Molly Ivins strikes again!!

[Anywho6]

<http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv>

Once again, Molly steps up and hits it out of the park! This Newsweek-thing reminds me a little of the Dan Rather-thing. What Dan reported about Bush's draft dodging had been reported years ago by Molly. I bet Karl Rove just LOVES her!!

[paineinthearse]

1. Molly gets an auto

kick and nomination.

[knowbody0]

2. she is always right on

thanks for posting this

[IChing]

3. good post but give people a little more

AUSTIN, Texas -- As Riley used to say on an ancient television sitcom, "This is a revoltin' development." There seems to be a bit of a campaign on the right to blame Newsweek for the anti-American riots in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Islamic countries.

Uh, people, I hate to tell you this, but the story about Americans abusing the Koran in order to enrage prisoners has been out there for quite some time. The first mention I found of it is March 17, 2004, when the Independent of London interviewed the first British citizen released from Guantanamo Bay. The prisoner said he had been physically beaten but did not consider that as bad as the psychological torture, which he described extensively. Jamal al-Harith, a computer programmer from Manchester, said 70 percent of the inmates had gone on a hunger strike after a guard kicked a copy of the Koran. The strike was ended by force-feeding.

Then came the report, widely covered in American media last December, by the International Red Cross concerning torture at Gitmo. I wrote at the time: "In the name of Jesus Christ Almighty, why are people representing our government, paid by us, writing filth on the Korans of helpless prisoners? Is this American? Is this Christian? What are our moral values? Where are the clergymen on this? Speak up, speak out." >>>>snip

[Anywho6]

6. "Point well taken" EOM

[understandinglife]

4. "Get your minds around it. Our country is guilty of torture."

Ms. Ivins could not be clearer -- it is OUR RESPONSIBILITY:

To quote myself once more: "What are you going to do about this? It's your country, your money, your government. You own this country, you run it, you are the board of directors. They are doing this in your name. The people we elected to public office do what you want them to. Perhaps you should get in touch with them."

http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv

Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - Be it MNA Day 3 or 8 or 15 or .... the day will come when 10s of millions of Americans and others stop their typical activities for 24 hours and urge 10 times that many to join should another MNA Day be required. On that glorious day America will have begun truly to be "America," again.

[abbiehoff]

5. I particularly liked this part

.....

'So where does all this leave us? With a story that is not only true, but previously reported numerous times. So let's drop the "Lynch Newsweek" bull. Seventeen people have died in these riots. They didn't die because of anything Newsweek did -- the riots were caused by what our government has done.

Get your minds around it. Our country is guilty of torture. To quote myself once more: "What are you going to do about this? It's your country, your money, your government. You own this country, you run it, you are the board of directors. They are doing this in your name. The people we elected to public office do what you want them to. Perhaps you should get in touch with them." '

They are doing this in our name!!!

[Fovea]

7. Tell Karl that direct pressure works best

with those deep, jagged wounds.

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. Excellent. Greg Palast also has a powerful take on the Newsweek situation

And abolutely must-read article. Did you know that Newsweek has now publically committed to having Donald Rumsfeld's DOD vet its reports before publishing them? Why not just copy the propaganda directly and eliminate the middle man?

he nails it:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8887.htm

[Anywho6]

10. Palast's article is great!

Thank you for the link! Unfortunately, nothing surprises me now when it comes to the Bush propaganda mill they have created. I live for the day it self-destructs.

[Briar]

9. So, will Bush and co start blaming Molly

as well for America's corroded image and deaths in riots protesting American brutality?

Just when are the right people going to start facing the music? I'm tired of seeing in the dock only those rare and special journalists with the guts to tell the truth about the real criminals.

[BR_Parkway]

11. So does she have a WH Press pass now? I mean, since Gannon/

Guckert gave his seat up, shouldn't there be room for Molly?