Chris Matthews, Joint Chiefs Head Myers

First, Chris Matthews proves there is much less operating between his ears than one might think for an overpaid TV host. He does this again and again, but his fondless for having Deborah Orin of the New York Post (which Chris fawns he reads religiously - his words, not mine) on when few other people touch her is a good indicator of how far up his fat ass his head is buried.

Tonight, dear Chrissie didn't even blink when he reported that Joint Chief's Chairman Myers suddenly changed course tonight; after twice stating the riots had nothing to do with Newsweek, now he says the article "probably fueled" the riots. Yesterday, the Pentagon was STILL saying Newsweek and the riots were two separate matters. In other words, Karl Rove got on the phone and gave his usual, "I'll fuck you like no one's ever fucked you before" threats (which probably only serves to get John Bolton wickedly excited, the little tart).

Really, Dick and Chris? Because I remember references to the Koran destruction long before the Newsweek piece. For example, Stranger at Blah3 also points us here:

One journalist I don't have to exhort to stand up to Bush is the woman who's been doing it probably longer than everyone. Molly Ivins understands that when you stand up to people like Bush, they leave you the hell alone. As usual, she tells the plain truth.

As Riley used to say on an ancient television sitcom, "This is a revoltin' development." There seems to be a bit of a campaign on the right to blame Newsweek for the anti-American riots in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Islamic countries.

Uh, people, I hate to tell you this, but the story about Americans abusing the Koran in order to enrage prisoners has been out there for quite some time. The first mention I found of it is March 17, 2004, when the Independent of London interviewed the first British citizen released from Guantanamo Bay. The prisoner said he had been physically beaten but did not consider that as bad as the psychological torture, which he described extensively. Jamal al-Harith, a computer programmer from Manchester, said 70 percent of the inmates had gone on a hunger strike after a guard kicked a copy of the Koran. The strike was ended by force-feeding.