Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
They Think They Have A Plan
Some outfit called Freedom Underground has put together a slide show designed to convince anyone who is ambivalent about the question, that they should join the Good Fight and oppose the War in Iraq. Presumably, this means bringing the troops home, since the presentation as much as says that is what we should do. Of course, those opposed to bringing the troops home, those who are afraid to bring the troops home, those who would like to bring the troops home but think a huge disaster will follow if we do so, and those who are trying to make up their minds about whether we should bring the troops home, have a serious concern. What happens in Iraq if we do this? What happens here? What’s the best that can happen? What’s the worst that can happen? The video addresses that very nicely. Um…actually no. It only addresses that concern a little bit. Er, actually, it doesn’t address that at all. In any way, whatsoever.
But bring’em home!!! That’s responsible, isn’t it?
One more thing you might want to absorb before downloading. The video catalogs one of President Bush’s “lies,” his now-famous sixteen words in the State of the Union Address of 2003. Sorry, Freedom Underground. If you do a little bit of research, like pulling out your readily-available Internet encyclopedia, you can see how this all came down. Latest significant thing to happen here is the Butler Report from our friends the British. You remember the British, right? As in “The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa” — the “lie” you wanted to document in your video.
Well, here is what the Brits had to say when Nigergate started to blow up on this side of The Pond. This is taken from the Wikipedia entry (as of this writing) on the “Yellowcake Forgery”.
On July 14, 2004 the British Government released a report called “A Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction” commonly referred to as the Butler Report. The report calls President Bush’s statement regarding Niger “well founded.” The Butler Review made the following conclusions on page 139:
a. It is accepted by all parties that Iraqi officials visited Niger in 1999. b. The British Government had intelligence from several different sources indicating that this visit was for the purpose of acquiring uranium. Since uranium constitutes almost three-quarters of Niger�s exports, the intelligence was credible. c. The evidence was not conclusive that Iraq actually purchased, as opposed to having sought, uranium and the British Government did not claim this. d. The forged documents were not available to the British Government at the time its assessment was made, and so the fact of the forgery does not undermine it.
You can get your full copy of the Butler Review here. The text cited above is in there, as promised. If this is too dry for you, you can capture the essence of it in some comments I made last month.
We’re all educated now? Okee dokee! On with the show! And in case you’re wondering, the answer is yes. This presentation follows along in lockstep fashion with that “It’s All About Oil And Making His Buddies Rich” thing. They should come up with a tune you can hum to that someday.
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