Comments on: Rotten apples http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/25/rotten-apples/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/25/rotten-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-103118 abb1 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:58:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3851#comment-103118 Thanks for the link, Anodyne. Chomsky was Pat Tillman's favorite author? He urged soldiers to vote against Bush? He thought the Iraq war was illegal? I had no idea. Lol. We really do live in an Orwellian dystopia. Thanks for the link, Anodyne.

Chomsky was Pat Tillman’s favorite author?
He urged soldiers to vote against Bush?
He thought the Iraq war was illegal?

I had no idea.

Lol. We really do live in an Orwellian dystopia.

]]> By: Anodyne http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/25/rotten-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-102961 Anodyne Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:57:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3851#comment-102961 A tough week for Army <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/MNGD7ETMNM1.DTL" rel="nofollow">investigations</a>. Via the <a href="http://cunningrealist.blogspot.com/2005/09/anatomy-of-disgrace.html" rel="nofollow">Cunning Realist</a>. A tough week for Army investigations. Via the Cunning Realist.

]]> By: Wolfgang http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/25/rotten-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-102851 Wolfgang Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:14:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3851#comment-102851 These reports about torture in Iraq should be archived for the next time a journalist asks a politician the "Why do they hate us?" question These reports about torture in Iraq should be archived for the next time a journalist asks a politician the “Why do they hate us?” question

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/25/rotten-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-102845 Barry Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:57:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3851#comment-102845 It's been hours, and the trolls haven't come. Must be their day off. It’s been hours, and the trolls haven’t come. Must be their day off.

]]> By: nick s http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/25/rotten-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-102803 nick s Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:46:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3851#comment-102803 This, perhaps, ought to be seen in the light of the Pentagon's ridiculous response to reporting on the <a href="http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20051010&s=the_porn_of_war" rel="nofollow">Iraq snuff-for-porn site</a>: <blockquote>Officials at the Defense Department and at US Central Command in Tampa Bay, Florida, shied away from any direct comments about military personnel posting combat images on Wilson's porn site, claiming a firewall blocks viewing of such material from their office computers.</blockquote> Quite. This, perhaps, ought to be seen in the light of the Pentagon’s ridiculous response to reporting on the Iraq snuff-for-porn site:

Officials at the Defense Department and at US Central Command in Tampa Bay, Florida, shied away from any direct comments about military personnel posting combat images on Wilson’s porn site, claiming a firewall blocks viewing of such material from their office computers.

Quite.

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