Follow this link to Paul Krugman’s piece in the New York Times. He makes a good point about the damage that may eventually result from crises like the one in Georgia with Russia. Though the impact of this one incident seems small, it shows how fragile globalization might be. This empty scabard rattling of John McCain and George Bush may just be the irrational actions that Krugman fears.
The Obama campaign has already published a rebuttal of the Corsi book.
Follow this link to read the rebuttal. The rebuttal is titled “Unfit for Publication”. The title is a take-off on one of Corsi’s previous books.
Follow this link to see JibJab’s take on what we call the news.
Considering my recent back and forth at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, I couldn’t agree more. Follow this link to see letter and my comments
Follow this link to see how appropriate it is for George Bush to be lecturing Russia on its actions in Georgia
No, not in Iraq, although it is certainly true there.
No, I mean in Georgia just south of Russia.
Follow this link to see what I mean.
I have recently finished reading this book by Rick Shenkman.
Follow this link to my books page for a brief discussion and link to the book itself on Amazon.
I presume you have heard about the new book by Ron Suskind called “The Way of the World“.
With George Tenet’s specific denial about some of the allegations in the book, you may have doubts as did I.
Follow this link to an item on Salon.com that is Suskind’s rebuttal. In the Salon item, there is a link to another piece in Salon by Joe Conason. This is worth reading, too. Also in the first Salon piece is this link to the transcript on Ron Suskind’s web site.
Follow this link to the BuzzFlash editorial on who might ulitmately be responsible for the anthrax attack purportedly committed by Dr. Ivins.
I followed one of the suggested links in the comments to find out about Operation Northwoods. The link was not exactly in the comment. I had to go to Google to find this link.
The more the FBI piles on evidence about Dr. Bruce Ivins, the more suspicious of the FBI I become. It is like many of the high pressure sales techniques I have seen over the years. The salesman proposes a fantastic deal. Before you can even blink, he says “If that is not enough, here is another enticement.” After three or four rounds of this you start to wonder how good a deal the original proposal could have been.
When I wrote the above, I don’t think I had seen the Countdown by Keith Olbermann piece on this. Follow this link to see the Countdown report.
I was always suspicious about the idea that Ivins could have committed suicide with the drug he purportedly used. I have had similar drugs prescribed for me for pain after one of the surgeries I have recently had. I was a little worried about the addicitve quality that I had read about. I read that the pills prescribed for me had an additive that made you vomit if you took too many of the pills.
Follow this link to see a video about Paris Hilton for President of the USA.
This is not necessarily an endorsement from me.
For the conspiracy theorists among us, follow this link to read a blog that asks some interesting questions about the latest events in the saga of the Anthrax letters.
Follow this link to the part about the involuntary commitment of Bruce Ivins.
If the FBI was so willing to falsely accuse other people of these crimes, what makes us think that they have the right culprit now?