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October 23, 2006
WB: The Temp
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WB: Rectification of Errors +
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II. Hard to Keep Up
WB: Babbling Idiots
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Small wonder then, that the policy "debate" has now crossed the line into complete fantasy — like a long piece of dialogue from Waiting for Godot. The realists have turned into surrealists. Baker now sounds almost as naive and deluded as Bush.
South Korean Protests? – Not Really …
Shortly after North Koreas first nuke test, there were reports on CNN and elsewhere about South Korean protests against NoKo. The most replayed TV clip included the burning of a North Korean flag.
These protests looked as genuine as the tearing down of Saddams statue in Baghdad. Was the main stream media telling a straight story here or was the reporting biased?
Monolycus, who lives and teaches in South Korea, gives us his impression.
by Monolycus
My position then (as it is now) is that there is no peninsula-wide hysteria as you see reported on CNN.
I did not think it would be any problem to write up an authoritative article to that effect, complete with sources and pictures. But I discovered very quickly that what I am trying to do here is to prove a negative. Few people write about things that haven’t happened to them.
I’ve tried to interview many, many people about this non-issue. They are aware of how they are being portrayed on CNN and elsewhere, they just don’t think it’s important enough to make a fuss about.
A standard South Korean response to a Westerner who tries to make them see something as important is
"Don’t worry about that", and that was the bulk of the responses I received when I asked about North Korea, Kim Jong-il, nuclear weapons or the United Nations.
It’s just not something they feel is worth worrying over for a few reasons.
WB: The Belly of the Whale
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WB: Tickling the Limbic System
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[L]imbic politics is definitely here to stay, and if the winners in such a system have an almost congenital tendency towards utter incompetence when it comes to actually governing (an advanced cerebral function if ever there was one) nobody ever said the American system of government — or America itself — has to last forever.
October 22, 2006
Hold the Gun to His Head
"Let’s hold a gun to Maliki’s head and make him sign our wishlist." That is what, according to the New York Times, the Bush administration is planing for the Iraqi government:
October 21, 2006
WB: Prelude to an Indictment
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At this point, I’d personally put Curt’s chances of avoiding indictment at only 1 in 4, and maybe much lower.
WB: Good Night and Good Luck
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Who would have thought that a hack ex-sportscaster cable news guy would turn out to be the Edward R. Murrow of our times?
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News and views …
WB: A Reason for Hope
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[W]hile the American people may want a fundamental change of direction in foreign policy, the elites in both political parties, the corporations and the corporate media want anything but.
WB: Flunking History
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That’s one of the reasons why I tend to regard McCain as the most dangerous man in America — even more so than Cheney and Rumsfeld. Not because he isn’t a "straight shooter" (…) but because when it comes to the cult of self-righteous American power, I think he’s the straightest shooter in the bunch — literally.
WB: Friends in High Places
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At this point one might reasonably ask who is tail and who is the dog in this relationship. But, of course, we’re not allowed to do that.
WB: Rumsfeld’s Toads
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* They felt they had to kiss Rumsfeld’s ass in public to keep their jobs.
* Rumsfeld ordered them to kiss his ass in public.
* They sincerely believed their own lickspittle praise.
October 20, 2006
Autumn Whispers
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"The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man’s heart away from nature becomes hard; He knows that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too."
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WB: The Looking Glass War
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"A slow sort of country!’ said the Queen. "Now, HERE, you see, it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
WB: Rallying the Base
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But what about the ritual sacrifice of little Christian babies to the pagan god Wicca?
WB: Fight Club
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WB: Hirohito Watch
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