Code Pink's 'truths' just cheap sloganeering

The members of Code Pink who descend on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center each Friday purport to know the truths governing the foreign policy of the Bush administration, although theirs are the kind of truths spun in the dark recesses of Oliver Stone's mind. They are a cartoonlike series of messages made out of the same old cloth, from the "lies" of the administration to the all-powerful influence of Halliburton. These charges are in the family of "No blood for oil," which, as we all know, never resulted in dollar-a-gallon gas. The latter was one of the theories going into the presidential election last November, that a steep drop in the price of gasoline would abet the re-election prospects of President Bush. That blood-for-oil decline at the gas pump never came to pass, and it seems laughable today as a gallon of gas climbs to the $3 mark, and threatens to go higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastating toll on the Gulf states and energy production in the Gulf of Mexico. Members of the Code Pink claim to be aiding the convalescing soldiers at Walter Reed, however weak the claim is, if insisting their sacrifices have nothing to do with protecting us from those who mean us harm and everything to do with enriching the pockets of a few. The Code Pink types are certain to become more omnipresent in our city in the weeks ahead, with the haunted Cindy Sheehan making her way to the nation's capital by bus, culminating in an anti-war rally Sept. 24. Code Pink and the like-minded have a right to say whatever they like, of course, just as the rest of us have the same right, and we all can agree to disagree, if necessary.

That's odd; I never have to insert paragraphs when posting a thread - only when replying.

I think that's because of the way the WT does paragraphs. Rather than leaving a blank line between 'graphs, they indent the first line of the 'graph, like this:

The members of Code Pink who descend on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center each Friday purport to know the truths governing the foreign policy of the Bush administration, although theirs are the kind of truths spun in the dark recesses of Oliver Stone's mind.
They are a cartoonlike series of messages made out of the same old cloth, from the "lies" of the administration to the all-powerful influence of Halliburton. These charges are in the family of "No blood for oil," which, as we all know, never resulted in dollar-a-gallon gas.
The latter was one of the theories going into the presidential election last November, that a steep drop in the price of gasoline would abet the re-election prospects of President Bush. That blood-for-oil decline at the gas pump never came to pass, and it seems laughable today as a gallon of gas climbs to the $3 mark, and threatens to go higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastating toll on the Gulf states and energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.

If you just cut and paste the above, it posts like this:

The members of Code Pink who descend on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center each Friday purport to know the truths governing the foreign policy of the Bush administration, although theirs are the kind of truths spun in the dark recesses of Oliver Stone's mind. They are a cartoonlike series of messages made out of the same old cloth, from the "lies" of the administration to the all-powerful influence of Halliburton. These charges are in the family of "No blood for oil," which, as we all know, never resulted in dollar-a-gallon gas. The latter was one of the theories going into the presidential election last November, that a steep drop in the price of gasoline would abet the re-election prospects of President Bush. That blood-for-oil decline at the gas pump never came to pass, and it seems laughable today as a gallon of gas climbs to the $3 mark, and threatens to go higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastating toll on the Gulf states and energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.

Personally, I dislike the way the WT formats their 'graphs. IMHO, it makes their rag hard to read.

And I reckon if you're gonna take the time to post, may as well make it readable. Doesn't take more than a few seconds to pop in a few <p> :)

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