By the author of The Conservative Resurgence and the Press: The Media’s Role in the Rise of the Right and of Journalism at the End of the American Century, 1965-Present. A former journalist with a Ph.D. in journalism, history and political science, McPherson is a past president of the American Journalism Historians Association and a board member for the Northwest Alliance for Responsible Media.
Posted by James McPherson on September 15, 2008
This is the seventh of a series related to Bush’s war, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history. Also see Warku #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.
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Why attack Saddam?
Weapons of mass destruction
None there? We’ll be damned
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Posted by James McPherson on September 14, 2008
This is the sixth of a series related to Bush’s war, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history. Also see Warku #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5.
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Bray it long and loud
Bush’s war will protect us
From a mushroom cloud
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Posted in History, Journalism, Politics, Written elsewhere | Tagged: 9/11, Bush administration, Bush's war, George W. Bush, haiku, Iraq War, justification for war, mushroom cloud, Poetry, rationale for war, war on terror, warku, World Trade Center, World Trade Center attack | Leave a Comment »
Posted by James McPherson on September 13, 2008
This is the fifth of a series related to Bush’s war, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history. Also see Warku #1, #2, #3 and #4.
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Yes, we must attack
We can’t find bin Laden’s cave
So we’ll bomb Iraq
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Posted by James McPherson on September 12, 2008
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Posted by James McPherson on September 11, 2008
Posted in History, Poetry, Politics, Written elsewhere | Tagged: 9/11, 9/11 anniversary, Bush administration, chickenhawks, haiku, Iraq War, justification for war, Poetry, rationale for war, Saudi Arabia, warku, World Trade Center, World Trade Center attack | Leave a Comment »
Posted by James McPherson on September 10, 2008
This is the second of a series related to Bush’s war, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history. Also see Warku #1.
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God’s soldiers attack
Saudi pilots slam towers
Time to hit Iraq
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