Must: Freedom Isn’t Free, Esp. for Our Troops; War Is Not Fantastic; Borat Hussien Osama; and More!

Posted by Freddie on January 26, 2007 under Uncategorized |

“Officer Refused to Deploy to Iraq“, by Terry Gross (Fresh Air, NPR)
Enlisting turns out not to be the best way to explore your constitutional rights. Learn the sad story of Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada, who might as well be at Guantanamo.

“In Baghdad, The Story Hits Home“, by Robert Bazell (The Daily Nightly, NBC)
War is not, as it turns out, fantastic. Did we not learn anything from two world wars, Korea, or Vietnam in the past century? Oh, right: none of those were pre-emptive wars fought on the basis of a vice president’s 1% doctrine.

“The Schooling of Barack Obama“, by Jake Tapper (Political Punch, ABC)
Liberadio(!), which learned it from watching the White House, occasionally likes to set the record straight. For instance, take the echoes from the chamber regarding Borat Hussein Osama’s radical madrassa education to be a terrorist who could become president. In fact, take it to the trash. Some real journalists finally got ahold of the Drudge-like smear and thoroughly debunked it.

“Obama Says It Is Time for Universal Health Care“, by Tahman Bradley (Political Radar, ABC)
Following Gore’s lead of a few years ago, universal health care can now be uttered by Democratic politicians on a national stage. Let’s hope Obama’s next announcement is that he’s quit smoking in order to make this a better investment for all American taxpayers.

“The Ringer“, by Jeffrey Goldberg (New Yorker)
Despite protestations from the White House Correspondents’ Association as well as the White House, Rich Little knows why he was hired for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “…Believe me,” he said,” you won’t hear the word ‘Iraq’ out of my mouth the whole evening. They know I’m a safe bet over there at the White House.” Snort.