Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Reagan babies?
Demographics at work...
Here's an interesting quote from an article at WorldNetDaily:
"2006: Turning point for young conservatives"
"But beyond the present, the intellectual and political and cultural vanguard of our generation will hail from among the Reagan Babies. And it is decisively, revolutionarily, conservative."
Just waiting to happen
Seems like those stories about having swamp land to sell, didn't get noticed...
From Reuters in St. Louis via Yahoo!:
"St. Louis and Sacramento, California, may be the next two U.S. flooding disasters waiting to happen, with rivers prone to overflow and insufficient levees protecting developments that never should have been allowed, experts said on Saturday."
"U.S. officials have not absorbed the lessons of Hurricane Katrina, in which floodwaters breached levees and inundated most of New Orleans, relying on outdated models to forecast risks to low-lying areas and allowing development in places that have been under 10 feet of water as recently as 1993."
Monday, February 27, 2006
Student Senate To Vote Again
I bet a rock star memorial would be easier...
Reported by KOMO News in Washington State:
"SEATTLE - The University of Washington Student Senate is expected to vote again on a memorial to honor five former students awarded Congressional Medals of Honor."
"Earlier this month the Senate deadlocked 45-45 on a proposal to honor Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. The student president then cast the deciding vote "No"."
Made possible by the Patriot Act
Entanglements galore...
From the Associated Press via Yahoo!:
"U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell said the lawsuit may be the first filed by an American soldier against terrorists under the Patriot Act."
The Barrett Report
There is speculation that the redacted portions contain information detrimental to some currently powerful politicians. I guess someone, someday, will get to see what that information is...
The following quote is from the cover page of the final Barrett Report. The investigation took ten years.
"On October 24, 2005, the Special Division granted the Independent Counsel's motion to publish his Final Report to the extent of the material concerning the investigation of Secretary Cisneros and persons associated with him. The publication order and accompanying opinion denied the motion as to the publication of material relating to the Independent Counsel's "investigations of alleged obstructions of justice and tax-related matters" found in Section V of the Report."
Sunday, February 26, 2006
True Sportsmanship
Eugenio who?, you might say.
I'd like to think that there are similar stories today that will be recounted sometime in the future......
I'd like to think that there are similar stories today that will be recounted sometime in the future......
This story can be found on the website of the Golden Ears Soccer Club. And no, I'm not making that up.
"Eugenio Monti and his Italian team represent everything that is important in life. We must not only give the best of ourselves, but also give the best to everyone around us."
The Iraq we don't hear about
Is the old media missing this; or is it more sinister?...
From an interview by W. Thomas Smith, Jr. posted at TownHall.com:
"Iraqi National Assemblywoman Tanya Gilly-Khailany is witnessing a transformation of her country she has dreamt of all her life: Men and women are working. Boys and girls are going to school. Millions have been immunized against polio and other life-threatening diseases. Construction is on the rise, as are new business startups. And the Iraqi gross domestic product has grown from $18.9 billion in 2002 to $33.1 billion in 2005. More importantly, fear throughout the country is dissipating."
GILLY-KHAILANY: No one hears about the great work of the civil society organizations: the young, energetic, democratic activists who are traveling throughout the country, going to rural villages and teaching people about democracy, teaching them what their rights are and what it means to vote. Then we have the environmental activists who are campaigning for national land preserves of the beautiful deserts and wetlands of Iraq. Also, there are all the economic successes. Small businesses are popping up every day. The entrepreneurial spirit is showing itself throughout the country. Schools are being built every day. But one of the biggest success stories to me is that Iraqis are no longer afraid.
"It’s a far cry from the country Gilly-Khailany was forced to flee as a little girl in 1981."
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Photo finagling
I'm skeptical of what's written in the newspapers; and now, I guess I have to include photographs, too.
Peter Arnett is on the left (or not).
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.”
is a saying attributed to Ben Franklin....
Peter Arnett is on the left (or not).
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.”
is a saying attributed to Ben Franklin....
Vanity Fair gets exposed in a "Smoking Gun" report:
"In fact, according to a source familiar with the photo shoot, Arnett was not present when photographer Jonas Karlsson shot a group portrait of eight journalists last April."
Another death row issue
Humane vs Inhumane...
Mona Charen writes in her TownHall.com column:
"Michael Morales, whose execution was indefinitely delayed last week, was convicted of her murder. It was established at trial that Morales, a gang member, had killed Winchell as a favor to his cousin, Rick Ortega."
"I don't disagree with the death penalty opponents that execution is an unpleasant business. I'm even happy to go with the Los Angeles Times's sarcastic suggestion that "we just shoot Michael Morales." But what I and most Americans find intolerable is the description of what happened when Morales heard that, once again, his lawyers had wrested a delay from the legal system. 'He smiled.'"
Immigration Reform WISH
I must be missing something.
This seems opposite of what most Americans want.
And he named it "WISH". What is that about?...
This seems opposite of what most Americans want.
And he named it "WISH". What is that about?...
From Federation for American Immigration Reform reports - Domenici Introduces Amnesty Guest Worker Bill:
"The vast majority of the American public is demanding that our nation's immigration laws be enforced," Stein continued. "Under the Domenici bill, our nation's immigration laws would simply be eliminated. Americans would have no greater claim to the right to live and work in the United States than anyone, anywhere on the face of the planet."
Immigration - a must read
I guess this is an infomercial for the book; but, the writer seems to make very valid points...
Frosty Wooldridge in "How to Destroy America":
"Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm, stood up and gave a speech on ‘How to Destroy America’. The audience sat spellbound by the eight methods for destruction of the United States."
"Invent ‘multiculturalism’ and encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.”
Friday, February 24, 2006
#1 Song on This Date in History
I don't remember any music in the hospital delivery room. Do you?...
Josh Hosler knows the number one songs for any date:
"What was the #1 song in the U.S.A. the day you were born? The day you graduated from high school? The day you were married?"
Press failed the public
The odd couple (?) agree...
Bennett and Dershowitz write about the failing of the media:
"The mass media understood another thing: They had more than a right; they had a duty to report."
"We two come from different political and philosophical perspectives, but on this we agree: Over the past few weeks, the press has betrayed not only its duties but its responsibilities."
Peggy Noonan on airport security
Sometimes I agree with her, sometimes I don't; and sometimes I just enjoy her story telling...
Peggy Noonan writes about her recent airport experiences:
"This was East Germany in 1960. It was the dictatorship of the clerks, and the clerks were not in a good mood.
After a half hour in line I get to the first security point.
"Linfah," says the young woman who checked my ID.
"I'm sorry?"
"Linfah." She points quickly and takes the next person's ID.
"I'm so sorry, I don't understand."
Now she points impatiently. How stupid could I be?
Line Five. Oh. OK."
Press plus Politicians - A bad mix
My thoughts exactly...
In the Wall Street Opinion Journal, Daniel Henninger writes:
"It has been a truism for a century that press stereotypes set the tone of many public events. We used to call this the conventional wisdom; now it's a 'narrative.' By and large it's a neutral phenomenon. But in our jacked-up media age, first impressions--false or true--becomes powerful and hard to alter. Surely this is one reason Vice President Cheney's office resisted 'releasing' the shooting incident into the media ozone."
"Our political elites, rather than recognize they are playing with a new kind of fire, instead have become pyromaniacs, lighting the fires. New Orleans even now can't get out from under the initial crazy statements the pols were hurling over Katrina. Our politicians seem to have arrived at the conclusion that they somehow no longer bear responsibility for what they say, or that there is no consequence to what they say. But they do and there is. Yosemite Sam was a cartoon. The ability of government to function in a dangerous world is not."
1,000 years from reality
My first thought is that "he votes".
And my second thought is that "people vote for him"...
And my second thought is that "people vote for him"...
From SFGate.com in San Francisco:
Colmes: The United States should not have a military?
Sandoval: That's correct.
Colmes: Are you kidding me?
Sandoval: The United States should not have a military. All in all, we would be in much, much, much better shape.
The U.N. on human rights
My favorite, the U.N. (sarcasm)...
The Wall Street Opinion Journal calls it:
"Sins of Commission" - "Human rights lose at the U.N. again."
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Sixers tickets
I wonder if you get a good seat...
If the Sixers were better, you could get more of a bang...
If the Sixers were better, you could get more of a bang...
Comcast Sports reports:
"The Philadelphia 76ers and police officials Tuesday announced a program aimed at curbing gun violence by exchanging tickets for guns."
Victor Davis Hanson visits Iraq
Something different from Iraq...
Victor Davis Hanson writes about his Iraq visit:
"But Iraq, like all wars, is not static. What was supposedly true on the ground in Iraq in 2003 is not necessarily so in 2006 — in the way that the situation in Europe in 1943 hardly resembled that of May 1945."
"Yet while things have changed radically in Iraq, the pessimistic tone of our reporting remains calcified. Little is written about the new Iraqi government, the emergence of the Iraqi security forces or the radically changing role of the American military."
Welcome to Harvard
This appears to be an injustice; and, as the students graduate and move on, it will eventually be forgotten...
The circumstances of the Harvard president resignation are discussed in the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"The movement to unseat Mr. Summers remains a mystery to most people outside Harvard."
"Harvard students frankly blossomed under the special attention he paid them. No university president in my experience had ever taken such a warm personal interest in undergraduate education. Not surprisingly, the students return his affection, polling three to one in favor of his staying on. The day he announced his resignation, they were out in force in Harvard Yard, chanting 'Five More Years!'"
Jobless claims
Every Thursday morning at 08:30, the previous week's jobless claims are announced...
You can read the story at CBS MarketWatch . Here are some significant paragraphs:
"The four-week average of new claims -- which smoothes out distortions created by one-time events such as weather -- fell by 1,500 to 281,750, close to the six-year low of 276,750 seen two weeks ago."
"The four-week average is about 40,000 below the trend that prevailed for much of 2005."
"New claims are down about 9% since this time last year. Continuing claims are down about 7% year-over-year."
"The four-week average of continuing claims fell by 19,500 to 2.5 million, the lowest since February 2001, the month before the recession began five years ago."
Politicians in North Carolina
More politicians doing what they do best...
Brendan Miniter writes in the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"In a state where $10,000 can make all the difference in a State House race, he's been able to amass a $1 million campaign war chest. What the election board's investigation has uncovered is that Mr. Black may have crossed the ethical line. According to what investigators have dug up so far, Mr. Black apparently steered some $43,000 in campaign donations to Mr. Decker at about the time he switched parties. He did this by apparently hitting up his donor base for donations for Mr. Decker. And he also allegedly used his influence with a political action committee set up and run by eye doctors--Mr. Black is an optometrist--to solicit checks with the amounts filled in but with the payee lines left blank. Mr. Black then wrote in Mr. Decker's name on the checks."
More on Saddam's WMD
As I've said before, someday we'll know ALL about this...
Comments from the American Thinker website:
"A second Iraqi former commander confirms WMDs"
"Slowly, very slowly, we are beginning to discover what happened to the WMDs of Saddam. The left and the antique media have made it an article of faith that there never were any WMDs, and that “Bush lied.” So deep is their investment in a political position premised on this conclusion that they will pay no attention to contrary evidence."
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Remember Chappaquiddick!
To me this is a pleasant surprise.
Most 20 year olds don't even know about it...
Most 20 year olds don't even know about it...
Reported in WorldNetDaily :
"Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch of bull," Trost said of the introduction, which occurred in the school's student center Tuesday morning."
"Just as Kennedy began speaking, Trost was walking out of the room when he shouted, 'Remember Chappaquiddick!'"
Is that so?
Duh! No surprise here...
The next finding might just be: "Wet roadways linked to recent precipitation"...
The next finding might just be: "Wet roadways linked to recent precipitation"...
Health news from Reuters.com:
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weight gains among Europeans have been linked to consumption of more American-style fast foods like hamburgers, pizza and sweetened soft drinks, according to a study released on Tuesday."
High School Exit Exams
If extrapolated to employment tests, bar exams, medical school entrance exams, olympic trials, etc., I have to wonder if those culling processes would be denigrated to the point of accepting the unqualified. I guess we'll have to wait and see how this gets resolved. It's clearly a national issue...
A lawsuit filed against high schools' exit exam is discussed in the Washington Post:
"On Wednesday, 20 high school seniors and their parents sued the state Department of Education and school Superintendent Jack O'Connell, claiming the exam is illegal and discriminatory. They worry the test may prevent the students from graduating."
Popular Mechanics says
This critique comes from an unlikely place...
Popular Mechanics reporting on Hurricane Katrina:
"At 2:00 this afternoon, the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina will release its final report after more than five months of investigation. POPULAR MECHANICS obtained excerpts of a draft copy of the report last night."
"We've given the report an initial read and found it riddled with poor logic, internal contradictions and exaggerations."
Sick call in England
I wonder if the U.S. is much different...
From Reuters.com read: Oddly Enough:
The port issue
It will be interesting to see how this plays out...
This column in the Wall Street OpinionJournal discusses the various aspects and political motivations and perhaps opportunism:
"As for the Democrats, we suppose this is a two-fer: They have a rare opportunity to get to the right of the GOP on national security, and they can play to their union, anti-foreign investment base as well. At a news conference in front of New York harbor, Senator Chuck Schumer said allowing the Arab company to manage ports 'is a homeland security accident waiting to happen.' Hillary Clinton is also along for this political ride."
"So the same Democrats who lecture that the war on terror is really a battle for 'hearts and minds' now apparently favor bald discrimination against even friendly Arabs investing in the U.S.? Guantanamo must be closed because it's terrible PR, wiretapping al Qaeda in the U.S. is illegal, and the U.S. needs to withdraw from Iraq, but these Democratic superhawks simply will not allow Arabs to be put in charge of American longshoremen. That's all sure to play well on al Jazeera."
Only in America
I may have called attention to this before and it's obviously getting noticed elsewhere. I'm all for free speech, but I can't imagine our founders wanted to allow this...
Here is the story:
"States move to bar protests at soldiers’ funerals"
"COLUMBUS, Ohio - States are rushing to limit when and where people may protest at funerals — all because of a small fundamentalist Kansas church whose members picket soldiers’ burials, arguing that Americans are dying for a country that harbors homosexuals."
And this is a story about what's going on now:
"The bikers shield the families of dead soldiers from the protesters, and overshadow the jeers with patriotic chants and a sea of red, white and blue flags."
Newt Gingrich
An interesting interview with Newt Gingrich...
In the Brian M. Carney writes in the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"He'd also "simply ban all fund-raising in Washington. You can do that by straight out rules of the House and Senate." Admittedly, Mr. Gingrich has filed this proposal under "can't do." But even so, it has an elegance about it that makes it alluring. I begin to feel the pull that allowed this man not only to take control of the House from the Democrats for the first time in 50 years, but to re-elect a GOP majority for the first time since 1928 (as he points out repeatedly). He's hopping now, and I can barely get a word in."
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Operations in Iraq
On the ground in Iraq...
From the United States Army Home Page:
"The operation began with an Iraqi-led cordon and search of a village known to be a safe haven for insurgent and terrorist cells responsible for attacks on oil pipelines and coalition convoys in the area."
"With troops from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division providing security outside the village and U.S. aircraft overhead, soldiers of the 2nd Iraqi Army Brigade moved in. Their door-to-door search quickly led to the capture of the four insurgents."
Wonder what this is really about?
I figure they forget to "tip" the building permit people...
The Republican-American in Waterbury, CT, reports:
"New York thwarts tests of high-rise escape device"
The new 'final outcome'
Some provocative thinking...
From Ralph R. Reiland at PittsburghLIVE.com:
"From the Vatican's statement on the Danish cartoon fallout: 'The right to freedom of thought and expression cannot entail the right to offend the religious sentiment of believers.'"
"Really? What if you're an agnostic Inca who thinks the tossing of virgins into the mouth of a volcano won't produce a better crop? You shouldn't say anything for fear of offending the true believers? Where's the morality in that, particularly from the virgin's point of view?"
IRS Finds $345B Tax Gap in 2001
Lost in space or hidden under the table?...
In Yahoo News:
"WASHINGTON - The IRS said Tuesday that unpaid taxes amounted to $345 billion in 2001, traced mostly to individuals underreporting their income.""
Victor Davis Hanson on Iran
The Iran rationale is outlined here...
By Victor Davis Hanson:
"'Iran has promised to use its reactors for peaceful purposes, so why demonize the regime?'"
"In fact, the United States has a perfectly sound rationale for singling out Iran to halt its nuclear proliferation. At least six good reasons come to mind, not counting the more obvious objection over Iran's violation of U.N. non-proliferation protocols. It is past time that we spell them out to the world at large."
The Queer Muhammad?
This writer talks about art...
The Queer Muhammad: an experiment in tolerance by Mike S. Adams:
"For this painting, I want the artist to put the Prophet Muhammad in a pink bathrobe. I also want him holding a little toy poodle. Finally, I would like you to feature him reading a copy of “Playgirl” magazine. If you want to get daring, you can also feature him French-kissing Salmon Rushdie. Or better yet, feature him French-kissing Jacques Chirac."
"Regardless of the precise form it takes, I want five million reproductions of the “Queer Muhammad” in poster form. It may sound like a large order for a first printing. But here’s what I intend to do with them:"
Monday, February 20, 2006
Able Danger
Something strange is going on...
Jack Kelly writes about Able Danger:
"Able Danger linked Mohamed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers to the Brooklyn cell, said Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, who was the liaison between the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Able Danger team."
"It shocked us how entrenched a presence al-Qaida had in the United States," Mr. Kleinsmith said."
"Lt. Col. Shaffer testified he tried three times to have Able Danger data on the Brooklyn cell presented to the FBI, but that on each occasion Pentagon lawyers forbade the meeting."
"It's unclear why the Bush administration is covering up, since the suppression of Able Danger occurred on President Clinton's watch. But it is clear there is a cover-up. One would think a Washington press corps obsessing about a hunting accident in Texas would be more curious about it."
Allowing thugs to decide
"emboldened by appeasement and submissiveness"...
Jeff Jacoby discusses the media's bravery:
"Journalists can be incredibly brave, but when it comes to covering the Arab and Muslim world, too many news organizations have knuckled under to threats. Thomas Friedman of The New York Times, a veteran foreign correspondent, admitted long ago that ''physical intimidation" by the PLO led reporters to skew their coverage of important stories or to ignore them ''out of fear." Similarly, CNN's former news executive, Jordan Eason, acknowledged after the fall of Saddam Hussein that his network had long sanitized its news from Iraq, since reporting the unvarnished truth ''would have jeopardized the lives of . . . our Baghdad staff."
"Like the Nazis in the 1930s and the Soviet communists in the Cold War, the Islamofascists are emboldened by appeasement and submissiveness."
The trade deficit
A trade deficit opinion that might bear revisiting...
Daniel T. Griswold discusses the trade deficit in "America's Maligned and Misunderstood Trade Deficit":
"There is no connection between trade deficits and industrial decline. From 1992 and 1997, the U.S. trade deficit almost tripled, while at the same time U.S. industrial production increased by 24 percent and manufacturing output by 27 percent. Trade deficits do not cost jobs. In fact rising trade deficits correlate with falling unemployment rates. Far from being a drag on economic growth, the U.S. economy has actually grown faster in years in which the trade deficit has been rising than in years in which the deficit has shrunk. Trade deficits may even be good news for the economy because they signal global investor confidence in the United States and rising purchasing power among domestic consumers."
A comparison
Some many stories; so little time...
About the White House Press Corps; Mark Steyn snickers:
"Hmm. Let's see. On the one hand, the guy leaves the gal at the bottom of the river struggling for breath pressed up against the window in some small air pocket while he pulls himself out of the briny, staggers home, sleeps it off and saunters in to inform the cops the following day that, oh yeah, there was some broad down there. And, on the other hand, the guy calls 911, has the other fellow taken to the hospital, lets the sheriff know promptly but neglects to fax David Gregory's make-up girl!"
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Ex-Official: Russia Moved Saddam's WMD
The apparent actions/inactions of our government officials outlined here are hard to fathom...
Should we believe Kenneth R. Timmerman or not?:
" 'The intelligence included multiple sitings of truck convoys, convoys going north to the Syrian border and returning empty,' he said."
"In addition to the convoys heading to Syria, Shaw said his contacts 'provided information about steel drums with painted warnings that had been moved to a cellar of a hospital in Beirut.' "
Appeasement - some history
It's a very poor track record...
Victor Davis Hanson writes in the Washington Times:
"The point of the comparison is not to suggest history simply repeats itself, but to learn why intelligent people delude themselves into embracing naive policies."
A celebrity gives credit to America
U2's Bono lavishes praise on President Bush and American generosity to the poor...
I wonder if this story got wide circulation in the old media:
"The rocker began, with good humour, expressing the oddity of his appearance at the prayer breakfast. 'You know, one of the things I love about this country is its separation of church and state. Although I have to say: in inviting me here, both church and state have been separated from something else completely: their mind.'"
"Before continuing he added, 'Mr. President, are you sure about this?'"
"In fact, you have doubled aid to Africa. You have tripled funding for global health. Mr. President, your emergency plan for AIDS relief and support for the Global Fund-you and Congress-have put 700,000 people onto life-saving anti-retroviral drugs and provided 8 million bed nets to protect children from malaria."
Carter allowed surveillance in 1977
How soon they forget...
From the Washington Times:
"Carter allowed surveillance in 1977? - But in 1977, Mr. Carter and his attorney general, Griffin B. Bell, authorized warrantless electronic surveillance used in the conviction of two men for spying on behalf of Vietnam."
"The men, Truong Dinh Hung and Ronald Louis Humphrey, challenged their espionage convictions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which unanimously ruled that the warrantless searches did not violate the men's rights."
"In its opinion, the court said the executive branch has the 'inherent authority' to wiretap enemies such as terror plotters and is excused from obtaining warrants when surveillance is 'conducted primarily' for foreign intelligence reasons.'"
Saturday, February 18, 2006
White House Press Corps III
One more opinion...
This one is from Thomas Sowell writing at TownHall.com:
"Spoiled Brat Media"
"There is nothing in the Constitution or the laws that says that the media have a right to be in the White House at all, much less to have press conferences."
"This has become a customary courtesy over the years, but courtesy is a two-way street, except for those in the media who act like spoiled brats, as if they have some inherent right to whatever serves their institutional, career, or ideological purposes."
White House Press Corps again
The author criticizes judgement in news reporting...
From Daniel Henninger at the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"Have you ever noticed how on a scale of one to 10, every untoward event in the life of the Bush presidency goes straight to a 10?"
"The Abu Ghraib photos? A 10 forever. Dick Cheney catching a hunting buddy with some birdshot? An instant 10. The Bush National Guard story? Total 10. How can it be that each downside event in this presidency greets the public at this one, screeching level of outrage and denunciation by the out-of-power party and a perpetually outraged media?"
"There was a time when what's been called news judgment would deem some stories a five or six and run them on page 14, or deeper in the newscast."
White House Press Corps
The author considers that older generations might be less likely to emote...
From Mona Charen at TownHall.com:
"Is there something missing in the mental architecture of reporters? When they get credentialed, do they lose ordinary human reactions?"
"An ordinary person, hearing about such an accident, would respond as follows: How horrible! Cheney must be in agony. What's the prognosis on Whittington?"
Did he say 5,000?
A sad story for sure.
But notice the more than 5000 outstanding arrest warrants. Yikes!
I wonder if that's true in every police jurisdiction?...
But notice the more than 5000 outstanding arrest warrants. Yikes!
I wonder if that's true in every police jurisdiction?...
In the Allentown Morning Call Online edition:
"Montgomery County man kills self when police visit"
NY Times catches Bush telling the truth
Whatever happened to "the facts, just the facts"?...
On the PowerLine blog: "The Times Makes It Up, Catches Bush Telling the Truth"
"That was just a misleading headline. But Lipton made an outright misrepresentation just a few paragraphs later. In its original version, which I assume appeared in print this morning, his article said:
'But the alert did not seem to register. Even the next morning, President Bush, on vacation in Texas, was feeling relieved that New Orleans had 'dodged the bullet,' he later recalled."
"Only Bush was not on vacation in Texas. Lipton just made that part up. Actually, on the morning of August 30 he was in California, meeting with soldiers who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. So the Times has done a sub silentio correction. The article now reads:
'But the alert did not seem to register. Even the next morning, President Bush was feeling relieved that New Orleans had 'dodged the bullet,' he later recalled."
"Just another hit-and-run by the Times."
Friday, February 17, 2006
Defending the Indefensible
Did I ever mention?: "the United Nations makes me crazy"...
Ted Lapkin editorializes about the U.N.:
"Last September, Frenchman Didier Bourget testified at his rape trial in Paris that he organised underground child molestation networks while serving with several UN missions."
"One might naturally expect that such stomach turning revelations would bring in train a slew of criminal prosecutions. Think again."
The opposite of intelligence
Hmmm. OK then, but not OK now. I wonder what's different?...
Debra J. Saunders calls it The opposite of intelligence:
"After all, the Clinton administration conducted warrantless searches in an American's home. His name was Aldrich Ames, and he later pleaded guilty to spying for the former Soviet Union while working for the CIA. As the Washington Post reported in 1994, 'government officials decided in the Ames case that no warrant was required because the searches were conducted for 'foreign intelligence purposes.' ' There was no huge outcry that Clintonia should have obtained a warrant."
"Former Clinton Justice official Jamie Gorelick contended in a letter to the Judiciary Committee that the president had 'the inherent authority to authorize foreign intelligence physical searches'"
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Media AWOL When Hillary Clinton Injured a Cop
I can't ever remember hearing about this...
Could this story be true?
"But the media didn't think it was such a big deal five years ago, when Sen. Hillary Clinton injured a police officer who was manning a security post at the Westchester County Airport while she was rushing to a fundraiser."
"On Oct. 14, 2001, Clinton's Ford conversion van blew past a security checkpoint manned by Officer Ernest Dymond, who said later that he immediately feared a repeat of the Sept. 11 attacks."
1996 - Aug 27th
Looks like all White Houses are slow with info at times...
AllPolitics remembers:
"WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Aug. 27) -- The same day Hillary Clinton was scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention, newly released documents suggest she was behind the 30-hour delay in releasing late White House counsel Vincent Foster's suicide note to authorities."
Democrats Can't Hackett
Democrats in Ohio: Was it bait and switch?...
Rolling Stone closes this article saying, "somewhere Karl Rove is laughing":
"Paul Hackett was the best story the Democrats had running. He was the general leading the upsurge of "Fighting Dems" -- whom the national media is already gushing over as principled patriots who speak their minds, keep their promises and don't back down from challenges. Now, Hackett's gone. Not because he lost in a fair fight. But because the Democratic establishment"
Government junkets we fund
$1,401,104,263.00...
According to Michelle Malkin:
“That's how much of our hard-earned money has gone to subsidize the spring break-style trips and conferences of the federal government over the last five years. Spending on bureaucracy boondoggles has increased some 70 percent in that time period."
"We wouldn't know anything about this binge if Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., hadn't asked. Last summer, the pork-busting chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security surveyed all federal departments and agencies and directed them to document their conference, meetings and travel expenses since 2000. At a hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Coburn unveiled his findings.”
"Blowhards in both parties in Washington have pledged to reduce spending and reform business as usual. Yet, Sen. Coburn's attempt to limit conference spending by just one agency -- HUD -- was anonymously stripped from an appropriations bill behind closed doors and unceremoniously killed."
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
the White House press corps 2
More criticism...
Tony Blankley takes his turn:
"As I understand the profound concern of the ever-alert White House reporters, they smell a constitutional crisis because the shooting party failed to alert the media of the accidental shooting down in Corpus Christi, Texas. Well, actually, they did alert the Corpus Christi media -- but that didn't count. Unless the exalted ones have been formally informed by an official government press secretary, no public communication has technically occurred."
the White House press corps
One man's opinion follows...
A rant by Bob Lonsberry:
"A question for the White House press corps:
Who the hell do you think you are?
Seriously. Exactly how egomaniacal are you people?"
Oil profits - Ben Stein's view
Pelosi's Hot Air Can't Power My Car...
says Ben Stein in an article that begins with this quote:
"I don't blame Exxon for making the profits ... it's a busines; it's owned by pensioners and widows and retirees. It's fine if they get the money because it's going back to the American stockholders."
the Democrats
He said it. I didn't. And he may be right...
Tony Blankley writes about the Democrats:
"As the party of reactionary inertia — as the party that not only doesn't have any solutions to today's dangers and problems, but denies that such problems exist — the Democrats on the floor of the House Tuesday night demonstrated a flawless, intuitive sense of its new, disfunctional self.'
"The Democrats' wild applause on behalf of doing nothing was more than a merely tactical political blunder. It displayed a deeper truth about them."
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Is this the "Bush" economy?
Looking pretty good...
CBS MarketWatch reports "U.S. Jan. retail sales rise 2.3% vs. 0.9% expected:
"Retail sales were much more robust than the 0.9% gain anticipated by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Retail sales excluding autos were also far stronger than the 0.8% expected. See Economic Calendar.
Excluding auto sales, retail sales were the highest since December 1999."
"Excluding gasoline and autos, retail sales rose 1.8% in January, the strongest since March 2004."
"Sales at restaurants and bars rose 3.2%, the biggest gain in five years."
A Rabbi speaks out
And he's not fond of "appeasers"...
At HumanEventsOnline.com, Rabbi Aryeh Spero writes:
"Criticism of everything is allowed, but not of Islam. We are falling for this notion that Islamic/Arab honor and sensibilities are more important than our own. Humiliate us, but never them. Restraint is for us, not them. Every facet of Islamic religion -- even the most virulent -- must be allowed in the West, though we accept Islam's assertion that in its countries Christianity and Judaism be forbidden and its believers, often, oppressed."
"The way these western appeasers talk of the Koran would have one believe they drank from it with their mother's milk. It is sickening to watch westerners so casual and cavalier, often disrespectful, about our own traditions and Holy Books suddenly become absolutely obsequious toward Islamic habits and views."
Is appeasement working for Europe?
Jack Kelly gets a lot of things right.
You can decide about this time...
You can decide about this time...
An article in the Jewish World Review:
"The nation that will chair the Security Council when the IAEA recommendation is taken up, British Web logger David Conway noted, is Denmark: 'Suddenly the pieces fall into shape,' he said. 'The rumpus suddenly escalated, complete with fabricated offensive cartoons, to so inflame Muslim opinion that Denmark could be intimidated...into voting in favor of Iran.'"
Monday, February 13, 2006
CNN and "the cartoons"
I don't like inconsistency in news reporting.
Just present the facts and let the cards fall where they may...
Just present the facts and let the cards fall where they may...
The WizBang Blog is critical of CNN:
"Because it seems to me that CNN has taken the good will it may have earned in its first couple of decades and flushed it right down the crapper."
Earmarks in Alaska
From where I'm sitting, Alaska seems to Republicans, as Massachusetts is to Democrats. Small consolation: At least in Alaska, they put their names on their "pork" projects...
John Fund, writing for the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"Alaska's Sen. Ted Stevens, who has spent 37 years in Congress raiding the federal Treasury on behalf of his state, dismisses the notion that anything should threaten Alaska's status as the No. 1 state for pork. In 2005, it hauled in $984.85 worth of pork for every resident."
"Last week Mr. Stevens went so far as to chide Capitol Hill reporters for even listening to earmark critics such as Sens. John McCain and Tom Coburn. 'You guys fall for it and give them publicity,' he said, and no one can doubt his authority. If anyone knows about publicity, it's the man who gave his name to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport."
About that `jobless recovery'
Unemployment numbers then and now are compared here...
In the Chicago Tribune:
"For openers, the unemployment rate dropped from 4.9 percent to 4.7, with job growth in one industry sector after another. Back in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, many economists and public officials saw 6 percent as a natural, even acceptable, rate of unemployment; if the U.S. fell below that, inflation was sure to run roughshod."
"Economist Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute has noted that in the early 1990s, the jobless rate fell so low that Bill Clinton's administration moved to dial back the duration of unemployment benefits. The 'low' unemployment rate at the time was 6.8 percent--or more than 2 points higher than it is today."
Sunday, February 12, 2006
The New York Times and Marilyn Manson?
More on "the cartoons"...
"What do The New York Times and Marilyn Manson have in Common?", asks Doug Giles in his TownHall.com column:
"Let me see if I get this right: in smarmy, liberal America-ville, it’s cool to celebrate a painting of the virgin Mary covered in dung, a picture of Jesus marinating in urine, a play in which Jesus is depicted as gay and TV shows and movies that mock Christ and Christianity; but it is uncool to run a Danish cartoon slamming Islam’s irrational rage, because that would be a “gratuitous assault” on the Muslim religion? Well, cock-a-doodle-do."
"Case in point: the quickly-approaching-cheap-toilet-paper status New York Times has decided to refrain from running anything that might be offensive to Muslims, while it bends over backwards to backhand Christians. How conveeeeeenient."
Protesters right to be outraged
After reading this article, I better understand how complicated this issue really is. Perhaps, this is a defining of "limits". If so, future occurrences can be more clearly labeled as purposefully inciteful...
Michael Coren writes for TorontoSun.com:
"Three cheers for the Muslim world. Three cheers for people who will not simply fall down and allow their most deeply held religious beliefs to be spat upon and treated as garbage."
"Three cheers for people who will decry a cartoon whose sole purpose is to abuse and vilify one's faith."
More on "the cartoons"
More commentary on "the cartoons"...
Tony Snow writes:
"So then Laban and company got creative. First, they grabbed a photograph taken at a French hog-calling contest, and claimed the fellow wearing a plastic snout and ears actually was posing as a porcine Prophet. They tossed in another bad drawing of a character saying, "I'm a pedophile," along with a photo-shopped tableau of a dog having its way with a Muslim bent in prayer."
"Then they put together a list of fake charges against the dastardly Danes. They accused Danish papers of publishing 120 anti-Muslim cartoons and photos. They warned Danes were planning a movie that mocked Muhammad. They charged the Danish government with burning, desecrating and banning the Quran, prohibiting the construction of mosques and outlawing Islam."
SOTU on Isolationism
State of the Union discussed...
Michael G. Franc discusses a part of President Bush's SOTU speech::
"Abandoning the overseas war against terrorism would place Americans at risk: "In a time of testing, we cannot find security by abandoning our commitments and retreating within our borders. If we were to leave these vicious attackers alone, they would not leave us alone. They would simply move the battlefield to our own shores. There is no peace in retreat."
"The entire world would be at risk: "America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. We are the nation that saved liberty in Europe, and liberated death camps, and helped raise up democracies and faced down an evil empire. Once again, we accept the call of history to deliver the oppressed and move this world toward peace."
"World suffering, and the conditions that breed terrorism, would worsen: "Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies; it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need."
"Retreating on the domestic front would expose Americans to greater risks: "Our country must also remain on the offensive against terrorism here at home." Bush insists, for example, that his terrorist surveillance program, which has led to calls for his impeachment from leading Democrats on Capitol Hill, has already prevented terrorist attacks."
Saturday, February 11, 2006
al-Qaeda pilot got cold feet
This UK Times story seems informative, well-written, and best-of-all, apolitical.
Of course, as always, you can form your own opinion...
Of course, as always, you can form your own opinion...
From the Times OnLine, in the U.K.:
"Further details emerged of the plan to target the iconic 73-storey US Bank Building in Los Angeles, revealed by President Bush yesterday in an address to rally support for the War on Terror."
"Terrorism experts in Malaysia said that Zaini Zakaria, an engineer, was among three men being trained to launch the planned second-wave of Osama bin Laden's assault on the United States, supposed to take place a few months after the atrocities of September 11 2001."
Truth Scarce During Coretta Scott King Funeral
Is this a case of re-writing history, lying by omission, or both?...
From Jim Kouri, writing in the Lincoln Tribune:
"Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), when speaking during Monday's funeral service and memorial for the late civil-rights icon, Coretta Scott King, only told half the story when he spoke of his two brothers, John and Robert, and their relationship with Mrs. King's husband."
Prosecutors: Jury's Morales Letters Faked
This appeal seems to far exceed "lawyers being lawyers"...
From the Associated Press in San Francisco:
"On Friday, the San Joaquin District Attorney's office sent Schwarzenegger a new batch of sworn statements from five of those jurors saying they not only still supported capital punishment for Morales, but had never spoken with the defense investigator who claimed to have secured their signatures."
"Kathleen Culhane, the San Francisco private investigator who Starr and Senior said had interviewed the jurors, declined to comment."
It's 1/10th of 1%
There seems to be no end of things to criticize...
The Houston Chronicle reports: "Bush team seeks to sell public land - Areas don't meet needs."
"High-ranking agriculture officials said Friday the national forest lands selected for sale are 'isolated, expensive to manage, and no longer meeting forest service system needs,' and do not include wilderness areas or habitat vital to wildlife."
"'Is selling off Bitterroot National Forest or the Sierra National Forest or Yellowstone National Park a good idea? No, not in general,' said Under Secretary Mark Rey. 'But I challenge these people who are engaging in this flowery rhetoric ... to take a hard look at these specific parcels and tell me they belong in national forest ownership.'"
"While acknowledging the proposed sale would be the largest of its kind in decades, and possibly ever, Rey said the national forest system has swelled to 193 million acres, and the amount sold would amount to less than one-tenth of a percent."
Mayor Daley's Chicago
Hmmm! Looks like some impropriety in Chicago's city government...
In the Chicago Sun-Times:
"Indicted Laski steps down as city clerk: "Federal prosecutors accused the clerk of taking bribes and obstructing justice after allegedly catching him on tape encouraging Mick and Traci Jones to lie to a grand jury and deny that, for years, they had been giving Laski $500 to $1,000 a month in exchange for the clerk's help in securing Hired Truck business for their trucking company, Get Plowed. Jones and his wife work in the city clerk's office."
"Two weeks later, Laski was formally indicted -- along with John Briatta, the brother-in-law of County Commissioner John Daley, the mayor's brother."
Election fraud in Illinois
Just another normal election day in Illinois...
According to the Associated Press via Yahoo:
“Prosecutors say votes were bought largely for $5 or $10 each, and many voters who accepted the money were also driven to polls."
Friday, February 10, 2006
Bill Bennett & Wolf Blitzer
Bennett is calling CNN on their "double standard"...
The National Review's Stephen Spruiell reports this CNN verbal exchange plus more:
"BLITZER: You can understand, Bill, that feeling among many Muslims that this is beyond the pale when you insult the Prophet Mohammad."
"BENNETT: Well, sure. And if I was a Jew watching what CNN just led in with, I might be a little upset too. But CNN doesn't have the solicitude for Jews it has for Muslims. Your policy is not to show these cartoons that were shown in Denmark, but to show one after another of the most anti-Semitic cartoons they could come forward with. CNN — I don't mean to pick on CNN just because I work for you. But NBC, New York Times, other media — the Virgin Mary in cow dung, that was fine, we can show that everywhere."
Hearing anything lately?
I'm a big fan of the Wall Street Opinion Journal...
Today, Dan Henninger discusses the terrorist surveillance issue:
"After all the publicity of the past two weeks, does anyone think that the boys working on plans for Boston Harbor, the Golden Gate Bridge or Chicago's Loop are still chatting by phone? If the purpose of the public exposure was to pull the plug on the pre-emptive surveillance program, mission accomplished. Be safe, Times Square."
"At the least, al Qaeda's operatives in Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Hamburg and the U.S. will hold off phoning in the next mass-murder plan until the U.S. Senate finishes deliberating Arlen Specter's proposal to legislatively order up an opinion from the judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court, est. 1978, as to whether the antiterrorist wiretap program violates the law that created their jobs."
Reid Aided Abramoff Clients, Records Show
It might be very smart for all politicians to stop talking about Mr. Abramoff. He seems to have "touched" most of them; some more than others...
The Associated Press reports via Yahoo:
"WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senator's staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyist's team about legislation affecting other clients."
"The activities — detailed in billing records and correspondence obtained by The Associated Press — are far more extensive than previously disclosed."
Mosque a Terrorist Haven
Mosque- (Noun) A muslim house of worship
In Iraq, mosques were hideouts for terrorists and storage areas for weapons...
In Iraq, mosques were hideouts for terrorists and storage areas for weapons...
In the U.K.'s Guardian Unlimited:
"London Police: Mosque a Terrorist Haven"
"Anti-terror officers raided the Finsbury Park mosque in January 2003, recovering around 100 stolen and forged passports and driving licenses, blank-firing handguns, chemical warfare suits, camping equipment, a stun gun and a tear gas canister."
"'Our assessment was that this was material that had been used in training camps, probably here in the U.K.,' the senior anti-terrorist officer said."
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Election day in America
On election day, you go to your local polling location and cast your vote. Right? Not always!...
In the Wall Street Opinion Journal, John Fund discusses election rules and laws. He makes particular note of Maryland and even hits on Pennsylvania:
"The most troublesome bill undermines the concept of local polling places by allowing all voters to vote anywhere in Maryland using a provisional ballot. Gilles Burger, chairman of the state's Board of Elections, flatly says the bill invites fraud. His testimony prompted the Beall commission to warn that it would mean "a provisional ballot could be cast successfully in multiple counties and not be detected until after the votes were certified."
"Another bill would allow any voter to cast an absentee ballot for any reason. The state's League of Women Voters noted that the bill undermines Election Day as the foundational day when votes are by law supposed to be cast. The league points out that absentee voting increases risks to "privacy, accuracy, security" and creates opportunities for "intimidation." Evidence also shows that absentee ballots are the most susceptible to fraud--and do not increase voter turnout."
"A third bill imposes an unfunded mandate requiring all of Maryland's counties to let voters cast ballots during the five days before Election Day. Linda Lamore, the state's election administrator, warned legislators of her concerns about ballot security as well as her doubts the counties could comply by November."
Is something funny here?
See if you notice that the larger fonts are used for "bad news" and the smaller font announces the "good news". And then try to figure out how the headline depicts the true nature of the "real news" in the story, which is GOOD! (/rant over)...
See for yourself at CBS MarketWatch.com:
"The four-week average of seasonally adjusted new claims fell to 276,500, the lowest since April 2000. The average number of new claims is nearly 50,000 lower than it was for most of 2005."
"The low pace of jobless claims suggests that the labor market is expanding at a solid pace, and that the economy has been strong enough to absorb higher energy costs," said Sophia Koropeckyj, an economist for Moody's Economy.com."
"The four-week average is considered a better gauge of new claims because it smoothes out one-time disturbances, such as holidays, intense weather and strikes."
"Economists were expecting an increase in new claims to about 283,000 in the most recent week, according to a survey conducted by MarketWatch."
Funerals are for ???
If you missed the antics at the Corretta King funeral, I recommend you read this page...
says The Anchoress in "Wellstoning the King funeral":
"After President Bush praised Dr. King, things went downhill, apparently."
Black Activists Outraged By Politicization
I agree wholeheartedly with the Project 21 people...
From Project 21, Black Activists Outraged By Politicization:
"I find it shameful that not even the service to honor the stellar life of Coretta Scott King is exempt from classless political behavior from the likes of former President Jimmy Carter and Reverend Joseph Lowery," remarked Project 21 member Mark Jordan. "At an event to celebrate the achievements of one of America's greats, these two men conducted themselves in a disgraceful manner. They descended into the muck to take poorly- timed shots at the President."
"It is pathetic that these individuals choose to turn a funeral into a political statement," said Project 21 member Geoffrey Moore. "You would think they would have learned something from the late senator Paul Wellstone's memorial back in 2002 that people don't like such shameless political promotion. There is a time and place for everything, and for this behavior the funeral of Coretta Scott King was neither."
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
John Bolton Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A remarkable turnaround in a short period of time; wouldn't you agree?...
John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, according to CNSNews.com is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize:
"Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post, forcing President Bush to resort to a recess appointment."
"One of Bolton's Republican critics - Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio -- now says he thinks Bolton is doing a good job."
"In May 2006, the thought that Bolton might be confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations almost brought Voinovich to tears."
Liberals push to give vote to felons
This election could be won or lost in the legislature. Obviously, when it comes to votes, anything goes...
Read about Maryland in the Washington Times:
"ANNAPOLIS -- Dozens of House Democrats have co-sponsored a bill that would restore voting rights for thousands of felons this election year."
"The Maryland Democratic Party has endorsed the measure, which some House Democrats attribute to the party's aim to oust Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., a Republican seeking re-election."
"'Of course that's the reason,' said Delegate Jill P. Carter, Baltimore Democrat and one of the bill's 37 co-sponsors."
Culture clash - Maybe not
Perhaps things are not exactly as the media has reported so far...
Islam prohibits neither images of Muhammad nor jokes about religion according to AMIR TAHERI in the Wall Street Opinion Journal:
"The Muslim Brotherhood's position, put by one of its younger militants, Tariq Ramadan--who is, strangely enough, also an adviser to the British home secretary--can be summed up as follows: It is against Islamic principles to represent by imagery not only Muhammad but all the prophets of Islam; and the Muslim world is not used to laughing at religion. Both claims, however, are false."
"The claim that the ban on depicting Muhammad and other prophets is an absolute principle of Islam is also refuted by history. Many portraits of Muhammad have been drawn by Muslim artists, often commissioned by Muslim rulers. There is no space here to provide an exhaustive list, but these are some of the most famous:..."
Ex-Officer Spurned on WMD Claim
This story justs keep going. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?...
In the New York Sun, titled Ex-Officer Spurned on WMD Claim is the latest on Saddam's WMD:
"Mr. Gaubatz's new disclosures shed doubt on the thoroughness of the Iraq Survey Group's search for the weapons of mass destruction that were one of the Bush administration's main reasons for the war. Two chief inspectors from the group, David Kay and Charles Duelfer, concluded that they could not find evidence of the promised stockpiles. Mr. Kay refused to be interviewed for this story and Mr. Duelfer did not return email. The CIA referred these questions to Mr. Duelfer."
"The new information from the former investigator could also end up helping the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which recently reopened the question of what happened to the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Like many current and former American and Israeli officials, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, Peter Hoekstra, says is not convinced Saddam either destroyed or never had the stockpiles of illicit weapons he was said to be concealing between 1991 and 2003."
"'I have no doubts the sites were never exploited by ISG. We agents begged and begged for weeks and months to get ISG to respond to the sites with the proper equipment,' Mr. Gaubatz said in a telephone interview. He returned to his wife and daughter in July 2003, and then wrote letters about the sites to more senior officials in military intelligence. But he said he never received any satisfactory response and says that to this day the sites have never been fully checked out."
Oil Gouging?
True or false, or what?...
This article in the Wall Street Opinion Journal discusses those that complain about the problems while failing to support remedies to the problems:
"Are we really being "gouged"? It always makes headlines and despite many investigations, has never been proven."
Drivers licenses cost $2000?
Need a drivers license?...
From the Hampton Roads News:
"selling phony driver’s licenses across the counter to “customers” for $2,000 each, authorities said Tuesday"
Nepotism in American politics.
Nepotism (NOUN): Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business...
I can't vouch for it's veracity, but this web page does look fairly impartial:
"LA TIMES - At least 17 senators and 11 members of the House have children, spouses or other close relatives who lobby or work as consultants, most in Washington, according to lobbyist reports, financial-disclosure forms and other state and federal records. Many are paid by clients who count on the related lawmaker for support."
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Who are we to believe?
And what about global warming?...
In this article a Russian scientist says:
"Earth is in for another "ice age" in mid-century."
Global warming
Here are some comments on global warming...
From the North Carolina Charlotte Observer:
"However, from 1860 to 1940 the climate warmed, followed by a cooling period from 1940 to 1975, and subsequently has warmed since then (Fred Singer, 'Climate Policy from Rio to Kyoto'). Supporters of global warming have been unable to explain this cooling during a period of economic growth and increased output of carbon emissions."
