Sometimes you go look at the headlines and it just nails you in one quick glance:
Civilians in Iraq Flee Mixed Areas as Killings Rise
Sometimes we just dance around the obvious, don’t we? When do we call this a civil war? Probably when Bush leaves office.
In Remote Pakistan Province, a Civil War Festers
Well, at least we can call this a civil war. That’s progress of a sort. Afghanistan and Pakistan are in rough shape – what a total surprise!
Rice Finds British Muslims Want to Give Her an Earful
I guess Ms. Rice is not getting a warm reception in England. Apparently Bush spreading freedom is a bloody business. Thank God, we’ve got freedom at home, or am I getting ahead of the headlines?
When a Vehicle Serves as Home, Troubles Abide
Opps! So things aren’t going too well at home either when the headlines are about more people living in cars. Oh, I forget, Bush defines people as someone who deserves a tax cut, everyone else can be a “guest worker”.
FEMA Calls, but Top Job Is Tough Sell
Even the “Bush people” are starting to know a sucker punch when they see one. Looking out for all those poor “guest workers” is going to be a losers job because Bush really doesn’t give a frack about them anyway, anyhow. Don’t worry though, the barrel is deep, and the scraping has just begun.
Is it just me, or are we all April’s Fools this year?
There is a silver lining to this frontpage. The last headline gives me hope:
Internet Injects Sweeping Change Into U.S. Politics
Great things happen when all people have equal and unfettered access to information. This is how the printing press revolutionized the old world. This is why the First Amendment is SO important. And this is how Booman tribune is doing it’s part.
Today the NY times had headlines that poked my eyes out as soon as I scanned the page, but that is not the norm anymore. I have come more and more to depend on untraditional non-MSM news sources. I will tell the MSM every chance I get that unless they are more willing to report the unpleasant, hard, unvarnished, gross, unfiltered truth then they will become obsolete, and then they can be the April’s Fools.