Thursday, December 23, 2004
The US Freezes While Iraq Melts Down
Hard knocks: Hardeman, 16, was once beaten up after school for knowing the answers in class. WTF?!
Image by Lauren Fleishman courtesy of Newsweek
Medals of Malfeasance (USA Today)
I'm kinda late on that one but it's still worth noting as Iraq continues to melt down during the past couple of weeks:
- the same "Green Zone" check point gets hit twice in 2 days. (The Detroit Free Press)
- Iraqi election officials are shot in plain daylight by assassins so brazen they didn't even bother to conceal their identities (The New York Times)
and
- a US base is attacked by
You know sh!t is hectic when even Bush is forced to admit things ain't going so well over there, private contractors are getting the f-ck out and observers for the upcoming election say they're gonna do the job from another country (huh? isn't that like saying you'll observe voter fraud in Ohio from Canada?). (The New York Times)
Speaking of which, something still smells in Ohio nearly two months on from the election. Luckily my man Rick Perlstein is on the case. (The Village Voice)
New F.B.I. Files Describe Abuse of Iraq Inmates. (The New York Times | Related: A Canadian take courtesy CBC News)
And the ACLU's got the goods proving Bush OK'd the torture.
Richard Cohen on Bush's Social Security "Slam-Dunk." (Washington Post)
While Allan Sloan says Bush is Peddling The Wrong Crisis - "The shortfall in Bush's prescription-drug program is a far bigger problem than Social Security." (Newsweek)
Finally, Bill Cosby is not the only one. Yolanda Young says "Black People, wake up!" (Newsweek | USA Today)
