Comments on: SADDAM TAPES: WHY IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

By: Michael Z.

Michael Z. — Sat, 06 May 2006 20:40:58 +0000

I’m very, very impressed that this sort of work is being done; Web Design is getting stagnant with people using just styled
block-level elements to produce artwork. The incorporation of SVG into sites excites me a lot.
How long do you expect it will take for this sort of technology to be widespread?
Obviously you can only speak about WebKit realistically, but if it’s going to take ten years for IE Win to gain (full) support,
we can’t design with it.
I’m amused by the “Becoming more important” line in the first paragraph. This has been a HUGE problem for years -
ever since HTML-2.0 was introduced to be more of a layout language and less of a markup language. For an example,
you just have to look at this site. sex partners Why is all the text
crammed over on the left side of the page with a big blank space on the right side?
Why is the default font tiny and unreadable? Fortunately most browsers now let you override the latter problem.

By: P. Aaron

P. Aaron — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:51:02 +0000

Rick, if one utilizes the ‘foxhole’ trust standard, you may consider rephrasing: “Iâ€™d trust Michael Moore before I trusted this guy”, to: “…Loftus is about as trustworthy as Michael Moore”.

Other than that…very fine writing.

By: The Political Pit Bull

The Political Pit Bull — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:00:01 +0000

The Saddam Tapes: Hardly A Smoking Gun

This is my first post concerning the newly acquired Saddam tapes because I am, frankly, underwhelmed by what they reveal; they …

By: Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:01:15 +0000

The Loftus Tapes

It could turn out that Loftus over-hyped his tapes for publicity reasons. Rick Moran has it right in his piece in which he quotes Lori Byrd thus:If the tapes are authentic, the discussion of efforts to deceive the inspectors and to be ready to quickly res

By: The Jawa Report

The Jawa Report — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:45:26 +0000

Saddam Tapes Fizzle, Right Chases Ghosts

Not only are the 12 hours of tapes set to be released to the public by John Loftus tomorrow a fizzling non-event, but the media and many on the Right side of the blogosphere have taken those tapes out of…

By: The Politburo Diktat » Blog Archive » Loftus and the Saddam tapes

The Politburo Diktat » Blog Archive » Loftus and the Saddam tapes — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:13:08 +0000

[...] Right Wing Nut House Â» SADDAM TAPES: WHY ITâ€™S ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP When I first heard of the existence of the Saddam Tapes, I was mildly interested. After all, from a purely academic point of view, it would be fascinating to listen to the dictator and try and discover how his mind worked. Saddam is surely one of the most destructive leaders that lived during the 20th century. Not quite in the Hitler/Stalin/Mao class but rather more of a second tier thug, easily as evil as Idi Amin or Slobodon Milosivec.But when John Loftus, the organizer of this weekendâ€™s â€œIntelligence Summitâ€ came out and said that there was a â€œsmoking gunâ€ in these tapes that proved the existence of WMD in Iraq prior to our invasion, I was skeptical. I remembered from the Duelfer Report that close aides to Saddam had routinely lied to the dictator about his own WMD program so any conversations about WMD on the tapes would have to be listened to bearing that in mind. [...]

By: The Absurd Report

The Absurd Report — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:26 +0000

Caution!: Saddam Tapes By the Bear

This all sounds good but there is a major problem surrounding John Loftus. He has major credibility problems and has come up with some wild conspiracy theories in the past.

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By: MarcH

MarcH — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:06:08 +0000

I have no idea whether the charges against Cherney have merit. The definition of crimnal in the FSU was always very elastic.

In nay case, Cherney sponsored an interesting and impressive organization (http://www.jerusalemsummit.org/eng/)

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:55:40 +0000

As I said with C/W accidental shooting, I prefer not to speculate before a certain amount of time passes, allowing things like additional or even some facts to surface. I draw the line on things like the time I was accosted by a small group of druggies. Action has to be immediate, as brazen as certain circumstances occasionally dictate . Speculating in this case, would certainly be considered foolish at best. Others would argue that my actions were equally foolish, but instincts are irreplaceable. Perhaps an ends to a means thing or the inverse of same.

Before this gets into some digression from your post, there is a precious amount of metaphoric analogies people can use in such an example of this but, I’m no braggart nor do I wish to be thought of that kind of light, so I’ll let that rest.

Simply put there’s a time to wait and a time to vote. See through the pressure of reacting and act, according to circumstances.

By: Mark in Mexico

Mark in Mexico — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:46:56 +0000

What’s up with these Saddam tapes?

Two former directors of the CIA, John Deutch and James Woolsey, have resigned from the board of directors of Intelligence Summit. This is the organization that got its hands on some of the tapes of meetings between Saddam Hussein and his flunkies.