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What an outrage. I've had enough. The Pulitzer-light Times really does suck. From now on, I'm going to think of my dollar in the morning as the Times tax and resist paying it. Can you believe Fluffer gets paid for this?

...Mr. Bush's relationship with Mr. Rumsfeld seems complicated right now, but it is nothing compared to the relationship that Mr. Rumsfeld had with Mr. Bush's father...
(via The World's Greatest Newspaper (not!))

Fluffer, repeat after me: I don't give a flying fuck about Rummy's relationship to aWol's Father. Again. I don't give a flying fuck about Rummy's relationship to aWol's Father. Thank you.

What I'd like is some actual NEWS REPORTING. You know, like those SCOOPS the weekly New Yorker keeps getting? And they don't even have a whole news department over there, just this one guy, Sy something? Who'd he used to work for, anyhow? Can we hire him?

What I'd like is some answers to the kind of questions a JAPANESE paper is asking. Is it too much to ask that an AMERICAN paper ask the same questions?

Yet, we feel that the secretary evaded mention of the true crux of the problem. For example, what prompted young American troops to engage in such heinous behavior in the first place? Was this abuse the result of organized instructions or policies handed down by the military or intelligence services? When did President George W. Bush first learn of the mistreatment, incidents which came to light in January through a whistle-blower in the U.S. military?

Well, Fluffer? If the NOTORIOUSLY POLITE JAPANESE can ask these questions, can't a REPORTER FROM THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD?

Readers! Feel free to share your views on this point with the sadly overworked and increasingly co-opted Times Public editor, Daniel "Bud Man" Okrent, here public@nytimes.com.

NOTE: Memo to Mr. Okrent. I know you don't like "Newspaper of Record," but the customers are right. Deal.