01.24.06
Checking Facts
Bloggers are hard at work today, checking facts and figures from the latest Administration speeches. It’s a frustrating job, but quite productive. Start reading.
Just to try and keep a few lies documented in one place, here are this evening’s offerings, inspired by today’s Newsday report cited in the first item below:
Katrina:
“I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.”
– President Bush, September 1, 2005
WASHINGTON– The Homeland Security Department was warned a day before Hurricane Katrina hit that the storm’s surge could breach levees and leave New Orleans flooded for weeks or months, documents released Monday show.
– Newsday, January 23, 2006
The list goes on. Then, consider these two collections of quips, quotes and reality.
A little fact checking
Trying to fact check every speech Bush delivers is too daunting a task for a humble blogger — a typical event includes far too much mendacity to bother. But since yesterday’s speech was supposed to be the president’s latest comprehensive defense of his warrantless-search program, it’s probably worth taking a moment to document the more [...]
Leaving out a few details about military benefits
The president said something yesterday about the military with which I agree wholeheartedly. “It is really important for the United States of America to have an all-volunteer Army. The best way to keep people volunteering in the Army is to make sure they got good pay, good training, good equipment and good housing for their loved [...]
