CIA "old guard" goes after Bush's one nut
This according to the Telegraph
I have always maintained that one of the worst transgressions of the Dubya administration is to make the intelligence agencies look incompetent, when the truth is actually that the intelligence was ignored from a holistic point of view. Anyone who does research will tell you that any research findings are bounded or limited by this and that (other conditions). You ignore these conditions at your own peril. Dubya & cohorts chose to ignore any contra provisos about Iraqi WMDs for political expediency. The intelligence agencies, were not incompetent per se, they did warn of the incompleteness of the information, and even contrary information, but this was deliberately ignored.
When I tell you that there is a significant co-occurence of gum-chewing and big dicks, and warn you that this does not mean gum causes dick growth, you ignore this proviso at your own peril. This doesn't mean the information or the system generting the information is necessarily faulty. It just means diabolical idiots are selectively using the information for their own agenda. Why the general state of outrage is bigger vis avis this issue. I will never understand. Somehow, the media are happy to accept blaming the CIA for "intelligence failures" and Adminstration talking point actually.
And how on god's earth is denigrating the CIA and weakening its value a strategic intervention to "protect us from terror and make us safer." Why hasn't anybody latched onto this? By falsely accusing the CIA of being incompetent, the current administration has weakened a critical armor in the effort to fight terrorism. Why has nobody made this connection?
ACADEMY AND IMPERIAL MEDIA FAILURES
Which reminds me while I am at it. There are two things I take away from the last four years and sadly also if Dubya is sent back to the White House. To my mind, the Fourth Estate and Academy ought to be two critical independent bulwarks against the assault on a democracy (by those in power). In both cases, I believe they have failed dismally. The failure of the media is now broadly discussed, and independent media players have somewhat mitigated the gross incompetence of imperial media.
What has not been discussed is the general silence of Academy. Sure, individual writers like Jay Rosen (see ) the CJR (campaign desk) and a few others speak out. But you would think, with the actions of this administration being so abhorrent, Academy would organize a unified voice that in concert says, "we are appalled with this administration, for the following reasons." That is, as educators, natural scientists, social scientists, biologists, physicists, legal experts etc., we believe this administration has worked against the fundamental interests of the Nation and indeed the world. Much like the group of diplomats and military core did. You know the whole tenure thing is premised on being given the privilege to teach, research and write without fear or favor. Confronted by an administration that is and anti-scientific research, why the fuck have the scientists protested en masse?
Corporate media employs imbeciles basically - at least that wht I have to believe to stop myself from going insane. What's Academy's excuse? I am not a politician? It's high-time, social organization like unions stopped being a cuss-word in this country. It's high-time, different sections of the population organized, spoke with a single voice for the greater good. There is much too much at stake to leave it to fragmented individual efforts.
The apathy galls me to the core! There I have said it.
Second Presidential Debate
Actually have not seen the whole thing yet, I caught the last 30 minutes. I want to watch the first 30 minutes to see what the big deal is about.
James Wolcott (Empty Volcano) has a take of course on the debate, which is always delightful.
I have always maintained that one of the worst transgressions of the Dubya administration is to make the intelligence agencies look incompetent, when the truth is actually that the intelligence was ignored from a holistic point of view. Anyone who does research will tell you that any research findings are bounded or limited by this and that (other conditions). You ignore these conditions at your own peril. Dubya & cohorts chose to ignore any contra provisos about Iraqi WMDs for political expediency. The intelligence agencies, were not incompetent per se, they did warn of the incompleteness of the information, and even contrary information, but this was deliberately ignored.
When I tell you that there is a significant co-occurence of gum-chewing and big dicks, and warn you that this does not mean gum causes dick growth, you ignore this proviso at your own peril. This doesn't mean the information or the system generting the information is necessarily faulty. It just means diabolical idiots are selectively using the information for their own agenda. Why the general state of outrage is bigger vis avis this issue. I will never understand. Somehow, the media are happy to accept blaming the CIA for "intelligence failures" and Adminstration talking point actually.
And how on god's earth is denigrating the CIA and weakening its value a strategic intervention to "protect us from terror and make us safer." Why hasn't anybody latched onto this? By falsely accusing the CIA of being incompetent, the current administration has weakened a critical armor in the effort to fight terrorism. Why has nobody made this connection?
ACADEMY AND IMPERIAL MEDIA FAILURES
Which reminds me while I am at it. There are two things I take away from the last four years and sadly also if Dubya is sent back to the White House. To my mind, the Fourth Estate and Academy ought to be two critical independent bulwarks against the assault on a democracy (by those in power). In both cases, I believe they have failed dismally. The failure of the media is now broadly discussed, and independent media players have somewhat mitigated the gross incompetence of imperial media.
What has not been discussed is the general silence of Academy. Sure, individual writers like Jay Rosen (see ) the CJR (campaign desk) and a few others speak out. But you would think, with the actions of this administration being so abhorrent, Academy would organize a unified voice that in concert says, "we are appalled with this administration, for the following reasons." That is, as educators, natural scientists, social scientists, biologists, physicists, legal experts etc., we believe this administration has worked against the fundamental interests of the Nation and indeed the world. Much like the group of diplomats and military core did. You know the whole tenure thing is premised on being given the privilege to teach, research and write without fear or favor. Confronted by an administration that is and anti-scientific research, why the fuck have the scientists protested en masse?
Corporate media employs imbeciles basically - at least that wht I have to believe to stop myself from going insane. What's Academy's excuse? I am not a politician? It's high-time, social organization like unions stopped being a cuss-word in this country. It's high-time, different sections of the population organized, spoke with a single voice for the greater good. There is much too much at stake to leave it to fragmented individual efforts.
The apathy galls me to the core! There I have said it.
Second Presidential Debate
Actually have not seen the whole thing yet, I caught the last 30 minutes. I want to watch the first 30 minutes to see what the big deal is about.
James Wolcott (Empty Volcano) has a take of course on the debate, which is always delightful.
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