tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69816742011-07-15T22:47:54.167-05:00Rumination, consideration, deliberation and opinion regarding news, politics, and society at large.C Brackneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538134565800328168noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981674.post-1086370126493510682004-06-04T11:51:00.000-05:002004-06-05T17:07:47.953-05:00

A little over a week ago, the FBI and Attorney General warned a nasty terrorist attack on U.S. soil may be forthcoming this summer. They made sure we saw photos of seven suspected "evildoers" and Ashcroft warned that "[t]hey all pose a clear and present danger to the United States and should be considered armed and dangerous." Intelligence, Ashcroft said, suggested terrorists are "almost ready

C Brackneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538134565800328168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981674.post-1085090005314523392004-05-20T16:16:00.000-05:002004-05-20T16:53:25.316-05:00

"Coalition spokesperson" Dan Senor stood behind the podium today and gave the usual rundown of events in Iraq... Here's a list of things we've done well. Here's a list of things we are going to do well. Here are a few brief observations about things that didn't go so well. Etc. Any questions? Of course, he was doing this after every single major media outlet had already reported on the raid

C Brackneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538134565800328168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981674.post-1084891460168563182004-05-18T08:54:00.000-05:002004-05-18T09:48:53.233-05:00

Orange jump suit. Videotape continuity problems. The plastic chair seems identical to the ones sitting around in Abu Ghraib. A well-known terrorist taking credit for the killing still dons a mask. Not enough blood. The government story regarding his detainment has changed. He may have done work on a communication tower at Abu Ghraib. The Israeli stamp on the passport. Someone says the AK-

C Brackneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538134565800328168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981674.post-1084808636940330012004-05-17T10:03:00.001-05:002004-05-17T10:47:21.143-05:00

Lynndie England is the new face of America in the eyes of the Arab world. Donald Rumsfeld shuffles off to Abu Ghraib in hopes of containing a growing scandal. Nick Berg is beheaded on videotape and we all see it. Colin Powell gets marching orders to hit the weekend political talk shows. The president of the Iraqi Governing Council is slain by a car-bomber as the date for a transfer of power

C Brackneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538134565800328168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981674.post-1084473358698121762004-05-13T13:33:00.000-05:002004-05-13T13:35:58.696-05:00

They didn't just kill him. They posed him, filmed him, decapitated him and uploaded the footage knowing we'd all see it within twenty-four hours. They sawed off Nick Berg's head and held it in front of a camera. It wasn't just an execution, it was a statement. A man's severed head was used as a prop. Somehow that made it worse for me when, acting against my own better judgment, I decided to

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