Sunday, May 15, 2005
Same old song
I posted this a few days ago, then sort of backed away from it. Now I can see it's uniquely appropriate, and is hereby
dedicated to Michael Isikoff of Newsweek.
Still thinking of WW2 ... What would have happened if Ed Murrow had revealed (falsely or not) that we tortured German POWs by flushing their copies of Mein Kampf? Impossible to imagine. Murrow was working on the American side. Better analogy: try to imagine Lord Haw-Haw spreading this kind of story.
What? You say we didn't let the Krauts have copies of Mein Kampf in the first place???? How horrible! What an atrocious violation of human rights!
Hmm. Could we learn something from that? Nah.
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Update: Hey, Mikey! Here's a scoop for you, anonymously sourced, of course. This text came from an unknown document that I found in my pants. See if you can figure out where it came from (bet you can't!):
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
More seriously, I think it's time for a 'Reciprocal FOIA' law. Any organization or news agency that wants to get info from the government must publicly announce all of its own info and sources first. ¶ 1:04 PM
dedicated to Michael Isikoff of Newsweek.
Still thinking of WW2 ... What would have happened if Ed Murrow had revealed (falsely or not) that we tortured German POWs by flushing their copies of Mein Kampf? Impossible to imagine. Murrow was working on the American side. Better analogy: try to imagine Lord Haw-Haw spreading this kind of story.
What? You say we didn't let the Krauts have copies of Mein Kampf in the first place???? How horrible! What an atrocious violation of human rights!
Hmm. Could we learn something from that? Nah.
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Update: Hey, Mikey! Here's a scoop for you, anonymously sourced, of course. This text came from an unknown document that I found in my pants. See if you can figure out where it came from (bet you can't!):
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
More seriously, I think it's time for a 'Reciprocal FOIA' law. Any organization or news agency that wants to get info from the government must publicly announce all of its own info and sources first. ¶ 1:04 PM
