Results of “Pre-Memorial Day Iraqi Prime Minister Handicap” Revised!
>>NOTE: The results of the Iraqi Prime Minister Handicap (reported Saturday) were premature. The correct order of finish is as follows: 1.) United States 2.) Iraqi Governing Council 3.) United Nations. After a review of the race, it was determined that United States, ridden at the last-minute by Iraqi...
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Memorial Car
Because it’s Memorial Day (and, perhaps, because the Administration has tried intensely for weeks to suppress attention to American losses) there couldn’t be a higher awareness today about the human cost of war. What brought some of the reality to me was a photo piece in yesterday’s NYT Week...
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Tragicomic
Today’s Doonesbury strip is a tribute to the U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. Primarily a listing of those who died as of April 23rd, I think it’s as poignant as it is tasteful. Here’s the link.
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An Administration That Runs Off The Map
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I’m crazy about the Newsmap. (The map creates a visual, real time picture of the biggest news stories as aggregated by Google’s news tracker. The bigger the story — according to number of links — the more display space it...
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Art Attack
The following story, entitled “FBI Abducts Artist Steve Kurtz, Seizes Art,” was picked up from the Bay Area IndyMedia. Besides his background described below, Kurtz is the author of several books, including “Electronic Civil Disobedience” and “Digital Resistance.” FEAR RUN AMOK Steve Kurtz is Associate Professor in the Department...
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Final Results Of The Pre-Memorial Day Iraqi Prime Minister Handicap: 1.) Iraqi Governing Council 2.) United Nations 3.) United States
Track Conditions: Extremely Slick. Weather: Dark Winning Time: Before Brahimi Could Blink. Owners: Baath Party/C.I.A.
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You Break It, You Fix It
The Pottery Barn analogy might have been a little too tame.
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Not Seeing Eye To Eye
So, why did the Boston Globe specifically choose this shot from the Mueller/Ashcroft press conference for Thursday’s front page? (The meeting involved a warning to the public of a possible summer attack on the U.S.) a.) good composition (with terrorist framed in the middle) b.) striking lack of eye...
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More On The Hooding Controversy: What Did He Draw, And When Did He Draw It?
In his piece last weekend, Frank Rich discusses how the hooding of Iraqi detainees, although periodically reported in the press in 2003, remained largely insignificant until the Abu Ghraib images surfaced. For example, Rich points out that the footage Michael Moore used in his film, showing U.S. troops making...
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And Porcupines Shall Overrun Her Houses
This photo, shot in 1956, is of the ruins of Babylon. It’s from a series of vintage photographs of Iraq from the University of California Riverside’s Museum of Photography. Looking at the ruins of mighty Babylon, I found myself ruminating on the nature of empire. They rise, they fall,...
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Madonna’s Radical Chic
As the phrase goes, all’s fair in love and war. In her Re-Invention process, it looks like Madonna is now working the war side. But why not? If the Administration can take war so lightly as to drop the bar on unilateral intervention, prisoner rights and targeted assassination, then...
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Liberty, Poor Headdress, And The Hunt For Mr. Rumsfeld
One thing you can’t accuse MoveOn of is a lack of audacity. To see their most recent ad, click HERE.
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Boots On The Ground
Although I was unable to find any photo documentation of today’s event (even on IndyMedia!), the American Friends Services Committee reportedly installed their exhibition “Eyes Wide Open: the Human Cost of War in Iraq” today in Washington, D.C. As part of an exhibit that is traveling to 10 cities,...
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Tomato Revisited
The only new development in the President’s big Iraq speech last night? He finally called it an “occcupation.” …I guess stubbornness can make you a little slow. (The cartoon is from last May.) send this cartoon to a friend!
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Bush, The “War” On Terror, And The Black Panthers: It Aint Just Black And White
In the bubble of the White House, Bush and Co. seem convinced they can aggressively and unilaterally pursue war in Iraq one day, then suddenly back-off and “finesse” the whole thing with a “Mission Accomplished” gesture the next. If it had been six months ago, the spin probably would...
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Glowing Parody
As far as low denominator, anti-nuke, flash animation goes, “Lil Suzy And Atomic Energy” (at virgilcrow.com) delivers the goods. I especially like the narrator. Click HERE to view.
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Every Story Tells A Picture: The Latest From Abu Ghraib
Leaving the latest Abu Ghraib pictures and video for others to publish, I believe the statements of the detainees are much more powerful. Watching the video that was just released seems to only reinforce the anonymity of the photos. When you read the statements, however, they have the effect...
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