GOSSIPS IN THE UNITED STATES
"Moby,
Bush Haters Attack U.S. Soldier in Iraq"
An American National Guardsman serving in Iraq was
castigated for writing a letter supporting President Bush, with one critic
suggesting that he did not exist but was a fictional character dreamed up by
the administration. Spc. Joshua Madsen, 26, of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla., is
serving as a rifleman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry. He
is stationed at a base called The Combat Outpost in the eastern section of
Ar-Ramadi, one of the toughest parts of the Sunni Triangle of Iraq, and has
dodged explosions and bullets on patrol, according to the St. Augustine
Record. Someone named Mark Crispin Miller, who orates on things political on
his own Web site, quoted "a solid source in Washington" who wrote that
Madsen's letter was "an obvious example of military propaganda" that's "pure
and simple partisan Republican campaign pitch for votes."
In the wake of that slander Moby (Richard Melville Hall), the activist techno "musician" who is working to defeat President Bush in 2004, also posted Madsen's letter on his Web site. Moby, 39, told his fans: "In an earlier e-mail, I mentioned fake letters that the Bush administration sent to local newspapers around the U.S. These letters supposedly came from soldiers in Iraq, but the truth is they were generated by the Bush administration. I think you'll agree with me that Bush and his cronies have reached a new low in distasteful and despicable behavior. This letter has made me despise the Bush administration more than I ever thought possible. It is utterly disgusting."
"N.Y.
Times and Andy Rooney Attack 'Crazy' Gibson"
"60 Minutes" curmudgeon Rooney claims that God told him that Pat Robertson and Gibson are "wackos. ... They're crazy as bedbugs. ... Mel is a real nut case. What in the world was I thinking when I created him? Listen, we all make mistakes." The conclusion of Rooney's transcript Sunday: "My question to Mel Gibson is: 'How many million dollars does it look as if you're going to make off the crucifixion of Christ?'" The angry octogenarian fails to say how much he and CBS and Viacom have made off Saddam Hussein, 9/11, the war on terrorism, the war in Iraq, the Vietnam War, the death penalty, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan
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