Refer madness #3

Our weekly list of refers to good reading elsewhere in cyberspace begins with congratulations to TomPaine.com, which just won the 2003 Herbert Block Freedom Award from The Newspaper Guild-CWA, for being "a consistent voice of reason and democratic discourse at a time of increased political attacks on civil liberties and a flattening of discourse in the mainstream media."

"Like its historical namesake, TomPaine.com promotes informed public discourse, which is essential in a democratic society," TNG-CWA President Linda Foley said. "The group's continuing efforts to promote anti-establishment viewpoints on issues of the day are exactly what Herb Block's cartoons did for readers of the Washington Post."

Second, if you haven't seen Donald Rumsfeld explaining what he said he said, click here to watch Moveon.org's latest ad. This one's simply an excerpt of a news program, but it speaks for itself. Of course, the Defense Secretary's manner of speaking has already been noted in the literary world:



Third, please welcome The Gadflyer to our online political discourse. So far, it looks good, but it's just in the process of launching.

Next, Calpundit Kevin Drum has moved to the Washington Monthly, where his new Political Animal blog picks up the thread uninterrupted.

Then there's cousin Buddy Don. Not only has he given us more than 100 chapters of his fictional life story (so far), but he offers his pinions as well from time to time, and this week he's been on a roll. If you have trouble understanding his hillbilly dialect, he's also provided a dictionary.

Last, your tax dollars at work: "Iraq on the Record," prepared at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman not only counts (237) the Bush administration's misleading statements about Iraq, but it has a search feature. You can type in keywords such as "mushroom cloud" or "smoking gun" to find the quotes in which one or more administration official used that term.
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