:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 4.07.2003 ::
:: Dubya in N. Ireland ::
Anti-war protesters flock to Bush-Blair summit in Belfast
ALSO:
UPI Think tanks wrap-up II
"Given that we're trying to end 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, it's really ironic that there's a war summit in Belfast. Many of those politicians here who say they are anti-war will meet with Bush, and many in the community are appalled by this. Meeting with Bush puts Sinn Fein in a dilemma. Bush is trying to manipulate the Irish-American community by portraying himself to them as a man of peace. Words like imperialism, which once seemed out of fashion, now describe too many U.S. policies in the Mideast."
-- Eamonn McCann, author of the books "War and Peace in Northern Ireland" and "Bloody Sunday in Derry."
"Now, every day is Bloody Sunday in Iraq."
MEANWHILE, @ home:
Police open fire at anti-war protest, longshoremen injured
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police opened fire Monday morning with wooden dowels, ``sting balls'' and other non-lethal weapons at anti-war protesters outside the Port of Oakland, injuring at least six demonstrators and six longshoremen standing nearby.
posted by me
:: 8:36:00 PM [+] ::
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