedy, think about the VFP folks and Brian Wilson then, as Jerome, Badattitudes, suggests take a look at this picture.

Pictures of the Band(s)

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Check out these photos of many weird and not so weird musical groups. Philippe Carly, the photographer, says:

You will find here my entire collection of concert and candid photos of popular and not so popular “rock”, “new wave” and “punk” groups from the 70s, 80s and 00s

As of today he has 10,214 photos up.
Via Jen at Circadian Shift.

Taking Out Journalists

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Taking out the Journalists
It is dangerous in Iraq and mistakes are made:

Reuters news agency is calling for a “comprehensive investigation” after one of its award-winning cameramen was shot and killed by U.S. troops near Baghdad.
Coalition officials say soldiers mistook Mazen Dana’s camera for a shoulder-launched weapon and have described the incident as a “tragic mistake.”
The shooting took place in daylight Sunday afternoon outside the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, scene of an attack Saturday night that killed six Iraqis and wounded nearly 60 others.
U.S. military officials say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“They thought he was aiming an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) at them and they engaged him,” a senior Pentagon official told CNN.

We do not know the exact context so it would be wrong to jump to final conclusions but a TV Camera does look a bit different then a rocket propelled grenade launcher.
NB: I’ll bet a few folks would get excited if they got the model with the launcher in their sites.
Update: 8/19 Please go to Body and Soul where Jeanne has has more details on this killing. Via Talkleft.
Update (8/19): A commentor provides this link which provides a much different perspective on the differences between a TV Camera and an RPG. The ones shown do look more like cameras then the one SH is holding in picture I link to above.