---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:39:42 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Inferno: Big Nous Day If I hadn't accidentally looked at a newspaper stand late last night, and noticed the headline that "Bush Takes Responsibility For Misleading Information" I would probably not have known where to look today to find anything out about it: http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=1382287 http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=6620 Although it is a purely rhetorical admission, it is a significant one in that it takes the wind from the sails of any notion of an independent inquiry. And as well, if you look at the front page of CNN, it has already been removed from public consciousness to be replaced with the much more pressing and incendiary notions of: A new audiotape of Saddam's Greatest Hits: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/01/sprj.irq.main/index.html The Vatican and W come out to bat: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/01/vatican.gay.marriages/index.html and in a strange tautological twist, Condi takes personal responsibility for Bush and Bush says Condi is an "honest, fabulous person": http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/31/rice/index.html You see, because BushCo will have its cake and eat you too: "I think the American people should be prepared for surprises," said David Kay, a former U.N. weapons inspector who is leading the CIA's weapons investigation. "I think it's very likely that we will discover remarkable surprises in this enterprise." http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/31/wmd.search/index.html And if that's not enough for you: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030801_689.html http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030801p2a00m0fp015000c.html Now I remember why I care more about the nous than the news.