April 21, 2003
God Bless Humboldt State!
Story here.
eric 9:29 PM
April 13, 2003
From yahoo news:
Despite fall of Iraq regime, anti-war groups keep on marching
This sentence stood out:
Possibly the biggest European showing was half a million protesters on the streets of Rome, according to organisers, while a similar number turned out across Spain.
Half a million? Like, 500,000? This after the war has been going on for three weeks?
Compare this to the recent Iraqi demonstration that got literally hours of play on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, etc.
Not that we should be surprised, mind you. Maybe shocked, but not surprised.
eric 12:19 AM
April 11, 2003
Is Jeff Greenfield actually making sense every now and again?
He just made the point to Aaron Brown that Gulf War I led to 9/11. Before that, he was expressing caution in declaring victory in Iraq just yet, because we did the same thing in Afghanistan and that's far from an earthly paradise.
Heard him on Imus this morning, and he sounded sane there, too.
eric 11:00 PM
Lots of good stuff over at MWO tonight.
A link to this article in the Christian Science Monitor, which provides a window into the soul of some of the U.S. soldiers, and thankfully reflects their humanity.
And this story, about the author Roger Kahn and his response to the cancellation of the Bull Durham event at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I heard Dale Petroskey on WFAN this afternoon. That's the big sports station in NYC. He was being interviewed by Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, who isn't exactly Bill Moyers, but did a credible job for the short time I was able to listen. Petroskey started out with the same bullshit about not making the HOF a "forum" for political views, and his distaste at the possibility of seeing a byline "Cooperstown" in front of a story about war protests. But later, he admitted he would have handled it differently were he to do it over again. Russo interrupted - "So you're admitting you made a mistake?" And Petroskey admitted that he was, indeed, human, and not perfect, and maybe he should have actually called Tim Robbins and maybe talked to him before making the decision.
Well, good for him, I guess. But if I were Tim Robbins, I'd grab Susan, take the next bus to Cooperstown and stand on a street corner and scream "Down With Bush!" until the cows come home and the New York Times stopped by. That would make a nice little byline.
eric 10:52 PM
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