[lit-ideas] Re: A rose by any other name...
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:16:35 +0100
I didn't notice that, David - I tend to 'read' what I expect to see! (not that
I knew Mirembe was there, I thought she was in Qatar).
(I just checked. Yes, the NYT got her name wrong.)
Judy Evans, Cardiff
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ritchie
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A rose by any other name...
Did they really get Mirembe's name wrong?
David Ritchie,
prone to typos in
Protland, Oregon
On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Lawrence Helm wrote:
Mike:
I've read a few reports and see nothing that would justify your outrageous
comment, Mike.
My morning paper carries a New York Times article by Sabrina Tavernise,
"Blackwater . . . had come under attack from Armed militants. The 'civilians'
who reportedly fired upon by Blackwater professionals were in fact armed
enemies, and Blackwater personnel returned defensive fire,' said Anne Tyrrell,
a company spokeswoman . . . 'Blackwater professionals heroically defended
American lives in a war zone. . ."
"In the shooting on Sunday, initial reports from the U.S. Embassy said that
a convoy of State Department vehicles came under fire in Nisour Square, a
commercial area in western Baghdad that is clogged with construction, traffic
and concrete blocks. One vehicle became 'disabled' in the shooting, officials
said. . . ."
"But two bombs exploded around the time of the convoy's passage, and Iraqis
who were there said on Monday that guards in the American motorcade, which had
apparently been stuck in traffic, began shooting in response. That appeared to
be confirmed by the embassy's information officer, Johann Schmonstes.
'The car bomb was in proximity to the place where State Department personal
were meeting, and that was the reason why Blackwater responded to the incident,
. . ."
"Mirenbe Nantongo, the embassy spokeswoman, said, 'Our people were reacting
to a car bombing.'"
I'm always interested in Leftists thinking processes; so I'd love to hear
the steps you took to arrive at your position. As for me, it sounds like there
were plenty of State Department witnesses to what happened -- as well as
uninvolved Iraqis. The Blackwater people were protecting a convoy. If the
Blackwater people did do something evil then you've got to assume a gigantic
conspiracy involving all the State Department personnel and Iraqi bystanders to
cover it up.
Lawrence
------------Original Message------------
From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, Sep-18-2007 2:10 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] A rose by any other name...
BLACKWATER -- has there ever been a more appropriate name for an evil
enterprise?
I predict that in the near future "Bush" will become a curse word even for
conservative Americans. Then Cheney will to Leahy say, "Bush you."
Mike Geary
Memphis
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