AlterNet Headlines: Bad Judgment in Iraq; Administration Scandal-Dodging

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Bad Judgment in Iraq; Administration Scandal-Dodging

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 03:00:00 -0800

 

Top Stories from AlterNet for November 1, 2004

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IT'S THE INCOMPETENCE, STUPID

Amy Quinn, AlterNet

Osama Bin Laden's reappearance and the missing munitions in

Iraq are part of the same story. It's the story of a

President who lacks the most important quality that a good

leader requires: judgment.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20361/

 

A SOLDIER SPEAKS: SEAN HUZE

Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet

One of the U.S. Marine Corps' finest was once a true believer

in his government's reasons for the Iraq war. He talks to AlterNet

about his loss of moral certainty, the gift of wisdom and " regime

change " at home.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20358/

 

OCTOBER SURPRISE: BUSH DODGES MAJOR SCANDALS

David Corn, The Nation

The October surprise surely must be that George W. Bush has

dodged at least a dozen scandals that probably would have

taken down most other presidents.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20351/

 

UPRIVER ACROSS AMERICA

Matthew Scott Kelemen, AlterNet

In the lead-up to Nov. 2, the lightning-rod film 'Going

Upriver' has been screened nearly 1,000 times at college

campuses across the nation -- opening eyes and

changing minds.

http://www.alternet.org/movies/20356/

 

OSAMA BIN LADEN AS GLOBAL SHOCK JOCK

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com

With TV-perfect timing, Bin Laden has once again managed,

like the Wizard of Oz, to magnify himself until he fills

every screen in sight and drives events, as he has for

three years.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20357/

 

BULLIES ASCENDENT

Nina Burleigh, AlterNet

Four years of George Bush has given rise to the triumph of

the bully -- from the human rights abusers in Iraq

to intimidators at the voting booth.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20359/

 

WHEN PRIESTS PLAY POLITICS

J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, AlterNet

There is a difference between the political actions of the

Protestant black and evangelical pastors and the political

actions of the Catholic bishops.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20353/

 

GETTING PHYSICAL

Tom Hayden, AlterNet

On Tuesday the traditions of civil disobedience and

electoral politics may converge. What are Democrats going

to do if long lines of voters are blocked? E-mail John

Ashcroft?

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20349/

 

ART IS ACTIVISM

John Malkin, AlterNet

Ani DiFranco: " My patriotism is borne of the cultural and

activist history of my country. The land, the beautiful

land that we inhabit, everything that we hold high about

this country, all of the rights and freedoms that we brag

about around the world, were fought for by activists. "

http://www.alternet.org/story/20347/

 

100,000 DEAD IN IRAQ

John Tirman, AlterNet

A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University does

what the Bush-Cheney administration refuses to do: Estimate

the number of Iraqis killed in the last 18 months.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20352/

 

REALITY ALWAYS WINS

Mark Crispin Miller, AlterNet

Bush/Cheney have to lose, as all such crackpot movements

must. In fact, it wouldn't be inaccurate to call them

losers -- as that is clearly how, deep down, they

see themselves, for all their would-be macho swagger.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20360/

 

A SHADOW OF HIS PAST

Ruth Conniff, The Progressive

The Nader supporters of 2004 aren't the same bunch who

advocated his candidacy in 2000.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20342/

 

 

 

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