I’m glad that it’s hockey season. I watched the Hurricanes game tonight (DVRs are a wonderful invention) and was a happy man. Even with the shootout loss, it was an enjoyable evening. Now if only the games were always in HD.
Month: October 2006
Hubris
I’m hesitant to get too worked up over political matters. After 2004 I was hurt, angry, and generally unhappy with life. I don’t want to go back to that, but I can’t fully ignore the issues of the day.
A posting on Slashdot led to a video of the Charlie Rose show. In the second segment, the authors of a new book titled Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War discuss some scenes from the book. Their comments just reinforce statements from others. The Bush administration ignored dissenting interpretations of intelligence data. Once it was clear that their were not any WMD, the adminstration was neither surprised nor concerned. Bush was just out the get Saddam and that was done. Anything else was inconsequential.