Comments on: FDL Book Salon: Glenn Greenwald Debuts On NYT Bestseller List

By: squiddy

squiddy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:35:20 +0000

GordonM @ 86

Doesn’t pass my smell test. You don’t cancel his trip unless you need Gates “on board” for something more significant than lying about progress :-).

There was a story that Maliki is facing a “no confidence” vote in the Iraqi parliament…maybe they are going to change leadership over there..

The Oil Deal issue also hasn’t been working to the GOP/Halliburton’s advantage. Maybe some sort of military ultimatum is afoot. How convenient the ’surge’ just happens to have peaked.

God, I hope this isn’t ‘war room’ planning for an Iran attack.
(Shut up, brain! Shut up!)
(Then feed me more beer!)
(Okay! Okay!)

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:16:10 +0000

here we go again… after living through Bush’s reign, we’re gonna have to do it all over again through a fleet of books. I’ll wait till it’s out on audible.

By: valletta

valletta — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:34:50 +0000

I’m halfway through the book and it’s great. Glenn has captured our Idiot in Chief’s black and white view of the world perfectly. The scariest part is that Glenn reiterates what many here have been saying for a long time; Bush under pressure is a bomb waiting to go off. He may invade Iran (or worse) just BECAUSE everyone is moving against him. Read Frank Rich’s latest on Bush’s cowardice for a clearer picture.

The irony is it’s like he’s the suicide bomber now. And taking us all with him :(

By: punaise

punaise — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:34:02 +0000

two books in hand, the quandry is posed: which to read first?

A Tragic Legacy or Al Gore’s The Assuault on Reason

By: Brel1

Brel1 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:32:04 +0000

Big Mitch @ 33 “What makes me so sad about all of this, sad and angry, is that a whole generation is coming up who thinks that this is normal.”

What makes me crazy is that the Bush supporters by and large are fine with corruption and the number of wingnuts who are involved in the massive WH mess including those who wanted Libby pardoned can’t wrap their brains around their own corruption. It’s very scary.

By: james

james — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:23:31 +0000

dmac @ 71

and james, i said ‘breeded’ which is not a word, i meant ‘bred’………i am a train of thought person, so words get misspelled…….

I understood completely and admire your optimism.

By: TexB

TexB — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:58:44 +0000

Just bought the book. Haven’t read it yet. Soon.

By: GordonM

GordonM — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:34:56 +0000

PLovering @ 87

On Friday last we heard that the Federal Debt. had jumped by whooping $74.2 billion … one of the largest spikes ever. What this number does to inflation, interest rates, banks, housing, and Hedge Funds doesn’t bear thinking about. Certainly, the MSM didn’t think about it over the weekend. Not a peep.

White House “Fairy Tales” pale in comparison to the cover-ups headed our way from the fairies working for Bernanke, Paulson, and the Plunge Protection Team. Perhaps the message finally got though to the Raptures that we can no longer afford this war.

It certainly makes for yet another fracture in the GOP base. The GOP fondness for “free market” deregulation, and subsequent speculation and insane degrees of leverage has a long, long history. Of very, very painful consequences.

“Tax cuts cause increasing tax revenues; in case of priapism, seek medical help immediately.”

By: mauimom

mauimom — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:34:43 +0000

BTW, for those folks who haven’t yet bought Glenns’ book: use the link to Amazon on the FDL site. FDL makes a little money if you do.

By: David Ehrenstein

David Ehrenstein — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:22:19 +0000

dmac @68

“and the biggest boost to my psyche is harry shearer, who is on the radio right now.”

Harry is to date the only mass media figure to have called “Mini Me” by his proper name: Irving Lewis Libby