Friday, June 10, 2005
Recent Iraq War-Related Fcckery
Stung by High Gas Prices, Uncle Sam Buys Minivans to Replace Army Humvees (!)
The Media Blackout of the Iraq War is Now Official (related: "Bush’s approval rating is now a full twenty points lower than Clinton’s was on the day he was impeached. Dear media, that means you gotta stop referring to him as a “popular president,” and no less important, stop treating him like one. If you want to be wimps about everything, fine, just don’t blame it on his ‘popularity.’ Blame it on yourselves. [emphasis added]" from Altercation)
Looks like it's not just the press who've got their heads buried in the ground even though Bush own people's ain't still buying his Pollyanna view of the war like they used to.
And even if the press and white house don't want to admit the truth, the message is still getting through to the public regardless because nobody's trying to sign up to get killed in Iraq and Afghnaistan any more which explains why the military has resorted to kidnapping recruits (heads up on the story in the latter link via Bol).
Finally, more realistic than most of the media coverage about Iraq (and that's pretty depressing to consider in itself) - Gunner Palace, the DVD IN STORES NOW. (related: click here for the official Gunner Palace website)
