July 24th, 2003 — brain-candy, impolite company
Hunter S. Thompson, in his gonzo manner, always speaks the truth. In his latest ESPN column, he says:
The American nation is in the worst condition I can remember in my lifetime, and our prospects for the immediate future are even worse. I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it. Our highway system is crumbling, our police are dishonest, our children are poor, our vaunted Social Security, once the envy of the world, has been looted and neglected and destroyed by the same gang of ignorant greed-crazed bastards who brought us Vietnam, Afghanistan, the disastrous Gaza Strip and ignominious defeat all over the world.
July 24th, 2003 — impolite company
Over at TomPaine.com, they’ve posted a letter written by Representatives Kucinich, Maloney and Sanders entitled Ten Questions For Cheney. They are seeking to expand the fact-finding about the Yellowcake Scandal to the Vice-President. My favorite part is this:
Further refutation of the authenticity of the forged Niger documents came from IAEA Director General ElBaradei, when he reported to the UN Security Council on March 7, 2003: “These documents, which formed the basis for reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger, are in fact not authentic. We have therefore concluded that these specific allegations are unfounded… we have found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq.” Yet on March 16 — nine days afterwards — you again repeated the unfounded assertion on national television (Meet the Press, Sunday, March 16, 2003). You said:
“We think Mr. ElBaradei frankly is wrong,” and “We believe [Saddam] has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.”
10) What was the basis for this assertion made by you on national television? We hope you will take the opportunity to answer these questions about your role in the dissemination of false information about Iraq’s nuclear program to justify the war in Iraq. We look forward to a response.
Now, tell me: who lives in a socially constructed world?
