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2005: Things You'd Rather Forget

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 02:45:02 PM EST
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The end-of-year list season has officially opened with Arianna's list of things she'd like to forget. My favorites:

That there is a debate about whether waterboarding is actually torture.

Judy Miller, Bob Woodward, Viveca Novak: The Three Media Stooges of Plamegate

That Bush waited five days before visiting the Gulf following Katrina. And that once he got there, he joked about his hard-partying days, congratulated Mike Brown on doing a, and promised to rebuild Trent Lott’s house.

There's something for everyone in her list.

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    2005: Things You'd Rather Forget | 7 comments (7 topical)
    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#1)
    by MikeDitto on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 03:49:36 PM EST
    Oh there are SO many things I'd rather forget. THe news started getting so overwhelming for awhile that I stopped following it just to get my blood pressure under control.

    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#2)
    by glanton on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 03:50:02 PM EST
    Three that immediately leap to mind: 1)The Kansas School Board 2)The droolers and lemonade standers outside Shiavo's Hospice 3)The cult of the Missing White Female

    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#3)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 04:16:10 PM EST
    Is there a maximum number of characters or lines that this post can be??? ;-)

    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#4)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 04:19:29 PM EST
    I'd say 2005 is an accurate estimate.

    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#5)
    by Edger on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 04:31:36 PM EST
    The WOT (war on thinking)

    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Dec 21, 2005 at 07:30:48 PM EST
    Unfortunately, while it's a funny idea, it reinforces one of the worst trait of Americans - the "history began yesterday" syndrome. It is ESSENTIAL to REMEMBER history, not to forget it.

    Re: 2005: Things You'd Rather Forget (none / 0) (#7)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:13:20 AM EST
    I definitely agree, and the Bush response to Katrina should never be forgotten. It put the lie to the whole concept of "homeland security" and the fraud that is the "War on Terror". While also showing the world that our high profile consumer society glosses over in increasingly large and vulnerable underclass called the working poor. Why do we want to sweep that back under the rug so quick?

    2005: Things You'd Rather Forget | 7 comments (7 topical)