Florida Congressman Connie Mack is exercised by an alliance between Venezuela’s state-run Telesur television network and Al Jazeera, the largest Arab language television network. The deal to share content and expertise, says Mack, “has the effect of creating a global television network for terrorists and other enemies of freedom.” Both Al Jazeera and Telesur are frequently and vocally critical of US foreign policy, and Mack wants to create a counter-propaganda network to broadcast US-friendly messages into Venezuela. . . . → Read More: Venezuela’s Red Menace and Terror TV
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Perhaps the most maddening element to the administration’s assumption of the national security mantle is that some people, including some elected Democratic officials, still accept it. Reporters routinely report with straight faces about the Republican political advantage on national security issues, which, while it does exist, is due in large part to the uncritical press acceptance of the Republican claim that they’re strong on national security. We’ve visited this topic before, and at greater length, but it’s worth revisiting in light of recent events. . . . → Read More: Worst national security administration ever, still US intelligence czar John Negroponte opened a second front in the rhetorical war on Iran last Thursday when he appeared to suggest that the Iraq insurgency has expanded to include Shia militants armed and trained by Iran. This isn’t the first time the administration has accused Iran of supporting Iraq’s insurgents, but it does mark the first time any administration official has accused Shia groups, who are at philosophical, religious and political odds with the Sunni fundamentalists and Baathists associated with the insurgency and who are well-represented in Iraq’s governing coalition, of participating in the war against the government and the US army of occupation. . . . → Read More: Negroponte accuses Iran of arming “Shia militants” in Iraq Coretta Scott King died on Monday January 30, 2006. Having lived a meaningful life, fighting for racial inconsequence, she died at the ripe age of 78. On Wednesday February 1, 2006, Donovan McNabb, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, took offense at being overshot in comparison to one of American Football’s great quarterbacks, Bret Favre, on account of Favre’s skin color! McNabb described the offense as “black-on-black crime,” referring to Terrel Owens who made the comment of how the Eagles would have been better served by Favre instead of McNabb. McNabb would have preferred a comparison to another black quarterback: “Michael Vick or Daunte Culpepper or Steve McNair or Byron Leftwich”. . . . → Read More: McNabbing the Race Oh, well, there’s always the nuclear option. It will definitely silence my critics, and I will ultimately get my way, one way or the other. . . . → Read More: A Nuclear Dilemma I hit enlistment age in the early 1970′s. If the Pentagon keeps extending its recruiting reach into middle age — it’s at 40 and rising — I may hit it again in the not too distant future. Absent some dramatic changes, it seems likely to me that we’ll see the return of the draft before the end of Bush’s term, assuming there is an end. . . . → Read More: The military draft meets “the ethic of irresponsibility” |
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GOP finds silver lining in Cheney’s hail of lead
You can add one more distinction to the modern GOP: they’re pleased that Dick Cheney shotgunned a hunting companion. . . . → Read More: GOP finds silver lining in Cheney’s hail of lead