The day before the mid-term elections, The Army Times is publishing this editorial, calling for the removal of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. It should be noted that although the paper is sold to military personnel, it is a private publication.
A recommendation of my own is that we return to calling the Defense Department the War Department. Invading Iraq had nothing to do with defending America.
My Google toolbar includes this “RS” link for Rolling Stone magazine. A recent item that appeared there is an interview with both Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, conducted by New York Times columnist Maureen Down. Click here to read.
If the space above is blank, blame YouTube™ — or, perhaps, Comedy Central.
I was remiss in failing to record Stephen Colbert on The Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central a few weeks ago. I figured it would show up on YouTube™, but then Comedy Central ordered all of its programming pulled from the recent $1.6b Google acquisition.
Indeed, numerous videos have been pulled by YouTube™, including one I linked to here. But, hurray, Stephen’s appearance on the benefit show for Autism remains online.
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AUGH! The jig and gig are up. Comedy Central knows the truth, and they’re out to stop us bloggers.
According to this item on ZDNet, YouTube™ is being forced to remove Comedy Central video clips. There are still plenty of Colbert clips online there, but for how long? Will they come after the cruddy bloggers?
Stephen Colbert is back from a week off. Last night he commented on last week’s shift in the Bush Administration’s characterization of its Iraq policy, and Rush Limbaugh’s comments on the Michael J. Fox commercial.
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As my father has pointed out many times, UK coverage of Iraq is quite different than it is here in the US. There is notably less attention paid to Elephant vs. Donkey racing, and many more non-American opinions.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/OCT06/BBC.mp3]Here are 8 minutes of the BBC call-in show “Have Your Say.” Brigett Kendall moderates between Georgetown U. professor Robert Lieber, and a caller in Iraq. This provides clear contrast between an academic expert and an actual resident; who, I should note, doesn’t want American troops withdrawn.
