Friday, May 11, 2007

The emphasis at Bread Crumbs... is going to shift-- to something about books-- but before I can make any major changes, I need to somehow archive whatever might be worth keeping... and then I have to re-work the side-bar. Some of those links will stay here; others will move to Lyssa Strada, if they're not already there. In the meantime, and because it makes sense in terms of the transition, I am featuring some books that deserve more attention, the kind of attention that causes one to actually purchase them. I was prompted to do so because of this particular post which actually documented something that has been discussed quite a bit in the blogosphere... that all of the pundits and journalists who were so wrong about the WMD/Iraq, etc., are still on super-achieving career paths. Ironically, those who were right about the manipulations and the fiasco that would follow, are not. On the same super-achieving career paths. So, just in case you might wish to support one or more of these prescient writers... I have provided some links. Robert Scheer's Truthdig. Okay, this one is not really a book, but an online publication started by Scheer after the LA Times fired him for telling the truth. In 2004, The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq, by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Robert Scheer, co-authored with his son Christopher Scheer and reporter Lakshmi Chaudury, [was] funded by readers of the website Alternet.org. Despite receiving little play in the media, the book, which describes the roots of the Iraq quagmire, received publicity via the Internet, alternative radio shows and word of mouth and landed on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. [Now that's ironic!] William Lind, even though a conservative, still gets no respect, again, because he dared to tell the truth during the run-up to the war. "Still writing for a small audience. Lind is a contributor to The American Conservative and websites like Military.com, Counterpunch, and Antiwar.com." Jonathan Schell's book, The Unconquerable World, which effectively predicted the disaster in Iraq. "Schell's main audience is the committed group of lefties who subscribe to The Nation. He drily remarks that, 'There doesn't seem to be a rush to find the people who were right about Iraq and install them in the mainstream media.'" Scott Ritter's recent book, Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change. "When world leaders spoke confidently about Saddam's biological and chemical weapons, Ritter was a lonely voice, saying that the arsenals had been destroyed after the first Gulf War. Having spent several years in Iraq as a U.N. inspector, the former marine had experience to support his statements. As we now know, he was correct." 8:50:18 PM    humor me... ~~

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