Poynter Online: Media Map of Iraq – A bird’s-eye view of where journalists are

Slate: The War on the Web

What were we saying about religious fanatics?

Bush believes he was called by God to lead the nation at this time, says Commerce Secretary Don Evans, a close friend who talks with Bush every day. His history degree from Yale makes him mindful of the importance of the moment. He knows he’s making ”history-changing decisions,” Evans says. But Bush doesn’t keep a diary or other personal record of the events that will form his legacy. Aides take notes, but there’s no stenographer in most meetings, nor are they videotaped or recorded.

Looks like they were right.

“We have to avoid a clash of civilizations at all costs,” French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine said on Sunday. “One has to avoid falling into this huge trap, this monstrous trap” which he said had been “conceived by the instigators of the assault.”

But this is exactly what it seems the administration wants.

Syria’s Assad Criticizes U.S. ‘Lack of Foresight’:

“If a small country made a mistake it might affect its neighbors, but if a superpower committed a mistake it would threaten the whole world.

“The disquieting reality that we see is the reality of the world and that of the world’s greatest country,” he said.

Where’s Waldo? – informative post on /. about the photoshopped LA Times cover photo

The LA Times takes the right stand. It’s their responsibility to present ‘objective’ truth (read: facts), or at least to try to, regardless of what an appellate court might rule. That’s what makes the whole ’embeds’ situation distasteful. You’re throwing out the bias precept out the window before you even get started. At the Annenberg Discussion, the army guy gave a spiel justifying massaging of information and PR as par for the course, that all corporations and other organizations do it. And that’s true, however, there’s a word for that when used by governments and militaries. It’s called propaganda.

See also: psychological warfare, use of media as weapon

Let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green

shirt–it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to

gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege.” -Tommy

Douglas (Link to source.)

Saw a search referer for ‘syria sucks‘ (#2 baby). Awesome.

Also, apparently, I’m highly overvalued at blogshares. (Hey, Heiko actually bought some shares! Err, thanks, I think.)

Awesome, Incutio’s css-d list archive is up to date. Looking now for some line break info. [Post more later]

I’m going to try to post less about the war, since well, it’s sorta pointless, and aggravating. I’ve put up a war news sidebar though.

In other news, at least I’m not nuts. Terry Gross interviewed Joseph Cirincione and William Kristol about the Project for the New American Century on Tuesday’s Fresh Air.

The Link Sys Community Network.

How do I become a member?

Well, you might currently be a member.

Are there nefarious, competing networks I should be leary of?

Yes. In particular unsuspecting users are often duped by the so-called “default” community network. It is important to be on the lookout for these subversives.

Should I report “default” community network nodes to the authorities?

No. You should follow the directions below to set them strait.

How do I fix a “default” community network node?

Just point your broswser to it’s IP address, usually 192.168.1.1. You’ll be

asked for a username which should be set to “admin” and a password

which you also set to “admin” to get started. Once you do this, you’ll

want to find the field that says “default” and type “linksys” in there.

Click the “submit” button and things should be ready to go.