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White House: Media discipline worthy of a drill sergeant
Monday, March 24, 2003
"No questions," an aide says just as the doors swing open and the reporters rush in. Bush talks for two minutes, praising the war effort and noting the importance of the economy, Medicare, and education. At his final word, the journalists burst forth with questions. Bush sits stone still, expressionless. The press is ushered out.
Thanks, Rational Inquirer :)
Haliburton gets ready to cash in.
Due to my complete disgust with life and the world, I'm archiving this month's entries and taking a weblogging break until sometime in April.
A to Z of Robots
Sunday, March 23, 2003
From 790 to V.I.N.CENT
Thanks, Quiddity. :)
Mideast Photos - AFP
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Kevin Sites closes his Iraq weblog.
Was he not 'embedded' enough?
If, like me, you can no longer cope, drink yourself into a alcoholic coma with the Gulf War Drinking Game. (Thanks Random Walks)
Is Jason Kottke seeking the Democratic nomination in 2004?
Summing up, Bush bad, war bad, this war not so bad even though bad Bush reasons also bad.
Mmmmmmmmmmm, chicken and waffles.
National guardman changed his name to a toy
Friday, March 21, 2003
Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit on Wednesday to provide fire protection for airfields under combat.
This has got to be a hoax, doesn't it?
Thanks, Carlton Hibbert's Illustration Blog :)
Anger greets decision of 'friendly fire' inquiry
Friday, March 21, 2003
An Afghanistan 'friendly fire' incident that killed four Canadian soldiers is quietly being swept under the rug.
The pilots, who haven't flown since the incident, were also taking amphetamines to combat exhaustion, a factor lawyers allege affected their judgment.
Isn't this logic the same as excusing a drunk driver for killing someone because he just polished off a fifth of tequila?
This kind of coverup is nothing new.
Fratricide at Umm Hajul is worth a read, though I personally don't know the details of this case other than what is presented.
FBI, Marshals Can Hold Foreigners
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Attorney General John D. Ashcroft has issued orders that allow FBI agents and U.S. marshals to detain foreign nationals for alleged immigration violations in cases where there is not enough evidence to hold them on criminal charges, according to Justice Department officials and a copy of the rules. The regulations, issued in December but not announced publicly, significantly breach the wall that has long separated federal law enforcement agents from immigration officers, who previously were the only personnel authorized in most circumstances to detain people in the country illegally.
Ashcroft Downgrades Violence Against Women Office
Senate rejects drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
The White House has been stopped, but expect this issue to come up again and again al long as Bush and Cheney are in power. Only a tiny fraction of the North Slope is closed to drilling already and corporate slut Gale Norton's push for drilling during the 100th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System makes me vomit.
US names 'coalition of the willing'
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
El Salvador is on our side. Hooray!
Canadian CEOs push for war
Liberals strongly back PM's antiwar stance
I predict that a "freedom bacon" and "liberty syrup" declaration is imminent from grandstanding Republicans.
Battling Blair survives revolt but left to lick wounds
Ten hours of debate ended with about half of Labour's backbench - 139 MPs - voting against Mr Blair, who had staked his political future on winning parliamentary backing for the war. It was the biggest revolt in the Parliament against a sitting prime minister for more than 100 years and followed a rebellion two weeks ago, when 122 Labour MPs defied the Government.
Is Blair finished? I suspect not. He's got this whole Clinton/Reagan Teflon Don mojo that seems to work when he needs it.
The joke's on Saddam
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Stand up comedy is a tough gig in Iraq.
'Talking fish' stuns New York
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Talking carp warns of the Apocalypse, gets gutted anyway:
It instructed him to pray and study the Torah, but Mr Rosen admitted that in a state of panic he attempted to kill the fish, injuring himself in the process and ending up in hospital.
Maybe it just didn't want to be eaten.
A Jewish fish story to top all
In other fishy news: Girl hit by 'fish odour syndrome'.
Rotary Action - Helicopters in the Movies
Saturday, March 15, 2003
What 80's show featured a pink Sikorsky with big lips? If you know the answer, you have wasted your life watching too much television!
Let's not forget Airwolf either.
The Six Helicopter Movie Clichés are good, but they left out my favorite one, the shot from below in slow motion with the rotors barely turning. Someone screams NOOOOOOOOO! or falls/gets pushed out, often combined with a huge explosion.
Saw that one last night in 3000 Miles to Graceland.
There's two hours of my life completely wasted.
Future looks bleak for Iraq's fragile environment
Saturday, March 15, 2003
With blown oil wells and a massive bombing campaign a virtual certainty, things look bleak for Iraqi wildlife.
Gulf environment faces worse threats
Dell shuns Microsoft's hate-radio toilet shockjock
Saturday, March 15, 2003
Does anyone really watch MSNBC? That is the question.
The Unseen Gulf War - Peter Turnley
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Images you probably didn't see last time:
This past war and any one looming, have often been treated as something akin to a 'Nintendo game'. This view conveniently obscures the vivid and often grotesque realities apparent to those directly involved in war. As a witness to the results of this past Gulf War, this televised, aerial, and technological version of the conflict is not what I saw and I'd like to present some images that I made that represent a more complete picture of what this conflict looked like.
War is at best a necessary evil, and I am certain that anyone that feels differently has never experienced or been in it. I have always hoped that true images of conflict give one the opportunity to witness and reflect more fully on the full realities of war. After covering many conflicts around the world in past 20 years and witnessing much human suffering, I feel a responsibility to try to contribute to making sure with my images that no one that sees the brutal realities of conflict, ever feels that war is comfortable and/or convenient.
The Digital Journalist is full of the horrors of war. Take a look.
Larry Burroughs: Vietnam
Roger Richards - Remember Sarajevo
Peter Howe - Shooting Under Fire
Catherine Leuthold - Families Under Seige
Christopher Morris - Battlefields
David Brauchli - The Road of Tears
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