Telling the Truth; Remembering our Soldiers and The Things They Carried

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Sunday May 28, 2006 · 9:23 AM PDT

2006/05/28 · 09:23

One of the most amazing books I have ever read was Tim O'Brien's novel, The Things They Carried. I don't often do diaries but on this Memorial Weekend, I thought some of his words were perfect as we remember our fallen soldiers, the soldiers that still live with the horrors of Vietnam, and the soldiers that will live with the horrors of this current Iraq War.

This book is an anguished collection of linked stories about Vietnam. In it, Tim mingles fact with fiction, telling and retelling events from different points of view. The novel is as much about war as it is about the difference between truth and reality. Read More

"Are we newsmen?!" A Message to the American Media

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 4:41 PM PDT

2005/09/04 · 16:41

"Are we newsmen or are we businessmen?"

So asked Lowell Bergman/Al Pacino in the film, "The Insider."

I can see politicians read this site. Rush Limbaugh reads this site. Apparently all kinds read this site. I wonder if the media does?

Because I have something to say. And yes, this is a Rant.

A CNN anchor earlier today after watching Celine Dion's tears, said something to the effect that she should feel better now after listening to Honore in a news conference earlier.

A news conference where we learned they hadn't anticpated the scope of this disaster. A news conference where they cited the one road into New Orleans as the problem. A shameful news conference littered with excuses.

And this "News" anchor is telling Celine she should feel better now.

As Mayor Nagin said last week, "It's too late."

IT'S TOO FUCKING LATE.
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Mr. Bush Did Not Betray Me; My Letter to Mr. Clinton

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 7:32 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 07:32

This is my first diary, and while I know it may be lost in the mass of diaries being written, I wanted to add my dismay and despair to the chorus of voices.

First, Mr. Bush did not betray me. I cannot be betrayed by someone I never trusted in the first place. From the moment Mr. Bush appeared in Florida, from the moment I saw Katherine Harris on TV, I knew that if Mr. Bush did not care about the basic rights of Americans, to have their votes counted, then Mr. Bush was not to be trusted as a leader of a democratic country. His cavalier and arrogant attitude was appalling to me, and when the Supreme Court placed him in office, I knew I did not have a President who cared about me. Read More

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