Congress Nearing Draft Resolution on Force in Iraq “There’s no doubt his hatred is mainly directed at us,” Mr. Bush said of Mr. Hussein. “There’s no doubt he can’t stand us. After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.” Umm, George? Your family is not the entire United [...]
Archive for September, 2002
The Royal Us?
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
TalkLeft on Padilla
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
TalkLeft: “Dirty Bomb” Suspect Padilla’s Lawyers Contest His Detention I have talked about this before, but it needs to be said again, and again, and again. Padilla is an American citizen. He was arrested at the Chicago airport in May. He has been in held in a navy brig in South Carolina since June when [...]
Sometimes, the good guys win
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
Please welcome East Timor to the United Nations: Indonesia had taken over the territory in 1975 when Portugal left after years of colonial rule. But as movement for independence gained ground,Indonesia militias tried to suppress the people. In 1999, UN organized a referendum in which East Timorese overwhelmingly voted for independence. That was following by [...]
Funny Post, as promised
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
Bill and Jake grew up together, went to war together, came home together, got married on the same day, worked at the same company, played golf every Saturday, and retired on the same day. After they retired, they settled into a routine. Every morning, Bill would get up at 6am, shower, kiss his wife goodbye, [...]
Knighthood Redux
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
One of the comments in my original post about Greenspan being knighted said I was taking the whole thing too seriously. Well, probably, but this really gets under my nerves. I am about to slip into Humorless, Overly Serious Lefty Mode (yeah, yeah, smart alek, so that’s my normal state. The next post will be [...]
Transparency? Who needs transparency?
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
State: Change chips away disclosure Not the state of Florida, apparently: State lawmakers last year cut a previously required campaign finance report when they eliminated a runoff election among primary candidates. The change means the political parties, the main conduit for gubernatorial campaign money, won’t report their donors until Nov. 1, and state elections officials [...]
Why Political Journalism is held in Such Low Regard
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
Yahoo! News – Gore Accuses Bush of Eroding Freedom Gore gave a speech, in which he attacked Bush’s handling of the war on terrorism. He made several substantive criticisms: The warnings were there” before the attacks, Gore said. He asserted that Bush’s Justice Department ( news – web sites) had devoted more time and agents [...]
Ashcroft Supports Terrorism
Posted in General on September 27, 2002 |
Ashcroft%u2019s Baghdad Connection Okay, that is a bit of a cheap shot, but it is technically true: THE 27-PAGE DOCUMENT – entitled ” Decade of Deception and Defiance” – made no mention of any Iraqi ties to Osama bin Laden. But it did highlight Saddam’s backing of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), an obscure Iranian [...]
ESPN.com – Page2 – Oh, what might have been … One can dream… Invoking the “best interests of baseball” clause in the major league charter, Commissioner George W. Bush called upon baseball’s owners to make a pre-emptive regime change in New York by ousting George Steinbrenner as owner of the Yankees before he further threatens [...]
Pitt growing teeth?
Posted in General on September 26, 2002 |
SEC seeks split of banking, analysts This is a good thing: IN A SERIES OF MEASURES that will be disclosed soon, SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt is expected to require for the first time that Wall Street research departments clearly be split from investment-banking operations, say people familiar with a proposal that is still being formulated. [...]
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