September 11
Has Lou Dobbs always been this obnoxious?
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Because I thought his job was to read off a teleprompter, not to bomb the American public with willful misunderstanding. It appears that Dobbs takes exception to others’ taking exception to the contortion of patriotism for purposes of making Blackwater richer. See the asinine, Limbaugh-esque logic here, brought to you, oh so surprisingly, by CNN. [...]
Books on our list: Faludi’s Terror Dream
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007Oh boy. Our girl Susan (of Backlash fame) is out with The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America and we’re going to add it to the American Heresy library ASAP.
From Yahoo’s review:
By retreating to a comfortable myth, she asserts, the nation essentially closed its eyes.
Here’s hoping she takes a stab at why we [...]