cov·er-up Function: noun 1 : a device or stratagem for masking or concealing ; also : a usually concerted effort to keep an illegal or unethical act or situation from being made public “Four 9/11 Moms Watch Rumsfeld And Grumble” by Gail Sheehy, March 30, 2004, New York Observer: The Moms had tried to get [...]
If hypocrisy were poisonous, Madeleine “Dead Kids Are Worth It” Albright’s statement today would be as lethal as the vicious Iraqi sanctions she supported that killed over half a million Iraqi kids. You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day. It is a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children [...]
How come heads roll over a bombing in Baghdad that claimed 22 lives, but when 3,000 people die in the worst terrorist attack in the history of the US, not one person is fired or held accountable in any way? What’s the difference?
Sean-Paul at the Agonist and Nathan at Argus are having an interesting exchange of speculation on the situation in Uzbekistan. Both Sean-Paul and Nathan’s posts are crammed full of links, excerpts and knowledgeable commentary. Sean-Paul discusses the possibility of an al Qaida connection to the bombings here- L’Affaire d’Ouzbeq and here – L’affaire d’Ouzbeq, Part [...]
It is for some time now that the International Crisis Group has featured prominently in agency reports and newspaper articles, especially when dealing with the Balkans. If just one “expert” is quoted in any report, odds are it will be someone from the ICG. With more than one, it is guaranteed. But why? Chris Deliso [...]
Bravo, Senator Daschle! I’m also tired of the the Bush Administration’s attacks on those who criticize them! Read today’s Floor Statement by Senator Daschle, on the Abuse of Government Power.
