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[25 Sep 2006 | No Comment | ]

Bill Clinton’s recent anger against right-wingers for saying he didn’t do enough to capture Osama bin Laden – being discussed on our boards - seemed to really upset Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, who did the interview.  Says he:
The President was clearly stung by any suggestion that he had not done everything he could to get bin Laden. He attacked right-wingers–accused me of a “conservative hit job”–and even spun a theory I still don’t understand that somehow Fox was trying to cover up the fact that NewsCorp. chief Rupert Murdoch was supporting …

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[25 Sep 2006 | No Comment | ]

Making the rounds for his new movie, Apocalypto, releasing in December, Mel Gibson appeared in Austin at Fantastic Fest, and unleashed a spout against the Iraq War:
(Reuters) In describing its portrait of a civilization in decline, Gibson said, “The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again,” drawing parallels between the Mayan civilization on the brink of collapse and America’s present situation. “What’s human sacrifice,” he asked, “if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?”
I hate to be one of those guys …