Written in blood This paragraph is just breath-taking in its misdirection: Oct. 18 %u2014 The news that the North Koreans have cheated on a solemn 1994 nonproliferation agreement %u2014 and almost certainly developed nuclear weapons %u2014 immediately challenged the following reputations: 1.) recent Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter who negotiated the 1994 agreement; 2.) renegade congressmen, [...]
Archive for October 19th, 2002
Ahh, the spinning begins
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Bush lying about terrorism insurance and jobs?
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Bush’s 300,000 Phony Construction Jobs – The president says the lack of terrorism insurance has cost 300,000 jobs. Don’t believe it. By Daniel Gross Slate seems to think so, and makes a pretty good case: But even if we assume the entire amount is in new construction (and it surely is not), $15.5 billion doesn’t [...]
Bush Doesn't want to pay for Corporate Clean Up
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Bush Seeks to Cut Back on Raise for S.E.C.’s Corporate Cleanup Because, god knows, self policing worked so well before. Less than three months ago, President Bush signed with great fanfare sweeping corporate antifraud legislation that called for a huge increase in the budget of the Securities and Exchange Commission to police corporate America and [...]
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