The Day After Tomorrow

What is it about Americans who love to see America humiliated?
My experience of TDAT:
Silly science parading as real science. I think they used the same team of top scientists who gave us Godzilla v Rodan
Political speeches for the masses "Oooh, isn't America bad! Wasting all those natural resources."
The audience roaored with approval. Manhattan audience. I suppose none of them run air conditioners, drive gas consuming autos or take flights on fuel consuming airplanes. It's all the fault of the US president and VP who won't do anything about global warming. The Kyoto Accords are brought up as if it's some new deal, to be blamed on the Cheney look-alike VP, and by association, Bush. yet it's the same accord Clinton and Gore negotiated yet couldn't get ratified. In hindsight, the negotiators confess it was not a good treaty anyway. As the rest of the world is largely ignoring it, why is the US to blame?

When the US needs to ask Mexico to permit refugees the audience cheered, as if the US hasn't been the biggest net welcomer of immigrants in the history of the modern world. Haven't we been generous to nations facing disaster scenarios?
Why should anyone, especially US citizens, cheer when we're the ones needing aid? I don't know the answer, but they did cheer, and that was disheartening. When a nation starts to loathe itself it's time to check the national pulse.
One last thing. the destruction of Manhattan brought 9/11 back to me. I don't like seeing manhattan building falling down.

Kerry on Bush: "Did the Training Wheels Fall Off?"

Kerry pokes fun at Bush mishap - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May 24, 2004

Kerry is just not a ni9ce man. The tactic being employed by the Dems and their cronies in the press is like the one used by them to defeat Ford. In that case an All-American football player with a law degree from Yale was made to appear to be a bumbling, dull witted, klutz. Now W is made out to be an incompetent child. When will issues surface in this campaign? When Kerry figures out what the polls are telling him to say?

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Nothing against Theresa, yet, but I'm amused at the politicians who use their wives for money, for TV attention, etc., yet demnad that those same wives be off-limits with respect to attacks. If one is in the game, one is part of the game. To keep her safe from attack, keep her out of the game.

Safire Tells Rummy: Stay the Course
Sometimes even the NYT prints words of wisdom.
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Rumsfeld Should Stay

What Not to Wear, BBC

Trinny and Susannah are pretty dishy, so, the show is unmissable for me. Today, however I saw the ep (again) where a rather fat, frumpy husband and his bitchy mother and sisters (wicked in-laws) want the wife made over into a new model so that he doesn't have to "turn her in." I dare say he'd be damn lucky to find anyone half as good as her, unmade over. Fat slug.

Rumsfeld Blame?

Trust the NYT to take Rumsfeld's acceptance of responsibility and transmute it to "blame". A significant gap lies between the meaning of those words, and don't bet that the NYT headline editors don't know that.
The New York Times > Washington > Rumsfeld Accepts Blame and Offers Apology in Abuse

Press MisrepresentationGuardian Unlimited | World Latest | Iraq Militiamen Clash With U.S. Troops

What can the press have in mind when a story opens with "U.S. forces in Najaf came under their most intense attack yet by Shiite militiamen..."
Bad for our guys,right? Yet read on.
"...in a clash Monday that may have killed up to 20 Iraqis."
My headline would have been:
US Troops Kill 20 Iraqis

Time to Come Home from GermanyABCNEWS.com : Germany Says Protection of U.S. Bases to End

The Germans have had the benefit of US protection for decades. Let the EU take care of things now. We are needed elsewhere, our funds can have better uses.

Kerrey Mocks 9/11 Commission WorkBlunt: �9-11 Commission Turning Into Comedy Central�
One might be excused for not taking the 9/11 Commission seriously. The members themselves don't. Couple this with Gorelick's continued participation despite obvious conflictss of interest and Kean's testy comment that people questioning Gorelick's role should ..."stay out of our business." And here i was thinking that 9/11 is our business, not theirs.

The News Gap
I sometimes think that the real gap in the US has little to do with gender, age, income, race, religion or region. The gap lies between those who rely on mainstream media for news and opinion, and those who seek alternative sources. What one reads on a daily basis ( I read newspapers nation, and much of the world, wide online every day) is a picture of world and natioanl events. Other picture are available. I seek those out as well. They are very different, in terms of facts alleged, analysis, opinion and commentary. You will know them by the news they read.
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Kerry's Floundering Laid at Bush's FeetThe New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Kerry Struggling to Find a Theme, Democrats Fear
The fact that Kerry is not an attractive candidate is because Bush is outmanuevering him?
Who knew Bush and his team are so clever? Can't the NYT admit that Kerry is just not appealing?
Think Muskie. Think Dukakis. Think Gore. Not to be partisan, think of Dole, or Bush the Elder. Kerry is too poderous, too self important, too dull to be elected.

I worry when a victory by the US in killing Iraqis at a ratio of ten-to- one is interpreted by those dumasses as a victory, because we choose not to kill them as effectively as we could. If only we'd stop worrying about collateral damage and get on with it!

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