Selkirk:
Always like to know the political persuasion of authors of articles posted. Here is a little review of Marcus Gee which I found by pumping his name into Google. My computer skills are so poor that they only surpass Nosigars intellectual level otherwise I would post the link. Here is a review of Mr. Gee:
These are hard times for George Bush and the industrial-military complex, and therefore for Globe and Mail propagandist Marcus Gee. Few cubicle-dwelling hacks beat the war drum as zealously as Golly Gee, and we don't expect him to stop, what with the occupation of Iraq going so swimmingly. So readers can expect to be treated to more of Gee's Pentagon-loving, Dubya bum-kissing drivel. Here are the highlights of the past year or so, in case you missed them:
March 1, 2003: You're either with me or, ah, without me
The barbarians are at the gate. If we hope to repel them, the civilized nations of the world must stand together.
March 20, 2003: Not that Dick Cheney's Halliburton would be interested in oil.
Many believe Washington is trying to exploit Iraq's oil resources. "We have no ambition in Iraq," Mr. Bush said, "except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people."
March 24, 2003: Imagine, a tyrant who flouts the laws of war. And then there's that Saddam guy.
By mistreating the captured Americans and displaying them on TV - a clear violation of the laws of war?
April 2, 2003: They made a fictional movie about it later using the same Pentagon script Gee stuck to here.
[U.S. Army private Jessica Lynch], the fresh-faced teenager, a supply clerk who joined the army to get an education and realize her ambition of becoming a teacher, became a symbol of American youth and enthusiasm after her capture in an ambush in the Iraqi desert near Nasiriyah. The recovery of captured, missing or isolated American men and women is "a matter of the highest national priority," a leading Pentagon official told a conference. That was not hyperbole.
April 10, 2003: Gee extends his empire of florid rubbish:
The sun dawned on a new world today ? the United States bestrides the world like no nation since the days of Rome?the world is rightly impressed. But by taking on and defeating Mr. Hussein, Washington has also taken on a heavy burden - the burden of empire.
October 31, 2003: Shurely not the same Iraqi guerrillas who were once on the CIA payroll?! -ed.
Iraq is not Vietnam ?The guerrillas fighting Americans in Iraq now are the remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime, with suspected support from foreign terrorists.
October 3, 2003: Gee? Promoted to head The Globe's editorial board.
The decision to invade Iraq was "no easy choice," Mr. Blair conceded. But whatever is found or not found in Iraq, it was the right one.
January 23: Not counting spelling, math, geography? but who's counting?
To be fair, he is good at quite a few things. The loathing that many feel for Mr. Bush is out of scale.
February 20: But he can find Iraq on one.
Stars and scars don't make a president. What counts is the strength and the sense to handle the security issues of the moment. On the big security issue of this moment - Iraq - our hero Mr. Kerry is all over the map.
March 19, 2004: The empire strikes back.
None of this makes the Americans bad people. Because they believe in democracy, they want to hand over power as quickly as possible to Iraqis. Because they don't see themselves as an empire, they want to rule with the lightest possible hand.
April 7, 2004: And once again, with feeling.
Washington's critics say that it is in trouble in Iraq because it is acting too much like an empire. In fact, it is in trouble because it is not acting enough like one.
As indicated earlier, links, articles and letters can be posted either to support a position or defend one. I normallly do not do this but on occasion get the urge. Look Moores film is controversial. Merely because I don't post an anti-Limbaugh article does not mean either side is accurate. However, do not post articles as unbiased middle of the road comment and/or editorial when the author appartently has a very right wing agenda and is quite pro-Bush.
To do so, places you in the catagory of dogs that bark who posts links to the National Review and Fox (sic) News as "fair and balanced" reporting without agenda or bias. Some of us, with the notable exceptions of Dogs, Dr. Freeze, Saint, Nosigar, Homedog and others too numerous to mention, know better than that.
By the way Selkirk, ever hear of a penny stock called OneVoice (onev). Non-listed over the counter stock selling around $.14 which I received an extremely hot tip on last Friday. Please give me an honest review and if so I will withdraw the above post and state that Marcus Gee is the most objective, fair and balanced editorial writer since Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Eddie
