Global Spin

I was originally going to write another post about the cost of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, but two people far more important than I am have written things you should read instead. First, bask in the calm brilliance that is Keith Olbermann’s response to the president’s recent comments on Vietnam.   If you didn’t [...]

Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Government, Iraq, Politics, To Help on November 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Once again, Keith Olbermann gets right to the point and says it in a way I never could: At the dedication of the Gettysburg Memorial — barely four months after the last soldier staggered from another Pennsylvania field — Mr. Lincoln said, “we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave [...]

Posted by Chris in Government, History, Iraq, Journalism, News/Media, Politics, Television on September 12th, 2006 | Comments Off

From Crooks & Liars, thanks to Brian: Keith [Olbermann] had some very choice words about Rumsfeld’s “fascism” comments tonight. Watch it, save it and share it. Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld’s comments echoes other times in our world’s history when anyone who questioned the administration was coined as [...]

Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, Journalism, News/Media, Politics, World on August 31st, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Here’s a ponderable: was a man at JFK actually required to remove his t-shirt because it had a peace protest slogan in arabic? If so, what does that say about the (police) state of our airports?

Posted by Chris in Iraq, Security Theater, Travel on August 31st, 2006 | 2 Comments »

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this study before, but I finally found a source I can cite.  Back in 1998, the International Center for Technology Assessment released a study called “The Real Price of Gasoline.”  It showed that if all the costs of gasoline (including subsidies and externalized costs) were included in the price at the [...]

Posted by Chris in Environment, Government, Iraq, Reference, Uncategorized, World on July 15th, 2006 | 1 Comment »