Sunday, October 12, 2003

 

US soldiers bulldoze farmers' crops
Americans accused of brutal 'punishment' tactics against villagers, while British are condemned as too soft


By Patrick Cockburn in Dhuluaya

12 October 2003

US soldiers driving bulldozers, with jazz blaring from loudspeakers, have uprooted ancient groves of date palms as well as orange and lemon trees in central Iraq as part of a new policy of collective punishment of farmers who do not give information about guerrillas attacking US troops.
complete article at

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=452375

Why, I'm shocked! -- when collective punishment was working so well for our allies, the Israelis.

posted by Michael 1:27 AM

Saturday, October 04, 2003

 

It's not just that they're racists, specifically -- it's that they're lunatics generally:

This quote -- in defense of Rush -- is from yesterday's edition of the 700 Club on CBN.

Pat Robertson: "The truth is that people of minority groups, whether they're African American, Hispanics, Asians or whoever, have been denied opportunity in the past in the United States. And there is, without question, an incredible effort on the part of the media and Hollywood screenwriters etc., to elevate these minorities into positions of prominence, at least if nothing else in fictional stories. You look at Morgan Freeman who is a tremendous actor. He started off playing a chauffer in Driving Miss Daisy and then they elevated him to head of the CIA and then they elevated him to President and in his last role they made him God. I just wonder, isn't Rush Limbaugh right to question the fact, is he that good an actor or not? And was there a preference given? The same thing with the quarterback, did they give him a break? And are the media giving him a break or not?"

Statement by Ralph G. Neas, President of People for the American Way:

"Words fail me."

posted by Michael 11:04 PM