September 21, 2003
Saturday Reading
Light posting out of me for the next couple days. In the meantime, enjoy these great posts, and the other good blogs listed on the sidebar.
Backup Brain reflects on Clark's entry with some help from the Note.
Kos' new guest poster Meteor Blades discusses the billions for Iraq in parts one (per capita disparities) and two (corporate malfeasance).
Making Light brings us a briefing on antiquity loss in Iraq.
Magpie saw an awesome bumpersticker the other day, and she refers us to the Burnt Orange Report on Clark.
Burnt Orange, btw, has a great run on the Texas redistricting fiasco, and so does Charles Kuffner.
Seeing The Forest talks about the single most effective way to shift the Democratic party to the left. Also, he talks about candidates talking about race.
TBogg found a Morford column about a subject I've been alternately fascinated and revulsed by (and therefore couldn't think of which way to write about it) for weeks now: A bible magazine for teen girls.
The Sideshow on the US government's war on one drug.
Billmon brings us 'off mic' Arnie, discusses Israeli settlers killing Palestinians, the general's flip-flop interview concerning the Iraq war, and... my god... an incident demonstrating the reason why the occupation of Iraq is doomed (as well as making a good argument for the use of Iraqi hardliners who want to convince fellow citizens to forego alcohol.)
Wampum hails the death of a bad piece of legislation, and brings us yet another riveting installment of flashback friday and a flashback Democratic addendum.
Late Night Thoughts talks about libraries and the freedom to read in peace.
The Talent Show on one of the year's most infuriating stories in the wake of massive tax cuts at the top. As should surprise absolutely no one, and tick of absolutely everyone, the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. I wouldn't mind the former if it weren't for the latter, it's bad for business.
Ampersand on the double standards applied to feminists and conservative women's groups.
Wil Wheaton points us to important information about black-box voting and the IEEE.
Bohemian Mama talks about the problems of working parents whose bosses just don't seem to get that family time is important, too. Thanks to rantavation.
Digby reminds us of the heady days when even Republicans knew that the neocons are crazy, and talks about the new conservative tendency to become overwhelmed by impolite rhetoric.
Body and Soul talks about the Baghdad rent-a-cops.
"We [hit] Iraq because we could." - Tom Friedman in an interview with Tim Russert
Posted by natasha at September 21, 2003 03:54 AM | TrackBackWell, since you're tied up for the moment your many fans can at least post comments.
I was very impressed by this article at Not Geniuses, inspired by the Paul Krugman interview in the Guardian. Mr. Singer's essay is very rich in ideas, but the core is that we're in a period of revolutionary ardor. The revolutionaries do not accept the legitimacy of our civil institutions.
And it is also one of the fascinating strains of thought to come to grips with how much America is becoming a revolutionary power. The neo-conservatives have a stated goal of changing the face of the world, in the short-term. Their agenda is, by their own admission, quite radical.I typed up a post about this but it requires a lot of boiling down. Posted by: James R MacLean on September 22, 2003 01:56 PM