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Headin' to Vegas baby
Going out of town will result in a short blogging interruption because, yes, what happens in Vegas, remains in Vegas. Back on Thursday, possibly Wednesday with more outrage.
In the meantime, chew on this:
"The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people" -- Dalton TrumboDespite the sonorous proclamations and blatant lie -- what else is new? -- that 'we are fighting the terrorists over there, so that we don't have to fight them here' when will someone pipe up and say we are fighting them there and here?. However, it's the band of Bush-anistas with which we are engaged in warfare within this country.
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This is confirmation that it takes one to know one. Good ol' Bill Kristol, both Kool-Aid dispenser and imbiber, offers the straight-faced money quote here:
Bloggers Raise Red Flags Over New Republic's 'Baghdad Diarist'Let's hand it to The Major Domo Flim Flammer for his insistent concern over possible subterfuge. Because if anyone is familiar with deceit, it's Bill Kristol.
Howard Kurtz
Washington Post
July 21, 2007; Page C01
The column in the New Republic, described as being penned by a U.S. soldier in Iraq, is filled with tales of petty, stomach-churning behavior.
The "Baghdad Diarist," writing under the pseudonym Scott Thomas, says he was "shocked by my own cruelty" as he recounts soldiers getting their kicks by running over dogs with Bradley Fighting Vehicles and playing with Iraqi children's skulls taken from a mass grave.
But now the liberal magazine, responding to questions raised online by the Weekly Standard and other conservative Web sites, is looking into whether the soldier's account in this and two earlier columns can be substantiated.
"The Standard raises some important questions about the piece, and we're investigating them," New Republic Editor Franklin Foer said yesterday. "I've been in touch with several members of the author's unit who corroborate the details under question. And the author has provided compelling responses himself."
Standard Editor Bill Kristol remains unconvinced. "Right now, it looks as if the New Republic has been the victim -- and the perpetrator -- of a fraud," he said...
and finally
MSNBC.comHmmm. no mention of the familiar-looking noggin also found in Bush's rectum?
July 21, 2007
CAMP DAVID, Md. - Doctors removed five small polyps from President Bush’s colon on Saturday after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office for two hours to Vice President Dick Cheney under the rarely invoked 25th Amendment...
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