tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post9151700065963097110..comments2023-11-07T05:29:51.839-05:00Comments on Pressing Issues: David Brooks: We're Now in 'Postwar' PeriodGreg Mitchell http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627773627527089158noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-40787892472073017432010-12-18T03:02:52.888-05:002010-12-18T03:02:52.888-05:00kmart clearence shoes handbags for sale in malaysi...<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/p1ez5k9uk6" rel="nofollow">kmart clearence shoes</a> handbags for sale in malaysiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-23728513301868847112010-01-14T20:57:03.737-05:002010-01-14T20:57:03.737-05:00Hi there!
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If that doesn't work, insult the naysayers with ad Hominem attacks. <BR/><BR/>Why do so many of the techniques used to mask the criminal intent and actions of the American government in Iraq appear to have been developed in that laboratory of never-ending criminal assault on the innocent, Palestine?<BR/><BR/>Brooks and his well-paid ilk deserve to be imprisoned for the criminal disservice they do to their country – the country they ostensibly support, but do not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-67479140517470126852007-12-13T11:25:00.000-05:002007-12-13T11:25:00.000-05:00Good, let's send all the Republican members of con...Good, let's send all the Republican members of congress on a fact-finding tour of every hamlet and village in Iraq to verify these statements. That should keep them occupied (or running for their lives) for the 2008 election year, and FORCE the remainder of the congress to do the job they were sent there for i.e. get this country OUT of Iraq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-56148110531796943122007-12-12T16:22:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:22:00.000-05:00Shorter Brooks: bygones.Shorter Brooks: bygones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-42560453952763353982007-12-12T11:36:00.000-05:002007-12-12T11:36:00.000-05:00Hey Greg, you are right to point out that both the...Hey Greg,<BR/> you are right to point out that both the dems & repubs have said what they need to say and revisting the "Iraq question" might be redundant. However, lets keep in mind that the traditional media, the hacks that ask the questions, choose and edit the questions. we therefore have no real idea just what is being presented by curious minds. <BR/> The manipulated 24 hour news cycle really wants to move beyond this pesky occupation. They only cover Iraq when there is no religious controversy or they can't find a white girl who has been abducted.<BR/>footsoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-36565512520575574892007-12-11T21:35:00.000-05:002007-12-11T21:35:00.000-05:00Now isn't this nice, but it confirms what I've bee...Now isn't this nice, but it confirms what I've been suspecting ... that the editor of E&P is a liberal hack. No wonder journalism sucks these days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-41912866187534760892007-12-11T20:17:00.000-05:002007-12-11T20:17:00.000-05:00It's imperative for the MSM to make the war disapp...It's imperative for the MSM to make the war disappear, because they operate on Republican talking points. This is a way of establishing the discourse-what will be written about. Since the Right Wing controls so much of our media, they would rather talk to their base about religion and immigration.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596393079007657197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-88888850284048180382007-12-11T18:16:00.000-05:002007-12-11T18:16:00.000-05:00What else would you expect from moral felons like ...What else would you expect from moral felons like Brooks and Beinart? Of course they want to distract us from their nightmare. Not to hide theur mistake but to prolong it as long as possible. They know they can't 'win' but every day spent in Iraq further cripples the state's long term recovery. so that's a victory in neocon terms. Just k8ill Arabs that's what counts.Dick Mullikenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933108822635351042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-48738400753510407762007-12-11T17:54:00.000-05:002007-12-11T17:54:00.000-05:00Hell, I say bring it on. Democrats out poll Repub...Hell, I say bring it on. Democrats out poll Republicans on every issue, but the margins are much bigger on issues outside of the Iraq war.<BR/><BR/>They're grasping at straws.The Other Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17231574013362220942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-18951551688963596962007-12-11T17:42:00.000-05:002007-12-11T17:42:00.000-05:00eveM - do you think it's cute or funny to try to t...<I> eveM - do you think it's cute or funny to try to trick people by citing a piece diametrically opposed in intent and meaning to the pieces by Beinart and Bobo to lend them support? </I><BR/><BR/>No, I think it was a bad error on my part. I linked the wrong Rich columns<BR/><BR/>Rich has said <A HREF="http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/62/21477" REL="nofollow">more</A> than <A HREF="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507C.shtml" REL="nofollow">once</A> that when it comes to the war in Iraq, Americans have "tuned out." The second, later link in particular is Rich saying something not very different from what Brooks is saying, although Rich was saying (I'm paraphrasing), "Americans think the war is going so badly that they've given up and tuned out" and Brooks is saying (again a paraphrase), "The war is going better, so voters are tuning out." <BR/><BR/>I just don't remember a lot of howls at Rich at the time.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-74437930289887208562007-12-11T17:40:00.000-05:002007-12-11T17:40:00.000-05:00The war *is* over.We are now an occupying military...The war *is* over.<BR/><BR/>We are now an occupying military in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Will the candidates begin to use the word 'occupation?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-86359443350783608362007-12-11T16:15:00.000-05:002007-12-11T16:15:00.000-05:00Like soooo much with these guys it has nothing to ...Like soooo much with these guys it has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with perception. The idea is to keep the issue out of the '08 elections because its a loser for the Republicans. If its repeated enough Democratic politicians will believe it and and leave the war off the table. Thus removing a very large thorn from the collective Republican rump. My guess is that it'll work exactly as planned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-31016744065255127572007-12-11T15:57:00.000-05:002007-12-11T15:57:00.000-05:00Hi Greg-not about the article, but rather about th...Hi Greg-<BR/>not about the article, but rather about the caption to the photo of Van Gogh's tombstone, which is in Auvers-sur-Oise, not Arles.<BR/>Thanks for the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-74819882763123697442007-12-11T15:56:00.000-05:002007-12-11T15:56:00.000-05:00David Brooks is incomparably stupid. As I wrote t...David Brooks is incomparably stupid. As I wrote to him after one of his incomparably stupid columns prior to the Annapolis conference:<BR/><BR/>"Perhaps you hadn't noticed, but a region that lived in an uneasy but at least mostly nonfatal peace on Jan. 20, 2001, is now pretty much 2,000 unbroken miles of bloodshed, mayhem, and chaos -- from the Indus to the Mediterranean. Now, as their crowning achievement, George and Condi are going to bring peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Why am I not reassured? <BR/><BR/>Gore Vidal has taken to calling our fearless leader President Jonah, because like his Biblical predecessor, he brings catastrophe to whoever is near. Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, those Polish twins -- so much roadkill. Howard and Musharraf are next.<BR/><BR/>Once, the road to Jerusalem ran through Tehran. Now you tell us the road to Tehran runs through Jerusalem. Well, I'm always curious to see how things look<BR/>Through the Looking Glass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-17315399458853814172007-12-11T15:12:00.000-05:002007-12-11T15:12:00.000-05:00I agree with Mark. The "Big Three" Dem candidates ...I agree with Mark. The "Big Three" Dem candidates don't want to discuss Iraq in depth; to the degree they've said anything, their approach is "Stay the Course"-lite.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-48438375677632824832007-12-11T14:25:00.000-05:002007-12-11T14:25:00.000-05:00thank you. i do them every.single. day. leave mess...thank you. i do them every.single. day. leave messages. write emails. send snail mail. send pictures of now dead soldiers to the politicians that keep funding this war. i protest. i do everything i can. for what. even when i and thousands of others can prove without question that politicians and writers have no idea what they are talking about, they get to stay in office, keep writing articles, keep being brought on as experts to tv shows. still i try, and until people start working together to collectively attack these 'experts" and make them miserable if they lie, nothing will change.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293499588230861426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-82175859873714512242007-12-11T14:15:00.000-05:002007-12-11T14:15:00.000-05:00Jesus fucking christ. Does anyone think that if, s...Jesus fucking christ. Does anyone think that if, say, the Social Security (non) "crisis" were polling at these numbers, the WaPo and over other Village outlet would not be screaming at the top of their lungs, demanding that every candidate to discuss nothing else? <BR/><BR/>The level of propagandization of our discourse, the fraudulence of how democracy is conducted in the US, is a matter of unceasing amazement and discouragement to me.Potato Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197891921849976586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-26078990840363546032007-12-11T13:05:00.000-05:002007-12-11T13:05:00.000-05:00SteveM - do you think it's cute or funny to try to...SteveM - do you think it's cute or funny to try to trick people by citing a piece diametrically opposed in intent and meaning to the pieces by Beinart and Bobo to lend them support? The Rich piece says that the public is against the war and that it cannot be won without public support, so the war is 'over'. <BR/><BR/>I swear, without the lie you people would have literally nothing to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-28959561452604509282007-12-11T12:50:00.000-05:002007-12-11T12:50:00.000-05:00ian: why don't YOU do these things instead of whin...ian: why don't YOU do these things instead of whining about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-13557895378358672902007-12-11T12:36:00.000-05:002007-12-11T12:36:00.000-05:00Saying "The war is over" and meaning "The public h...Saying "The war is over" and meaning "The public has started tuning out the war" isn't even original with Brooks -- Frank Rich <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/opinion/14rich.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow">said the same thing two years ago.</A>Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-59048432850808447352007-12-11T11:53:00.000-05:002007-12-11T11:53:00.000-05:00You're right on the money here about this absurd m...You're right on the money here about this absurd media meme. Yet the whole bunch of nonsense, currently cropping up in the same vein, does have a sinister purpose. Wankers like Brooks et al. know full well that many of us opposed to the war are tired of begging Democratic "leaders" on Capitol Hill to stop funding it. Thus, the war-- as something that can reasonably be expected to wind down soon-- still infuriates us, but also frustrates us. Some less motivated opponents might be falling into a somewhat more apathetic, or even defeated, stance. People like Brooks are only too happy to pounce on sullen, dejected frustration as the next best thing to real acceptance! These idiotic commentaries seek to sway the completely clueless into thinking the anti-war movement is somehow "over," or "done."Ulysseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763975139445755569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-72641162926540487662007-12-11T11:35:00.000-05:002007-12-11T11:35:00.000-05:00OK Greg...so now what? With all due respect, why d...<I>OK Greg...so now what? With all due respect, why does your column and fact checking matter at all.</I><BR/><BR/>Someone has to record this. Someone has to call out the falsehoods. Someone has to actually tell the truth. <BR/><BR/>It matters because even if a little truth is told to a few thousand people, it still counts as the truth.<BR/><BR/>Greg can't destroy the lazy media infrastructure, but he can maintain integrity so that when collapses under its own irrelevance, there will be smarter, better, more honest writers there to fill the void.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290152190457552426.post-63074409021776783792007-12-11T11:33:00.000-05:002007-12-11T11:33:00.000-05:00What these folks are referring to is a tacit agree...What these folks are referring to is a tacit agreement among all candidates (D and R) to not talk about Iraq. Everyone wants to fixate on the horse race and the Pete Hoekstras keep whispering to the Joe Kleins to look away from Crazy Uncle George - which they are only too happy to do. That soldiers are dying while they ignore it until 1/20/09 is an unforunate bit of reality they will reflect deeply on at a later date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com