Pentagon Sept. 11th 2001 911 Pics Taken by Responder Part #2

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Brit MI6 Confirms Bin Laden Nukes

Pakistani scientists reportedly advising al-Qaida on weaponization of uranium it has obtained
May 7, 2006 / By Gordon Thomas / © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

MI6, Britain's secret intelligence service, has identified six Pakistani scientists working in Iran's nuclear bomb program who have been "advising al-Qaida on how to weaponize fissionable materials it has now obtained."

MI6 and the International Atomic Energy Agency believe the scientists have played a major role in enabling Iran to be "well advanced in providing uranium enriched materials for nuclear bombs," said Alexander Cirilovic, a nuclear terrorism expert in Paris.

Both high-level MI6 and CIA sources have confirmed the scientists would only have been allowed to assist al-Qaida with the authority of Iran's unpredictable President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The revelation comes at a time when Washington has increased pressure on Tehran to give up its nuclear weapons program.

The scientists worked for Dr. A.Q. Khan, the "father of the Islamic bomb," who is now under house arrest in Pakistan after confessing he had provided both Iran and North Korea with details of how to make their own nuclear bombs.

The MI6 report to other intelligence services followed bin Laden's recent threats to unleash a new wave of terror – with Britain and the United States his prime targets.

Recently, from his lair in north Pakistan, bin Laden boasted that "al-Qaida did not find it difficult to obtain the weapons grade material. We have contacts in Russia with other militant groups. Enough material to make a tactical nuke is available for £15 million."

Former CIA operative David Dastych, a G2B contributor from Poland and one of the agency's experts on nuclear terrorism, said: "The traffic in nuclear materials is ongoing and growing."

Bin Laden's material is hidden somewhere in the mountain fastness between Iran and Afghanistan.

Its proximity to Iran's own nuclear facilities has made it easy for the Pakistani scientists to assist al-Qaida.

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http://www.standeyo.com/NEWS/06_Terror/060507.UBL.nukes.html

Yale alums snatched Geronimo's skull, letter says



Tuesday, May 9, 2006; Posted: 10:52 a.m. EDT (14:52 GMT)

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University's ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo.

The letter, written by one member of Skull and Bones to another, purports that the skull and some of the Indian leader's remains were spirited from his burial plot in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to a stone tomb in New Haven that serves as the club's headquarters.

According to Skull and Bones legend, members -- including President Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush -- dug up Geronimo's grave when a group of Army volunteers from Yale were stationed at the fort during World War I. Geronimo died in 1909.

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Harlyn Geronimo, the great grandson of Geronimo, said he has been looking for a lawyer to sue the U.S. Army, which runs Fort Sill. Discovery of the letter could help, he said.

"It's keeping it alive and now it makes me really want to confront the issue with my attorneys," said Geronimo, of Mescalero, New Mexico. "If we get the remains back... and find that, for instance, that bones are missing, you know who to blame."

A portion of the letter and an accompanying story were posted Monday on the Yale Alumni Magazine's Web site.

Only 15 Yale seniors are asked to join Skull and Bones each year. Alumni include Sen. John Kerry, President William Howard Taft, numerous members of Congress, media leaders, Wall Street financiers, the scions of wealthy families and agents in the CIA.

Members swear an oath of secrecy about the group and its strange rituals, which are said to include an initiation rite in which would-be members kiss a skull.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/09/geronimo.bones.ap/index.html

Israel will hit Iran in the next few months: Israeli official

By Khalid Hasan / Tuesday, May 09, 2006

WASHINGTON: Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next “month or two or three,” an Israeli official has been quoted here as saying.

The unnamed official told Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor-in-chief of the United Press International (UPI), at the recently held national day reception at the Israeli Embassy that he believed Israel would strike Iran first in the next two or three months and that fighter bombers would not be involved as they had been to take out Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor before it went critical in 1981. For Osirak, Israel had used 14 F-15s and F-16s. This time, the Israeli said, it would be missiles. Asked if Israel would employ Cruise missiles, he replied, “with a gesture of his hand that went up and down again”, which meant that it would be the weapon of choice.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\05\09\story_9-5-2006_pg1_3

MATT: :D..

Full Text : The President of Iran's Letter To President Bush

http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/doc/20060509/769629_lettre.pdf

Folks, this has been bounced from the original Farsi through French and into English by "Le Monde". It may not be a perfect representation, but at least gives us the essence of President Ahmadi-Najad's position. Love him or hate him, the American people deserve to know precisely what this man is saying to President Bush.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/bush-imagine.html

bush remix - imagine

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KURT COBAIN AND THE ILLUMINATI:

Evidence has come to light that the lead singer of Nirvana was a relentless foe of the Illuminati, and was killed when he came too close to the truth. In fact he went so far as to name his band after one mentioned in the "Illuminatis!" trilogy, the expose published in the mid seventies (also mentioned in this work is "Dog Star" can we thus assume Keanu Reeves is also involved?). Anti-illuminati messages can be found in many Nirvana recordings, including "Smells like Teen Spirit" ("John Dillinger Died for You" can be heard when playing the record backwards) In the origional CD single release of this song, Hagbard Celine (Leader of the LDD) is credited on the rear of the sleeve. Rumours say that In Utro contains many samples from "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles, another Celine referance, although this has not been conclusively proved. It appears that the performance of David Bowie's "The man who sold the World" at the MTV Nirvana Unplugged performance was too much for the Illuminati to put up with, the song contains many anti-illuminati statements. And so Cobain was murdered, although it was made to look like suicide. Of course, with the groups that Cobain had access to, it would have been easy to substitute a clone, and thus he may still be alive and in hiding somewhere.

http://www.space.net.au/~dpwyrm/detritus/stuff.html

http://www.justiceforkurt.com/investigation/hoaxes.shtml

The £12m Digital Bridge television service, launched in one of London's most deprived boroughs on Monday, pledges to "put every member of the community in the front row of the fight against crime".

The system is being rolled out to 22,000 residents across Shoreditch this summer who will be able to monitor 11 CCTV cameras from the comfort of their living rooms.

In autumn, it will be extended to 70,000 households across the borough of Hackney before extending across London and some local authorities in the Midlands and the North West next year.

Subscribers will access the service - at a cost of about £3.50 per week - through a set-top box complete with a package that includes digital TV, TV web access and broadband.

"If residents are at home watching the live stream and they spot something they immediately call the police station," explains Digital Bridge chief executive James Morris.

"That image is then linked into the CCTV control room which will then take control of that camera and zoom in on the incident and record. And, of course, police will be sent out."

But civil rights campaigners complain the system is an invasion of privacy and go further by insisting public access to CCTV material is "quite dangerous".

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4752167.stm

Skeleton in the Bush family cupboard



By Alec Russell in Washington
(Filed: 09/05/2006)

One of America's great historical controversies intensifed yesterday with the publication of fresh evidence that members of an elite secret society may have dug up the remains of the Indian leader Geronimo and displayed his skull in their headquarters.

Rumours that half a dozen members of the Skull & Bones society at Yale University - including President George W Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush - dug up the grave of the legendary Apache leader during the First World War have exercised historians for years.

"Bonesmen", as senior members of the society are known, and the Bush family have long refused to comment on the claims.

The society, founded in 1832 and famous for its strange rituals centred on symbols of death, has over the years been accused of obtaining the skulls of a range of famous figures, including the former president Martin Van Buren and Che Guevara.

Its members include President Bush and his defeated rival in the last presidential election, Senator John Kerry.

Now contemporary evidence has been unearthed backing the theory that a group of young Bonesmen, based at an artillery school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, desecrated Geronimo's grave.

The Apache leader had died while in custody at Fort Sill in 1909, 23 years after he finally surrendered to US troops.

In a letter written in 1918, one society member tells another that Geronimo's skull had been exhumed and was being kept in the "Tomb" - the society's headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut.

"The skull of the worthy Geronimo the Terrible, exhumed from its tomb at Fort Sill by your club... is now safe inside the T- [Tomb] together with his well-worn femurs, bit & saddle horn."

The letter was unearthed in Yale University archives by a historian writing about First World War Yale pilots, and published in the Yale Alumni Magazine.

The letter names only one member of the alleged raiding party, a Charles Haffner, and makes no mention of Prescott Bush, who become a senator and is seen as the founder of the Bush political dynasty.

He was first linked to the saga in 1986, 14 years after his death, when documents from the society's archives were leaked purportedly showing that six Bonesmen - identifiable by their nicknames and including Prescott Bush - unearthed Geronimo's skull.,

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MKQ3Z2WCJWLKFQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/05/09/wbush09.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/09/ixnewsnew.html

The RFID Hacking Underground

They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won't feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/rfid.html

Surely the "Hand Of Allah"

(submitted by a reader)

If one accepts the "Official Version" of the events that occurred on 9/11 or in the days leading up to it, one can only conclude that a series of Miracles occurred suggesting the hand of higher powers.

I am struck by the similarities between a 9/11 and the events of "The Iliad" wherein a Pantheon of Gods battled one another by proxy by choosing Champions amongst the Greeks and Trojans and interceding on their behalf with various "Miracles".

I felt it would be interesting to see which "Gods" manifested themselves at or around 9/11 , the nature of that manifestation and which of the various "Gods" won each particular battle.

The Miracle

19 Terrorists gain entry into the United States of America. Not only are none of them turned back at the borders but their entry is made easier with GW Bush changing the Visa requirements shortly before for Saudi citizens. Much of the paperwork they fill out is incomplete and many that gained entry are on intelligence agencies "Terror Lists". This even after the US Government received a number of warnings regarding a desire by Al Qaeda to launch attacks within America.

Surely the "Hand Of Allah"

The Miracle

These 19 terrorists are under the surveillance of various agents of the United States Government. All of these are called off at the last moment with Agents in Chicago and Miami and Phoenix all ignored by higher authorities when they raise questions about the presence of the various terrorists within the United States. Investigations are actively blocked or impeded.

Surely the "Hand of Allah"

The Miracle

On the day of the Hijackings none of the 19 terrorists are discovered as they bring "Box Cutters axes and Guns onto the planes" All use fake names it seems as none appear on any official passenger list. Any one of these could have been discovered getting onto the planes which might well have lead to the unraveling of the entire plot.

Surely the "Hand Of Allah"

The Miracle

One the day of the hi-jackings the US Government is running drills with its Air Force where it is simulating "Multiple Hijackings of Aircraft" within the United States of America. This drill causes great confusion amongst Air Traffic Controllers as it provides "Cover" for the real Hijackings. Without these drills it is very possible that the Aircraft that were hijacked could have been intercepted far earlier. Certainly one has to consider this some sort of "Miracle"

Surely "The hand of Allah"

The Miracle

Months prior to the hijackings the US Government changes the rules of engagement for hijacked Aircraft. Now in order to send up planes to intercept, the approval of the Defense Secretary, one Donald Rumsfeld is required. Unfortunately he goes missing for 30 minutes again impeding the ability of intercepts to be flown. Not only this but on the day of those Intercepts US Fighter Aircraft that are scrambled suddenly have a top speed of only some 200 MPH.

Surely "The Hand Of Allah"

The Miracle

The US President is on a pre-scheduled event in Florida. The Government has no idea of how many Aircraft have been hijacked or what the targets of the hijackers are. The President himself might well be a target yet rather then bring him to safety the Secret Service is certain the President not at risk. The President insists on finishing his story about goats. A miracle of faith if anything.

Surely "The Hand of God"

The Miracle

5 Israeli Citizens manage to be across the river from the WTC towers and are in place to film the planes crashing into the towers. Great is their Joy as they realize that the United States will certainly discover that Al Qaeda is the Culprit and this will lead to the destruction of Israel's many enemies. How they came to be there, certainly a miracle and that it lead to the destruction of the hated Iraqis even more so.

Surely "the Hand Of Yahweh"

The Miracle

No steel framed buildings had ever suffered total structural collapse due to fires, yet on this single day, within hours of one another 3 buildings indeed collapse after fires burn through them. This even after Firefighters claim to have had the fires under control.

Surely "the Hand of Allah"

The Miracle

Shortly before 9/11 the WTC center of buildings is leased by an investor who has the foresight to insure them against terrorist attacks. The buildings were never seen as being profitable yet to destroy them and rebuild them by conventional means would have been prohibitively expensive. Surely a Miracle as the Investor made billions for the Insurance Companies

Surely "The hand of Mammom"

The Miracle

Millions in profits are made off put options shortly before 9/11 wherein investors made millions betting that certain stocks would fall in value over the next few days. These included stocks in various Airlines that would suffer most from 9/11.

Surely "The Hand of Mammon"

This is only a small sampling of the Miracles of 9/11. Any that do not believe in that higher powers did not have a hand in this are surely blinded.The number of coincidences that occurred in those few days is mind boggling. Passports surviving fires and found blocks away and belonging to terrorists, the Miracle of a bag that did not get onto the flight that included the names and details of every hijacker. Persons receiving warnings out of the ether not to fly on that day. Cell phones suddenly working where they had never worked before along with people recording their calls. People barely trained in flying aircraft performing miraculous corkscrew maneuvers in Jumbo Aircraft!

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/handofallah.php

Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Monday that "the president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map."

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961301962&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

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Russias Arms Orders To Go Up 20 Percent

Moscow (AFP) May 08, 2006

Russian arms orders will rise next year by more than 20 percent to 8.8 billion euros (11.2 billion dollars) mainly for new nuclear weapons and outfitting rapid reaction forces, a senior official said Saturday.

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http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russias_Arms_Orders_To_Go_Up_20_Percent.html

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THE UNITED STATES IS ILL-PREPARED TO WAGE A NEW COLD WAR

Now, amid sharp geopolitical maneuvering in the Caucasus and Central Asia, the United States and Russia seem to be girding for Cold War II.

http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050806.shtml

Dear Cecil:

Just exactly what event are the Russians and Red Chinese commemorating on May 1 each year? I have yet to find any birthday or important event relating to communism/socialism that occurred on May 1. Someone once told me, though, that May 1, 1776, was the birth date of a group called the Illuminati, which was alleged to be a clandestine group devoted to one-world government. Is it so? Please enlighten. --Bob B., Dallas
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http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_043.html

TANTRAMAN: Jenže NOx to produkuje stejně i když tam naleješ třeba vodu.

TANTRAMAN: 100pro ucinost, byla prave narazka na ty zadny plyny... a jestli to hrozne smrdi, tak to asi obyc (vodni) para nebude..

o účinnosti nic nevím, ale bude podobná jako u nafty. jen je motor tišší a neklepe.
žádné škodlivé plyny jako známe od nafty. pára a hrozně to smrdí :-)

http://www.autorevue.cz/Magazin/AR.asp?ARI=6536
http://www.marigold.cz/item/zdrazila-nafta-jak-na-prestavbu-tdi-na-pohon-rostlinnym-olejem
http://web.quick.cz/goldwafer/domek/Pohon_Repkovy_Olej/drive_your_diesel.htm

TANTRAMAN: žádné výfukové plyny.....:)

TANTRAMAN: ?? jakoze se ten olej premenoval na energii se 100% ucinnosti? nebo to byla cerna dira? ;)

MATT: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioethanol
já zas viděl diesel, který uměl jezdit na kuchyňský olej. žádné výfukové plyny, přestavba asi za 25k.

Bush: 11. září 2001 začala třetí světová válka

06.05.2006 - 00:42, autor: ČTK.

Útok na WTC 11. září 2001 Washington - Americký prezident George Bush v pátek v americké televizi podle agentury AFP prohlásil, že revolta pasažérů jednoho z letadel unesených teroristy při útocích 11. září 2001 byla prvním odvetným krokem "třetí světové války".

Bush řekl, že ještě neviděl nový americký film s názvem United 93, který tragédii zachycuje. Snímek popisuje osudy pasažérů letu, kteří se poté, co letadlo bylo 11. září 2001 uneseno, pokusili únosce přemoci. Letoun, s nímž chtěli teroristé zasáhnout Washington, se nakonec zřítil v Pensylvánii.

V dubnu David Beamer, jehož syn Todd v letadle zemřel, napsal, že jde o první úspěšný protiútok nového konfliktu - třetí světové války. "Věřím tomu. Myslím, že to byl první protiútok třetí světové války," uvedl Bush v televizní stanici CNBC.

Při útocích proti Washingtonu a New Yorku, k nimž se přihlásila teroristická síť Al-Káida, přišlo o život na 3000 lidí.
http://www.ct24.cz/zdomova/index_view.php?id=168167

krize bude, az se ti nevyplati jet do prace.. ;)
jinak minimalne docasny a docela jednoduchy reseni se menuje bioethanol..

zatím žádná ropná krize není. ta začne, až benzín bude stát tolik, že radši pojedeš sockou než autem. pak příjde někdo s úžasně skvělým a globálním řešením.
trumfy se musí umět vytáhnout v pravej čas. když to uděláš zbytečně brzo, tak to nemá ten pravej efekt.

KERRAY: jako South Park -87- S6E08 - Red Hot Catholic Love.avi je narez nejveci, to fakt nestihnete.. ;)

a Naqoyqatsi - life as war - mi pride taky krute protilluminackej...

a kdyz jsem videl Metropolis z roku 1927 tak uz jsem jenom ziral..
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Amerika by měla vrátit nakradené létající talíře
Jiří Míka

Toho názoru je bývalý kanadský ministr obrany, 82 letý Paul Hellyer, který byl 25. září 2005 jedním z řečníků UFO konference na universitě v Torontu. Vzbudil tím horkou polemiku v kanadském tisku. Domnívá se, že vědci v USA získali moderní technologie z analýzy vraku údajné havárie mimozemské lodě v Roswellu roku 1947. Stejně jako mnoho jemu podobných konspiračních teoretiků tvrdí, že některé technologie do komerční sféry vypuštěny nebyly. Měly by mezi ně patřit i ty, schopné vyřešit nastávající ekologickou i ropnou krizi.

http://www.blisty.cz/art/25190.html

V chaosu Iráku je jeden projekt bez zpoždění

Staví se obří americké velvyslanectví

Tu otázku řeší rozzuření obyvatelé Bagdádu, píše britský deník Times: jak to, že Američané nedokáží zajistit, aby šla elektřina déle než dvě hodiny denně, a přesto se jim daří postavit si v Bagdádu největší velvyslanectví na této planetě?

Na břehu řeky Tigris stavějí Američané obrovský komplex, kterému místní lidí v Bagdádu přezdívají "Palác George W."

V pouličních kavárnách v Bagdádu si lidé stěžují, že nové americké velvyslanectví je větší, než cokoliv, co kdy postavil Saddám Husajn Nedělá na ně dojem hrdé tvrzení architektů, že nové velvyslanectví je tak velké, že bude viditelné z vesmíru a že je větší než Vatikán. Spíš je zajímá, jestli americké ministerstvo zahraničí zaplatilo za rozsáhlé pozemky ve středu města, anebo si je prostě vzalo.

Zatímco rodiny v Bagdádu se musejí potýkat s neustálým přerušováním dodávky elektřiny, stojí celý den fronty na benzín a čekají, až jim bude připojen vodovod, nové americké velvyslanectví, které bude otevřeno v červnu 2007, bude mít vlastní elektrárnu a vodárnu. Jeho zaměstnanců bude tolik, že by zalidnili malé město.

Oficiálně je stavba tohoto velvyslanectví tajemstvím, ale nelze skrýt obří stavební jeřáby a betonové obrysy 21 budov. Stavba amerického velvyslanectví v Bagdádu je jediným velkým americkým stavebním projektem, který není zpožděn a jehož rozpočet nebyl překročen.

Tento týden, kdy Washington zveřejnil šokující seznam nedodržených lhůt u stavebních projektů a nezadržitelně rostoucí náklady, byl informován americký Kongres, že stavba nového velvyslanectví v Bagdádu bude stát 592 milionů dolarů.

Velvyslanectví se bude rozkládat na prostoru 42 hektarů, bude obklopeno pět metrů vysokou zdí. Stavějí ho zahraniční stavebníci pro kuvajtskou firmu.

Na vyslanectví bude pracovat 8000 amerických diplomatů. V areálu bude největší plavecký bazén v Iráku, moderní tělocvična, kino, restaurace s jídlem z oblíbených amerických řetězců, tenisové kurty a módní americký klub pro večerní recepce.

Iráčtí politikové, kteří se stavějí proti americké přítomností v Iráku, protestují, že obří rozměry tohoto projektu naznačují, že Amerika chce v Iráku dlouhodobě zůstat. Organizace International Crisis Group poukazuje na to, že "velikost tohoto velvyslanectví považují Iráčané za signál toho, kdo v této zemi vlastně vládne."

http://www.blisty.cz/2006/5/5/art28268.html

Free on line video: Terrorism, Globalism and Conspiracy

http://tvnewslies.org/html/terrorism__globalism_and_consp.html

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11924.htm
Lives In The Balance (Exclusive Video)

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060501/1whwatch.htm

Skewering comedy skit angers Bush and aides
By Paul Bedard

Posted 5/1/06

More from Inside Washington
Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert's biting routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner won a rare silent protest from Bush aides and supporters Saturday when several independently left before he finished.

"Colbert crossed the line," said one top Bush aide, who rushed out of the hotel as soon as Colbert finished. Another said that the president was visibly angered by the sharp lines that kept coming.

"I've been there before, and I can see that he is [angry]," said a former top aide. "He's got that look that he's ready to blow."

Colbert's routine was similar to what he does on his show, the Colbert Report, but much longer on the topic of Bush, suggesting that the president is out of touch with reality. Aides and reporters, however, said that it did not overshadow Bush's own funny routine, which featured an impersonator who told the audience what Bush was thinking when he spoke dull speech lines.

In fact, some aides crowed over reports that the president easily bested Colbert in the reviews of both comedy acts.

Making Colbert go away
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/03/correspondents/

The docile press corps was offended when Stephen Colbert dared to expose Bush's -- and their own -- feet of clay. But how to respond? Voilà: "He wasn't funny."

By Joan Walsh

Stephen Colbert performs at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington Saturday.

May 3, 2006 | The only thing worse than the mainstream media's ignoring Stephen Colbert's astonishing sendup of the Bush administration and its media courtiers Saturday night is what happened when they started to pay attention to it.

The resounding silence on Sunday and Monday was a little chilling. The video was burning up YouTube, and Salon hit overall traffic heights over the last few days surpassed only by our election coverage and Abu Ghraib blockbusters. But on Monday, Elisabeth Bumiller's New York Times piece on the White House Correspondents' Association dinner kvelled over the naughty Bush twin skit but didn't mention Colbert. Similarly, other papers either ignored the Comedy Central satirist or mentioned him briefly. Lloyd Grove in the New York Daily News pronounced that he had "bombed badly."

Three days later, the MSM is catching on to Grove's tin-eared take on Colbert's performance. Belatedly, it's getting covered, but the dreary consensus is that Colbert just wasn't funny. On Tuesday night, Salon's Michael Scherer, whose tribute to Colbert is everywhere on the blogosphere (thank you, Thank you Stephen Colbert), got invited to chat with Joe Scarborough and Ana Marie Cox, who showed themselves to be pathetic prisoners of the Beltway by passing along the midweek conventional wisdom: The lefty blogosphere can argue all it wants that Colbert was ignored because he was shocking and politically radical, but the truth is, he wasn't funny, guys! And we know funny!

Regular Joe told us he normally races home to watch Colbert. So the problem isn't Joe's conservatism -- Joe's a congenial conservative, a fun-loving conservative, which is why he has Salon folks on all the time (thanks, Joe!). Cox showed why she's the MSM's official blogger by splitting the difference. She pronounced Colbert's performance "fine" but giggled at the left for its paranoia that he'd been ignored for political reasons. Cox and Scarborough mostly just congratulated themselves on being smart enough to get Colbert every night at 11:30, but savvy enough to know he wasn't completely on his game last Saturday. They barely let Scherer speak.

Similarly, the sometimes smart Jacques Steinberg must have drawn the short straw at the New York Times, where there had to be some internal conversation about the paper's utter failure to even mention Colbert on Monday. After all, his sharpest jokes involved the paper's laudable NSA spying scoop, and a funny bit where Colbert offered to bump columnist Frank Rich if Bush would appear on his show Tuesday night -- and not just bump him for the night, but bump him off. How could the Times not notice?

In Wednesday's paper, Steinberg wrote about Colbert's performance with the angle that it's become "one of the most hotly debated topics in the politically charged blogosphere" -- and only quotes Gawker as an example. He also wanders into the land of comedy criticism to explore the assertion that Colbert wasn't funny, but quotes not a comic, but New Republic writer Noam Scheiber. Scheiber (who has contributed to Salon) takes a liberal version of the Scarborough approach. "I'm a big Stephen Colbert fan, a huge Bush detractor, and I think the White House press corps has been out to lunch for much of the last five years," he wrote on the magazine's Web site. "I laughed out loud maybe twice during Colbert's entire 20-odd minute routine. Colbert's problem, blogosphere conspiracy theories notwithstanding, is that he just wasn't very entertaining." Chris Lehman makes the same point in the New York Observer, arguing it was a comic mistake for Colbert to fail to break character.

It's silly to debate whether Colbert was entertaining or not, since what's "funny" is so subjective. In fact, let's even give Colbert's critics that point. Clearly he didn't entertain most of the folks at the dinner Saturday night, so maybe Scheiber's right -- he wasn't "entertaining." The question is why. If Colbert came off as "shrill and airless," in Lehman's words, inside the cozy terrarium of media self-congratulation at the Washington Hilton, that tells us more about the audience than it does about Colbert.

Colbert's deadly performance did more than reveal, with devastating clarity, how Bush's well-oiled myth machine works. It exposed the mainstream press' pathetic collusion with an administration that has treated it -- and the truth -- with contempt from the moment it took office. Intimidated, coddled, fearful of violating propriety, the press corps that for years dutifully repeated Bush talking points was stunned and horrified when someone dared to reveal that the media emperor had no clothes. Colbert refused to play his dutiful, toothless part in the White House correspondents dinner -- an incestuous, backslapping ritual that should be retired. For that, he had to be marginalized. Voilà: "He wasn't funny."

This is a battle that can't really be won -- you either got it Saturday night (or Sunday morning, or whenever your life was made a little brighter by viewing Colbert's performance) or you didn't. Personally, I'm enjoying watching apologists for the status quo wear themselves out explaining why Colbert wasn't funny. It's extending the reach of his performance by days without either side breaking character -- the mighty Colbert or the clueless, self-important media elite he was satirizing. For those who think the media shamed itself by rolling over for this administration, especially in the run-up to the Iraq war, Colbert's skit is the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you, Stephen Colbert!