{"id":7470,"date":"2004-04-27T00:15:24","date_gmt":"2004-04-26T22:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/04\/27\/american-reality\/"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"american-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/04\/27\/american-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"American Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20040427-american_kids_by_ap.jpg\" alt=\"American kids\"><br \/>\nHere are three independent links that are worth a read, which I&#8217;ll collectively call &#8220;American Reality&#8221;.  Some of these are a bit old, but are still interesting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/reform\/min\/features\/iraq_on_the_record\/\">Iraq On The Record<\/a> &#8211; this is &#8220;a searchable collection of <b>237<\/b> specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Powell, and National Security Advisor Rice.&#8221;. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/reform\/min\/pdfs_108_2\/pdfs_inves\/pdf_admin_iraq_on_the_record_rep.pdf\">PDF file<\/a> with examination of the statements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/issues\/2003\/12\/soros.htm\">The Bubble of American Supremacy<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; interesting article  by George Soros.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/squeedlyspooch.com\/blog\/archives\/000072.html\">The whole surreal story<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; blog entry of Chris Toshok (Evolution any much more developer) describing the search of his apartment by FBI and Secret Service.  There are also scans of the search warrant and seizure receipt.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here are three independent links that are worth a read, which I&#8217;ll collectively call &#8220;American Reality&#8221;. Some of these are a bit old, but are still interesting. Iraq On The Record &#8211; this is &#8220;a searchable collection of 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by the five Administration officials most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/04\/27\/american-reality\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">American Reality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-7470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8630,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/15\/new-map-of-iraq\/","url_meta":{"origin":7470,"position":0},"title":"New map of Iraq","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 15, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, I know that there is a war in Iraq and lots of people are sufferring and everything. 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These are not particularly accurate, but are fun to have on your website or to see an estimated forecast into the future.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8603,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/08\/a-little-perspective-on-87-billion\/","url_meta":{"origin":7470,"position":4},"title":"A Little Perspective on $87 billion","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 8, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"There are plenty of sites around showing the counter of Iraq war cost. The number is usually pretty high up there in the billions. Not many people can imagine that amount of money. 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