I found William Rivers Pitt's book about Iraq War in my boxes of books

[Pretzel_Warrior]

in the basement. I can't believe I actually bought it at Borders! I guess it was pretty popular back in the day if it received that kind of distribution. I'm sorry to say that it didn't do more good in stopping an illegal and unjust war, but it was an interesting trip down memory lane.

And the price per page was pretty steep. I paid over $8 according to the Borders UPC label still on there.

[FarPoint]

1. I have my copy on the bookshelf.

It's there for the kids to read....important to remember the past to understand the present political situation.

[rug]

2. I read his post about a stuffed dog just today in the Lounge.

History of another kind.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

4. stuffed with roasted red peppers and rice?....oh...

you meant another kind of stuffed. My mom and dad were friends with an older lady who had her longtime pet dog stuffed and sitting in the living room of her house. It was kind of creepy when we had to sit there and look at "Bo" staring at us.

[WilliamPitt]

6. No. Stuffed with evil. Pure, unrefined evil.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018545977

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. lol. yeah I replied over on that thread. My son has a couple of toys like that

[WilliamPitt]

3. So you're the one.

It did its work, as best it could. Scott Ritter's incomprehensible self-immolation in a teenage sex scandal the February after it came out didn't exactly do wonders for outreach, but it made the NYT best-seller list the December before (and was the top seller at Newbury Comics for a bit, for which I am oddly proud). It moved the pile, and I like to think it informed in a slow-burn kind of way. By late 2005, Bush and his war-advocate buddies were running for their lives. I like to think I played a small part in that, at least.

Eleven years on, it retains the advantage of having been right...and I've never been more unhappy about being right in my entire goddam life.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. it definitely helped build the requisite outrage needed to light some roman candles by 2006

post-Katrina.

EDIT To ADD: That "So you're the one" line reminded me of Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. But then so did another person's comment about Matt Damon reading Howard Zinn's speech. His character from the movie roaming Robin Williams' office saying "you people are reading the wrong fucking books" and then he asks what fucking books and the kid says "People's History of The United States".

Well, I guess I need to go watch that movie again.

[WilliamPitt]

7. ...and thanks for the eight bucks.

I got 7% of that.

[KittyWampus]

9. Do you think there's another book in the works? I could imagine your style

wittily (with a tiny bite) covering the joys of navigating parenthood, for instance.

[WilliamPitt]

12. Someday

Still juggling the chainsaws.

And Truthout pretty much hoovers up all my writing time.

[4Q2u2]

11. I have not had a chance to read your book yet

I think I will put it next on my list. Here is an interesting link for you. No I am not a glutton for punishment. I do like Mr Bacevich, local guy you probably know him. Lost a Son to combat, I think he still teaches at BU. The one "Lessons Learned" that floored me the most was Wolfowitz. All he was missing was the red nose and big shoes, because he is a clown. I wanted to respond and ask how his BEST BUDDY Ahmend Chalabri was doing.

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/search/site/Iraq


PS: Had to add this. The spell check highlighted Wolfowitz' name and the first replacement word to come up was halfwits.

[curlyred]

8. I have my autographed copy of "The Greatest Sedition is Silence"

Currently selling at Amazon for $31.79 new, sans autograph. Still a good read but also a sad one.

I am pretty sure one of my daughters took the Iraq War book when she moved out. Brat.

[byronius]

13. I own that.