Well, it\’s a start
Bush administration has finally started to show that it’s not invulnerable to
criticism. In what must be the fastest about-face in the history of defense
policy, the futures market in terrorism that made media coverage on Tuesday, was
cancelled by Wednesday. Not only that, but Adm. Poindexter is resigning from his
work with the Defense Dept.:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20030731/ts_nm/security_poindexter_dc
announcements from the White House: one, that we’re raising the terror alert
level because we’re concerned that there will be some new aircraft-based
attacks, and two, that we’re cancelling air marshals on international and
transnational flights because we can’t afford it in our $450 Billion
defense budget. That one was reversed within in a stunning 24 hours! http://www.msnbc.com/news/945774.asp?vts=072920032155
only that, a small portion of the Patriot Act has been overturned by a House
amendment, and the much-feared Patriot Act II has been declared dead! http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001313042_patriot30.html
best of all, during his first (robotic, stumbling) solo press conference since
the war in Iraq, our courageous Commander in Chief has finally owned up to his
personal responsibility in the Niger uranium fraud flap: http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/newsat3/sns-ap-bush,0,441725.story?coll=hc-headlines-newsat3
some interesting Leftist commentary on the press conference.
an amazing week of reversals of some of the onerous actions of this
administration. I’m heartened to see some actual journalism and criticism
finally making it to the fore. Although the major media still demonstrate that
they only have the courage to run out and shoot the wounded, well, it’s a start.
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–Frank Zappa
(Riddle/Willis), “The Untouchables”, November 1988, Broadway The Hard
Way
http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/albums/Broadway_The_Hard_Way/08.html
–C