tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61000782009-02-21T08:32:17.627-08:00"As you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2003andrew stuart morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423831002846218369noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6100078.post-1074982909149704132004-01-24T14:19:00.000-08:002004-01-24T14:26:41.310-08:00

Please update your bookmarks and links and head on over to Times New Roman Online Thanks for your patience. Andrew Stuart Morrison

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Thank you for being patient everyone. Times New Roman Online is getting a long-overdue major overhaul. I am in the process of switching websites, moving to a dot com that I own, which allows me to upload images and films, keep track of stats more easily, and let's give you the opportunity to comment on every post. Generally, it is getting a shot in the arm in terms of aesthetics and functionality

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It appears as if the Bush administration is going to turn back to the U.N after scolding the body as ineffective and irrelevant. This from the BBC: White House officials say the United Nations is to be asked to go back into Iraq to help oversee the transfer of power to the Iraqis. The US will try to persuade the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, to back the plan to set up an unelected

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I've been on a Thompson kick for the third time in my life, reading Songs of the Doomed again and now Kingdom of Fear. There is nobody out there like him and I've realised after having his words in my head for a few days that we need more from him and more like him. Please, more crazed, Dunhill smoking, drug-addled, Mace-loving journalists! That would suit me just fine after having to be

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Not that big a deal. It will probably work against him more than anything else. Is it really a good plug to have Madonna and Michael Moore as your blowhorns in the culture sphere? Better than Britney, I suppose, or Sting. Too true, you might think...but have a look at his endorsement letter and the points he raises. As Moore reminds us, this is Wesley Clark's take on the NRA: You like to fire

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I love the kind of laughter that comes when things are deadly serious. To wit, it's a rare combination. Have a look at this video from Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. It will make you angry and cause you to pee in your pants at the same time which is, I've found, an oddly pleasurable sensation.

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The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released their long awaited report on the threat Saddam Hussein's Iraq posed to the United States and the verdict does not look good for the Bush administration. The non-partisan and highly respected think tank has confirmed the long held notion that undue political influence on intelligence estimates resulted in a poor decision-making environment,

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I'm still wary of Bush and his traveling freakshow of babbling spindoctors conjuring up some anthrax in a bunker somewhere in Iraq, perhaps a week before election day, but I just don't know, and I'll tell you why: I thought Saddam had the damn weapons and so did you (don't lie fellas). Nothing too serious, no nukes or anything that nasty, but at least a milk carton of some evil botulism or a few

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I seldom find myself trawling for interesting news at MSNBC because my efforts are not usually rewarded, but tonight I came across an interesting article on how American soldiers are dealing with the psychological effects of combat. Here is an excerpt: In a "normal" war, only 10 percent of the Army's forces would be in frontline combat roles—the others would have support duties and be far from

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For a tight encapsulation of the fallacy that has been and remains the U.S War on Terror, read William Cook's essay at Counterpunch entitled Failure to Respond to 9-11.

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Slap a beard on Perle and he could be Santa. I read this Telegraph article and was struck by the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill permeating it. When there's no one left to bomb will they go away? Read on: President George W Bush was sent a public manifesto yesterday by Washington's hawks, demanding regime change in Syria and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North Korea backed by

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This article from Arab News: Lest anyone forget the power of incumbency, President George W. Bush delivered a few reminders in the past few weeks. The capture of Saddam Hussein and the announcement that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi had agreed to open his country to weapons inspections demonstrated that ability of the occupant of the White House to generate positive and transformative news.

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It's snowing here so naturally my thoughts return to the plane crash in Egypt. It's too weird out here (on the deck). I can hear the ocean and the ships bleating in the white darkness but the streets are quiet with the big flakes falling. Ok, so my first thought was terror. My second is more disturbing: the Egyptian President was going to meet Tony Blair at Sharm el-Sheikh today, security is

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Check out the BBC Breaking News story here. Initially I'm freaked out because it was a clear day and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Sharm el Sheikh as we speak, right where the plane went down on the Red Sea coast. It's odd that terror is what we think of first rather than the French tourists on board who just disintegrated. I wonder if many people look at the great buildings or

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I'm always a little surprised that all of Vancouver Island hasn't been developed, paved, and sold for top dollar every time I go over there. It is God's country, brutha, and I'm an athiest. I had a great time. Nothing but food, beers, surf, rainforest, and good company. I've revisited a book idea which might have merit, and will probably go forward with that and Times New Roman concurrently. I

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I'm going to the island for a week for the Christmas holidays so postings might be few and far between over the next few days. Before I go, I just wanted to respond to a question a colleague asked me yesterday as to why I haven't been posting about the day to day loss of American soldiers in Iraq for the last week or two. It isn't the result of a thought-out decision on my part, but I've been

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I would give my lunch money to see Bush and Clark in a nationally televised debate. It would almost be unsportsmanlike of Clark to really go at him full-speed, but it would certainly be a rare treat to watch. The New York Times, perhaps foreshadowing such a debate, has an article up with Clark ripping Bush's Iraq policy. Here is an excerpt: Gen. Wesley K. Clark on Monday blamed "bad leadership"

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Phew. Though he is still considering an independent candidacy, the man some claim gave Bush the White House by running in 2000 (therefore splitting the left), will not run as a Green. Thanks, buddy.

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Ok. I'm a little curious to know if this story has any juice to it. If you see anything, let me know. The story goes: Saddam was held by the Kurds before being delivered to his spider-hole. Rumour or fact, believe it, don't...I don't care...but if this is true I must hand it to the Bush administration for the gumption. I realise it's a dirty business but they sure can make it amusing.

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Paul Krugman has a great op-ed piece in The New York Times entitled "Telling it Right". Have a look: "This is a very, very important part of history, and we've got to tell it right." So says Thomas Kean, chairman of the independent commission investigating the 9/11 attacks. Mr. Kean promises major revelations in testimony next month: "This was not something that had to happen." We'll see: maybe

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I just read in an interesting article in The New Yorker by Philip Gourevitch entitled "Winning and Losing" Enjoy: One day late last summer, as the tally of bombings, shootings, and acts of sabotage against the American occupation in Iraq took on the unmistakable profile of a war of guerrilla insurgency, the office of Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, at the Pentagon, designed and

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If the United States was ever presented with a perfect candidate for President since JFK, Wesley Clark is that man. I've been intrigued by Clark since reading a bio on him during the Balkans War. His credentials blow every other Democratic candidate out of the water, and when you stand him up to Bush, he towers above the child president in character, intelligence, and experience. I've just

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Breaking News from the BBC: Libya's leader Colonel Gaddafi has said his country sought to develop weapons of mass destruction capabilities but will dismantle this programme completely, Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced. "This decision is an historic one and a courageous one and I applaud it," Mr Blair said. My first reaction is big deal. I doubt the program was serious. I'm suspicious

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I am more than a bit surprised that the media isn't jumping all over former Republican Governor (NJ) Thomas Kean's comments concerning the findings of his Bush sanctioned, independent National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. What gives, CNN? Mark Gisleson poses the same question over at Bush Wars, asking his readers to stay on the look-out for any new sightings of this

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It's alway disturbing to be reading the news only to find that the President of Iran agrees with me: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has said Saddam Hussein is unlikely to receive a fair trial because he could reveal too many embarrassing details. "Saddam will undoubtedly make statements that will not be pleasing to many people among those who are now standing against Saddam," he said. Iran -

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