Monday, November 21, 2005
Nov 21st Part Deux
I wanted to publish this from about a week ago. This should be about November 14th.
“Woooooooooooooh! Bye bye JUDY!” That was my first response upon hearing of the resignation of Judith Miller, former New York Times writer, disgraced journalist, war cheerleader, administration meatpuppet.
Few journalists rooted as hard for the war as Judy. When in became clear in 2003 that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, her response was blithe: “When your sources are wrong, you are wrong.”
Actually, she was wrong there, too. Her sources weren’t wrong. They lied. They especially liked lying to Judy, as she was a prominent journalist at the Newspaper of Record who was fascist-friendly. She was used like a roll of toilet paper and then discarded and she deserved every disgusting minute of it. She deserved it because instead of investigating she relied on hearsay from highly-placed administration sources who, no matter what the administration, will always have an agenda. She deserved it because instead of listening to what the world intelligence community had to say she listened to the ever-trustworthy administration of George Bush the Younger. She deserved it because she turned her space on the Paper of Record into a space for government propaganda. She deserved it because a journalist has a responsibility to report the truth, not what her friends at the White House say is the truth. She deserved it because she went to jail for months and stonewalled the Fitzgerald investigation until after the 2004 election. She deserved it because she’s not a journalist. She’s a tool.
Never fear, Judy. I’m sure your friends at FOX News have a position open for a political whore right next to Ann Coulter.
One of the Defense Appropriations bills that contain the amendment to ban "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" are going to the House today. Only nine senators voted against the amendment, among them Pat Roberts, the Republican senator from Kansas who chairs the Intelligence oversight committee. This is the jerk-off we’re trusting to head the investigation of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. This makes a lot of sense.
Take these names down, ladies and gentlemen. These are the senators who are on the record as voting against this amendment: Allard (R-CO), Bond (R-MO), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Cornyn (R-TX), Inhofe (R-OK), Roberts (R-KS), Sessions (R-AL), Stevens (R-AK).
I have long maintained that the plains states are the festering pit of our democracy. Every single county in Oklahoma and Kansas voted for “Preznit Drinky*” in the 2004 elections. The results were similar in Nebraska. Note the votes of the senators from Oklahoma and Kansas.
Preznit Drinky has threatened to veto (his first!) the FY 2006 Defense Bill if it has that amendment. This would be a fitting addition to his legacy, though the House looks like it will approve the bill with a large majority and, if the bill is sent back, Drinky’s veto would be an empty gesture.
* a title borrowed from Driftglass, bless his little heart. Rock on, my brother.
“Woooooooooooooh! Bye bye JUDY!” That was my first response upon hearing of the resignation of Judith Miller, former New York Times writer, disgraced journalist, war cheerleader, administration meatpuppet.
Few journalists rooted as hard for the war as Judy. When in became clear in 2003 that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, her response was blithe: “When your sources are wrong, you are wrong.”
Actually, she was wrong there, too. Her sources weren’t wrong. They lied. They especially liked lying to Judy, as she was a prominent journalist at the Newspaper of Record who was fascist-friendly. She was used like a roll of toilet paper and then discarded and she deserved every disgusting minute of it. She deserved it because instead of investigating she relied on hearsay from highly-placed administration sources who, no matter what the administration, will always have an agenda. She deserved it because instead of listening to what the world intelligence community had to say she listened to the ever-trustworthy administration of George Bush the Younger. She deserved it because she turned her space on the Paper of Record into a space for government propaganda. She deserved it because a journalist has a responsibility to report the truth, not what her friends at the White House say is the truth. She deserved it because she went to jail for months and stonewalled the Fitzgerald investigation until after the 2004 election. She deserved it because she’s not a journalist. She’s a tool.
Never fear, Judy. I’m sure your friends at FOX News have a position open for a political whore right next to Ann Coulter.
One of the Defense Appropriations bills that contain the amendment to ban "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" are going to the House today. Only nine senators voted against the amendment, among them Pat Roberts, the Republican senator from Kansas who chairs the Intelligence oversight committee. This is the jerk-off we’re trusting to head the investigation of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. This makes a lot of sense.
Take these names down, ladies and gentlemen. These are the senators who are on the record as voting against this amendment: Allard (R-CO), Bond (R-MO), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Cornyn (R-TX), Inhofe (R-OK), Roberts (R-KS), Sessions (R-AL), Stevens (R-AK).
I have long maintained that the plains states are the festering pit of our democracy. Every single county in Oklahoma and Kansas voted for “Preznit Drinky*” in the 2004 elections. The results were similar in Nebraska. Note the votes of the senators from Oklahoma and Kansas.
Preznit Drinky has threatened to veto (his first!) the FY 2006 Defense Bill if it has that amendment. This would be a fitting addition to his legacy, though the House looks like it will approve the bill with a large majority and, if the bill is sent back, Drinky’s veto would be an empty gesture.
* a title borrowed from Driftglass, bless his little heart. Rock on, my brother.
# posted by BitterHarvest @ 8:28 PM 
