Archive for March 24th, 2005
Via Michael Moore. Time has a transcript of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s speech at the Family Research Council, Washington last Friday. Rated R for strong partisanship, agitation, fretting.
One can only hope this man is not entirely representative for the American right. Except for totally exploiting the Schiavo case, DeLay also turns to religious [...]
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March 24th, 2005
Björn Hallberg
Via Agonist. Yes, the not so eloquent or talented Mr. Rumsfeld is out stirring up trouble again. This time in Venezuela. Yes indeed. The same place where the Bush administration tried to incite a coup in 2002. And to answer Rumsfeld’s question, I think they are going to use those weapons to defend themselves against [...]
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March 24th, 2005
Björn Hallberg
In the latest twist in the bizarre story of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, Japan finally agreed to allow Fischer to get on a plane for Iceland. The country has granted him a passport and citizenship, but Japan had previously refused to let him go anywhere but back to the US where Fischer faced [...]
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March 24th, 2005
Björn Hallberg