Hmm... at least one Times reporter had problems wiht Judy Miller and her overreliance on government sources as far back as 2000.

Craig Pyes, a former contract writer for the Times who teamed up with Miller for a series on al Qaeda, complained about her in a December 2000 memo to Times editors and asked that his byline not appear on one piece.

"I'm not willing to work further on this project with Judy Miller," wrote Pyes, who now writes for the Los Angeles Times. He added: "I do not trust her work, her judgment, or her conduct. She is an advocate, and her actions threaten the integrity of the enterprise, and of everyone who works with her. . . . She has turned in a draft of a story of a collective enterprise that is little more than dictation from government sources over several days, filled with unproven assertions and factual inaccuracies," and "tried to stampede it into the paper."

This reporter put his finger on what was wrong with Miller's pre-war WMD reporting.

Jailed reporter, Times thrashed over missteps

Dear G'sA,

NOT FAIR!

bitterly, me.

I think I am hormonal. Excuse me while I spiral into a ridiculous self-pity thingymabob in my head wherein I ignore the horrendous things happening in fictional characters' lives and focus only on pretty men being occasionally nice but more importantly just around.

All of you taunty GA people are meanieheads.

This will probably get me some meany-points. The last couple of GA's have left me thinking "Another prime-time soap."

Huh. The Chicago White Sox are going to the World Series.

Bastards.

Also, people are honking horns and setting off firecrackers. This is the North side, people!

The White Sox have won the AL pennant.

There's going to be a World Series in Chicago for the first time since 1959.

Why would that be mean, Gus? They acknowledge that it's a prime time soap.

In fact, that's what I like about it!

The last couple of GA's have left me thinking "Another prime-time soap."

The last couple? Didn't you watch any of the ones before?

In fact, that's what I like about it!

OK. Cool, even. I just got the impression somehow from the first season it was going some place specific. Now, not so much.

Not so much a meany. I watched GA once. Didn't do anything for me. Oh well.

Timely person that I am, today I watched VM 1.1 - 1.4 straight through. I kinda like it. I may watch a few more episodes through the week and somewhere around Thanksgiving I'll be up to speed.

Did bunches of decorating today. We always get many kids for treats and the neighbors do a several block party thing. A number of houses will not only have candy, but adult type treats and refills of glasses for the adults. I'm starting to think my neighbors might be party animals.

Seriously, this time of year it just starts being ok to be outside at night and people get all happy. (Right now at midnight it is 77 and we sat out to enjoy the full moon and cool temp, whee!)