Obviously due to this brilliance (first mentioned here):
From the Financial Times:
For three years after the invasion of Iraq, it was difficult to drive more than a few miles through middle America without seeing a car displaying a magnetic yellow ribbon.
The magnets, bearing the slogan “Support Our Troops”, became a symbol of patriotism for millions of […]
Jews on First has a follow-up on the on the New Jersey teacher who got caught on tape proselytizing in class and then lied about it. The student is being harassed by the town while the teacher has gotten no punishment, although the superintendent did call him a “wonderful teacher”. Apparently no action […]
The person who had mailed a white powder to Keith Olbermann has been captured by the FBI. If you remember, the investigation was put in jeopardy by an article in the NY Post mocking Keith Olbermann’s (completely reasonable) response to opening the possibly deadly letter.. Apparently Olbermann was not the only person this […]
According to Bent Corner, Wal-Mart still hasn’t removed the Nazi shirts from their stores.
Yesterday afternoon I stopped at a Wal-Mart on my way home for work and found a stack of the same shirts still for sale in the men’s department. My wife also stopped at a different Wal-Mart on her way home from […]
I got an email from a Wal-Mart public relations firm regarding the Nazi T-Shirts:
James,
Good morning. My name is Marshall Manson. I work for Edelman doing online public affairs for Wal-Mart. I noticed your post about the t-shirts that Wal-Mart is selling. I wanted to make sure you saw the company’s statement about this […]
This post is in tribute to America’s former warrior-poet, Donald Rumsfeld. Enjoy the poetry stylings of America’s former Secretary of Defense. His insight will be missed:
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not […]
“no-brainer” I agree with him for once. I doubt very much that they were using their brians at all.
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaeda suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called “water-boarding,” which creates a sensation of drowning.
Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn’t […]
From yesterday’s Boston Globe:
UNITED NATIONS –Several governments around the world have tried to rebut criticism of how they handle detainees by claiming they are only following the U.S. example in the war on terror, the U.N. anti-torture chief said Monday.
Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, said that when he criticizes governments for their […]
The Military Commisions Act, aka the Torture Bill, is supposed to be signed into law today by Pres. Bush. In all of the mess surrounding the Foley scandal and all of the mud this election season, it is important to remember that less than a month ago our government voted to get rid of […]
This is a follow-up to this post.
