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Cleaning Up the Nation
Austin Bay:
If Air America were a conservative radio network its corrupt funding trail and cynical abuse of a poverty program would be front page news at the NY Times and full-time mega-scandal at
Rank Materialism
Freedom. I am now the proud new owner of a Gateway 6020GZ laptop, perfect for students and others with limited means. I can now go into a Starbucks or a Barnes & Noble and look like I'm doing some
Fallujah Fonda
Uh-oh. From the Telegraph comes this exciting news:
Jane Fonda is returning to anti-war activism and embarking on a cross-country tour to call for an end to US military operations in Iraq.
Acros
John Pilger: Partner in Terrorism
In an outrageous piece of terrorist propaganda appearing on the cover of today's New Statesman, John Pilger puts the blame for the 7/7 London attacks not on the terrorists, but rather on Tony Blair:
Objections Noted
Egypt said on Wednesday holding Iraqi elections in stages would create divisions between Iraq's religious and ethnic communities and split the country. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published last week that elections could be staged over a two- or three-week period to make sure everyone gets the chance to cast ballots in secure conditions.
Why is Egypt giving Iraq and the Coalition advice on Iraqi elections? What could they possibly know about them? President-for-Life Hosni Mubarak is certainly no expert on them.
And why wouldn't Reuters bother to point this out? Don't they think it's relevent?
Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation, hosted an international conference on Iraq in November which pressed the interim Iraqi government to make sure as many people as possible take part in the planned Jan. 30 elections.
I'll bet they're very concerned about counting every vote, too. Note the Arab world's most populous nation bit. That's your background on Egypt. In Reuters' eyes, that's Egypt's credentials.
C'mon, Reuters, put a "though not a democracy itself" in there. It would be so simple. It's quite an oversight not to mention that fact. But I know, mustn't say bad things about non-Westerners.
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