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Distracted From When We Were Psychos, William Calley Apologizes

In a rare, if ever, inter­view, for­mer Army lieu­te­nant William Calley, who was con­vic­ted on 22 counts of mur­der for the My Lai Mas­sacre in Viet­nam, sort of apo­lo­gi­zed for the first time last week, at a Colum­bus, Geor­gia, Kiwa­nis Club where he was spea­king.
“In March 1968, U.S. sol­diers gun­ned down hun­dreds of civi­lians …

August 23, 2009 – 10:16 pm | By cooper | Posted in News, opinion | Tagged , , , | Comments (19)

The New Yorker, Obama, and Real Tragedy

It was poin­ted out somewhere that the ave­rage IQ nee­ded to unders­tand satire is 115. It’s been said if the image of the cover of The New Yor­ker was limi­ted to the oh so bri­lliant rea­ders of the print publi­ca­tion it would be dif­fe­rent (I’m not sure I agree with that but wha­te­ver), BUT because …

July 14, 2008 – 3:12 pm | By cooper | Posted in Sexism, Society, racism | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (28)