The One Percent Doctrine

[Lindsey]

The thread title is that of a book just out by Ron Suskind, subtitled "Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11". Barton Gellman has a review (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901211_pf.html) in Tuesday's Washington Post. And the review alone is enough to raise the hair on the back of your neck. As one commenter (evading the WP's anti-profanity filters) aptly put it: "Ho. Lee. Cr*p!" My thoughts exactly. (And there's simply no emoticon that fits.)

--Lindsey

[Judy G. Russell]

Oh. My. Lord.

[Lindsey]

Oh. My. Lord.
For most of those things, I usually wait until the paperback edition is out, but this is one I think I'm going to have to get in hardback.

--Lindsey

[MollyM/CA]

Phillippe Sands' latest book (Lawless World) characterizes Bush as making war against law, says the Times Literary Supplement. The TLS review that quoted this was BEFORE the Bush court go-ahead-and-kick-down-the-door decision.
The book's now available in this country --Amazon has it.

Sands is 'Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals' at University College, London.

[Judy G. Russell]

this was BEFORE the Bush court go-ahead-and-kick-down-the-door decision.You just wait... I suspect that with this court you ain't seen nothin' yet...

[Lindsey]

Phillippe Sands' latest book (Lawless World) characterizes Bush as making war against law
Yeah, well -- he was determined to be a war president. (Heh-heh) :rolleyes:

--Lindsey

[ndebord]

The thread title is that of a book just out by Ron Suskind, subtitled "Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11". Barton Gellman has a review (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901211_pf.html) in Tuesday's Washington Post. And the review alone is enough to raise the hair on the back of your neck. As one commenter (evading the WP's anti-profanity filters) aptly put it: "Ho. Lee. Cr*p!" My thoughts exactly. (And there's simply no emoticon that fits.)

--Lindsey

Lindsey,

Bush as the scarecrow. "IF I only had a brain." and Cheney as the Wizard behind the curtain.

It's time to pull back the curtain.

[Lindsey]

Bush as the scarecrow. "IF I only had a brain." and Cheney as the Wizard behind the curtain.
Apparently, the CIA's nickname for Cheney was "Edgar" -- as in Edgar Bergen. Which, of course, leaves Bush in the role of Charlie McCarthy. Or even better, perhaps: Mortimer Snerd.

Mortimer Snerd was the lovable idiot from Snerdville. Designed by Bergen as a combination of hayseed characteristics, Mortimer was the show's dimmest bulb. He often forgot the topic of the conversation mid-sentence, and needed to be asked any question two or three times before being able to answer. Even then, the answer wasn't as useful as it was comical.

http://www.snerdville.com/images/mortimer.jpg

Yeah, I think that description fits the bill. :cool:

A couple of Salon pieces on Suskind's book:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/22/iraq_debate/

http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/23/suskind/


--Lindsey

[MollyM/CA]

Which reminds me. I have two extra copies of a fine little book called 'Clueless George Goes to War,' which I'll be happy to send to the first two applicants. A private message should be private enough --or had it better be in Pig Latin? One of course no longer dares to say 'code' anywhere it might be overheard.

[Lindsey]

Which reminds me. I have two extra copies of a fine little book called 'Clueless George Goes to War,'
LOL!! A riff on "Curious George," I guess. Certainly this George is anything but curious!

--Lindsey