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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, August 25, 2006

The 'Hole' Truth?

Fox News

The tireless work of the blogosphere has now raised serious doubts about an alleged Israeli aircraft attack on a Lebanese Red Cross ambulance on July 23.

The incident generated considerable news coverage and seemed to support allegations of deliberate Israeli atrocities. Numerous news agencies reported that the ambulance had taken a direct missile hit on the roof, in the middle of the Red Cross flag.

But comparisons of different photos of the vehicle and of similar vehicles suggest that the hole in the roof had been there all along, previously filled by a vent.

And a comparison by the photo weblog zombietime.com of a number of pictures of the ambulance showed considerable rust around apparent bullet holes, indicating that whatever damage had been done to it happened long before the current conflict.

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