Markos, what's up?
Yet another Daily Kos diarist strays into anti-semitic territory with a post critical of the Israel lobby in the United States entitled Portrait of a Great Taboo: The Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States; the diarist links to video posted on the Vanguard News Network, a neo-nazi white supremacist site, whose motto is purported to be "No Jews. Just Right".Let's see how long this tripe stays posted.
Interestingly enough, a previous post by this Kos diarist, Sabbah, included an illustration by Carlos Latuff, an artist whose work was featured in and earned a second place finish (and $4000.00) in Iran's holocast denial cartoon contest.Such are the perils of providing so much access to such a broad array of diarists on a given blog site; once you post something and it is out there, you can never, ever reel it back in.Is Kos erecting a tent so big that Alex Linder can now find shelter within it? I don't think that was his intent when he launched DK back in the day.Getting past the post's echo chamber commentary, which veers into anti-semitism at times (or as defenders at all costs of left leaning sites say, "harmless satire"), someone rebuked this seemingly anti-progressive train of thought far more effectively than I could:
American Jewish citizens have a right to expresstheir views without being
charged with placing the interests of Israel aheadof those of the United States.
. .It is high time that the suggestion thatsomehow Jews are especially
disqualified from having a voice in the affairs ofwhatever nation they belong to
(lest they come to be a sinister cabal) wasbanished from acceptable political
discourse. By that I don't mean itshould become a criminal offence; I mean
merely that it should be regarded androundly condemned by everyone of
progressive democratic outlook for what itis: at best, a disgraceful exercise in
the operation of double standards; atworst, anti-Semitism.
Well said. Now, let us see if any diarists come out on this site with a viewpoint that counters the illustrious Sabbah's, or at least arguesthat lying in bed with neo-nazis, fascists, white supremacists, and the Iranian Mullahs is a terrible vantage point from which to advance one's supposedly progressive views.And the real acid test for Kos' influence in the coming election cycles will be whether progressive candidates believe that posting diaries on the site ties them to the anti - semitic crew that is beginning to post with greater regularity and enthusiasm there.
Vamos a ver.
UPDATE: The diarist changed his link to the recommended documentary; now his readers are no longer required to view a video posted by neo-nazis; they can view the exact same video (touted by neo-nazis as being aligned with their perverse viewpoint), posted by someone else. Great.
Note: This post originally appeared at www.wilsonizer.blogspot.com, FYI!
Good eye Bob.
ReplyDeleteHere's another left wing message I thought people might be interested in.
ReplyDeleteShortly after shots rang out at Virginia Tech, Democratic gun-control advocates called for action.
"I believe this will reignite the dormant effort to pass common-sense gun regulations," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a New York Democrat, said, "The unfortunate situation in Virginia could have been avoided if congressional leaders stood up to the gun lobby."
The House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee announced it would hold a hearing on college campus safety next week. "We must start now to learn what we can do to prevent things like this from happening in the future," said Committee Chairman George Miller, a California Democrat.
Trish,
ReplyDeleteYou totally ignored the following , taken from the Encyclopedia...what's your response?
"Trish,
"Startle Pattern, an extremely rapid psychophysiological response of an organism to a sudden and unexpected stimulus such as a loud sound or a blinding flash of light. In human beings it is characterized by involuntary bending of the limbs and a spasmodic avoidance movement of the head. Musculature returns to normal in less than one second, although elevations in heart rate, respiration, and skin conductance persist slightly longer. The startle pattern occurs in all normal humans and all mammals when tested in a relatively uniform manner. The pattern is resistant to extinction or modification by learning, although its intensity may be reduced by repetition or anticipation. The response seems to be an instinctive mechanism for self-defense and, in humans, is probably the initiating element of more general emotional reactions, both motor expressions and conscious experiences. The startle reaction—known as the Moro, or Moro embrace, reflex in children—is particularly conspicuous in infants up to three or four months old."
Trish it's not a long article and not hard for most to understand. You look like a fool continuing to defend your ignorant position.
So, an you face the truth? Everyone else on the blog can read it and know how silly you're looking.
In human beings it is characterized by involuntary bending of the limbs and a spasmodic avoidance movement of the head
Yeah Trish ... no guts?
ReplyDelete"Good eye"
ReplyDeleteWhich I read as "Good bye"
Couldn't figure out what bob could have possibly done to be 86'd from the Bar.
Damascus — When Syrians head to the polls this week to elect a new parliament, Iraq will be on their minds — but not in the way that the Bush administration envisioned four years ago, when it held high hopes that toppling Saddam Hussein would set off a democratic domino effect that would unseat the region’s authoritarian rulers.
ReplyDeleteInstead, the American invasion of Iraq has produced a cauldron of sectarian violence, driving more than 1 million refugees into Syria. According to Syrian opposition figures, the chaos in Iraq has boosted the internal appeal of the stable, if dictatorial, Ba’athist regime in Damascus and dealt a heavy blow to the country’s already fragile and divided opposition by granting President Bashar al-Assad a ready-made campaign slogan: us or an Iraqi-style meltdown. Moreover, the open talk in Washington of bringing about regime change in Damascus after Syria’s withdrawal from Lebanon in 2005 has provided the authorities with a nationalist rallying cry against foreign powers and a golden opportunity to depict its opponents as Western stooges.
“The regime tells the people: ‘You want democracy? Look at the chaos in Iraq. Look at Hamas, prevented from ruling despite winning democratic elections. Look at the tension in Lebanon!’” said Riad Seif, a leading opposition figure who recently spent four-and-a-half years in jail because of his pro-democracy activism. “The image of the U.S. is so bad that if you’re against the regime, you’re an American spy.”
The main opposition groups have decided to boycott the elections in protest of the Ba’ath Party’s monopoly on power. But their leaders readily acknowledge that rather than a sign of strength, the move is a symbolic step with little impact.
So instead of casting ballots to express their democratic rights, Syrians will once again participate in a series of staged elections where the cards are stacked in favor of the regime. After the legislative elections this week, a presidential referendum will be held in August, when Assad’s re-election is guaranteed. Municipal elections will take place in the fall.
There is a lot more there about Syrian prospects in the "Democracy Project"
Holo-denial and lying in bed with neo-nazis, is not a good thing to do or be.
ReplyDeleteNor is the marginal planetary trundle marked by any significant range of vocalization.
This is the line of the Aspersburger consumption.
Rhode Island Votes To Move 2008 Primary To Tomorrow
ReplyDeletePROVIDENCE, RI—The Rhode Island legislature has passed a law moving the state's presidential primary to tomorrow, forcing candidates from both parties to hastily revise their schedules and platforms.
"I love Rhode Island, always have—especially the people," said Sen. John Edwards while being briefed on Rhode Island politics aboard a plane bound for Providence. "Just because it's a small state doesn't mean it's not important. Frankly, I've always believed Rhode Island, or the 'Ocean State,' as I prefer to call it, should be much bigger—an issue on which my opponents have remained curiously silent."
Former Gov. Mitt Romney announced his intention to release a 10-point plan addressing the issues that most deeply affect Rhode Islanders, as soon as he and his staff figure out what those issues are.
Oh boy free beer
ReplyDeleteThe shots rang out at VT. Lives were lost.
But how many lost their lives in our occupation in Iraq?
Isn't the green zone safe?
We need to impeach Bush and pull out now.
Dull subject, move to new subject.
The official IRNA news agency quoted Vice President Rahim Mashaei, who is also head of Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization, as saying Thursday that the "opening of the Sivand Dam is no danger for Pasargadae" but did not mention the Royal Passage or Persepolis.
ReplyDeleteArchaeologist Parviz Varjavand said "irreplaceable human heritage" will be lost.
"This ruling establishment gives no value to Iran's cultural heritage. It is an act of stupidity and obstinacy," he said.
Ancient Sites
Whatever the cause This has been going on in Australia for some time now.
ReplyDeleteCopy Catting
ReplyDeleteRat's right.
Andrew Rosenblum, 20, pleaded not guilty today to three counts of intent to do bodily harm. He must wear the monitoring device until his trial.
ReplyDeleteRosenblum was arrested in Newton-Wellesley Hospital today and arraigned a few hours later in Roxbury District Court.
Rosenblum shuffled into court this morning to face charges he sent threatening e-mails to an ex-girlfriend where he allegedly said he would recreate the Virginia Tech bloodshed at her school, Wheelock College.
$50k Bail
Seems more of the GOP Senators are dumping on Gonzo, after his memory failed him, over 70 times, today
ReplyDeleteRepublican as well as Democratic lawmakers challenged the embattled attorney general during an often-bitter five-hour hearing before the Judiciary Committee. Lawmakers confronted Gonzales with documents and sworn testimony they said showed he was more involved in the dismissals than he contended.
"The best way to put this behind us is your resignation," Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma bluntly told Gonzales, one conservative to another. Gonzales disagreed, rejecting the idea that his departure would put the controversy to rest.
Even with the White House offering fresh support, it was a long day for the attorney general. Seventy-one times he fell back on faulty memory, saying he could not recall or remember conversations or events surrounding the firings. During breaks in the hearing, sign-waving protesters rose from the audience calling for him to resign.
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"The notion that there was something that was improper that happened here is simply not supported," Gonzales said, adding that he would make the same decisions again.
Late Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions said in a telephone interview that the Justice Department might be better served with new leadership. "I think it's going to be difficult for him to be an effective leader," said Sessions, a Republican member of the Judiciary Committee and former federal prosecutor.
"At this point, I think (Gonzales) should be given a chance to think it through and talk to the president about what his future should be," Sessions said, adding that he was most troubled by Gonzales' inability to recall attending a meeting at which the firings were discussed. Documents provided by the Justice Department show he was present at the Nov. 27, 2006, meeting.
There are more pressing matters than words at Daily Kos.
ReplyDeleteNamely a three pronged attack from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria utilizing rocket and missile barrages; and improved air defenses.
Hezbollah is Rearming for another round with Israel
Syria Has a New Plan
Tehran arms Lebanese Hizballah militia with air defense missile wing as part of war build-up
The improved air defense capabilities are especially interesting.
Storm clouds on the horizon?
Gonzo needs to go.
ReplyDeleteOne of Bushes failures is his blind eye , tin ear to threats to his administration. It's an inability to understand the difference between being loyal to an appointee/friend and his responsibility to move the country forward by using his political capital wisely.
Now what little political capital he has is being eroded by an AG who is more Muppett than AG.
I guess it's too late for him to learn that he doesn't have to ride over the cliff with every screw up in his administration.
Loyalty is a great thing but the President has an entire superpower country to lead and can ill afford to squander his power. Gonzo must go.
That first link is the most interesting, elijah.
ReplyDeleteSaid at the time that the Israeli hit the wrong enemy, when they went into Lebanon. I thought that Syria would have made a more savory target, and would have helped US in Iraq.
Instead there was 34 days of not much, but HB propaganda gains.
I understand Israeli politics less with each passing month, but it seems that all those who "knew" Mr Olmert could not survive the Lebanon debacle were mistaken.
The arguements that Israel "won" that engagement do not seem to be borne out by subsequent events.
Hope those 3,000 M16s we supplied to Hamas, via Fatah, do not cause much damage to Israelis, though I wouldn't feel any of the collective guilt if they do.
DR,
ReplyDeleteA while back you mentioned some more vigorous enforcement of the Tenth Amendment would be nice..
Here's a true story of Jeb Bush and the Tenth Amendment.
At an invitation only political forum when Jeb was running for governor for the first time a Q&A came up per usual. I was an unknown to most of the Rep Party bigwigs in the room but I stood and asked Jeb.
"Mr. Bush, as Governor what will you do to enforce the Tenth Amendment to the constitution to protect the citizens of the state of Florida from unfunded federal mandates?"
He replied, "I'm not familiar with the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution so I can't fully answer your question"
If looks could have killed I'd be a dead man cause the party faithful didn't like their man being shown up on the Bill of Rights.
I ran into him later in the year at a cocktail party and managed to fit in face to face the same question...this time he had an answer.
True story.
I agree with you on the Tenth being more vigourously defended by the states, but I fear it is a lost cause.
The gun control movement reifies guns and attributes to inanimate objects the behavioral failings of humans. Events such as the Blacksburg shootings by a deranged student provide powerful propaganda for gun control.
ReplyDeleteThose who would overturn the Second Amendment should not proceed blind to the fact that stripped of the right to bear arms, the people would be stripped of the right and the means to resist government oppression.
Overturning the Second Amendment would complete the transformation of the American people from citizens empowered to hold government accountable to mere subjects of executive power.
State or People
Gonzo should have never been.
ReplyDeleteLike the Church Lady Supreme Wanna Be,
ReplyDeleteThe Border Enforcing Barbie Doll,
Normie the Sky Ranger,
etc.
Repeal of the second amendment guarantees another revolution.
ReplyDelete‘Copycat’ threats reported nationwide
ReplyDeleteThe scare comes as schools nationwide have been reporting would-be “copycat” threats in the wake of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech by Cho Seung-Hui, who killed 32 people Monday before killing himself.
Several high schools in metropolitan Detroit were on high alert Thursday after threats referring to the Virginia Tech shootings were found in bathrooms at two Oakland County schools, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College was shut down for the rest of the week, NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit reported.
Eight buildings reopened Thursday after they were evacuated Wednesday at the University of Minnesota when a bomb threat was found in a chemistry building restroom.
Wednesday, Hastings College of the Law at the University of California shut down after police noticed a blog posting threatening a shooting on campus, NBC affiliate KNTV of San Francisco reported.
Since Monday’s killings, similar threats have also led to investigations or temporary lockdowns of schools in Arizona, Louisiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, according to local reports compiled by MSNBC.com.
Doug,
ReplyDeleteLike the Church Lady Supreme Wanna Be,
The Border Enforcing Barbie Doll,
Normie the Sky Ranger,
etc.
Is this code or am I just to stupid or old to understand?
The Gods Are Gone But The Sky Remains
ReplyDeleteThat is disturbing as hell, all those lock downs across the country. What in the hell is wrong with us, is the whole country nuts?
Whatever happen to:
ReplyDeleteJoe Buzz
FellowPeaceKeeper
Dave h
Lord Acton
Charlotte
allen
harrison
barry
ladyhawk
the wobbly guy
ppab
aspergersgentleman
buddy larsen
????
and others I'm sure I've missed?
all use to contribute
ReplyDeletewhere's Teresita and Rufus,Alexis,PeterBoston,Utopian Parkway?
We need some more women around here, I think.
ReplyDeleteRufus is on a trip.
We had Deb34D-aka Swallow--but she fainted dead away in a swoon over Rat:)
ReplyDeletedid the wagons get too tightly circled here?
ReplyDeleteSparrowhills said...
ReplyDeleteTrish,
You totally ignored the following , taken from the Encyclopedia...what's your response?
"Trish,
"Startle Pattern, an extremely rapid psychophysiological response of an organism to a sudden and unexpected stimulus such as a loud sound or a blinding flash of light. In human beings it is characterized by involuntary bending of the limbs and a spasmodic avoidance movement of the head. Musculature returns to normal in less than one second, although elevations in heart rate, respiration, and skin conductance persist slightly longer. The startle pattern occurs in all normal humans and all mammals when tested in a relatively uniform manner. The pattern is resistant to extinction or modification by learning, although its intensity may be reduced by repetition or anticipation. The response seems to be an instinctive mechanism for self-defense and, in humans, is probably the initiating element of more general emotional reactions, both motor expressions and conscious experiences. The startle reaction—known as the Moro, or Moro embrace, reflex in children—is particularly conspicuous in infants up to three or four months old."
Trish it's not a long article and not hard for most to understand. You look like a fool continuing to defend your ignorant position.
So, an you face the truth? Everyone else on the blog can read it and know how silly you're looking.
In human beings it is characterized by involuntary bending of the limbs and a spasmodic avoidance movement of the head
Thu Apr 19, 06:43:00 PM EDT
Maybe they are on the wagon, sobering up.
ReplyDeletethen trish went dark..
ReplyDeletecouldn't answer or admit her error.
humans don't have instincts....hmmm
well Bob-L I know it'll taint you forever, having me address you directly but I'm headed to bed. nite
ReplyDeleteIn a situation like this, we want to know the exact events that set the murderer off so we can stop people like Cho Seung-Hui before they kill again. But, in the spiderweb of a mass murderer's mind, you never know what sort of muddled thinking and bizarre associations may be present.
ReplyDeleteSeung-Hui could have been upset because he fantasized about a girl and she didn't give him the time of day, because of bad grades, or even because of a misinterpreted remark that the average person wouldn't have thought about for two seconds. On the other hand, despite all of his planning, if Seung-Hui had a happier week, he may have never gone through with his plans to murder those students.
The reality is that we're never going to really understand the "why" behind Seung-Hui's actions any more than we truly understand why Klebold and Harris murdered kids at Columbine, Ed Gein had a necklace made out of human lips, or why Ted Bundy eventually chose to rape and murder his way across the country.
Why did he do that?
I think due to our prolonged childhood and adolesence we humans, while not instinctless, are really quite 'open'. We've got reactions like any organism, but we are not programed, like say, those little turtles that are born on the beach, and first thing they do, without being taught by momma, is head for the surf. And fast too as the gulls are coming. When they hit the water, the fish come on. Life is tough.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't taint me Habu. Sleep tight now.
Why the fascination with Kos?
ReplyDeleteAll I can say, Habu, is that you better not pick a fight with me. 'Cause I don't go dark, I go supernova. And when I'm done I'll take the light out of youz.
ReplyDeleteFirst Lt. Gwilym J. Newman, 24, recently of Waldorf, a tank platoon commander, died April 12 of gun wounds he sustained while on foot patrol with his platoon in Tarmiyah, Iraq.
ReplyDeleteSgt. Edelman L. Hernandez, 23, of Hyattsville, an infantryman also on foot patrol with his unit, drowned April 11 in the Korengal River, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan.
‘‘It took us by surprise. We weren’t expecting anything like this,” said Samantha Rose Newman, of her husband’s death.
Soldiers Die in Afghanistan, Iraq
I don't think Mark Steyn was referring Startle Pattern in his description of Professor Lebrescu's actions as instinctive.
ReplyDeleteHad we common inborn patterns of activity or tendencies to action to rely upon, we would not have to depend on education of any kind to propagate the values and virtues necessary for the everyday functioning of individual human beings and their societies. We could simply rely upon automatic knowledge, biologically inherited behavior, to defend ourselves and our culture in a given circumstance - letting untrained human tendencies, whatever those may be, dictate what they will.
We do not, of course, do that.
I thought this generally understood even, and especially, among conservatives.
And I certainly don't believe the impeachment of Bush is necessary.
We are a mix of instincts, upbringing, environment, reason, and etc Trish.
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Habu,
Gonzo should have never been. (AG)
Bush Appointee
Church Lady = Harriet Meirs
Bush Appointee
The Border Enforcing Barbie Doll= 35 year old Chick w/no relevant experience that Bush Appointed to head Immigration Dept.
(She's the niece of one of the four stars he got to know)
Normie the Sky Ranger, Clinton Democrat FAA Chief that New Tone Bush left in.
Norman Minetta, who decreed that purple haired grandmothers get exactly the same treatment as 20 year old Arabs w/backpacks and Obama tatoos.
One poor kid was ruined for life when they used him as a subject in which they banged two pieces of steel together many times right behind his head in some Skinnerian Madhouse.
ReplyDeleteInstinct is the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior. Instincts are generally inherited patterns of responses or reactions to certain kinds of stimuli. In humans they are most easily observed in behaviors such as emotions, sexual drive, and other bodily functions, as these are largely biologically determined.
ReplyDelete"In humans they are most easily observed in behaviors such as emotions, sexual drive, and other bodily functions, as these are largely biologically determined."
ReplyDeleteAnd yet we do not, apart from purely bodily functions, hold these universally in common. Did we, we would not observe the wide variations in human behavior entailing emotions and sexual drive that we do.
Governments must quit relying on gas taxes and find other ways to fund transportation projects, former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta told participants of a transportation conference.
ReplyDeletePossible revenue sources include public-private partnerships to build toll roads and bridges, he said.
"There isn't a silver bullet for our congestion problems," Mineta said Wednesday at the Transportation Means Business conference in Montgomery. "Everything should be on the table."
Funding Avenues
Reid Offers Bleak Assessment of Iraq War
ReplyDeleteApr 19, 9:50 PM (ET)
By ANNE FLAHERTY
(AP) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops. The bleak assessment - the most pointed yet from Reid - came as the House voted 215-199 to uphold legislation ordering troops out of Iraq next year.
Reid said he told President Bush on Wednesday he thought the war could not be won through military force, although he said the U.S. could still pursue political, economic and diplomatic means to bring peace to Iraq.
"I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday," said Reid, D-Nev.
Republicans pounced on the comment as evidence, they said, that Democrats do not support the troops.
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Did they pounce on it as evidence of anything else - say, for instance, that Reid is completely wrong in his assessment?
Doug,
ReplyDeleteAre you saying I fart the same way my mom farts?
I do not have a fascination with Kos, but I believe that if progressives believe so fervently in an idea that they are willing to lay down with neo-nazis and people who call for the destruction of an entire nation (ie maniacal extremists), hypocrisy like this is worth discussing.
ReplyDeletePaul Berman made similar observations in Terror and Liberalism when he noted how French pacifists abhorred the thought of war so much that they were willing to accept Nazi domination of France. The Nazis, most opine, were monsters.
Most would argue that neo-nazis, fascists, and those who would use suicide bombings to advance their political views are anathema to progressive thought; apparently Daily Kos is willing to sweep some of that under the rug.
Desert Rat, I am on a vocational semi-sabbatical, but I still find time for the occasional post (and commentary) here at EB-land!
"we would not observe the wide variations in human behavior entailing emotions and sexual drive that we do."
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So do animals.
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Sam,
Shame!
You know your mom never farts.
She does spend time farding, tho, I'll bet.
I'm sorry to hear that you were bounced from ITM, ash. I somehow think your removal will not improve things over there. I commented twice, years ago. Something about the improbability of wholesale cultural transformation by military means. I've not been back much since. Too many smiley-faces for my taste.
ReplyDeleteI see that allen has appointed himself hall monitor at BC, Doug. Lucky you.
"Have you anything to add to this discussion, or is this another attempt to hijack one of Wretchard's threads through the introduction of voluminous, wholly extraneous venting of the complaint de jour?"
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You know his favorite hobby, Trish:
Riding that High Horse.
High horse. Yeah, that's allen.
ReplyDeleteBe daring. Post a recipe or a movie review. NHL scores. Advice to the lovelorn.
Extraneate away.
:-)
ReplyDeleteProvoke the poor Bloke?
...the thought never occurred!
He does a fine job w/o assistance.
"Provoke the poor Bloke?"
ReplyDeleteWell, that would be juvenile and pointless.
Or at least juvenile.
I'm still around. Just too busy with work to think and post, tho I skim through the articles and comments as quickly as I can before bed every day.
ReplyDeleteBeing a teacher is hard work. Non-stop preparation of lesson materials(for 3 different syllabuses), marking assignments and tests, managing the school choir, two school committees, and sundry other stuff that somehow always require my attention means I start at 7am and end at 7pm.
jeeze, I can understand you being a little 'wobbly' with a schedule like that...
ReplyDeleteCommenting at ITM has intrigued me for reasons I'm never quite clear about. The discussions are rarely rigorous or well informed but you get an insight into how and why many folks think the way they do. Most all dissent has been purged from the comments though SOD is still held up as a punching bag for the mob.
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed the brothers post last week about the bullets they dodge and find lying about their roof and back yard. A daily occurrence it seems. A rare glimpse that comes from them into how tumultuous life really is in Baghdad.