While the major media, from The New York Times on down, has largely remained silent about their own failings in this area, a young columnist for a small paper in Fredericksburg, Va., has stepped forward.
"The media are finished with their big blowouts on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and there is one thing they forgot to say: We're sorry," Rick Mercier wrote, in a column published Sunday in The Free Lance-Star.
"Sorry we let unsubstantiated claims drive our coverage. Sorry we were dismissive of experts who disputed White House charges against Iraq. Sorry we let a band of self-serving Iraqi defectors make fools of us. Sorry we fell for Colin Powell's performance at the United Nations. Sorry we couldn't bring ourselves to hold the administration's feet to the fire before the war, when it really mattered.
"Maybe we'll do a better job next war."
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Reporter Apologizes for Iraq Coverage
Monday, March 29, 2004
Yahoo! News - Bush Campaign Blasts Kerry's Bible Quote
The Bush camp is outraged! Outraged! But a man who wears his religion on his (right) sleeve like Bush shouldn't be afeared of one of those damnable Papists quoting Bible at him! Where are the "no God before me" flings about priests? The anti-trinity rhetoric? The "the Pope will run the US from Rome" jibes? No, Bush should come out swinging on this one. Everyone knows the average born-again can run any Catholic into the ground when it comes to scripitural studies.
Seriously, you wear your hard right literal religion on your sleeve like Bush does, and then run a "compassionate conservative" campaign, followed by a hard neo-right presidency, and then you complain when somebody gets a good shot about your compassion(less) presidency? After all how much compassion does it take to exploit 9/11 to get reelected?
Kerry never mentioned Bush by name during his speech Sunday at New North Side Baptist Church, but aimed his criticism at "our present national leadership." Kerry cited Scripture in his appeal for the worshippers, including James 2:14, "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?"
"The Scriptures say, what does it profit, my brother, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?" Kerry said. "When we look at what is happening in America today, where are the works of compassion?"
The Bush camp is outraged! Outraged! But a man who wears his religion on his (right) sleeve like Bush shouldn't be afeared of one of those damnable Papists quoting Bible at him! Where are the "no God before me" flings about priests? The anti-trinity rhetoric? The "the Pope will run the US from Rome" jibes? No, Bush should come out swinging on this one. Everyone knows the average born-again can run any Catholic into the ground when it comes to scripitural studies.
Seriously, you wear your hard right literal religion on your sleeve like Bush does, and then run a "compassionate conservative" campaign, followed by a hard neo-right presidency, and then you complain when somebody gets a good shot about your compassion(less) presidency? After all how much compassion does it take to exploit 9/11 to get reelected?
Friday, March 26, 2004
Cancel the 2005 Academy Award, the contest is over.
Hilarious review of Dawn of the Dead that I found over at the forums on http://www.soundofurchin.com/
Hilarious review of Dawn of the Dead that I found over at the forums on http://www.soundofurchin.com/
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
http://messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=1600684464&tid=cald&sid=1600684464&mid=107553
An unusually erudite post to a Yahoo! message board re: SCO's continuing barratry:
It's Not Whether We Win, But How
by: saddam_bohorfoush
I think that a lot of the frustration being expressed by the pro-sco camp over Groklaw has to do with Groklaw's apparent ability to *completely* disrupt a tried and true strategy that has so far extracted millions from usurped IP. What the SCO camp seem not to understand to this point is how the community they are now attacking is substantially different from their previous adversaries. They're just getting to know us; we're just now establishing our reputation. That's why it's important to not just win, but to slam dunk this. We need to establish a reputation as a group that doesn't just leave a smoking crater, but one that keeps pushing the "launch" button, continually landing ordinance on target, even though the crater is devoid of anything but well-used carbon atoms.
When truth, knowledge, and smarts are all we have on our side, against a multi-billion-dollar war chest, it's extremely important to establish a winning reputation early and often. Eventually, after many more battles than just this one, opponents to free/open software may come to understand that multi-million dollar assaults are completely lossy. That won't happen without our constant vigilance.
When these sorts of attacks stop, we'll need to be prepared to respond to the next sort of attack, and so on. Long after Darl is contemplating what is the correct medical procedure for getting his ass to stop bleeding, others will still be on the assault.
An unusually erudite post to a Yahoo! message board re: SCO's continuing barratry:
It's Not Whether We Win, But How
by: saddam_bohorfoush
I think that a lot of the frustration being expressed by the pro-sco camp over Groklaw has to do with Groklaw's apparent ability to *completely* disrupt a tried and true strategy that has so far extracted millions from usurped IP. What the SCO camp seem not to understand to this point is how the community they are now attacking is substantially different from their previous adversaries. They're just getting to know us; we're just now establishing our reputation. That's why it's important to not just win, but to slam dunk this. We need to establish a reputation as a group that doesn't just leave a smoking crater, but one that keeps pushing the "launch" button, continually landing ordinance on target, even though the crater is devoid of anything but well-used carbon atoms.
When truth, knowledge, and smarts are all we have on our side, against a multi-billion-dollar war chest, it's extremely important to establish a winning reputation early and often. Eventually, after many more battles than just this one, opponents to free/open software may come to understand that multi-million dollar assaults are completely lossy. That won't happen without our constant vigilance.
When these sorts of attacks stop, we'll need to be prepared to respond to the next sort of attack, and so on. Long after Darl is contemplating what is the correct medical procedure for getting his ass to stop bleeding, others will still be on the assault.
Thursday, March 04, 2004
Open Source Initiative OSI - Doc10:Halloween Documents
As ESR sums up:
As ESR sums up:
There you have it. A hundred million funnelled from Microsoft to SCO, of which they have $68.5 million left. Their 10Qs reveal that every other line of cash inflow is statistical noise by comparison. The brave new SCOsource business model is now clear: sue your customers, shill for Microsoft, kite your stock, and pray you stay out of jail.
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