The most ridiculous lawsuit of the day
It was reported last week that Fox News Channel is suing writer/humorist Al Franken for copyright infringement over his forthcoming book, "Lies and Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." …
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26 - mike
It's not a dimwitted prowar argument unless I'm invited to move to France. Made my day.
Cheers! Move along now!
27 - Craig Lyndall
If you don't want to be invited to move to France, don't give your garbage about not paying taxes. Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing, but it is paid for by American tax dollars. If you are going to flap your mouth, then don't threaten to not pay taxes. Unless of course you want to be INVITED TO MOVE TO FRANCE.
28 - Lloyd
Freakin hilarious. I can only imagine what has to be going through the heads of Rupert & Roger. Nothing better than watching a full on psychotic meltdown play out over the air. Remember "Network"?
29 - Natalie Davis
Terrorist, from Merriam-Webster: "one who systematically uses terror especially as a means of coercion"
Terror, same source: "a state of intense fear" and "violence (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands"
The Bush administration is a group of people, no?
I do not doubt that innocent Iraqis would see quite clearly that the definition fits the Thief-in-Chief.
Move to France? Uh, non. Canada.
Oh, and "war," my ass. It was an invasion.
One more: Anyone looking for WMDs should take a peek into the US military arsenal and into Shrub's budget.
30 - Craig Lyndall
Ok, I am not going to jump back on board this conversation between the political lines, but now that we are talking about words and definitions, I have to step in again.
Over time words change and form a little bit. I am not saying that by a technicality you couldn't call the US a terrorist organization, but, to do so is to pervert the meaning that we have come to use and accept. The use today has really been modified so as not to include governments and/or countries, but sub-groups of people. You can say that the US is a brutal regime, or anything else that proves your point. But, the definition of the word terrorist has narrowed, based on usage, to not include the US government.
(although Chomsky might disagree)
31 - Natalie Davis
As do I.
32 - Andy
(about comment 23)
Aside from the Muslim North, Africa is NOT a breeding ground for terrorist. Civil wars; yes. AIDS; yes. Corruption; yes. Terrorism; no. Once again, it is only those from North Africa that are a problem for us and the French are not there.
And another thing, Iraqis are NOT revolting in droves. What you have here is basically one group of Arab Nazis (the Baathist) and several thousand Timothy McVeighs (the fundies). Most Iraqis are glad to be rid of Saddam and understandably want to get in control of their country for the first time as soon as possible.
And don't confuse protests, which is healthy in a democracy, with the terrorist bombings.