wow, did you catch the common ills this morning? so much there as always.
the incredible kat does another most excellent review, this time on the white stripes' latest.
the groovy ruth does an incredible morning edition report as always. (and yes, ruth, is it always a man, isn't it? why do you suppose that is?) ruth and kat are both clearing the decks and putting the boys in their places. give 'em hell ladies!
what can you say about isaiah's cartoon the world today just nuts? it might make you laugh 1 minute and might outrage the next or might do both in 1 cartoon. incredible talent. mid-week he drew condi in a fur and called it condi da vil while wondering why her blood red fur dripped blood? today he gives up bully boy playing in a sandbox, er blood box. get the picture, kiddos?
and, if i can ask a question, will c.i. be the only 1 to note dahr jamail's study of the iraqi hospitals?
like amy goodman, where truth is hidden, there is c.i. (and a comparison to amy goodman is one of the most supreme compliments i could make.)
maybe the american consulate put the nix on some people covering dahr's report in this country?
Today, one of them was by reporters for one of the larger newspapers in Turkey, the Yeni Safak Newspaper. I’ll leave the reporters nameless, for reasons you’ll soon see.
The newspaper has been translating various articles of mine into Turkishand running them, particularly those concerning the most recent Fallujah massacre. The report who was interviewing me today told me that the former American consulate here, Eric Edelman, asked the Prime Minister of Turkey to pressure his paper to not run so many of my stories.
"Why did he do this," I asked him.
"Edelman said it was the wrong news," he told me with a smile.
Turns out Edelman also asked that articles by Robert Fisk and Naomi Klein not be run so often in Yeni Safak either.
He smiled at me while he watched the wheels turning in my head before I smiled back and said, "That makes me very happy, it means I'm doing my job as a journalist."
of course dahr's doing his job. he's reported bravely from iraq, not just from the safety of the green zone behind bremer walls. he's doing his job and then some!
and c.i.'s noted it. hopefully others will as well. and hopefully some have already done so but it's just not gotten attention.
let's yahoo search the title of dahr's report ("Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation" -- copy and pasted link from c.i.'s post) and see what comes up:
WEB RESULTS
1. Dahr Jamail Report
IRAQI HOSPITALS AILING UNDER OCCUPATION. Issued June 21, 2005 and endorsed by:www.brusselstribunal.org/DahrReport.htm - 295k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block
2. The Common Ills
... Dahr Jamail's "Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation" is a report you should be aware of. ... with Dahr Jamail's report ("Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation") before Matt Lauer ...thecommonills.blogspot.com - 252k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block
3. Iraq Occupation and Resistance Report
Web site devoted to documenting the occupation of Iraq and the Iraqi resistance.psychoanalystsopposewar.org/ORR.htm - 321k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block
4. The Common Ills
... This photo of an ambulance is contained in Dahr Jamail's "Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation ...thecommonills.blogspot.com/2005/06/this-photo-of-ambulance-is-conta... - 22k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block
5. People vs Total War Incorporated
Questioning the New Imperial World Order. A Hearing on the Project for the New American Century ( PNAC) ... * Presentation of Dahr Jamail's report: Iraqi Hospitals ailing under occupation. ...www.brusselstribunal.org - 43k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block
6. Blog Drive - Free Blog Site. Templates, Layouts and Quiz maker. An Easy Online Journal
A weblog publishing service that is easy enough for a beginner and advanced enough for an expert. Blogging has never been better. ... Dahr Jamail's. "Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation" ...
RSS: View as XML - Add to My Yahoo!mzunloved.blogdrive.com - More from this site - Save - Block
7. WTI : World Tribunal on Iraq : Call for Action (en, nl, fr)
... a new report of the non-embedded journalist Dahr Jamail ("Iraqi hospitals ailing under occupation") will be presented ...worldtribunal.org/main/?b=71 - More from this site - Save - Block
8. Selves and Others
The way to "Selves and Others" is to create a different world, one that is not based on violence and subjugation, hate and fear. ... Dahr Jamail : Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation. Liz Harrop : New Report: War Propaganda & Human Rights ...
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9. Antiwar.com
... Arms Trade 'Undermines Efforts to Relieve Debt' Iraqi Hospitals Ailing Under Occupation ...
Category: Peace and Nonviolence Organizations
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10. Home Security Resources
... need you to come home at the the US Department of Homeland Security on March 1. IRAQI HOSPITALS AILING UNDER OCCUPATION ...
RSS: View as XML - Add to My Yahoo!www.home-security-resources.com/blog - More from this site - Save - Block
so hats off to those who have noted it like selves & others and anti.war com. and note that that three of the top ten entries are c.i.'s (number 6, blogdrive, takes you to a highlight from c.i.'s mirror site).
i'll note that folding star's dealing with the energy issue in the latest at a winding road.
and am i the only 1 just loving mike's blog? mikey likes it! well rebecca loves mikey likes it!
i really like the work mike's doing. if you haven't checked it out, please do so. it's a new blog so i just googled, since i yahooed before, and wasn't expecting much since it's not even a week old but never underestimate the power of c.i. or the common ills community.
1) Most Popular Urban Legends - Mikey Likes It
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7) The Common Ills: Community member Michael's Mikey Likes It!His blog is called Mikey Likes It! and I hope everyone who checks links will makea point to check out Michael's site. His first post is entitled "New York ...thecommonills.blogspot.com/2005/ 06/community-member-michaels-mikey-likes.html - 24k - Cached - Similar pages
i deleted the links to the others. seventh for one of the most popular catch phrases in advertising history (i'd love to have had the royalties on that account!) is the common ills entry that just announces mike's new blog. again, never underestimate the power of that community, or c.i.
(i also added in the numbers to make each of the 7 results clear; for the record that's the 1st 7 of 8,170 results.)
that power is why some throw snit fits when common ills community members don't want to go to their parties or to help them with clean these panties! that power is why some write really hateful e-mails to c.i., some bloggers, like the 1 sent sunday that c.i. didn't see until tuesday and then called and asked, 'rebecca, should i even read it?'
the answer turned out to be 'no.' as a blogger wanted to slam c.i. for what others (myself, jim, dona, ty and jess) had written. and then wanted to slam c.i. for being c.i. and a hundred other things. when you read this, blogger, and you will because as much as you insult my site you can't seem to stay away can you?
what is it with those little boys anyway?
but let's stay positive and just note that private attacks and public attacks against c.i. always speak of jealousy. the green-eyed monster has some of the fellows by the short hairs. oh gee, was that homophobic?
no, i don't think so either but i'm just a raving homophobe to hear 1 little boy tell it.
tell it to others i might add. tell it to jess, tell it to c.i.
of course there's no guessing about the homophobia of 1 of the little boys. it's right there front and center in his most popular post. why is it popular? same reason his 2nd post most popular post is. he's writing about c.i. he's trashing c.i. (with lies, sexism and homophobia) but he'll ride c.i. to fame because c.i.'s the little boy's only hope of fame.
and of course the 2 little boys got together to spread lies on me so i know how they work. they had me posting at 1 of their site even though i'd never been to it. but apparently when any 1 uses lower case online, it's me! so the next time you see it, know i wrote it. know that i wrote everything lower case online. that includes if you're in a chat room. just holler 'hey rebecca' because it must be me, no 1 else ever uses lower case.
their bullshit is laughable. their attempts to become players laughable.
but it doesn't really matter because while the 2 or 3 people who read them seem to hang around, no 1 else cares. i try not to name the little wusses here because i know p.r. and i'm not about to give them further publicity (fame whores are so tacky and so 80s but they didn't get the memo) but they go into spastic fits every time i write something like this and start attacking me to every 1 they know i know.
so i have my power too. i own that power. but i stand in awe of the power of the common ills community. there's nothing else like it. ask mike. he'll tell you about how popular it is at his college. c.i.'s started something amazing and the members are amazing. that's why it exists and thrives while other blogs, blogs over 7 months old, lash out in desperation to get attention and 'hits.' the most they can ever hope for is to ride c.i. to fame because there's nothing they're doing that any 1 cares about. quite the contrary, they're pissing most bloggers off with their tired slash and burns with a new enemy this week and a new enemy next week.
they're sad little boys who can't make 2nd string and don't seem to realize that they're not having a growth spurt over the summer.
i'm tired of their attacks on c.i. and i'm tired of their attacks on me.
what was it 1 of them wrote? jess read it to me 'i don't even go to her site anymore but let me check oh god! she's still at it.' yep, always will be. get used to it, boys.
now back to the incredible mike (who's more of a man then the 2 of them combined), a reader told him he was like 'ask harlan.' they meant 'help me harlan.' harlan's a cutie. he reminds me of ari at the nation.
