Juan Cole at SALON & TRUTHDIG (Robert Scheers's site):link

laststeamtrain

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Wed Nov-30-05 08:17 AM
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Juan Cole at SALON & TRUTHDIG (Robert Scheers's site):link

http://www.juancole.com/2005/11/cole-in-salon-and-truthdig-in-salon.html

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Dhalgren

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Wed Nov-30-05 09:05 AM
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1. Juan Cole simply rocks...

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laststeamtrain

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Wed Nov-30-05 01:42 PM
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6. I sincerely hope that Mr. Cole will be a part of the Gore/Edwards ...

...administration or at least a trusted adviser. Yeah, and he does rock.

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havocmom

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Wed Nov-30-05 09:42 AM
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2. Thanks for the headsup. Truthdig looks promising

'Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.'
�A.J. Liebling

There's a message at the top of the page! BE THE MEDIA folks. Spread the word about good sites that speak truth to power.

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laststeamtrain

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Wed Nov-30-05 01:39 PM
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5. A. J. Liebling was one of the great 'old-school' NEW YORKER magazine...

writers.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content?040329fa_fact1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Liebling

THE MOST OF A. J. LIEBLING is a great collection. I imagine he was a 'hero' of sorts to Scheer.

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havocmom

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Wed Nov-30-05 03:16 PM
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7. Speaking of old school New Yorker...

Anybody have a copy of the issue, maybe from 95 or 96 about Newt? It was a very interesting bio of the reptile. Would make good backgroud reading for those interested in how the hell this country went to shit so fast.

Might also be helpful reading for those of us who would like to smack the GOP/neocon Propaganda Machine and release the world from its hold for good.

Interesting to see how the Newt subverted democracy by preverting so many young politicians.

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Wed Nov-30-05 11:25 AM
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3. A small sample of what he says:

"The report kicked off a furor in Europe and the Middle East. It was, predictably, virtually ignored by the American press."

"The notion that reporting on the guerrilla war in Iraq abets terrorism is typical of the logic of any extreme right-wing political movement. All censorship by all military regimes in the Middle East has been imposed on the grounds that journalists' speech is dangerous to society and could cause public turmoil (fitna). Rumsfeld's reasoning in this regard would be instantly recognizable to any Arab journalist from their experience with their own governments."

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Wed Nov-30-05 12:18 PM
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4. Thanks

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