#GOD'S OWN COUNTRY: AMERICA THE (not always so) BEAUTIFUL: THE VERY LATEST: "mission accomplished"* [starting May 1, 2003]

*CARTOON: "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"

#1a) Text of Bush Speech on USS Abraham Lincoln (May 1, 2003)    #1b) 5 cartoons     

#2) David Corn: Comment on Bush Speech on USS Abraham Lincoln, The Nation, May 1, 2003

#3a) Weapons of mass distortion, by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Guardian, May 2, 2003    #3b) 5 cartoons

#4) Maureen Dowd: The Iceman cometh, The New York Times, May 4, 2003

#5) An Unfinished Mission, The Washington Post, May 4, 2003

#6) Art Buchwald: An Upright, Locked Position, May 6, 2003

#7) Art Buchwald: Peacetime TV: It's Hell, May 8, 2003

#8) William Finnegan: Marches and Parades, The New Yorker, May 12, 2003

#9) Paul Krugman: Paths to Gory, The New York Times, May 16, 2003

#10) cartoon: "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?", Tom Toles, May 19, 2003

#11) Art Buchwald: The Real World, May 20, 2003

#12a) Maureen Dowd: Walk This Way, The New York Times, May 21, 2003   12b) cartoon  12c) sketch

#13) Dancing With the Devil, Bob Herbert, The New York Times, May 22, 2003

#14) Ben Mc Grath: The Week in Walk, The New Yorker, May 26, 2003 ["Silly Walks", again!] 

#15a) Bob Herbert: Caught in the Squeeze, The New York Times, May 29, 2003    15b) cartoon

#16) Wolfowitz, Weapons of Mass Destruction not the real reason, May 29, 2003

#17) Thomas L. Friedman: A Theory of Everything, The New York Times, June 1, 2003

#18) Wolfowitz: It was about oil, The Guardian, June 4, 2003

#19) Nicholas D. Kristof: Cloaks and Daggers, The New York Times, June 6, 2003

#20) Might and Right, The New Yorker, June 9, 2003

#21) Maureen Dowd, Desert Double, The New York Times, June 22, 2003

#22) The General's War, The New Yorker, June 23, 2003

#23) Art Buchwald, God Bless Kelsey, The Washington Post, July 10, 2003

#24) Gore Vidal: Interview with Johannes Willms (in German!), "Süddeutsche", July 18, 2003

#25) Nicholas D. Kristof: Going Home, to Red Ink and Blues, The New York Times, July 19, 2003

#26) Paul Krugman, Bush the Believer, The Washington Post, July 22, 2003

#27) Art Buchwald, A Point poorly taken, The Washington Post, July 22, 2003

#28) David Remnick, Faith -Based Intelligence, The New Yorker, July 28, 2003

#29) Transcript of news conference by President Bush, The Washington Post, July 30, 2003

#30) Maureen Dowd, Blanket of Dread, The New York Times, July 30, 2003

#31) Schwarzenegger: Muscle Beach Politics, The New Times, August 8, 2003

#32) Art Buchwald, Starts With S, Ends With Ex, The Washington Post, August 14, 2003

#33) Bob Herbert, Staying in the Dark, The New York Times, August 18, 2003

#34) Art Buchwald, Sidewalk Serta ("Blackout"), The Washington Post, August 19, 2003

#35) Maureen Dowd, From Swagger to Stagger, The New York Times, September 7, 2003

#36) Text of "Address to the Nation" by President Bush, September 7, 2003

#37) Maureen Dowd, Gunsmoke and Mirrors, The New York Times, September 14, 2003

#38) Al Franken, "LIES: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" (excerpt from the book)

#39) Art Buchwald, Drunk With Power And Hitting Bottom, The Washington Post, Sept. 18, 2003

#40) Bob Herbert, Snapping to Attention, The New York Times, September 19, 2003

#41) WEEKLY REVIEW, Harper's Magazine, October 21, 2003

#42) Richard Cohen, How to Lose a Friend, The Washington Post, October 23, 2003

#43) Maureen Dowd, Eyes Wide Shut, The New York Times, October 30, 2003

#44) Art Buchwald, False Profits, The Washington Post, November 20, 2003

#45) Paul Krugman, A Deliberate Debacle, The New York Times, December 12, 2003

46) Art Buchwald, Santa Bush Finds An Election in the Bag, The Washington Post, December 12, 2003

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