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You have to love him when he's going full speed, don't you? This is the kind of thing we need more of on television.
Just in case you missed the Iraq war debate between Christopher Hitchens and George Galloway a while ago, Google Video has the entire thing.
I wondered how long it would be before Christopher Hitchens picked up on George Galloway's suggestion that assassinating Tony Blair wouldn't be all bad...
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August 10, 2006: Just in case you missed the Iraq war debate between Christopher Hitchens and George Galloway a while ago, Google Video has the entire thing....
A rather lovely piece, I think, by The Hitch on the current cartoon feud. Compulsory reading for anyone who thinks he's re-aligned himself with the right-wing of late.
The Hitch has joined a group of people who are arguing that the NSA's wiretapping has infringed their first amendment rights. I don't think they have a huge chance of success, but it's not totally pointless. It probably has a better chance of success than anything Congress will do.
Christopher Hitchens offers a hopeful piece on Iraq in today's Slate. I hope he's right.
If you happen to like Christopher Hitchens, here are some excellent sites:
- Outside the Whale: Understanding Christopher Hitchens, which pretty much sums up my thoughts on the reasons for Hitchens' defence of the Iraq war
- Hitchens web, which lists all of Hitch's recent writings and appearances
- When Christopher met Peter, a transcript of the last time Hitch met his weirdo Mail-columnist brother Peter, following a four year silence over a joke about Stalin
They're all worth having a read of and I urge you in their direction immediately.
The world needs more investigative journalists. Greg Palast is an excellent investigative journalist - he's no John Pilger, but he does valuable and important work.
But seriously, what was the point of this low grade exchange of sarcasm with Christopher Hitchens? Even worse than the pointless schoolground name calling on both sides are the ridiculous falsehoods and internal contradictions in the arguments. Greg, Chris: you can do better than this.
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