Sunday, October 16, 2005
What is with Judith Miller?
This has got to be one of the weirder stories of the year. This woman goes to jail to "protect" a source who was already outed as a source, and had already signed a release to let her talk about him, regarding a subject she had never even written about. Now Miller is saying that she doesn't even remember who told her Plame's name is! This is such an important matter than we have had a 2 year investigation into it and might send people to jail, yet the most prominent figure in it thought so little of the information that she didn't even bother to write a story on it, or even remember who told her about it. I am telling you, you couldn't make up this stuff.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Back to the Duration of Unemployment
Econopundit revisits this issue that I helped start. Meanwhile, I am still serving a lifetime ban from Brad DeLong's site...
Iraq is the New Vietnam
Well the left has been saying for years, now we hear it from the authority, a letter written by bin Laden's right hand man, Al Zawahiri. You can read the full letter here.
The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam - and how they ran and left their agents - is noteworthy. Because of that, we must be ready starting now, before events overtake us, and before we are surprised by the conspiracies of the Americans and the United Nations, and their plans to fill the void behind them.
The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam - and how they ran and left their agents - is noteworthy. Because of that, we must be ready starting now, before events overtake us, and before we are surprised by the conspiracies of the Americans and the United Nations, and their plans to fill the void behind them.
Powerline has a good analysis of this. It is pretty sad when the NY Times is more optimistic about our enemies chances then our enemies our.
Hey Gerhard, Bite Me
Gerhard Schroeder steps down as fuhrer, having narrowly lost the election, or so I think, who the hell can understand this parliamentary system, and they make fun of the electoral college. Anyway... he then does what Germans always do when things go wrong, attack the foreigners.
He quickly composed himself, hitting his stride in a passionate defence of a strong German state and lashing out at "Anglo-Saxon" economic policies favoured in Britain and the United States, which he said had "no chance" in Europe.
In an apparent reference to Hurricane Katrina, Schroeder castigated Washington for liberal, hands-off policies that left it exposed in times of crisis. The Bush administration was widely criticised for its response to the devastating storm.
"I do not want to name any catastrophes where you can see what happens if organised state action is absent. I could name countries, but the position I still hold forbids it, but everyone knows I mean America," he said to loud applause.
Hmm, where was Herr Schroeder when 15,000 Frenchmen died in a heatwave and "organised state action" was absent? Ten times as many people died from a lack of air conditioning, compared to a category 5 hurricane. Sounds like much superior social system to me. Well at least the Germans can console themselves, that Schroeder is only the second worst Chancellor of all time.
He quickly composed himself, hitting his stride in a passionate defence of a strong German state and lashing out at "Anglo-Saxon" economic policies favoured in Britain and the United States, which he said had "no chance" in Europe.
In an apparent reference to Hurricane Katrina, Schroeder castigated Washington for liberal, hands-off policies that left it exposed in times of crisis. The Bush administration was widely criticised for its response to the devastating storm.
"I do not want to name any catastrophes where you can see what happens if organised state action is absent. I could name countries, but the position I still hold forbids it, but everyone knows I mean America," he said to loud applause.
Hmm, where was Herr Schroeder when 15,000 Frenchmen died in a heatwave and "organised state action" was absent? Ten times as many people died from a lack of air conditioning, compared to a category 5 hurricane. Sounds like much superior social system to me. Well at least the Germans can console themselves, that Schroeder is only the second worst Chancellor of all time.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Smurfs Had It Coming
Reports that the UN issued several non-binding resolutions denouncing smurficide are unconfirmed. France immediately announced it was withdrawing its peacekeepers...
The people of Belgium have been left reeling by the first adult-only episode of the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes.
The short but chilling film is the work of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund, and is to be broadcast on national television next week as a campaign advertisement.
The animation was approved by the family of the Smurfs' late creator, "Peyo".
Belgian television viewers were given a preview of the 25-second film earlier this week, when it was shown on the main evening news. The reactions ranged from approval to shock and, in the case of small children who saw the episode by accident, wailing terror.
Unicef and the family company, IMPS, which controls all rights to the Smurfs, have stipulated that it is not to be broadcast before the 9pm watershed.
The short film pulls no punches. It opens with the Smurfs dancing, hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.
Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs.
The final frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."
H/T LGF
The people of Belgium have been left reeling by the first adult-only episode of the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes.
The short but chilling film is the work of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund, and is to be broadcast on national television next week as a campaign advertisement.
The animation was approved by the family of the Smurfs' late creator, "Peyo".
Belgian television viewers were given a preview of the 25-second film earlier this week, when it was shown on the main evening news. The reactions ranged from approval to shock and, in the case of small children who saw the episode by accident, wailing terror.
Unicef and the family company, IMPS, which controls all rights to the Smurfs, have stipulated that it is not to be broadcast before the 9pm watershed.
The short film pulls no punches. It opens with the Smurfs dancing, hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.
Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs.
The final frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."
H/T LGF
Monday, October 10, 2005
Sandy Berger?
I Tivo'ed 60 Minutes last night and was rather amused by Sandy Berger defending former FBI director Louis Freeh's criticism of Clinton's lack of seriousness regarding terrorism. Sandy Berger? After being caught stuffing classified documents in his underwear, does anyone really take this man seriously?
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Party with the Police
After cracking down on the strip clubs, it looks like our men in blue are, ahem, up to other activities. I am glad they have taken care of all the murderers and drug dealers so they have time to use our tax dollars for some one-on-one service. Viewer discretion advised.
Lynnwood police concede they engaged in "rarely used" tactics during an undercover investigation into a suspected prostitution ring.
Those tactics, which included officers allowing prostitutes to masturbate them in exchange for cash, have raised questions among law-enforcement officials, legal experts and the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office.
Lynnwood police Cmdr. Paul Watkins said he spent a great deal of time justifying the officers' actions to prosecutors to prove that the officers themselves weren't breaking the law. Snohomish County prosecutors on Monday filed a felony charge of promotion of prostitution against Myong Pang, 42, of University Place, Pierce County. On Sept. 30, they filed a misdemeanor prostitution charge against Myong Chow, 40, of Tacoma.
"The officers didn't cross that line of engaging in intercourse or oral sex," Watkins said. "I advised them no oral sex, no intercourse, that's not going to happen. That's the understood policy. There's no written policy regarding this."
But other law-enforcement officials who weren't involved in the investigation say allowing officers to engage in such acts, even in an undercover investigation, goes too far. The usual tactic, they say, calls for an arrest once someone agrees to perform a sexual act in exchange for money.
Lynnwood police concede they engaged in "rarely used" tactics during an undercover investigation into a suspected prostitution ring.
Those tactics, which included officers allowing prostitutes to masturbate them in exchange for cash, have raised questions among law-enforcement officials, legal experts and the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office.
Lynnwood police Cmdr. Paul Watkins said he spent a great deal of time justifying the officers' actions to prosecutors to prove that the officers themselves weren't breaking the law. Snohomish County prosecutors on Monday filed a felony charge of promotion of prostitution against Myong Pang, 42, of University Place, Pierce County. On Sept. 30, they filed a misdemeanor prostitution charge against Myong Chow, 40, of Tacoma.
"The officers didn't cross that line of engaging in intercourse or oral sex," Watkins said. "I advised them no oral sex, no intercourse, that's not going to happen. That's the understood policy. There's no written policy regarding this."
But other law-enforcement officials who weren't involved in the investigation say allowing officers to engage in such acts, even in an undercover investigation, goes too far. The usual tactic, they say, calls for an arrest once someone agrees to perform a sexual act in exchange for money.
Jumbo Shrimp?
I was riding the bus to school the other day and I noticed a campaign sign for a candidate for the Seattle City Council from the "Freedom Socialist" party. You know, that seems like a huge oxymoron.
I am reminded of an old Soviet era Russian joke, which I will translate for you, to be nice.
Q: What is the difference between a democracy and a socialist democracy?
A: The same difference as between a chair and an electric chair.
I think that says it all.
I am reminded of an old Soviet era Russian joke, which I will translate for you, to be nice.
Q: What is the difference between a democracy and a socialist democracy?
A: The same difference as between a chair and an electric chair.
I think that says it all.
Friday, October 07, 2005
You Gotta Love the French
I read this in the Wall Street Journal this morning, but I can't link to it. Apparently France can't defend Paris from the Germans, but they will fight to the death for their yogurt!
The French government is once again in trouble with the European Commission. Charlie McCreevy, the EC internal market chief, said he will block the French state's attempts to prevent foreign companies from taking over its "national champions."
The trouble has stemmed from the fact that France has actively worked to prevent foreign entities from acquiring French companies. For example, at the same time that France Telecom was purchasing Spain's third-largest mobile operator, Amena Movil, for E10.6 billion ($12.9 billion), French government ministers were publicly saying it would not permit any French "national champion" to be purchased by foreign companies. This was in response to moves by US-based PepsiCo Inc to purchase the French food company Groupe Danone SA.
The French government is once again in trouble with the European Commission. Charlie McCreevy, the EC internal market chief, said he will block the French state's attempts to prevent foreign companies from taking over its "national champions."
The trouble has stemmed from the fact that France has actively worked to prevent foreign entities from acquiring French companies. For example, at the same time that France Telecom was purchasing Spain's third-largest mobile operator, Amena Movil, for E10.6 billion ($12.9 billion), French government ministers were publicly saying it would not permit any French "national champion" to be purchased by foreign companies. This was in response to moves by US-based PepsiCo Inc to purchase the French food company Groupe Danone SA.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
More PC Nonsense in Academia
The University of Washington has now decided to scrap its admission policies in favor of a "holistic" method measuring such factors as extracurricular activities and socio-economic status. Great, little Johnny can't read or write, but he collects beanie babies and was born in a trailer park, that should get him into school. If this is such a great method for measuring your accomplishments then why do my teachers give me grades? I want to be evaluated on the fact that I am broke, and was able to stay up all night playing football on the X-Box, while arguing with my wife, not on some arbitrary method such as the number of correct answers I get on a test.
Beginning this year, the University of Washington will no longer automatically admit top students based on their high-school grades and test scores.
The university is ditching a statewide student-ranking system called the Admissions Index, which it relied on to admit about half its students. The university is also getting rid of an internal system called the "grid," which ranked remaining students on a combination of academic and personal factors.
Instead, university staffers plan to read and review every one of the 16,000 annual freshmen applications to come up with a "holistic" assessment of each candidate. Besides academic performance, they will consider factors such as whether a student has overcome personal or social adversity, their leadership skills and their extracurricular interests.
Beginning this year, the University of Washington will no longer automatically admit top students based on their high-school grades and test scores.
The university is ditching a statewide student-ranking system called the Admissions Index, which it relied on to admit about half its students. The university is also getting rid of an internal system called the "grid," which ranked remaining students on a combination of academic and personal factors.
Instead, university staffers plan to read and review every one of the 16,000 annual freshmen applications to come up with a "holistic" assessment of each candidate. Besides academic performance, they will consider factors such as whether a student has overcome personal or social adversity, their leadership skills and their extracurricular interests.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
RUMINT in New Orleans
Why don't we hear about how racist the press is, for automatically believing all these rumors about how blacks are rampaging in the streets? CNN should get as much scrutiny as Bill Bennett.
Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans, some local, state and federal officials have come to believe that exaggerations of mayhem by officials and rumors repeated uncritically in the news media helped slow the response to the disaster and tarnish the image of many of its victims.
Claims of widespread looting, gunfire directed at helicopters and rescuers, homicides, and rapes, including those of "babies" at the Louisiana Superdome, frequently turned out to be overblown, if not completely untrue, officials now say.
The sensational accounts delayed rescue and evacuation efforts already hampered by poor planning and a lack of coordination among local, state and federal agencies. People rushing to the Gulf Coast to fly rescue helicopters or to distribute food, water and other aid steeled themselves for battle. In communities near and far, the seeds were planted that the victims of Katrina should be kept away, or at least handled with extreme caution.
"Rumor control was a beast for us," said Maj. Ed Bush of the Louisiana National Guard, who was stationed at the Superdome. "People would hear something on the radio and come and say that people were getting raped in the bathroom or someone had been murdered. I would say, 'Ma'am, where?' I would tell them if there were bodies, my guys would find it. Everybody heard, nobody saw. Logic was out the window because the situation was illogical."
Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans, some local, state and federal officials have come to believe that exaggerations of mayhem by officials and rumors repeated uncritically in the news media helped slow the response to the disaster and tarnish the image of many of its victims.
Claims of widespread looting, gunfire directed at helicopters and rescuers, homicides, and rapes, including those of "babies" at the Louisiana Superdome, frequently turned out to be overblown, if not completely untrue, officials now say.
The sensational accounts delayed rescue and evacuation efforts already hampered by poor planning and a lack of coordination among local, state and federal agencies. People rushing to the Gulf Coast to fly rescue helicopters or to distribute food, water and other aid steeled themselves for battle. In communities near and far, the seeds were planted that the victims of Katrina should be kept away, or at least handled with extreme caution.
"Rumor control was a beast for us," said Maj. Ed Bush of the Louisiana National Guard, who was stationed at the Superdome. "People would hear something on the radio and come and say that people were getting raped in the bathroom or someone had been murdered. I would say, 'Ma'am, where?' I would tell them if there were bodies, my guys would find it. Everybody heard, nobody saw. Logic was out the window because the situation was illogical."
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Winston Smith, Call Your Office
James Taranto points out how the left is attacking Bill Bennett, not for what he said, but in an Orwellian way, "what he thought". Their point being that because he automatically associates a bad thing with blacks, he must be racist. If this is true, then all the members of the congressional black caucus who automatically associate poverty with blacks are also racist.
Yes, it is true, that most Americans, black and white, are likely to associate crime with blacks. This is not the fault of any one individual though. Harvard University has an interesting study (that you can participate in yourself) where they use pictures of people and words to test people's association (it is mentioned in the popular book Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell). This is an automatic ingrained association, present in all races, is it right, probably not, but it is a societal problem, it does not mean the person who scores poorly on that test is inherently racist.
Yes, it is true, that most Americans, black and white, are likely to associate crime with blacks. This is not the fault of any one individual though. Harvard University has an interesting study (that you can participate in yourself) where they use pictures of people and words to test people's association (it is mentioned in the popular book Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell). This is an automatic ingrained association, present in all races, is it right, probably not, but it is a societal problem, it does not mean the person who scores poorly on that test is inherently racist.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Knyaz Harry u Bosne
I was rather amused to read the dramatic language in this story on Britain's Prince Harry possibly serving in Bosnia. Maybe it is just me, but the idea of a monarchy becomes even more absurd when the tabloids become breathless over "dangerous" service in a peacekeeping mission where nobody has died as a result of enemy fire in 9 years. I salute anyone who serves in the Army, but I felt more in danger when I was on leave in Paris then in my 8 months in Bosnia last year. And I didn't get mentioned in a single newspaper article! But hey, at least they have the page 3 girls...
PRINCE Harry has decided to be a frontline soldier in the tough Welsh Guards.
His first Army posting would be leading 30 squaddies on a tense peacekeeping mission in war-torn Bosnia.
The 21-year-old prince could be SHOT at from rival ethnic groups during the six-month NATO mission.
A senior military source said last night: “Harry sees a tough infantry unit as the best way to prove himself.
“It is about the most dangerous place you can be in the Army.”
PRINCE Harry has decided to be a frontline soldier in the tough Welsh Guards.
His first Army posting would be leading 30 squaddies on a tense peacekeeping mission in war-torn Bosnia.
The 21-year-old prince could be SHOT at from rival ethnic groups during the six-month NATO mission.
A senior military source said last night: “Harry sees a tough infantry unit as the best way to prove himself.
“It is about the most dangerous place you can be in the Army.”
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Congrats to Don Luskin, and the Krugman Truth Squad, myself included. After 3 pseudo corrections on Krugman's 2000 election story, the NY Times finally, not only issued an accurate correction but implemented a more stringent corrections policy. The story even got linked on the Drudgereport. It is pretty sad when issuing a simple correction becomes an excrutiatingly painful exercise, and speaks volumes to the integrity (or lack thereof) of its columnists.
CORRECTION
In describing the results of the ballot study by the group led by The Miami Herald in his column of Aug. 26, Paul Krugman relied on the Herald report, which listed only three hypothetical statewide recounts, two of which went to Al Gore. There was, however, a fourth recount, which would have gone to George W. Bush. In this case, the two stricter-standard recounts went to Mr. Bush. A later study, by a group that included The New York Times, used two methods to count ballots: relying on the judgment of a majority of those examining each ballot, or requiring unanimity. Mr. Gore lost one hypothetical recount on the unanimity basis.
One can't help but notice, but even after 4 separate corrections, the Times still can't bring itself to utter the words "President Bush" or "Bush won" and can only manage a weak "Mr. Bush" and "Mr. Gore lost one hypothetical recount...."
CORRECTION
In describing the results of the ballot study by the group led by The Miami Herald in his column of Aug. 26, Paul Krugman relied on the Herald report, which listed only three hypothetical statewide recounts, two of which went to Al Gore. There was, however, a fourth recount, which would have gone to George W. Bush. In this case, the two stricter-standard recounts went to Mr. Bush. A later study, by a group that included The New York Times, used two methods to count ballots: relying on the judgment of a majority of those examining each ballot, or requiring unanimity. Mr. Gore lost one hypothetical recount on the unanimity basis.
One can't help but notice, but even after 4 separate corrections, the Times still can't bring itself to utter the words "President Bush" or "Bush won" and can only manage a weak "Mr. Bush" and "Mr. Gore lost one hypothetical recount...."
Friday, September 30, 2005
Incentives in Education
I have always been in favor of the government using financial incentives (usually taxes) to encourage, or discourage certain types of behavior. For example, I don't believe the government should ban you from being able to drive an SUV, but a hgher gas tax (OK, probably not the most popular idea at the moment) would encourage people to choose more fuel efficient vehicles, while still allowing them the choice, as long as they were willing to pay the price. I was thinking today about financial incentives for education. Much has been made lately about how the US is falling behind other countries, particularly Asian, in numbers of scientists and engineers. While I think the problem is somewhat exaggerated, I also believe that the country does have a vested interest in ensuring large amounts of well educated people in strategically important areas, so in this spirit I propose that we should adopt a pay scale along the following model for our public universities.
Annual Tuition:
Lawyers - $40,000 (do we really need anymore?)
English and Art majors - $20,000 (hey, it might be fun, but if my tax dollars are paying for it learn something useful)
All other liberal arts majors - $6,000 (Except those studs in Russian Studies, who should be free)
Business - $4,000 (yeah, I made fun of them as an undergrad, but business does make the world work)
Science and Engineering - $2,000 (these are the people who invent all the cool stuff, like new cancer treatments, and I-Pods)
Doctors - $10,000 (Yeah, we need them, but they make a boatload of money after they graduate, so they can survive on student loans.)
This is just an idea of course.
Annual Tuition:
Lawyers - $40,000 (do we really need anymore?)
English and Art majors - $20,000 (hey, it might be fun, but if my tax dollars are paying for it learn something useful)
All other liberal arts majors - $6,000 (Except those studs in Russian Studies, who should be free)
Business - $4,000 (yeah, I made fun of them as an undergrad, but business does make the world work)
Science and Engineering - $2,000 (these are the people who invent all the cool stuff, like new cancer treatments, and I-Pods)
Doctors - $10,000 (Yeah, we need them, but they make a boatload of money after they graduate, so they can survive on student loans.)
This is just an idea of course.
Much Ado About Nothing
I have been following the Bill Bennett (no relation) controversy, and think the whole thing is rather silly. Yes, he probably could have spoken a little more profoundly and sensitively, those are the perils of talk radio, but he really said nothing wrong. Even Steven Levitt, the economist whose ideas preempted the whole thing , and hardly a crazed rightwinger, defends him. If Bennett is a racist for suggesting that blacks are more likely to commit crimes, then aren't Conyers and Rangel equally racist for stating that blacks are more likely to be poor? Am I racist if I state the statistically provable fact that Asian-Americans tend to get better grades than whites? The average host on Air America says things everyday that are far more offensive, but to warp an old adage, "If a liberal talk show host falls in the forest, and there is nobody listening, does anybody care?"
Iraq: What If?
The always insightful Victor Davis Hanson has an interesting look at an alternative view of history. We must remember that the alternative to removing Saddam, was not a better and peaceful world.
Senators exasperated with Bush inaction
On the domestic scene both conservative and liberal spokesmen voiced disappointment with President Bush’s apparent vacillation and willingness to let Saddam violate the sanctions and U.N. inspections. A group of three Democratic senators — Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry — reminded the president that the Senate had voted overwhelmingly over three years ago to authorize the military removal of Saddam Hussein, and suggested that the old “Jim Baker/Frank Carlucci realpolitik” was at work again, or as Sen. Clinton put it, “Just pump that oil and it’s O.K. with us that he does pretty much what he wants to his people.”
Sen. Clinton went on to hammer the president, “We need leadership, not more of the same old, same old that we see with North Korea and Iran. Could I remind the president that three years ago we cited 23 reasons to remove Saddam Hussein and approved them all by a 77 vote, and that the House got nearly 300 votes in their similar resolution? And all this follows the 1998 Iraqi Liberation Act passed by the Senate and signed by my husband.”
Sen. John Kerry recalled for President Bush that over three years ago he had been on record to remove Saddam, and recited his earlier statement in the Senate issued in 2002: "I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Senators exasperated with Bush inaction
On the domestic scene both conservative and liberal spokesmen voiced disappointment with President Bush’s apparent vacillation and willingness to let Saddam violate the sanctions and U.N. inspections. A group of three Democratic senators — Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry — reminded the president that the Senate had voted overwhelmingly over three years ago to authorize the military removal of Saddam Hussein, and suggested that the old “Jim Baker/Frank Carlucci realpolitik” was at work again, or as Sen. Clinton put it, “Just pump that oil and it’s O.K. with us that he does pretty much what he wants to his people.”
Sen. Clinton went on to hammer the president, “We need leadership, not more of the same old, same old that we see with North Korea and Iran. Could I remind the president that three years ago we cited 23 reasons to remove Saddam Hussein and approved them all by a 77 vote, and that the House got nearly 300 votes in their similar resolution? And all this follows the 1998 Iraqi Liberation Act passed by the Senate and signed by my husband.”
Sen. John Kerry recalled for President Bush that over three years ago he had been on record to remove Saddam, and recited his earlier statement in the Senate issued in 2002: "I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Krugman Imitates Me, and Parodies Himself
A while ago I posted what I termed the "C3PO Awards" in honor of the depressed slightly paranoid droid from Star Wars, a collection of equally depressed and paranoid quotes from Paul Krugman. Now, the good professor saves me the trouble of having to do a little research, and just throws every negative and depressing thing he could think of into one article, titled, "The Way it is". Geez, someone get him a Prozac.
According to France's finance minister, Alan Greenspan told him that the United States had ''lost control''of its budget deficit.David Safavian is a former associate of Jack Abramoff,the recently indicted lobbyist. Mr. Safavian oversawU.S. government procurement policy at the White HouseOffice of Management and Budget until his recent arrest.
When Senator James Inhofe, who has called scientificresearch on global warming ''a gigantic hoax,'' calleda hearing to attack that research, his star witnesswas Michael Crichton, the novelist.
Mr. Safavian is charged with misrepresenting hisconnections with lobbyists -- specifically, Mr.Abramoff -- while working at the General ServicesAdministration. A key event was a lavish golfing tripto Scotland in 2002, mostly paid for by a charity Mr.Abramoff controlled.
Among those who went on the tripwas Representative Bob Ney of Ohio.
It's not possible to attribute any one weather eventto global warming. But climate models show that globalwarming will lead to increased hurricane intensity,and some research indicates that this is already occurring.
According to France's finance minister, Alan Greenspan told him that the United States had ''lost control''of its budget deficit.David Safavian is a former associate of Jack Abramoff,the recently indicted lobbyist. Mr. Safavian oversawU.S. government procurement policy at the White HouseOffice of Management and Budget until his recent arrest.
When Senator James Inhofe, who has called scientificresearch on global warming ''a gigantic hoax,'' calleda hearing to attack that research, his star witnesswas Michael Crichton, the novelist.
Mr. Safavian is charged with misrepresenting hisconnections with lobbyists -- specifically, Mr.Abramoff -- while working at the General ServicesAdministration. A key event was a lavish golfing tripto Scotland in 2002, mostly paid for by a charity Mr.Abramoff controlled.
Among those who went on the tripwas Representative Bob Ney of Ohio.
It's not possible to attribute any one weather eventto global warming. But climate models show that globalwarming will lead to increased hurricane intensity,and some research indicates that this is already occurring.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The World's Lamest Conspiracy
Michelle Malkin points out this ridiculous sign that she saw at the weekend anti-war (anti-victory really) protests in D.C.
This seems to be a common theme among Krugman, and other left wing moonbats lately, that Bush is trying to kill off the federal government through starving it to death. This idea is a joke for anyone who has bothered to look at the federal budget lately. It is the conservatives, not the liberals who should be getting upset.
This seems to be a common theme among Krugman, and other left wing moonbats lately, that Bush is trying to kill off the federal government through starving it to death. This idea is a joke for anyone who has bothered to look at the federal budget lately. It is the conservatives, not the liberals who should be getting upset.
Shocking Moments in Higher Education
I had my first microeconomic's class today, from a teacher who self identified himself as a "libertarian". In the mostly leftist academic community I found that quite surprising. I will keep his name secret, in hopes that the politically correct crowd won't hunt him down.
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