APOV's Weekly Revue (05/11/2008)
If it's Sunday, then it is time for APOV's Weekly Revue!
As in the case of Afghanistan, Kathy @ Comments From Left Field concludes that the U.S. has come full circle in Iraq. Constitutionalist @ Idealthoughts offers his experiences as a decorated Vietnam vet to bring the point home that it is the "deciders" of the Iraq war which must be harassed and protested against, not the soldiers. In the meantime, war propaganda continues and what the traditional media did pre-Iraq war is being perpetrated again with regards to Iran, as discussed by Chris Floyd @ Empire Burlesque. As Cernig @ Newshoggers also puts it, this is war stenography at its very best worse. No wonder, then, that the humanitarian void in Iraq - as revealed by mattbastard @ bastard.logic - is essentially ignored by the traditional media.
Of course, the Bush administration and its entourage remain fully disconnected from reality through it all - the latest example being Laura Bush's empty-headed declaration that Myanmar is refusing help for the recent cyclone victims there, which prompted pretty shaved ape @ Canadian Cynic to reply "STFU, Laura Bush". As another example, Steven D @ Booman Tribune warns not to drink the water, thanks to a Bush administration incompetence-driven EPA. In between, John Chuckman @ Chuckman's Other Choice of Words debunks the self-gratifying, deluded propagandist myth that America is an inspiration to the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, back in Canada, the self-righteous hypocrisy of the Canadian G.O.P. franchise prompted BigCityLib @ BigCityLib Strikes Back to make a list of scandals of Stephen Harper's "accountable" government. Boris @ The Galloping Beaver further expands on this. In between, Impolitic @ Impolitical explains how free speech on Parliament Hill is being stiffled by the Harper government.
In further human affairs, Bobby Revell @ Revellian discusses how (and why) society rewards liars, while Kyle E. Moore @ Comments From Left Field exposes the roadblocks between science and religion. Of much interest, Prole @ A Creative Revolution offers the latest installment of an on-going series about right wing think tanks and the governments who love them.
Last, but not least, Jill @ Brilliant at Breakfast asks the prime existential question of bloggers: "Why on earth do we do this?".
Thus concludes APOV's Weekly Revue for May 11th, 2008.
Of course, the Bush administration and its entourage remain fully disconnected from reality through it all - the latest example being Laura Bush's empty-headed declaration that Myanmar is refusing help for the recent cyclone victims there, which prompted pretty shaved ape @ Canadian Cynic to reply "STFU, Laura Bush". As another example, Steven D @ Booman Tribune warns not to drink the water, thanks to a Bush administration incompetence-driven EPA. In between, John Chuckman @ Chuckman's Other Choice of Words debunks the self-gratifying, deluded propagandist myth that America is an inspiration to the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, back in Canada, the self-righteous hypocrisy of the Canadian G.O.P. franchise prompted BigCityLib @ BigCityLib Strikes Back to make a list of scandals of Stephen Harper's "accountable" government. Boris @ The Galloping Beaver further expands on this. In between, Impolitic @ Impolitical explains how free speech on Parliament Hill is being stiffled by the Harper government.
In further human affairs, Bobby Revell @ Revellian discusses how (and why) society rewards liars, while Kyle E. Moore @ Comments From Left Field exposes the roadblocks between science and religion. Of much interest, Prole @ A Creative Revolution offers the latest installment of an on-going series about right wing think tanks and the governments who love them.
Last, but not least, Jill @ Brilliant at Breakfast asks the prime existential question of bloggers: "Why on earth do we do this?".
Thus concludes APOV's Weekly Revue for May 11th, 2008.
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