I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Ah, fame and prestige for the Eschaton comments section.
Frist!
Atrios: Link to WJI is
http://www.worldji.com/
You sent us to Word Jenny Inc.
At least I now know that Word Jenny announced today that its founder and president, Leslie C. Squires, has been elected by the Colorado Internet Keiretsu (CIK) to the position of President of the Board.
You guys might be interested to know that, just as I was crediting Atrios, a lady at the NPR West studios in Culver City appeared in the room and tried to kick me out of the building (I was using their phone after doing a studio interview with NPR on Kelley, but they'd set me up in the lunch room).
So the "thanks" at the end is digitally added. She hung up my phone.
P.S. Oh, but they were very nice in making up for that misunderstanding, so nobody send them unfriendly mail. And look for my other Kelley interview on the "On the Media" site. J
NPR has been getting a little testy lately since the news broke about them being corporate toadies.
OK, maybe not exactly toadies.
But no longer the voice of the people.
Go us!
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Jordan. Well, Jordan, you're not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card -- actually, I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident.
But I was whisked off there, I didn't have much time to think about it. And I was sitting in the classroom, and Andy Card, my Chief of Staff, who is sitting over here, walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower, America is under attack."
And, Jordan, I wasn't sure what to think at first. You know, I grew up in a period of time where the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind -- just like your Daddy's and Mother's mind probably. And I started thinking hard in that very brief period of time about what it meant to be under attack. I knew that when I got all of the facts that we were under attack, there would be hell to pay for attacking America. (Applause.)
I tried to get as many facts as I could, Jordan, to make sure I knew as I was making decisions that I knew exactly what I was basing my decisions on. I've got a fabulous team. A President can't possibly be President without a good team. It starts with having a great wife, by the way. (Applause.)
And so, I got on the phone from Air Force One, asking to find out the facts. You've got to understand, Jordan, during this period of time, there were all kinds of rumors floating around. Some of them were erroneous. Obviously -- for example, there was a news report saying that the State Department had been attacked. I needed to know what the facts were. But I knew I needed to act. I knew that if the nation's under attack, the role of the Commander-In-Chief is to respond forcefully to prevent other attacks from happening. And so, I've talked to the Secretary of Defense; one of the first acts I did was to put our military on alert.
An interesting thing happened shortly thereafter. Condoleezza Rice -- who was not with me but was with the Vice President because they were in the White House compound -- called me on Air Force One after that, and said that she had gotten a call from Russia, from Vladimir Putin, who understood why we were putting our troops on alert, and, therefore, wasn't going to respond. That was an important phone call. Because when I was coming up, and a lot of other older-looking people here who were coming up with me -- (laughter) -- that would never have happened in the past. An alert by the United States would have caused Russia to go on alert, which would have created a complicated situation. But that wasn't the case.
By the way, we're heading into a new era. One of the positive things that come
THE PRESIDENT: By the way, we're heading into a new era. One of the positive things that comes out of the evil was, we're reassessing relationships in order to make the world more peaceful. I believe it's important for us to have positive relations with our former enemy and to rethink the defenses of the United States of America. (Applause.)
At any rate, I knew I had a job to do. And I was quoted in the press the other day as saying I haven't regretted one thing I've decided. And that's the truth. Every decision I made, I stand by. And I'm proud of the decisions I've made. (Applause.)
(FROM THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT. LIES ABOUT 911).
Along those same lines, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops fired Ono Ekeh because the guy is supporting Kerry and has a mailing list on Yahoo called Catholics for Kerry.
Here's an article, and yes, the link will age, sorry:
http://nationalcatholicreporter....org/washington/
Oh, and what was Ono Ekeh's job? He worked in the Secretariat for African American Catholics. It's not like he was making policy. But apparently it's a scorched-earth policy the USCCB is engaged in: purge out anyone who publicly expresses their support for John Kerry.
B*st*rds.
I can hardly read that transcript without being sick. I thought I had gotten over my extreme anger at Bush for being such a poor excuse for a president and even poorer excuse for a man.
Guess not.
OT
The BBC is reporting that Israel television is reporting that Sharon is facing charges for corruption.
Also, some British Cavers who were rescued from a waterlogged cavern in Mexico are facing questioning from authorities. British Govt have denied claims they were looking for Uranium......
Is Mr. Gorenfeld also aware of Gegrapha, the organization of religious journalists founded by Kelley's chief defender?
Their website's pretty sketchy, so it might be more difficult to ferret out what they're all about (although that Christianity Today article may provide a roadmap)...
oh, is that where militry spelunking comes in?
"The *influential* blog Eschaton...."
Woo.
Mr. Gorenfeld is pretty generous. 
Oh, Gegrapha, I'll check it out.
What is with Christianity Today and their mushy rationalizations for Jack Kelley?
Full disclosure: C.T. told me they weren't interested in a story on Rev. Moon's "tear down the cross" tour attended by Congressmen...
OT again:
Sally -- Thanks for the link on Sharon. On the same page, I learned that someone at the BBC has a sense of humour:
French lawyer 'to defend Saddam'
I can hear the Freepers howling from miles away... (The French lawyer, by the way, is Jaques Verges, who has made quite a career out of that sort of thing.)
Interrobang - Thanks for that - yep, I can already hear the howling hordes. LOL
Like Pie, reading that transcript again still makes my blood boil. I just want to scream "Well, get up and DO something you idiot. How can you sit there and read about goats when you were just told that the country was under attack." According to various timelines of that day, Bush didn't actually board Air Force 1 until 45 or so minutes after being told of the attack. The transcript has him not asking for any additional info this whole time. Who the hell does he think is in charge?
The WJI logo (http://www.worldji.com/) shows a man looking down his shirtfront as he fires a crossbow into his own head.
Chrississippi, I think the url is http://www.worldjihad.com/, by the way.
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