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...wherein the work of this site continues.
Ye
Olde Stuff
2001
The original Left Hook!
site:
Sept. 12, 2001 - Sept. 15, 2001
Sept. 16, 2001 - Sept. 21, 2001
Sept. 22, 2001 - Sept. 28, 2001
2002
Aug. 29
We're Back, & Before Us Looms Iraq
Sept. 4
Sean Hannity Lectures Guest on History, But Doesn't Know Any
Sept. 8
A War In Search of A Rationale
Sept. 10
Bush & Iraq:
If A Bombshell Explodes in the Forest, Does It Make A Sound?
Sept. 14
Bush Takes Iraq to the UN
Sept. 16
The Real Case for a War With Iraq (From a Liberal Perspective)
Sept. 23
Iraq: "Forget the Hype; It's All About Politics"
Sept. 30
The Impunity of Rumsfeld's Dickens
Oct. 1
"True Patriotism," or The More Things Change...
Oct. 3
Bush Chases the Payoff
Oct. 6
"Hitler Revisited" Revisited
Oct. 9
"President" Beats the Drums of War Without Any Sticks
Oct. 15
David Barton Strikes Again: Reactionary Propagandist Maligns James
Madison
Oct. 22
Brief Notes on American Foreign Policy, With A Particular Focus on
Iraq
Oct. 25
In Memory...
Nov. 5
"The Game of Politics," or The More Things Change, part II
Nov. 22
Iraq Strategy Pays Off
2003
Feb. 20
Winning Friends & Influencing People: The Bush Method
Feb. 24
Interventions & What Ails 'Em
Feb. 26
Saddam-Lovers? Mixed Left Reactions to the Right's Latest Smear
Feb. 28
That Liberal Media, At It Again On Iraq...
March 5
Iraq & Al Qaida: What Is the Truth?
March 6
The Bush Administration & the Truth: Natural Enemies
March 14
Francophobes Lie!
March 19
War, Again
March 31
War, Some More
April 4
War in Iraq: Horowitz vs. the Mythkiller
April 30
As the Iraqi Quagmire Enters Its Next Phase...
May 9
The Lawless Bush Administration
June 11
"The Democratic Machine and Its Media Allies":
David Limbaugh Stands Up for Bush
June 13
Two New Reports Shed Light on Bogus Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal
June 26
A Victory for America
July 6
The Ambassador Speaks: Adds Further Fuel to Fire Over Pre-War Iraq
Intel
July 8
Just the Fact-Checker, On the Phony Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal
July 24
Cheney Fires Back, But He's Only Shooting Blanks
2004
Jan. 12
Former Bush Treasury Secretary Confirms It All
2005
May 22
What's Up with the Psychotic Republican Power-Grab?
June 22
Downing Street Blues
2006
Sept. 27
Bush is With Bin Laden
Vintage Stuff
Things not specifically written for this site, but that definitely
belong here.
Mythmakers
& Clinton The Liberal
Bill Clinton really is a sign of how far to the right American institutions
have lurched--while pilloried as a "socialist," he was actually more conservative,
from a policy standpoint, than Bush Sr., his Republican predecessor, and,
looking at him generically, his governance would have been regarded by
any neutral observer as mainstream conservative Republican right up until
he came into office. This is a piece detailing the real Clinton record,
written during the 1996 presidential race.
Mythmakers
& Joe Lieberman The Liberal
A piece I wrote some years ago about Brent Bozell's amusing efforts
to convert Connecticut's right-wing "Democratic"
Senator Joe Lieberman into a liberal, just after Lieberman had been
tapped by Al Gore as his Vice Presidential
candidate in the 2000 election.
Mythmakers
& Al Gore The Liar
Here's a piece written as the 2000 presidential election campaign was
winding down, challenging the character
assassination campaign aimed, by the press, the Republican party, and,
most importantly, the Media Research Center,
at then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore.
It's less an article than a catalog of sins, but it
said something that needed saying, and it's worth reprinting here.
Mythmakers
& Al Gore The Liar: A Follow-Up
As it says, a short follow-up to the above article, covering the use,
by conservative writers, of lies about Al Gore. Meant to be read after
the original article.
THE IRAQ PAPERS
These article began life as a series of untitled posts to various boards
and groups I frequented over the years. I created them because, whenever
the subject of Iraq came up, I so often found myself covering the same
ground. Over time, they became an evolving compendium of information on
the Bush administration's Iraq policy. For quickie knock-off message board
posts that condense this much information, they're not bad. I gave them
the name "The Iraqi Papers" because it makes them sound more important
than "A Whole Buncha' Message Board Posts On Iraq."
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #1: Browbeating the Intelligence Community
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #2: Bush's Non-Intelligent Estimate
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #3: The Cabal
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #4: Down The Tubes
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #5: Discharges From the Col[o]n
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #6: Satel-Lies
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #7: Anatomy of a Speech
Pre-War Intel Manipulation #8: A Hell of a Punchline
The
Iraq Survey Group & Its Conclusions
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