THE superfluous rehash of the French "to veil/unveil" con troversy from a brief comment in the MPs local paper, with a touch of em ploy ment law, to "throw in a crucifix" when that wasnt working seems little less than a desperate distraction from the fact that the "war/peace" debate - is at critical juncture. . . .CHIEF OF BRITISH ARMY gets support from S.times, USA ELECTIONS APPROACH fast
the "veil" debate is covered elsewhere - this is about the odd way that news "that isnt news" gets a twist to try to obscure all the other things that are VERY current from getting into talkshows - or - in this case - to get them out of the talkshows. . . .
. . . . FIRST - THE LATEST "SUNDAY TIMES" - from yesterday, has the piece that leads its second news section explaining in detail the way that the WMD searchers - in the run up to the invasion, then after, were putting in writing - every eleventh of the month - in fact - it seems - that the "WMD" DIDNT EXIST. The USA defence intel peoples dodgy lists got dodgier, then even dodgier, but - even if for some reason the S. Times has a MEMORY LAPSE when it comes to the two-person "OSP" - that did the rehashing of others "reject" intel-info - installed in the pentagon by a few in the new administration, or the AeI. lobbying group that paid for the iraqi defectors dubious information - in fact - had them fed, housed, paid for, perhaps even "ghostwritten".
Nevertheless - in media terms - this shows the newspaper trying to do the "we were sceptical at the time" bit to its regulars - (Orwells"we were never at war with. . . . we were always at war with") - so, a key moment in itself.
The Mail is trying to catch up with the scepticism of its audience about the war too - but it really doesnt want to have to - since peoples scepticism doesnt limit itself to the war in iraq - it is a scepticism about the entire "war of errors" - the "clash of cultures" theme too . . . . people have smelt VERY something odd, the doubts are highest amongst the establishment or those that are FAR from "lefties" , or those that could in the past get dismissed as "conspiracy theorists".
This means that even if the computers in the upcoming USAs elections have a few hitches again, the swing to "realo" might go much further - within the rpublicans as much as the USA .
. . . . FIRST - THE LATEST "SUNDAY TIMES" - from yesterday, has the piece that leads its second news section explaining in detail the way that the WMD searchers - in the run up to the invasion, then after, were putting in writing - every eleventh of the month - in fact - it seems - that the "WMD" DIDNT EXIST. The USA defence intel peoples dodgy lists got dodgier, then even dodgier, but - even if for some reason the S. Times has a MEMORY LAPSE when it comes to the two-person "OSP" - that did the rehashing of others "reject" intel-info - installed in the pentagon by a few in the new administration, or the AeI. lobbying group that paid for the iraqi defectors dubious information - in fact - had them fed, housed, paid for, perhaps even "ghostwritten".
Nevertheless - in media terms - this shows the newspaper trying to do the "we were sceptical at the time" bit to its regulars - (Orwells"we were never at war with. . . . we were always at war with") - so, a key moment in itself.
The Mail is trying to catch up with the scepticism of its audience about the war too - but it really doesnt want to have to - since peoples scepticism doesnt limit itself to the war in iraq - it is a scepticism about the entire "war of errors" - the "clash of cultures" theme too . . . . people have smelt VERY something odd, the doubts are highest amongst the establishment or those that are FAR from "lefties" , or those that could in the past get dismissed as "conspiracy theorists".
This means that even if the computers in the upcoming USAs elections have a few hitches again, the swing to "realo" might go much further - within the rpublicans as much as the USA .
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Ban the Bomb!
17.10.2006 09:41
I can think of more important things I'd like to ban, such as the xenophobic Cabinet from ever making a public statement again, and banning nuclear weapons, cluster bombs and D.U. or a ban on the British' media's relentless Islamophobic propaganda.
Miss Take
distracting, re-warming up "coldwar 2""badoldcostplus%"days -"clash-of-cultures"
17.10.2006 10:49
Its a distraction, but every time some stupid mp or talkshow presenter spouts off about it, somebody gets glared at, insults, or worse.
Yes, after the top shirt button got discovered, a "tie" is a lot stuppidder than a veil - floppy codpiece substitute that it is - a throwback, against modernity, traditions that choke the . . . . etc etc etc etc,
OR - - - - "Opaque clothes, thats very quaint. What do they have to hide? All this pretence of grandeur, these false images they present - if these "personalities" were straight with the public, why clothes at all. TV studios are very hot.
OR - - - - Nuns next. Bad habits. Tall hats. Distract you from the lessons.
> > > > THE LESSON.
stop getting dragged into STUPID arguments with people when the ENTIRE "discussion could have got defused with a sharp gag.
Gags, thats yer problem. Unless, consenting adults, etc, etc, etc, etc.
Veils. Lets get something straight - if people could buy a "hangover veil", or "the acne veil", or even the "I am so sick of getting measured against fecking models that even have the PHOTOS retouched that if i could have worn a paperbag for half of my adolescence, then a third of the rest of the time, then i fecking might of. . . . " so, its jealousy ? wait up - if "they" are allowed to - then we can - or at least we might all treat each other as a bit different from "2D" Cardboard cut-outs to grade, possess, control, degrade, dump or diss.
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So is it alright if we all get back to the "stop the rackets - the dams breaking" ? LOOK - I SAID "ICEBERGS" stop minderbindershites stopsayingstop stopgaggingpeople stoptheinfowaryouneedtoseewhatshappening.
ps -any old clash of cultures . . . . or is the factthat its harder to get away with cash-laundering, scams etc in "strict", "fundamentalist", "extremist" "un-moderate" islamic practises - even if they aint perfect or anything . . . .
"clash of cultures???? modernity???? PROTECT THE fecking LOOPHOLES, EH????
- it is trying to distract people - so - WAR . . . . PEACE . . . . FOCUS.