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• Wikipedia Edits - Government Goes Wild

  Published: August 17, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Politics U S, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  other words, massaging the propaganda to fit a particular agency’s agenda. I’ve always maintained that there’s a lot of good info on Wikipedia, but due to the open source nature of the site, it’s important to take what you find, and corroborate it through second and third sources. However, it’s interesting that

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• Numbers Game

  Published: August 18, 2007, 7:27 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  So once again the Bushies are dangling the prospect of “troop cuts” in order to buy a few more Friedman Units until Bush can pass the whole Mess-in-potamia off on his successor. Of course these “cuts”, should they actually occur, would really just be bringing troop levels back down to where they were before the start of the

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• Surge a Success Declares Skeptics!

  Published: August 21, 2007, 1:10 am

  Tags: Iraq, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Yea, only in Wingnutia (and Fox News) could ‘totally and utterly failed’ be considered ‘praise’ for the troop surge. That’s how Sen. Carl Levin described his take after a recent furlough to that war torn country. But then, I can understand the confusion because Levin is applying his criticism to goals that are no

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• Opening The Files: 08/22/07

  Published: August 22, 2007, 6:09 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  first place. Catapulting the propaganda is easy. Catapulting the truth takes real courage. Paul Rieckhoff says he’ll believe the grunts on the ground over the think tanks any day. Robert Scheer says the Real Iraq Progress Report is taking place on the streets and if judged by that criterion, the surge isn’t looking so hot. Quite a few

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• Lessons of Vietnam Revisited

  Published: August 23, 2007, 4:26 am

  Tags: Iraq, Stupid, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  When word first broke that Bush would be invoking Vietnam in an upcoming speech to justify continuation of the war in Iraq, I was surprising by the response it got given this isn’t the first time Bush has alluded to that long ago conflict. But after reading through some of the speech and subsequent criticisms, I can now understand why. As

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• September Switcheroo

  Published: August 24, 2007, 7:13 am

  Tags: Iraq, Republican Arrogance, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Yesterday, the big story was the new National Intelligence Estimate that cast some serious doubts about the future of Iraq. Among the things it said were that the Iraqi government is ‘unable to govern’ itself effectively and that the situation is likely to become more precarious’ over the next six to twelve months (or one or two

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• Debunking The Myth Of The “Troop Surge”

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, Bush Arrogance, Propaganda Catapulting

  Everybody’s talking about the surge…is it succeeding…is it a failure…will it allow the Iraqi government to turn the corner? Some Democrats have been willing to acknowledge that the additional 30,000 troops has had a positive impact…which has led other Democrats to accuse them of capitulation. Simultaneously, these

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• The Bias of Reality

  Published: August 26, 2007, 3:05 am

  Tags: Iraq, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  the Pentagon’s new propaganda office war room information hub will go to in order to portray the opposite. (X-posted at The Xsociate

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• Escalating the Groundwork

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:58 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Middle East, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Iran, Dick Cheney, Propaganda Catapulting

  This past Sunday was the fifth anniversary of a very significant speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars made by Vice President Dick Cheney. For the speech could be seen as setting the tone for the rhetoric that would eventually lead the US to war with Iraq. Up until that point, much of the rhetoric centered on Saddam’s support of terrorism.

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• Cutting Through the Green Zone Fog

  Published: August 30, 2007, 6:11 am

  Tags: Iraq, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Rep. Ellen Tauscher gave an interview to Think Progress after returning from a recent trip to Iraq. Unlike some of her other Democratic colleagues who’ve made similar trips and have returned heaping praise on the successes of the surge, Tauscher says many may be blinded by the “Green Zone Fog” which permeates these dog and pony

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• Carrying George Bush’s Water: GAO Shoots Holes In Bucket

  Published: August 30, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Military Issues General, Middle East, 2008 Presidential Election, Bush Arrogance, Dick Cheney, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  Oh I just can’t wait for the good news…you know…the good news about the success of the surge and the progress being made on the political front in Iraq. With every nugget of good news, the Bush administration apologists race to report the shifting tide while also chiding the defeatist Democrats. You have to admire their

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• Deciphering What Is Written On The Bathroom Stall

  Published: August 30, 2007, 6:45 pm

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Politics U S, Media, Glbt, Propaganda Catapulting

  As the blogosphere has sought to digest the meaning of the Larry Craig incident, it has begun to spur a worthwhile debate…one which has been ignored and has lurked in the background in ways eerily similar to the behavior that led to the arrest of the Senator. Generally speaking, the public is opposed to encountering unexpected or offensive

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• More Massaging

  Published: August 31, 2007, 4:38 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Almost immediately after a GAO report that showed Iraq’s leaders were flunking the benchmark test for surge success was leaked to the press, the White House set about to downplay its findings. According to the Bushies, the congressional report shouldn’t be given too much credit because it wasn’t grading on a curve. See in

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• Quick Hits - Iraq, GOP Fems, and McMansion Bailouts

  Published: August 31, 2007, 12:59 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Labor, Blogging, Poverty, Propaganda Catapulting

  A couple of great blog postings have crossed my email inbox today, and I thought I’d share them: Booman picks up on an absolutely absurd occurrence in Iraq during a recent visit by a GOP congressional delegation. I’m not even going to tell you what it’s about. You have to go read it - it’s that crazy. But here’s

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• Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes

  Published: September 2, 2007, 5:47 am

  Tags: Iraq, Republican Arrogance, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Iran, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  This installment might best be called the “Lingering Legacy Edition” of Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes: First up: the GOP. With two Repub Senators calling it quits, the forecasts for ‘08 are looking cloudier by the day. Will the skies clear or will it be a rain out to wash away more of the grime? Stay tuned. Next is

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