Saturday, April 17, 2004
Atrios Turns Two - Enjoys Solid Food*
Congratulations to Atrios on reaching his 2nd anniversary. Go visit him and drop some coin on Joe Hoeffel, the Dem Challenger to Senator Specter.
You remember Arlen Specter, don't you? He was the defense attorney who got convicted murderer Ira "Unicorn" Einhorn freed on bail, who then fled the country for twenty years. Read more on the Unicorn here.
*Joke. I don't know the mystery man/radio star, but it stands to reason that he likes solid food.
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Congratulations to Atrios on reaching his 2nd anniversary. Go visit him and drop some coin on Joe Hoeffel, the Dem Challenger to Senator Specter.
You remember Arlen Specter, don't you? He was the defense attorney who got convicted murderer Ira "Unicorn" Einhorn freed on bail, who then fled the country for twenty years. Read more on the Unicorn here.
*Joke. I don't know the mystery man/radio star, but it stands to reason that he likes solid food.
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Baseball Season
Please notice the addition of some Phillies Blogs recently entered on my b-roll. These are the ones I look at frequently and will undoubtedly add more as the season progresses. Feel free to leave a Phillies or baseball blog suggestion below.
Now all we need is a lead-off hitter to show his face...
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Please notice the addition of some Phillies Blogs recently entered on my b-roll. These are the ones I look at frequently and will undoubtedly add more as the season progresses. Feel free to leave a Phillies or baseball blog suggestion below.
Now all we need is a lead-off hitter to show his face...
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Friday, April 16, 2004
Plan of Attack: The Beginning of Something Big?
It looks as though Bob Woodward's new book is going to have all kinds of interesting revelations:
WASHINGTON, April 16 — Two months before the invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell warned President Bush about the potential negative consequences of a war, citing what Mr. Powell privately called the "you break it, you own it" rule of military action, according to a new book.
"You're sure?" Mr. Powell is quoted as asking Mr. Bush in the Oval Office on Jan. 13, 2003, as the president told him he had made the decision to go forward. "You understand the consequences," he is said to have stated in a half-question. "You know you're going to be owning this place?"
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Mr. Powell is described as having clashed in particular with Vice President Dick Cheney, whom Mr. Woodward describes as a "powerful, steamrolling force" advocating the war who was preoccupied with reports of links between Saddam Hussein and the Qaeda terrorist network. Mr. Powell regarded Mr. Cheney's intense focus on Mr. Hussein and Al Qaeda as a "fever," the book says, and he believed that the vice president misread and exaggerated intelligence about the Iraq threat and supposed terrorist ties.
Mr. Woodward's account quickly provoked speculation in Washington that Mr. Powell might have cooperated with Mr. Woodward as the book was being prepared in an effort to distance himself from the Iraq war.
It looks like Colin Powell has a chance to do the right thing. Will he follow through?
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It looks as though Bob Woodward's new book is going to have all kinds of interesting revelations:
WASHINGTON, April 16 — Two months before the invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell warned President Bush about the potential negative consequences of a war, citing what Mr. Powell privately called the "you break it, you own it" rule of military action, according to a new book.
"You're sure?" Mr. Powell is quoted as asking Mr. Bush in the Oval Office on Jan. 13, 2003, as the president told him he had made the decision to go forward. "You understand the consequences," he is said to have stated in a half-question. "You know you're going to be owning this place?"
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Mr. Powell is described as having clashed in particular with Vice President Dick Cheney, whom Mr. Woodward describes as a "powerful, steamrolling force" advocating the war who was preoccupied with reports of links between Saddam Hussein and the Qaeda terrorist network. Mr. Powell regarded Mr. Cheney's intense focus on Mr. Hussein and Al Qaeda as a "fever," the book says, and he believed that the vice president misread and exaggerated intelligence about the Iraq threat and supposed terrorist ties.
Mr. Woodward's account quickly provoked speculation in Washington that Mr. Powell might have cooperated with Mr. Woodward as the book was being prepared in an effort to distance himself from the Iraq war.
It looks like Colin Powell has a chance to do the right thing. Will he follow through?
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This Could Get Dicey for our President
"Mr. President, is it true you funded Iraq war planning with money appropriated for the War in Afghanistan? Isn't it written into the Constitution that no money can be taken from the Treasury without Congressional approval?"
That's what I thought.
Thanks to Atrios for the link.
UPDATE: It looks as though the press is latching onto the planning aspect of the Iraq war, which isn't bad because it just confirms everything Snow/Suskind and Dick Clarke have said. They haven't grabbed the misappropriation of funding, yet.
From Friday's Gaggle:
Q Scott, the President said he couldn't recall whether it was in November, 2001 when he asked Secretary Rumsfeld to draw up war plans for Iraq, and he said he was going to check and try to refresh his memory. Do you know whether it was -- that's the correct date, November?
MR. McCLELLAN: First of all, I think what he was referring to was the September time period in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, and when he was meeting with his national security team. And at that point in September, all our focus was on Afghanistan and removing the Taliban regime from power and taking away the safe harbor for al Qaeda that existed in Afghanistan.
Certainly, late November it was becoming increasingly clear what direction things were headed in Afghanistan. It was clear that the Taliban was no longer going to have a hold on Afghanistan. We began combat operations in Afghanistan in the earlier period of October, and by November and early December things were winding down. And the President did talk to Secretary Rumsfeld about Iraq. But there is a difference between planning and making a decision. Emph. Added
Here's a link to an All Things Considered story from Friday's program, including a good, "I don't recall the date" quote from Bush. (Third audio link down: Woodward Book Details...) Don Gonyea, fresh off his stymying of Bush at the Presser, tries to get us some answers.
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"Mr. President, is it true you funded Iraq war planning with money appropriated for the War in Afghanistan? Isn't it written into the Constitution that no money can be taken from the Treasury without Congressional approval?"
That's what I thought.
Thanks to Atrios for the link.
UPDATE: It looks as though the press is latching onto the planning aspect of the Iraq war, which isn't bad because it just confirms everything Snow/Suskind and Dick Clarke have said. They haven't grabbed the misappropriation of funding, yet.
From Friday's Gaggle:
Q Scott, the President said he couldn't recall whether it was in November, 2001 when he asked Secretary Rumsfeld to draw up war plans for Iraq, and he said he was going to check and try to refresh his memory. Do you know whether it was -- that's the correct date, November?
MR. McCLELLAN: First of all, I think what he was referring to was the September time period in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, and when he was meeting with his national security team. And at that point in September, all our focus was on Afghanistan and removing the Taliban regime from power and taking away the safe harbor for al Qaeda that existed in Afghanistan.
Certainly, late November it was becoming increasingly clear what direction things were headed in Afghanistan. It was clear that the Taliban was no longer going to have a hold on Afghanistan. We began combat operations in Afghanistan in the earlier period of October, and by November and early December things were winding down. And the President did talk to Secretary Rumsfeld about Iraq. But there is a difference between planning and making a decision. Emph. Added
Here's a link to an All Things Considered story from Friday's program, including a good, "I don't recall the date" quote from Bush. (Third audio link down: Woodward Book Details...) Don Gonyea, fresh off his stymying of Bush at the Presser, tries to get us some answers.
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Iraq: From The Inside
For those unfamiliar with Baghdad Burning, it is written by a woman who lives in Baghdad. She gives a perspective to the war in Iraq that most Americans will never see. I had kind of forgotten about her site in the past couple of months and am thankful to my friend (and future blogger) Steve who pointed me in the direction of this post from Wednesday. The post began with the media coverage of Iraq and morphed into something more:
...What I'm trying to say is that we don't need news networks to make us angry or frustrated. All you need to do is talk to one of the Falloojeh refugees making their way tentatively into Baghdad; look at the tear-stained faces, the eyes glazed over with something like shock. In our neighborhood alone there are at least 4 families from Falloojeh who have come to stay with family and friends in Baghdad. The stories they tell are terrible and grim and it's hard to believe that they've gone through so much.
I think western news networks are far too tame. They show the Hollywood version of war- strong troops in uniform, hostile Iraqis being captured and made to face "justice" and the White House turkey posing with the Thanksgiving turkey... which is just fine. But what about the destruction that comes with war and occupation? What about the death? I don't mean just the images of dead Iraqis scattered all over, but dead Americans too. People should *have* to see those images. Why is it not ok to show dead Iraqis and American troops in Iraq, but it's fine to show the catastrophe of September 11 over and over again? I wish every person who emails me supporting the war, safe behind their computer, secure in their narrow mind and fixed views, could actually come and experience the war live. I wish they could spend just 24 hours in Baghdad today and hear Mark Kimmett talk about the death of 700 "insurgents" like it was a proud day for Americans everywhere...
Still, when I hear talk about "anti-Americanism" it angers me. Why does American identify itself with its military and government? Why is does being anti-Bush and anti-occupation have to mean that a person is anti-American? We watch American movies, listen to everything from Britney Spears to Nirvana and refer to every single brown, fizzy drink as "Pepsi".
I hate American foreign policy and its constant meddling in the region... I hate American tanks in Baghdad and American soldiers on our streets and in our homes on occasion... why does that mean that I hate America and Americans? Are tanks, troops and violence the only face of America? If the Pentagon, Department of Defense and Condi are "America", then yes- I hate America.
After you read the entire post, read the archives as well. Then think about ABCNNBC.
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For those unfamiliar with Baghdad Burning, it is written by a woman who lives in Baghdad. She gives a perspective to the war in Iraq that most Americans will never see. I had kind of forgotten about her site in the past couple of months and am thankful to my friend (and future blogger) Steve who pointed me in the direction of this post from Wednesday. The post began with the media coverage of Iraq and morphed into something more:
...What I'm trying to say is that we don't need news networks to make us angry or frustrated. All you need to do is talk to one of the Falloojeh refugees making their way tentatively into Baghdad; look at the tear-stained faces, the eyes glazed over with something like shock. In our neighborhood alone there are at least 4 families from Falloojeh who have come to stay with family and friends in Baghdad. The stories they tell are terrible and grim and it's hard to believe that they've gone through so much.
I think western news networks are far too tame. They show the Hollywood version of war- strong troops in uniform, hostile Iraqis being captured and made to face "justice" and the White House turkey posing with the Thanksgiving turkey... which is just fine. But what about the destruction that comes with war and occupation? What about the death? I don't mean just the images of dead Iraqis scattered all over, but dead Americans too. People should *have* to see those images. Why is it not ok to show dead Iraqis and American troops in Iraq, but it's fine to show the catastrophe of September 11 over and over again? I wish every person who emails me supporting the war, safe behind their computer, secure in their narrow mind and fixed views, could actually come and experience the war live. I wish they could spend just 24 hours in Baghdad today and hear Mark Kimmett talk about the death of 700 "insurgents" like it was a proud day for Americans everywhere...
Still, when I hear talk about "anti-Americanism" it angers me. Why does American identify itself with its military and government? Why is does being anti-Bush and anti-occupation have to mean that a person is anti-American? We watch American movies, listen to everything from Britney Spears to Nirvana and refer to every single brown, fizzy drink as "Pepsi".
I hate American foreign policy and its constant meddling in the region... I hate American tanks in Baghdad and American soldiers on our streets and in our homes on occasion... why does that mean that I hate America and Americans? Are tanks, troops and violence the only face of America? If the Pentagon, Department of Defense and Condi are "America", then yes- I hate America.
After you read the entire post, read the archives as well. Then think about ABCNNBC.
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Cheney Demands Pay Raise for Providing Bush's Voice
Veep marches with outraged Simpsons voiceover artists.
From Borowitz report.com:
Vice President Dick Cheney today joined the cast of the animated series “The Simpsons” on the picket line, demanding a substantial pay raise for doing the voice of President George W. Bush.
“Vice President Cheney has been providing the voice of President Bush since January of 2001,” a spokesman for the Vice President told reporters. “All he wants is a salary that reflects that contribution.”
While it is not known what precise dollar figure the Vice President is seeking, his spokesman said he was looking for “a salary in line with other performers who provide voices for cartoon characters.”
The administration certainly seems like a cartoon a lot of the time.
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Veep marches with outraged Simpsons voiceover artists.
From Borowitz report.com:
Vice President Dick Cheney today joined the cast of the animated series “The Simpsons” on the picket line, demanding a substantial pay raise for doing the voice of President George W. Bush.
“Vice President Cheney has been providing the voice of President Bush since January of 2001,” a spokesman for the Vice President told reporters. “All he wants is a salary that reflects that contribution.”
While it is not known what precise dollar figure the Vice President is seeking, his spokesman said he was looking for “a salary in line with other performers who provide voices for cartoon characters.”
The administration certainly seems like a cartoon a lot of the time.
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Thursday, April 15, 2004
The Fightin' Phils
Light blogging for the rest of the afternoon as I make my second trip to "The Bank" to see if Jim Thome can collect his first RBI of the season. The wind is blowing so we should get a good idea of how the ball will fly in Philadelphia's new ballpark. I'm sure Ken Griffey Jr. will be the one hitting it.
The Phillies have scored only 16 runs in seven games. For those keeping track that's good for a .220 average. Yech.
UPDATE: Phils win! Powered by homers from David Bell and Mike Lieberthal the Phils overcame a 4-0 deficit to win their first game at the new ballpark.
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Light blogging for the rest of the afternoon as I make my second trip to "The Bank" to see if Jim Thome can collect his first RBI of the season. The wind is blowing so we should get a good idea of how the ball will fly in Philadelphia's new ballpark. I'm sure Ken Griffey Jr. will be the one hitting it.
The Phillies have scored only 16 runs in seven games. For those keeping track that's good for a .220 average. Yech.
UPDATE: Phils win! Powered by homers from David Bell and Mike Lieberthal the Phils overcame a 4-0 deficit to win their first game at the new ballpark.
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Stupidity/Hypocrisy Alert
Some good ones in here:
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
- George W. Bush, discussing Kosovo, Houston Chronicle, 04-09-99
"I don't understand how poor people think."
- George W. Bush, confiding in the Rev. Jim Wallis, New York Times, 08-26-03
"The White House has bombed its way around the globe. International respect and trust for America has diminished every time we casually let the bombs fly."
"...no one wants us to be there" and that the president's effort "has harmed [our] standing in the world."
- Both quotes from Tom Delay in 1999 in regards to Kosovo
And more here:
Unless Clinton finds "a way to get the bombing stopped" and to "get Milosevic to pull back his troops" voluntarily, NATO faces "a quagmire ... a long, protracted, bloody war," warned Lott. Clinton "only has two choices," said DeLay--to "occupy Yugoslavia and take Milosevic out" or "to negotiate some sort of diplomatic end, diplomatic agreement in order to end this failed policy."
"Once the bombing commenced, I think then [Slobodan] Milosevic unleashed his forces, and then that's when the slaughtering and the massive ethnic cleansing really started," Nickles said at a news conference after appearing on Meet the Press. "The administration's campaign has been a disaster. ... [It] escalated a guerrilla warfare into a real war, and the real losers are the Kosovars and innocent civilians."
And my favorite, from House Republicans in 1995:
"The runaway national debt has much the same impact on our nation's financial condition as termites do on the structure of a house."
The same could be said for present day.
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Some good ones in here:
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
- George W. Bush, discussing Kosovo, Houston Chronicle, 04-09-99
"I don't understand how poor people think."
- George W. Bush, confiding in the Rev. Jim Wallis, New York Times, 08-26-03
"The White House has bombed its way around the globe. International respect and trust for America has diminished every time we casually let the bombs fly."
"...no one wants us to be there" and that the president's effort "has harmed [our] standing in the world."
- Both quotes from Tom Delay in 1999 in regards to Kosovo
And more here:
Unless Clinton finds "a way to get the bombing stopped" and to "get Milosevic to pull back his troops" voluntarily, NATO faces "a quagmire ... a long, protracted, bloody war," warned Lott. Clinton "only has two choices," said DeLay--to "occupy Yugoslavia and take Milosevic out" or "to negotiate some sort of diplomatic end, diplomatic agreement in order to end this failed policy."
"Once the bombing commenced, I think then [Slobodan] Milosevic unleashed his forces, and then that's when the slaughtering and the massive ethnic cleansing really started," Nickles said at a news conference after appearing on Meet the Press. "The administration's campaign has been a disaster. ... [It] escalated a guerrilla warfare into a real war, and the real losers are the Kosovars and innocent civilians."
And my favorite, from House Republicans in 1995:
"The runaway national debt has much the same impact on our nation's financial condition as termites do on the structure of a house."
The same could be said for present day.
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1996 - Memories of Blocked Terrorism Legislation
Always informative to take a look back.
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Always informative to take a look back.
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One Man in the Water: Two Souvenirs
This is amazing:
Larry Ellison paddled out to McCovey Cove, not bothering to wear his Arnold Schwarzenegger disguise for his second straight catch of a milestone home run by Barry Bonds.
Ellison, a 53-year-old sales director for a computer company, retrieved both of the balls hit by Bonds this week. The first was on Monday when the slugger tied godfather Willie Mays for third on the career list; the next came 29112 hours later when Bonds passed Mays with another sensational shot into the water.
Ellison usually dresses in a Schwarzenegger mask and T-shirt of the California governor and former movie star. But on Tuesday, Ellison jumped from his blue kayak into San Francisco Bay with the mask, which could be seen splashing in the murky waters along with his cooler, according to an Associated Press story.
Ellison returned No. 660 to Bonds after Monday's game, but wasn't about to hand back No. 661. Bonds wanted him to have it anyway.
"We're Giants fans, and I thought this would be important for Barry and Willie to have that ball,"
Ellison said. "It's important to them. I wasn't interested in selling it to the highest bidder."
Anyone trying to reach Ellison yesterday was having a hard time.
"My cell phone is dead since it got wet in McCovey Cove last night and got soaked with salt water," his phone message said.
There was no mention of Bonds giving the man a signed BALCO affidavit in return for the first ball.
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This is amazing:
Larry Ellison paddled out to McCovey Cove, not bothering to wear his Arnold Schwarzenegger disguise for his second straight catch of a milestone home run by Barry Bonds.
Ellison, a 53-year-old sales director for a computer company, retrieved both of the balls hit by Bonds this week. The first was on Monday when the slugger tied godfather Willie Mays for third on the career list; the next came 29112 hours later when Bonds passed Mays with another sensational shot into the water.
Ellison usually dresses in a Schwarzenegger mask and T-shirt of the California governor and former movie star. But on Tuesday, Ellison jumped from his blue kayak into San Francisco Bay with the mask, which could be seen splashing in the murky waters along with his cooler, according to an Associated Press story.
Ellison returned No. 660 to Bonds after Monday's game, but wasn't about to hand back No. 661. Bonds wanted him to have it anyway.
"We're Giants fans, and I thought this would be important for Barry and Willie to have that ball,"
Ellison said. "It's important to them. I wasn't interested in selling it to the highest bidder."
Anyone trying to reach Ellison yesterday was having a hard time.
"My cell phone is dead since it got wet in McCovey Cove last night and got soaked with salt water," his phone message said.
There was no mention of Bonds giving the man a signed BALCO affidavit in return for the first ball.
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Planting WMDs in Iraq?
I've covered this topic here before and it looks like there is more evidence that it's still happening:
An Iraqi source close to the Basra Governor’s Office told the MNA that new information shows that a large part of the WMD, which was secretly brought to southern and western Iraq over the past month, are in containers falsely labeled as containers of the Maeresk shipping company and some consignments bearing the labels of organizations such as the Red Cross or the USAID in order to disguise them as relief shipments.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Iraqi officials including forces loyal to the Iraqi Governing Council stationed in southern Iraq have been forbidden from inspecting or supervising the transportation of these consignments. He went on to say that the occupation forces have ordered Iraqi officials to forward any questions on the issue to the coalition forces. Even the officials of the international relief organizations have informed the Iraqi officials that they would only accept responsibility for relief shipments which have been registered and managed by their organizations.
The Iraqi source also confirmed the report about suspicious trucks with fake Saudi and Jordanian license plates entering Iraq at night last week, stressing that the Saudi and Jordanian border guards did not attempt to inspect the trucks but simply delivered them to the U.S. and British forces stationed on Iraq’s borders.
I received a bulk email from Michael Moore today saying he has a camera crew on the ground in Iraq surreptitiously filming for an upcoming movie. I sure hope he's on top of this.
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I've covered this topic here before and it looks like there is more evidence that it's still happening:
An Iraqi source close to the Basra Governor’s Office told the MNA that new information shows that a large part of the WMD, which was secretly brought to southern and western Iraq over the past month, are in containers falsely labeled as containers of the Maeresk shipping company and some consignments bearing the labels of organizations such as the Red Cross or the USAID in order to disguise them as relief shipments.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Iraqi officials including forces loyal to the Iraqi Governing Council stationed in southern Iraq have been forbidden from inspecting or supervising the transportation of these consignments. He went on to say that the occupation forces have ordered Iraqi officials to forward any questions on the issue to the coalition forces. Even the officials of the international relief organizations have informed the Iraqi officials that they would only accept responsibility for relief shipments which have been registered and managed by their organizations.
The Iraqi source also confirmed the report about suspicious trucks with fake Saudi and Jordanian license plates entering Iraq at night last week, stressing that the Saudi and Jordanian border guards did not attempt to inspect the trucks but simply delivered them to the U.S. and British forces stationed on Iraq’s borders.
I received a bulk email from Michael Moore today saying he has a camera crew on the ground in Iraq surreptitiously filming for an upcoming movie. I sure hope he's on top of this.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
PRESSER: NYT Op-Ed
Pretty straightforward:
Mr. Bush was grave and impressive while reading his opening remarks, which focused on the horrors of terrorism and the great good that could come from establishing a free and democratic Iraq. No one in the country could disagree with either thought. But his responses to questions were distressingly rambling and unfocused. He promised that Iraq would move from the violence and disarray of today to full democracy by the end of 2005, but the description of how to get there was mainly a list of dates when good things are supposed to happen.
There was still no clear description of exactly who will accept the sovereignty of Iraq from the coalition on June 30. "We'll find out that soon," the president said, adding that U.N. officials are "figuring out the nature of the entity we'll be handing sovereignty over" to. In Mr. Bush's mind, whatever happens next now appears to be the responsibility of the United Nations. That must have come as a surprise to the U.N. negotiators and their bosses, who have not agreed to accept that responsibility and do not believe that they have been given the authority to make those decisions.
Mr. Bush did concede that the Iraqi security forces had not performed well during the violence and that more American troops would probably be needed. But his rhetoric, including the repetition of the phrase "stay the course," did not seem to indicate any fresh or clear thinking about Iraq, despite the many disturbing events of recent weeks.
Was there anything good about it? No questions about domestic policy. If there were Bush's head would've exploded.
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Pretty straightforward:
Mr. Bush was grave and impressive while reading his opening remarks, which focused on the horrors of terrorism and the great good that could come from establishing a free and democratic Iraq. No one in the country could disagree with either thought. But his responses to questions were distressingly rambling and unfocused. He promised that Iraq would move from the violence and disarray of today to full democracy by the end of 2005, but the description of how to get there was mainly a list of dates when good things are supposed to happen.
There was still no clear description of exactly who will accept the sovereignty of Iraq from the coalition on June 30. "We'll find out that soon," the president said, adding that U.N. officials are "figuring out the nature of the entity we'll be handing sovereignty over" to. In Mr. Bush's mind, whatever happens next now appears to be the responsibility of the United Nations. That must have come as a surprise to the U.N. negotiators and their bosses, who have not agreed to accept that responsibility and do not believe that they have been given the authority to make those decisions.
Mr. Bush did concede that the Iraqi security forces had not performed well during the violence and that more American troops would probably be needed. But his rhetoric, including the repetition of the phrase "stay the course," did not seem to indicate any fresh or clear thinking about Iraq, despite the many disturbing events of recent weeks.
Was there anything good about it? No questions about domestic policy. If there were Bush's head would've exploded.
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Lil' Kim could go up the Lil' River
Lil' Kim was indicted today for lying to a grand jury investigating a shoot-out in New York City:
Lil' Kim, 28, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, was among four people named in the indictment unsealed on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. She is expected to be arraigned later in the day.
She is charged with one count of conspiracy, three counts of perjury, three counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction. The obstruction count carries a possible maximum prison term of 10 years and all the other charges carry possible five-year terms.
This could boost record sales and spur the marketing of the inevitable "Free Lil' Kim" t-shirts.
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Lil' Kim was indicted today for lying to a grand jury investigating a shoot-out in New York City:
Lil' Kim, 28, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, was among four people named in the indictment unsealed on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. She is expected to be arraigned later in the day.
She is charged with one count of conspiracy, three counts of perjury, three counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction. The obstruction count carries a possible maximum prison term of 10 years and all the other charges carry possible five-year terms.
This could boost record sales and spur the marketing of the inevitable "Free Lil' Kim" t-shirts.
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PRESSER: Iraqi Natural Resource
Was it me or did it look like the President was just short of breaking into a wide grin when he said, "...the oil revenues are higher than we expected."
We'd like to thank Cheney's boys Kellogg Brown & Root and parent company Halliburton for making this post possible.
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Was it me or did it look like the President was just short of breaking into a wide grin when he said, "...the oil revenues are higher than we expected."
We'd like to thank Cheney's boys Kellogg Brown & Root and parent company Halliburton for making this post possible.
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Bush's Presser: Same Old
William Saleton over at Slate has done us a service by pointing out that Bush didn't say anything new last night. In fact, he repeated the same old rhetoric: Stay the course, Freedom makes the World a better place and Saddam was a threat to the world while giving aid to terrorists.
A portion of his closing statement:
One thing is for certain, though, about me, and the world has learned this: When I say something, I mean it. And the credibility of the United States is incredibly important for keeping world peace and freedom.
The credibility of the U.S. in the world today is far from what it once was. And if Bush does not come up with a plan for transfer of power in Iraq within 78 days his credibility will be shot too.
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William Saleton over at Slate has done us a service by pointing out that Bush didn't say anything new last night. In fact, he repeated the same old rhetoric: Stay the course, Freedom makes the World a better place and Saddam was a threat to the world while giving aid to terrorists.
A portion of his closing statement:
One thing is for certain, though, about me, and the world has learned this: When I say something, I mean it. And the credibility of the United States is incredibly important for keeping world peace and freedom.
The credibility of the U.S. in the world today is far from what it once was. And if Bush does not come up with a plan for transfer of power in Iraq within 78 days his credibility will be shot too.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
US Military Families on Food Stamps
God Bless America:
Market forces ensure that a volunteer army will necessarily be an army of the poor. The trouble is, enlistment does not do a whole lot to brighten one's economic outlook. Frontline battle troops, most of whom have been in the military for about a year, earn less than $16,000 a year--which puts them at about the level of theater ushers and Wal-Mart clerks. Even second lieutenants, at a starting salary of $26,000 a year, earn less than pest control workers and shoe repairers. So when the Bush Administration, in its frenzied rush to transfer more wealth to the already wealthy, hurts the working poor, you can count the troops among them. The 2003 Bush tax cut for the rich, for example, failed to extend a child tax credit to nearly 200,000 military personnel.
Well, they get all kinds of special benefits, don't they, like free housing and medical care? Yes, and that's a powerful attraction to the young men and women of America's working poor. But no one should confuse the U.S. military with a Swedish-style welfare state. The mother of a Marine reports that her son had to charge nearly $1,000 on her Visa card for items not issued by the military, like camouflage paint and socks. In 2003, Defense Department overseas schools for the children of military personnel closed a week early due to a lack of funds.
You might imagine that our "war President," as he styles himself, would be in a rush to enrich the frontline troops, but last August his Administration proposed to cut the combat pay bonus of $150 a month. Somebody must have pointed out that an election year was just around the corner, because this little trial balloon was quietly punctured. In fact, the 2005 budget offers to double the military death benefit received by families of the fallen from $6,000 to $12,000.
Sounds good. In fact, it may make death financially preferable to surviving in a damaged state. Bizarrely enough, veterans' disability benefits are deducted from their military retirement pay, giving the wounded a powerful incentive to die while they're young. The sorry condition of VA health services seems designed to accomplish the same thing, and those services are about to get a lot more inaccessible. In his 2005 budget, Bush proposes to raise veterans' health care costs--through increased drug co-payments and a new "enrollment fee"--thus driving an estimated 200,000 vets out of the system and discouraging another million from enrolling.
Read every word of this article then vote.
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God Bless America:
Market forces ensure that a volunteer army will necessarily be an army of the poor. The trouble is, enlistment does not do a whole lot to brighten one's economic outlook. Frontline battle troops, most of whom have been in the military for about a year, earn less than $16,000 a year--which puts them at about the level of theater ushers and Wal-Mart clerks. Even second lieutenants, at a starting salary of $26,000 a year, earn less than pest control workers and shoe repairers. So when the Bush Administration, in its frenzied rush to transfer more wealth to the already wealthy, hurts the working poor, you can count the troops among them. The 2003 Bush tax cut for the rich, for example, failed to extend a child tax credit to nearly 200,000 military personnel.
Well, they get all kinds of special benefits, don't they, like free housing and medical care? Yes, and that's a powerful attraction to the young men and women of America's working poor. But no one should confuse the U.S. military with a Swedish-style welfare state. The mother of a Marine reports that her son had to charge nearly $1,000 on her Visa card for items not issued by the military, like camouflage paint and socks. In 2003, Defense Department overseas schools for the children of military personnel closed a week early due to a lack of funds.
You might imagine that our "war President," as he styles himself, would be in a rush to enrich the frontline troops, but last August his Administration proposed to cut the combat pay bonus of $150 a month. Somebody must have pointed out that an election year was just around the corner, because this little trial balloon was quietly punctured. In fact, the 2005 budget offers to double the military death benefit received by families of the fallen from $6,000 to $12,000.
Sounds good. In fact, it may make death financially preferable to surviving in a damaged state. Bizarrely enough, veterans' disability benefits are deducted from their military retirement pay, giving the wounded a powerful incentive to die while they're young. The sorry condition of VA health services seems designed to accomplish the same thing, and those services are about to get a lot more inaccessible. In his 2005 budget, Bush proposes to raise veterans' health care costs--through increased drug co-payments and a new "enrollment fee"--thus driving an estimated 200,000 vets out of the system and discouraging another million from enrolling.
Read every word of this article then vote.
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Bush Presser
George Bush is going in front of reporters tonight for a press conference. Here's hoping the questions aren't scripted and the press isn't intimidated this time.
And that Helen Thomas gets to sit in the same room.
It's sad when a press conference is actually a news event in itself.
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George Bush is going in front of reporters tonight for a press conference. Here's hoping the questions aren't scripted and the press isn't intimidated this time.
And that Helen Thomas gets to sit in the same room.
It's sad when a press conference is actually a news event in itself.
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The Science of Peeps
As my friend Mark says, "If I were still in college, this would be the best class ever! But now, I look at it and think, $972 per credit, a 4 credit class and a 1 credit lab. Man, for about $10 at CVS I could've done the same study."
The power of peeps.
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As my friend Mark says, "If I were still in college, this would be the best class ever! But now, I look at it and think, $972 per credit, a 4 credit class and a 1 credit lab. Man, for about $10 at CVS I could've done the same study."
The power of peeps.
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The Masters Final Round: Day After TIVO Edition
It's Monday night and I've read all about Phil Mickelson winning The Masters while shedding the title, "Best Player Never To Win A Major." The only thing I haven't done is seen the final round and through the power of TIVO I'm going to "suspend disbelief" and see it now. And, with full props to Bill Simmons (TAFKATBSG) I'm going to do a running commentary of the final nine holes.
Kind of neat piece by Dick Enberg on Amen Corner with some good highlights including Larry Mize's spike into Greg Norman's bid for a Green Jacket. I never weary of seeing Mize's dance.
You can always tell what player is ready to win on the final day at Augusta by the color of their shirt. Jack in '86 with yellow. Tiger is always Christmas after a Masters win(this Sunday too). Bernhard Langer looks like he is more ready for a St. Tropez vacation than another green jacket with a little tangerine number. Phil in Terminator Black.
Sergio Garcia teasing us with an Eagle & Birdie to -2. 10 groups ahead of the final pair. ....and another waggle. (It looks like he's wearing a St. Louis Gray's cap from Mitchell & Ness.)
Lanny Wadkins on Langer's putting stroke, "He threw pretty out the window a long time ago." Or as my wife just said, "Homely as a mud fence." She's from Texas.
Phil goes out in 38. One back.
Now the tournament starts. Lanny said it, "Here we go."
Phil into the left rough from the tee on 10. DiMarco crushes his tee shot. And a Roar...
KJ Choi jars a 220 five iron for eagle. 3rd Eagle ever at the par 4 11th hole.
Great up and down for Phil at 10 from a pine cone out of the gunk. Els misses a birdie putt at 12.
Another great stat: Els has eagled or birdied the 13th hole in 22/41 Masters rounds. Meal ticket!
Ernie drains the Eagle! Three shot lead over Phil...
(Kind of anticlimactic when you know who wins, but I'm not a good enough typist to do this in real time. Call me two-fingers.)
Paul Casey is imploding but I think we'll be seeing him at the Ryder Cup.
Casey Wittenburg the 19 year old from Oklahoma State finished as low amateur. I hope he uses that to his advantage when he returns to school.
Phil knows Ernie landed the eagle and drains a birdie on top at 12. HUGE. Two stroke spread. Par 5 13th is next.
DiMarco and the claw are fading(though CBS hasn't stopped ignoring him...yet.) Ernie in jail at 14 hooks a shot level with the hole. Tough up & down coming.
Another Roar......Harrington with the Ace at 16, finishes even. I've heard some say he's taken Phil's title as, "The Best Player..." ( Padraig is my oldest son's middle name too, no relation)
Phil with 20 feet left for his Eagle at 13 (his birdie/eagle percentage is better than Els' here. I'm too lazy to rewind it. Trust me. Meal Ticket 2!) Misses the Eagle but makes the birdie. One back.
I think I read somewhere once that CBS pipes in the singing birds during their Masters telecasts. Seriously.
Another roar. Triplett and his bucket hat get a hole-in-one at 16. That's two aces in 10 minutes at 16. Seven in it's history before Sunday.
Bangbang: Ernie gets birdie at 14 to lead by two, Feherty says he has "one hand on the Green jacket" Phil follows up, almost holing his 2nd. Has a kick-in for birdie (three in a row), down by one. Amy must be getting nervous.
Do you think Gary McCord will ever return to Augusta as a broadcaster? Is their a statute of limitations on '"Body bag" or "Bikini wax" comments?
Ernie missed his first putt badly at 16 but atones with center cut for par. Phil in trouble at 15, punches out, to 75 yards. Needs up & down for bird. I hope he makes it. He didn't and, surprisingly, made par at this 5-par all week.
Phil's off to 16...He's dancin' 20 feet for birdie....Ernie blew it at 17....They're still talking like Choi has a shot......Ernie drives into the sand at 18........Phil drains the putt at full steam...No doubt....And with that we say good-bye to Verne Lundquist doing golf for another year (We want McCord)....
Ernie looks a little un-Easy getting ready for his bunker shot.....Picked it to about 18 feet....Gets the par as Phil pars 17....
It's go time.
The tee shot on 18 at Augusta National is difficult. Made even more so when they recently lengthened it. I couldn't imagine driving it up that chute with the Masters on the line. Of course I have trouble with the windmill (Though I just signed up for the ESPN one-day golf school. Free Cleveland Driver, Wedge & Voodoo putter. I promise this will be a future post.)
MONEY. Fairway.
You have to understand I've been picking Phil to win a major for five years. I used to like his go-for-brokestupidity style but it wore on me in the recent past, so when he scaled it back recently (See: Sawgrass Sat 18th hole shot 2) I was elated and realized his time was nigh. It also helped he shored up his irons and went back to the old putter.
18 footer left,...DiMarco leaves it in the bunker......His second lands just behind Phil's ball and will give him the read....I'd be smiling if I had that read too...DiMarco with a 76, he'll be back with the spooky claw.
Bottom! (through the side door)
TIVO or not...
31 on the back
that putt with the crowd reactions
Jim Nantz's eloquence
Phil high fiving the fans walking toward the scorers cabin
picking up his daughter and asking her,"Do you believe it? Daddy won!"
The Masters version of One Shining Moment with tributes to Bruce Edwards & Arnie (if you don't get goosebumps there...)
the Green Jacket ceremony
Tournaments like that reinforce my love for the game and Tiger didn't even figure in the outcome.
UPDATE: The Tigerless finish at Augusta negatively impacted TV ratings. The household rating was down 22% from last year and the Sat-Sun ratings were the lowest since 1993.
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It's Monday night and I've read all about Phil Mickelson winning The Masters while shedding the title, "Best Player Never To Win A Major." The only thing I haven't done is seen the final round and through the power of TIVO I'm going to "suspend disbelief" and see it now. And, with full props to Bill Simmons (TAFKATBSG) I'm going to do a running commentary of the final nine holes.
Kind of neat piece by Dick Enberg on Amen Corner with some good highlights including Larry Mize's spike into Greg Norman's bid for a Green Jacket. I never weary of seeing Mize's dance.
You can always tell what player is ready to win on the final day at Augusta by the color of their shirt. Jack in '86 with yellow. Tiger is always Christmas after a Masters win(this Sunday too). Bernhard Langer looks like he is more ready for a St. Tropez vacation than another green jacket with a little tangerine number. Phil in Terminator Black.
Sergio Garcia teasing us with an Eagle & Birdie to -2. 10 groups ahead of the final pair. ....and another waggle. (It looks like he's wearing a St. Louis Gray's cap from Mitchell & Ness.)
Lanny Wadkins on Langer's putting stroke, "He threw pretty out the window a long time ago." Or as my wife just said, "Homely as a mud fence." She's from Texas.
Phil goes out in 38. One back.
Now the tournament starts. Lanny said it, "Here we go."
Phil into the left rough from the tee on 10. DiMarco crushes his tee shot. And a Roar...
KJ Choi jars a 220 five iron for eagle. 3rd Eagle ever at the par 4 11th hole.
Great up and down for Phil at 10 from a pine cone out of the gunk. Els misses a birdie putt at 12.
Another great stat: Els has eagled or birdied the 13th hole in 22/41 Masters rounds. Meal ticket!
Ernie drains the Eagle! Three shot lead over Phil...
(Kind of anticlimactic when you know who wins, but I'm not a good enough typist to do this in real time. Call me two-fingers.)
Paul Casey is imploding but I think we'll be seeing him at the Ryder Cup.
Casey Wittenburg the 19 year old from Oklahoma State finished as low amateur. I hope he uses that to his advantage when he returns to school.
Phil knows Ernie landed the eagle and drains a birdie on top at 12. HUGE. Two stroke spread. Par 5 13th is next.
DiMarco and the claw are fading(though CBS hasn't stopped ignoring him...yet.) Ernie in jail at 14 hooks a shot level with the hole. Tough up & down coming.
Another Roar......Harrington with the Ace at 16, finishes even. I've heard some say he's taken Phil's title as, "The Best Player..." ( Padraig is my oldest son's middle name too, no relation)
Phil with 20 feet left for his Eagle at 13 (his birdie/eagle percentage is better than Els' here. I'm too lazy to rewind it. Trust me. Meal Ticket 2!) Misses the Eagle but makes the birdie. One back.
I think I read somewhere once that CBS pipes in the singing birds during their Masters telecasts. Seriously.
Another roar. Triplett and his bucket hat get a hole-in-one at 16. That's two aces in 10 minutes at 16. Seven in it's history before Sunday.
Bangbang: Ernie gets birdie at 14 to lead by two, Feherty says he has "one hand on the Green jacket" Phil follows up, almost holing his 2nd. Has a kick-in for birdie (three in a row), down by one. Amy must be getting nervous.
Do you think Gary McCord will ever return to Augusta as a broadcaster? Is their a statute of limitations on '"Body bag" or "Bikini wax" comments?
Ernie missed his first putt badly at 16 but atones with center cut for par. Phil in trouble at 15, punches out, to 75 yards. Needs up & down for bird. I hope he makes it. He didn't and, surprisingly, made par at this 5-par all week.
Phil's off to 16...He's dancin' 20 feet for birdie....Ernie blew it at 17....They're still talking like Choi has a shot......Ernie drives into the sand at 18........Phil drains the putt at full steam...No doubt....And with that we say good-bye to Verne Lundquist doing golf for another year (We want McCord)....
Ernie looks a little un-Easy getting ready for his bunker shot.....Picked it to about 18 feet....Gets the par as Phil pars 17....
It's go time.
The tee shot on 18 at Augusta National is difficult. Made even more so when they recently lengthened it. I couldn't imagine driving it up that chute with the Masters on the line. Of course I have trouble with the windmill (Though I just signed up for the ESPN one-day golf school. Free Cleveland Driver, Wedge & Voodoo putter. I promise this will be a future post.)
MONEY. Fairway.
You have to understand I've been picking Phil to win a major for five years. I used to like his go-for-broke
18 footer left,...DiMarco leaves it in the bunker......His second lands just behind Phil's ball and will give him the read....I'd be smiling if I had that read too...DiMarco with a 76, he'll be back with the spooky claw.
Bottom! (through the side door)
TIVO or not...
31 on the back
that putt with the crowd reactions
Phil high fiving the fans walking toward the scorers cabin
picking up his daughter and asking her,"Do you believe it? Daddy won!"
The Masters version of One Shining Moment with tributes to Bruce Edwards & Arnie (if you don't get goosebumps there...)
the Green Jacket ceremony
Tournaments like that reinforce my love for the game and Tiger didn't even figure in the outcome.
UPDATE: The Tigerless finish at Augusta negatively impacted TV ratings. The household rating was down 22% from last year and the Sat-Sun ratings were the lowest since 1993.
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Monday, April 12, 2004
PDB - Reader Participation
One of our regular readers posted the following comment under the PDB post below:
What the media is failing to mention, as it always does, is that every week, since Dubya's father was in office, the President would receive multiple PDBs like this with possible threats from terrorist nations. This one was no different than the 36,000 other PDB threats that came across the President's desk. How could ANYONE have known that something like 9/11 was going to happen when, where and how it did.
It's like Pearl Harbor, in hind-sight, all the indicators are there. But in that moment, when our nation was peacefully going about our day-to-day, NO ONE could have predicted! Let the dead rest!
I agree. It's difficult to prepare for something of this magnitude without specific information. What we could have hoped for would have been for the intelligence community to put together the terrorist "chatter", the arrest of Zacharias Moussaoui on 8/16/01 and the contents of the much discussed PDB. But that didn't happen.
So what we have now is making politics with our nation's worst disaster. What I've read is so much more partisan than finding out what happened and what it will take to be sure it doesn't happen again. I'm as guilty of this partisanship as anyone, but our President has made this bed. He opposed the formation of an independent 9/11 commission. He only relented after a political firestorm fueled by the Four Moms and pols in his own party. And then after he handpicked a commission he withheld documents from the very same commission. There are many other instances of untoward activities by the White House during the entire process. Which shouldn't be a surprise if you frequent this site.
This is why you won't see him get a free ride. His entire administration is KGB secretive and the only way to get something released is through pressure from all sides. If he admits they could have done more and accept SOME responsibility you would see much pressure alleviated. But all he (and his minions) say is, "...we were only in office for 233 days." Putting the blame at Clinton's doorstep. This is a nasty habit and could cost him the election or worse, could keep us from preventing another terrorist attack on our shores.
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One of our regular readers posted the following comment under the PDB post below:
What the media is failing to mention, as it always does, is that every week, since Dubya's father was in office, the President would receive multiple PDBs like this with possible threats from terrorist nations. This one was no different than the 36,000 other PDB threats that came across the President's desk. How could ANYONE have known that something like 9/11 was going to happen when, where and how it did.
It's like Pearl Harbor, in hind-sight, all the indicators are there. But in that moment, when our nation was peacefully going about our day-to-day, NO ONE could have predicted! Let the dead rest!
I agree. It's difficult to prepare for something of this magnitude without specific information. What we could have hoped for would have been for the intelligence community to put together the terrorist "chatter", the arrest of Zacharias Moussaoui on 8/16/01 and the contents of the much discussed PDB. But that didn't happen.
So what we have now is making politics with our nation's worst disaster. What I've read is so much more partisan than finding out what happened and what it will take to be sure it doesn't happen again. I'm as guilty of this partisanship as anyone, but our President has made this bed. He opposed the formation of an independent 9/11 commission. He only relented after a political firestorm fueled by the Four Moms and pols in his own party. And then after he handpicked a commission he withheld documents from the very same commission. There are many other instances of untoward activities by the White House during the entire process. Which shouldn't be a surprise if you frequent this site.
This is why you won't see him get a free ride. His entire administration is KGB secretive and the only way to get something released is through pressure from all sides. If he admits they could have done more and accept SOME responsibility you would see much pressure alleviated. But all he (and his minions) say is, "...we were only in office for 233 days." Putting the blame at Clinton's doorstep. This is a nasty habit and could cost him the election or worse, could keep us from preventing another terrorist attack on our shores.
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What do they have to hide?
According to the 9/24/01 issue of Newsweek there was enough intelligence for some Pentagon officials to cancel flights for the morning of 9/11/01:
"In late June the CIA warned of possible terrorist action against U.S. targets, including those in the United States, for the Fourth of July. Nothing happened, but then in July the agency again warned about possible attacks overseas. The threat seemed grave enough to force U.S. ships in Middle Eastern ports to head for sea. Three weeks ago there was another warning that a terrorist strike might be imminent. But there was no mention of where. On Sept. 10, NEWSWEEK has learned, a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly canceled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of security concerns." Emph. added.
We continue to wonder where the truth lies.
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According to the 9/24/01 issue of Newsweek there was enough intelligence for some Pentagon officials to cancel flights for the morning of 9/11/01:
"In late June the CIA warned of possible terrorist action against U.S. targets, including those in the United States, for the Fourth of July. Nothing happened, but then in July the agency again warned about possible attacks overseas. The threat seemed grave enough to force U.S. ships in Middle Eastern ports to head for sea. Three weeks ago there was another warning that a terrorist strike might be imminent. But there was no mention of where. On Sept. 10, NEWSWEEK has learned, a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly canceled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of security concerns." Emph. added.
We continue to wonder where the truth lies.
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Scalia the Patriot
I hope this gets more play:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a hypocrite. There's no nice way to say it. For a man who, just last March received the Citadel of Free Speech Award, he has shown himself to be afraid, even contemptuous, of the same Constitution he claims to revere.
Scalia's contempt was on full display last week at a pair of speeches he gave in Hattiesburg, Miss. While speaking at Presbyterian Christian High School on - ironically - the importance of protecting constitutional rights, a federal marshal confiscated a digital recording from an Associated Press reporter and erased it. The marshal did the same with a cassette from a local Hattiesburg reporter.
This is outrageous. Claims by the federal marshal service that this was a routine matter of providing security for Scalia don't hold water. It wasn't as if the justice were speaking on a matter of great sensitivity, say a matter of national security. Nor was he speaking on a specific subject, something that might come before the Court later.
Scalia was speaking on a very generalized topic - protecting constitutional rights. That's the same Constitution that includes the right to free speech, and the right to a free press.
Quack quack.
UPDATE: Scalia apologized
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I hope this gets more play:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a hypocrite. There's no nice way to say it. For a man who, just last March received the Citadel of Free Speech Award, he has shown himself to be afraid, even contemptuous, of the same Constitution he claims to revere.
Scalia's contempt was on full display last week at a pair of speeches he gave in Hattiesburg, Miss. While speaking at Presbyterian Christian High School on - ironically - the importance of protecting constitutional rights, a federal marshal confiscated a digital recording from an Associated Press reporter and erased it. The marshal did the same with a cassette from a local Hattiesburg reporter.
This is outrageous. Claims by the federal marshal service that this was a routine matter of providing security for Scalia don't hold water. It wasn't as if the justice were speaking on a matter of great sensitivity, say a matter of national security. Nor was he speaking on a specific subject, something that might come before the Court later.
Scalia was speaking on a very generalized topic - protecting constitutional rights. That's the same Constitution that includes the right to free speech, and the right to a free press.
Quack quack.
UPDATE: Scalia apologized
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Bush's Day
I posted on the total amount of time he's been in the office before. But I didn't realize what kind of hours he kept:
Regardless of what is going on in the world Mr Bush is usually in bed by 10pm and wakes at 6am. As governor of Texas he would be in work by 8.30am and out by 5.30pm. In between was a 90-minute to two-hour break for exercise or a nap.
A two hour break. That's nice.
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I posted on the total amount of time he's been in the office before. But I didn't realize what kind of hours he kept:
Regardless of what is going on in the world Mr Bush is usually in bed by 10pm and wakes at 6am. As governor of Texas he would be in work by 8.30am and out by 5.30pm. In between was a 90-minute to two-hour break for exercise or a nap.
A two hour break. That's nice.
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