http://www.pmicomputers.com/disweblogs/ en-us 2004-05-09T07:36:05-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000032.html The New Iraq revealed itself again last week, white-hot and glowing, this time as an American-made House of Horrors, with the darkened outline of Abu Ghraib prison shamefully flickering amidst the thunder and lightning of a country already wickedly incandescent... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-09T07:36:05-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000030.html The Waters of Babylon In Tennessee a stream Low and winter-small Braiding with stones and light Goes by unnoticed slowly to the lake below. Twelve years old, standing, slamming On the rare thick ice in the winter woods Beyond... verse Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-08T07:11:16-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000029.html The debacle of Iraq darkly occludes the less mentioned slippage of the stalemate in Afghanistan back into tribalism, Taliban, and narco-economy. And though both wars have produced dubious claims of victory, nothing certain has been accomplished and nothing lasting so... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-07T08:48:57-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000028.html While the Bush scientific team insists the world is ecologically agreeable and about six thousand years old, at the same time their international affairs diviners conjure up a world as flat as a Bresinski chessboard. In that ante-diluvian scheme, the... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-05T05:34:50-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000025.html We know which country these postcards are coming from, but look closely at that last plea for help. Does the blood-stained postmark say Abu Ghraib prison or, perhaps, Camp Bucca? Oh, there's always been a few misunderstandings between the Iraqi... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-03T23:16:20-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000023.html Despite the best efforts of an ossified and conniving corporate media (Fox, CNN, you know I mean you), all the slippery cards are now face up on the table. And the table is in the center of the plaza. And... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-03T21:31:59-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000022.html Call me sentimental, but as I look back at this invasion and pick and choose photos for my own Book of the Dead, I get most depressed about the slaughtered children. Whether by cluster bomb or checkpoint machine gun, the... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-02T09:41:36-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000021.html A picture reprinted from The New Yorker, which also reports that videos of these atrocities have been seized. The subjects were forced to pose having oral sex. In another photo, they were forced to masturbate in front of a female... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-01T17:49:33-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000020.html George W. Bush, April 30, 2004 Press Conference: ".&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbspthere's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self-govern. I reject that. I... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-05-01T09:31:21-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000019.html The major media has decided to start counting bodies. If you are fifty years old, this should awake a long series of memories: Official and complete death counts for Iraqis nationwide are unavailable. But a count by The Associated Press... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-04-30T21:42:27-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000018.html . . . Corporate Style. The New Iraq may not be Camelot quite yet, but already it resembles the Dark Ages. This bright new wave of democracy, moral clarity and human rights washing over Iraq is actually as dark and... Harold (and Beagle) 2004-04-30T18:32:22-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000017.html You will read this often enough these days: "The military said another soldier died in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad." MSNBC Dig a little deeper into this accident, and you'll find an April 29, 2004 Defense Department News Release:... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-04-30T13:32:48-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000016.html The alleged crimes have led to these charges: assault, maltreatment, indecent acts against prisoners, conspiracy, dereliction of duty, cruelty. The photos of the accused troops that have come to light show them giving the thumbs up to the camera as... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-04-29T20:37:43-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000015.html In his congressional testimony today, the Pentagon's second in command, Paul Wolfowitz, responded pitifully when he told the committee the number of US troop deaths so far in Iraq. "It's approximately 500, of which -- I can get the exact... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-04-29T18:38:34-06:00 http://www.pmicomputers.com/disarchives/000014.html The breaking news is US forces may be relenting in the bloody standoff that Falluhjah has become. In what seems a desperate but much needed move, U.S. forces will turn over Fallujah to an 1,100 man contingent headed by a... politics Harold (and Beagle) 2004-04-29T10:22:59-06:00