Saturday, June 12, 2004
Berry's World is Back in Business
After a hiatus from blogging, my friend and fellow blogger Keith is back blogging. During his time away he did some reading.
Welcome back, Keith. (Now about those Lakers...)
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After a hiatus from blogging, my friend and fellow blogger Keith is back blogging. During his time away he did some reading.
Welcome back, Keith. (Now about those Lakers...)
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Flash Friday
Yes, I know it's Saturday. But hey, the blogosphere is huge it sometimes takes me a day or two to find what we seek and sometimes to find what we don't. We were lucky to come across this.
This Flash presentation at Sadly, No! is amazing. Go take a look and be sure to check out the others; 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Chalabi Special.'
Oh, to be technologically savvy!
(So as not to miss any more quality content I've added Sadly, No! and The Dark Window, who aided in the creation of the aforementioned Flash presentation, to my blogroll. Check them out!)
Update: Somehow I managed to create the above post three times. I deleted the other two becasue I think this one is the best of the three.
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Yes, I know it's Saturday. But hey, the blogosphere is huge it sometimes takes me a day or two to find what we seek and sometimes to find what we don't. We were lucky to come across this.
This Flash presentation at Sadly, No! is amazing. Go take a look and be sure to check out the others; 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Chalabi Special.'
Oh, to be technologically savvy!
(So as not to miss any more quality content I've added Sadly, No! and The Dark Window, who aided in the creation of the aforementioned Flash presentation, to my blogroll. Check them out!)
Update: Somehow I managed to create the above post three times. I deleted the other two becasue I think this one is the best of the three.
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Quote of the Day
Installment X
"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."
David Friedman
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Installment X
"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."
David Friedman
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Friday, June 11, 2004
Terrorism Report Changed
When first released, the report said incidents of terror were down in 2003. And now Colin Powell is saying that isn't entirely accurate. The initial report left out several European and Asian terrorist attacks that claimed hundreds of lives. So, the new report has a conclusion that is the exact opposite of the original report.
Alas,political manipulation mistakes are bound to happen.
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When first released, the report said incidents of terror were down in 2003. And now Colin Powell is saying that isn't entirely accurate. The initial report left out several European and Asian terrorist attacks that claimed hundreds of lives. So, the new report has a conclusion that is the exact opposite of the original report.
Alas,
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Five Congressional Votes You Should Know About
Courtesy of the Republican majority. Link.
Pro-Defense: Facing increasing violence in Iraq, military commanders in Iraq asked Congress and the president to immediately fill shortages in protective body armor. Just four months after the president signed another massive tax cut for the wealthy, up to 51,000 troops were still not properly equipped for combat, with many begging friends and family at home to buy them makeshift armor. Responding to the crisis, Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) sponsored a bill to immediately plug the shortage. He was voted down (Senate vote #376, October 2, 2003), and the results have been catastrophic. As a recent study circulating in the Army notes, up to one in four casualties in Iraq was due to poor protective gear.
Compassionate: With U.S. troops struggling to secure Iraq last summer, Congress and the president repeatedly praised soldiers’ efforts and promised to provide them the best facilities possible. Yet, the White House budget that year proposed to cut $1.5 billion out of military housing. Representative David Obey (D-Wisc.) came up with a simple solution: Slightly reduce the proposed tax cuts on the 200,000 Americans making $1 million a year to fill the budget gap for the troops and their families. Instead of getting an $88,000 tax cut, millionaires would receive an ample $83,000 tax cut, and the troops’ housing would be maintained. Obey’s bill was voted down (House vote #324, June 26, 2003).
Tax Fairness: In 2002, the Bush administration terminated the tax on oil and chemical industry polluters that finances Superfund toxic cleanups. As the New York Times reported, the move effectively “shifted the bulk of [cleanup] costs from industry to taxpayers,” allowing the president’s corporate campaign donors to pollute without having to pay for it. Just two years later, the loss of tax revenues bankrupted Superfund, leaving it unable to maintain an adequate cleanup pace. In response, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) offered an amendment to reinstate the Superfund tax. He was voted down. (Senate vote #45, March 11, 2004), and now more and more communities are forced to wait as toxic sites fester in their midst.
Patrotism: As the recession reached new lows in December 2002, the U.S. House of Representatives considered whether to continue rewarding companies with taxpayer subsidies, even if those same companies use those subsidies to send U.S. jobs overseas. The question was simple: During a jobs and deficit crisis, should the U.S. government’s Export-Import Bank continue giving most of its $15 billion a year to subsidize a slew of Fortune 500 companies that are reducing their U.S. workforce? But when Representative Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) offered a measure to curb the government handouts to corporate job exporters, he was voted down (House vote #120, May 1, 2002).
Clean Government: Halliburton, the oil company Vice President Dick Cheney ran, continues to receive billions in no-bid government contracts for work in Iraq, even after it was cited for overcharging taxpayers and providing unsanitary facilities to U.S. troops. At the same time, Cheney is receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in deferred compensation from the company and holds roughly 400,000 Halliburton stock options. More troubling, internal memos now show that Cheney’s office was directly coordinating Halliburton contracts. When the Congressional Research Service ruled the situation represented a “potential conflict of interest,” the Senate considered legislation that would have forced the termination of the Cheney-Halliburton relationship. It was voted down (Senate vote #386, October 16, 2003).
Boils the blood.
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Courtesy of the Republican majority. Link.
Pro-Defense: Facing increasing violence in Iraq, military commanders in Iraq asked Congress and the president to immediately fill shortages in protective body armor. Just four months after the president signed another massive tax cut for the wealthy, up to 51,000 troops were still not properly equipped for combat, with many begging friends and family at home to buy them makeshift armor. Responding to the crisis, Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) sponsored a bill to immediately plug the shortage. He was voted down (Senate vote #376, October 2, 2003), and the results have been catastrophic. As a recent study circulating in the Army notes, up to one in four casualties in Iraq was due to poor protective gear.
Compassionate: With U.S. troops struggling to secure Iraq last summer, Congress and the president repeatedly praised soldiers’ efforts and promised to provide them the best facilities possible. Yet, the White House budget that year proposed to cut $1.5 billion out of military housing. Representative David Obey (D-Wisc.) came up with a simple solution: Slightly reduce the proposed tax cuts on the 200,000 Americans making $1 million a year to fill the budget gap for the troops and their families. Instead of getting an $88,000 tax cut, millionaires would receive an ample $83,000 tax cut, and the troops’ housing would be maintained. Obey’s bill was voted down (House vote #324, June 26, 2003).
Tax Fairness: In 2002, the Bush administration terminated the tax on oil and chemical industry polluters that finances Superfund toxic cleanups. As the New York Times reported, the move effectively “shifted the bulk of [cleanup] costs from industry to taxpayers,” allowing the president’s corporate campaign donors to pollute without having to pay for it. Just two years later, the loss of tax revenues bankrupted Superfund, leaving it unable to maintain an adequate cleanup pace. In response, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) offered an amendment to reinstate the Superfund tax. He was voted down. (Senate vote #45, March 11, 2004), and now more and more communities are forced to wait as toxic sites fester in their midst.
Patrotism: As the recession reached new lows in December 2002, the U.S. House of Representatives considered whether to continue rewarding companies with taxpayer subsidies, even if those same companies use those subsidies to send U.S. jobs overseas. The question was simple: During a jobs and deficit crisis, should the U.S. government’s Export-Import Bank continue giving most of its $15 billion a year to subsidize a slew of Fortune 500 companies that are reducing their U.S. workforce? But when Representative Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) offered a measure to curb the government handouts to corporate job exporters, he was voted down (House vote #120, May 1, 2002).
Clean Government: Halliburton, the oil company Vice President Dick Cheney ran, continues to receive billions in no-bid government contracts for work in Iraq, even after it was cited for overcharging taxpayers and providing unsanitary facilities to U.S. troops. At the same time, Cheney is receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in deferred compensation from the company and holds roughly 400,000 Halliburton stock options. More troubling, internal memos now show that Cheney’s office was directly coordinating Halliburton contracts. When the Congressional Research Service ruled the situation represented a “potential conflict of interest,” the Senate considered legislation that would have forced the termination of the Cheney-Halliburton relationship. It was voted down (Senate vote #386, October 16, 2003).
Boils the blood.
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More Reagan
This is a transcript of a press conference by WH press secretary Larry Speakes on October 15, 1982. It speaks for itself:
Q: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases?
MR. SPEAKES: What's AIDS?
Q: Over a third of them have died. It's known as 'gay plague.' (Laughter.) No, it is. I mean it's a pretty serious thing that one in every three people that get this have died. And I wondered if the President is aware of it?
MR. SPEAKES: I don't have it. Do you? (Laughter.)
Q: No, I don't.
MR. SPEAKES: You didn't answer my question.
Q: Well, I just wondered, does the President ...
MR. SPEAKES: How do you know? (Laughter.)
Q: In other words, the White House looks on this as a great joke?
MR. SPEAKES: No, I don't know anything about it, Lester.
Q: Does the President, does anyone in the White House know about this epidemic, Larry?
MR. SPEAKES: I don't think so. I don't think there's been any ...
Q: Nobody knows?
MR. SPEAKES: There has been no personal experience here, Lester.
Q: No, I mean, I thought you were keeping ...
MR. SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no - (laughter) - no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
Q: The President doesn't have gay plague, is that what you're saying or what
MR. SPEAKES: No, I didn't say that.
Q: Didn't say that?
MR. SPEAKES: I thought I heard you on the State Department over there. Why didn't you stay there? (Laughter.)
Q: Because I love you Larry, that's why (Laughter.)
MR. SPEAKES: Oh I see. Just don't put it in those terms, Lester. (Laughter.)
Q: Oh, I retract that.
MR. SPEAKES: I hope so.
Q: It's too late.
You won't see this on the GWB Web site.
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This is a transcript of a press conference by WH press secretary Larry Speakes on October 15, 1982. It speaks for itself:
Q: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases?
MR. SPEAKES: What's AIDS?
Q: Over a third of them have died. It's known as 'gay plague.' (Laughter.) No, it is. I mean it's a pretty serious thing that one in every three people that get this have died. And I wondered if the President is aware of it?
MR. SPEAKES: I don't have it. Do you? (Laughter.)
Q: No, I don't.
MR. SPEAKES: You didn't answer my question.
Q: Well, I just wondered, does the President ...
MR. SPEAKES: How do you know? (Laughter.)
Q: In other words, the White House looks on this as a great joke?
MR. SPEAKES: No, I don't know anything about it, Lester.
Q: Does the President, does anyone in the White House know about this epidemic, Larry?
MR. SPEAKES: I don't think so. I don't think there's been any ...
Q: Nobody knows?
MR. SPEAKES: There has been no personal experience here, Lester.
Q: No, I mean, I thought you were keeping ...
MR. SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he's had no - (laughter) - no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is.
Q: The President doesn't have gay plague, is that what you're saying or what
MR. SPEAKES: No, I didn't say that.
Q: Didn't say that?
MR. SPEAKES: I thought I heard you on the State Department over there. Why didn't you stay there? (Laughter.)
Q: Because I love you Larry, that's why (Laughter.)
MR. SPEAKES: Oh I see. Just don't put it in those terms, Lester. (Laughter.)
Q: Oh, I retract that.
MR. SPEAKES: I hope so.
Q: It's too late.
You won't see this on the GWB Web site.
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Eject Bush
Hilarious web site. Be sure to play the 'guess the quote' game. The answer is either George W. Bush or Ralph Wiggum (Chief Wiggum's son from the Simpsons.)
Classic.
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Hilarious web site. Be sure to play the 'guess the quote' game. The answer is either George W. Bush or Ralph Wiggum (Chief Wiggum's son from the Simpsons.)
Classic.
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Quote of the Day
Installment IX
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."
Michael Pritchard
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Installment IX
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."
Michael Pritchard
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Thursday, June 10, 2004
Ronald Reagan in Philadelphia, Mississippi
From the transcript of the 6/7 edition of NewsHour on PBS. The quote is from Roger Wilkins:
Well, Reagan was an incredible combination of a person who was very optimistic, upbeat, but underneath there were some really ugly parts of his politics.
He was, I said once before on this program, he capitalized on anti-black populism by going to Philadelphia and Mississippi , for example, in the beginning of his campaign in 1980.
Nobody had ever heard of Philadelphia and Mississippi outside of Mississippi , except as the place where three civil rights workers had been lynched – in 1964 – he said I believe in states rights.
Everybody knew what that meant. He went to Stone Mountain , Georgia , where the Ku Klux Klan used to burn its crosses, and he said Jefferson Davis is a hero of mine.
The event Wilkins speaks of is Reagan's first major campaign stop after declaring his candidacy for President in 1979. And who urged him to go to this former bastion of racism? Trent Lott.
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From the transcript of the 6/7 edition of NewsHour on PBS. The quote is from Roger Wilkins:
Well, Reagan was an incredible combination of a person who was very optimistic, upbeat, but underneath there were some really ugly parts of his politics.
He was, I said once before on this program, he capitalized on anti-black populism by going to Philadelphia and Mississippi , for example, in the beginning of his campaign in 1980.
Nobody had ever heard of Philadelphia and Mississippi outside of Mississippi , except as the place where three civil rights workers had been lynched – in 1964 – he said I believe in states rights.
Everybody knew what that meant. He went to Stone Mountain , Georgia , where the Ku Klux Klan used to burn its crosses, and he said Jefferson Davis is a hero of mine.
The event Wilkins speaks of is Reagan's first major campaign stop after declaring his candidacy for President in 1979. And who urged him to go to this former bastion of racism? Trent Lott.
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Quote of the Day
Installment VIII
"Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory."
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Installment VIII
"Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory."
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Apparently Bush DOES Wear An Earpiece
From today's Media Channel blog.
Ever see the movie Broadcast News? Exactly.
Thinking of the Supreme Commander GWB, I am reminded of an incident last Saturday when he was praising French President Chirac. I was watching CNN when all of a sudden, I heard another voice speaking Bush's pre-scripted lines before he did. That's right---the other voice would be heard BEFORE Bush's voice. What was that?
I thought at the time that that may have been done to give translators a head start on the President's words. Later, I had a call from a reader in Germany who told me she heard the same thing on CNN International including that same voice telling Bush what journalists to call on before he did. We have never heard that before. She asked: "Is someone controlling the president like a ventriloquist"?
It reminded me of a trick that some TV correspondents use for their on camera standups. They pre-record their standups for playback in their ears, and then turn to the camera in a way that you can't see the ear plug. They then play the tape and mouth their own words a long a few seconds later. It takes practice to be able to repeat the words but it makes for a smoother delivery without having to read. If I am right this means that this technique is used by the President to give his speeches the appearance of spontaneity, especially if he can't remember his own words. In this case, CNN picked up this audio track, perhaps because it was on a radio mic.
Fox News this morning reported uncritically on speculation that Dick Cheney may be replaced on the Republican ticket by "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani, a move they saw as perfect as an attention getting device in the upcoming speculation. Their related rumor is that Cheney will go to the CIA to replace George Tenet.
Interesting part at the end about Cheney being done and moving to Tenet's post. I still think the October surprise will be the "discovery" of WMDs in Iraq. Planted, of course.
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From today's Media Channel blog.
Ever see the movie Broadcast News? Exactly.
Thinking of the Supreme Commander GWB, I am reminded of an incident last Saturday when he was praising French President Chirac. I was watching CNN when all of a sudden, I heard another voice speaking Bush's pre-scripted lines before he did. That's right---the other voice would be heard BEFORE Bush's voice. What was that?
I thought at the time that that may have been done to give translators a head start on the President's words. Later, I had a call from a reader in Germany who told me she heard the same thing on CNN International including that same voice telling Bush what journalists to call on before he did. We have never heard that before. She asked: "Is someone controlling the president like a ventriloquist"?
It reminded me of a trick that some TV correspondents use for their on camera standups. They pre-record their standups for playback in their ears, and then turn to the camera in a way that you can't see the ear plug. They then play the tape and mouth their own words a long a few seconds later. It takes practice to be able to repeat the words but it makes for a smoother delivery without having to read. If I am right this means that this technique is used by the President to give his speeches the appearance of spontaneity, especially if he can't remember his own words. In this case, CNN picked up this audio track, perhaps because it was on a radio mic.
Fox News this morning reported uncritically on speculation that Dick Cheney may be replaced on the Republican ticket by "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani, a move they saw as perfect as an attention getting device in the upcoming speculation. Their related rumor is that Cheney will go to the CIA to replace George Tenet.
Interesting part at the end about Cheney being done and moving to Tenet's post. I still think the October surprise will be the "discovery" of WMDs in Iraq. Planted, of course.
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Quote of the Day
Installment VII
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
Bertrand Russell
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Installment VII
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
Bertrand Russell
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Tuesday, June 08, 2004
GOP Deifying Reagan
A wonderful post from Billmon at the Whiskey Bar about the GOP and their accomplices in the media trying to spin Reagan's death to shed Bush in a new, better light. It will take more than that for sure.
We'll let President President Reagan's son Ron Jr. have the last word...
"My father was a man - that's the difference between him and Bush. To paraphrase Jack Palance, my father crapped bigger ones than George Bush."
Eloquent. I can't wait to see if they shake hands on Friday when Bush speaks at Reagan's funeral.
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A wonderful post from Billmon at the Whiskey Bar about the GOP and their accomplices in the media trying to spin Reagan's death to shed Bush in a new, better light. It will take more than that for sure.
We'll let President President Reagan's son Ron Jr. have the last word...
"My father was a man - that's the difference between him and Bush. To paraphrase Jack Palance, my father crapped bigger ones than George Bush."
Eloquent. I can't wait to see if they shake hands on Friday when Bush speaks at Reagan's funeral.
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BIG Mistake From the Tampa Tribune
The paper accidentally ran an editorial saying the Lightning had lost the Stanley Cup, when, in fact, they won game seven the previous evening.
Editorial Page Editor Rosemary Goudreau sums it up best:
"We took a puck in the gut this morning."
I should say.
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The paper accidentally ran an editorial saying the Lightning had lost the Stanley Cup, when, in fact, they won game seven the previous evening.
Editorial Page Editor Rosemary Goudreau sums it up best:
"We took a puck in the gut this morning."
I should say.
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Majority of Senators Call for Looser Stem Cell Rules
As I guessed a couple of days ago, the Senate is putting pressure on the President to allow more stem-cell research:
...The letter was signed by 43 Democrats, the Senate's one independent and 14 Republicans, among them conservatives who oppose abortion. In April, 206 House members sent a similar letter to Bush...
This is sounding almost...get ready...surely, it can't be...bi-partisan!
So Bush has proven he can unite Iraqis (against us) who've fought for thousands of years and now, at least partially, the Congress. Wow.
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As I guessed a couple of days ago, the Senate is putting pressure on the President to allow more stem-cell research:
...The letter was signed by 43 Democrats, the Senate's one independent and 14 Republicans, among them conservatives who oppose abortion. In April, 206 House members sent a similar letter to Bush...
This is sounding almost...get ready...surely, it can't be...bi-partisan!
So Bush has proven he can unite Iraqis (against us) who've fought for thousands of years and now, at least partially, the Congress. Wow.
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Housekeeping
Blogging will be light for the next couple of days due to the incredible amount of things I need to get done. I may be able to post some stuff tonight.
As of last night, I won't need to be at a computer to post to my blog. Blogger has introduced a free Audioblogger service that can be accessed by just calling a phone number. So, while I'm enjoying one of my hour-and-a-half commutes I can wax poetic about the beautiful Schuylkill Expressway.
Or something.
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Blogging will be light for the next couple of days due to the incredible amount of things I need to get done. I may be able to post some stuff tonight.
As of last night, I won't need to be at a computer to post to my blog. Blogger has introduced a free Audioblogger service that can be accessed by just calling a phone number. So, while I'm enjoying one of my hour-and-a-half commutes I can wax poetic about the beautiful Schuylkill Expressway.
Or something.
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Quote of the Day
Installment VI
"Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?"
George Wallace
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Installment VI
"Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?"
George Wallace
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Monday, June 07, 2004
Quote of the Day
Installment V
"Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs."
P.J. O'Rourke
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Installment V
"Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs."
P.J. O'Rourke
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Sunday, June 06, 2004
United Nations: Ten stories
A new initiative:
To shine a spotlight on some of the important international issues and developments that often do not get sufficient media attention, the United Nations Department of Public Information presents a new initiative - "Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About."
This list includes a number of humanitarian emergencies, as well as conflict or post-conflict situations and spans other matters of concern to the United Nations, although it is far from embracing all of the many issues before the Organization.
A few examples:
Uganda: Child soldiers at centre of mounting humanitarian crisis
AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa: a looming threat to future generations
Women as peacemakers: from victims to re-builders of society
Persons with disabilities: a treaty seeks to break new ground in ensuring equality
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A new initiative:
To shine a spotlight on some of the important international issues and developments that often do not get sufficient media attention, the United Nations Department of Public Information presents a new initiative - "Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About."
This list includes a number of humanitarian emergencies, as well as conflict or post-conflict situations and spans other matters of concern to the United Nations, although it is far from embracing all of the many issues before the Organization.
A few examples:
Uganda: Child soldiers at centre of mounting humanitarian crisis
AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa: a looming threat to future generations
Women as peacemakers: from victims to re-builders of society
Persons with disabilities: a treaty seeks to break new ground in ensuring equality
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Iraqi Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Chalabi's American Aide
Link:
An arrest warrant has been issued for Ahmed Chalabi's right-hand man in Baghdad, the American consultant Francis Brooke, who tried to stop the recent raid on the politician's headquarters in the Iraqi capital.
In the latest in a series of damaging blows for Mr Chalabi, an Iraqi judge said that Mr Brooke had obstructed the Iraqi police. He is believed to have returned to Washington, leaving his former master to tackle claims that his Iraqi National Congress passed American secrets to Iran...
It looks as though the training wheels are off, at least from a jurisprudence perspective. I wonder if this could set an extradition precedent? Doubtful, but it will be interesting to see it play out in theAmerican foreign press.
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Link:
An arrest warrant has been issued for Ahmed Chalabi's right-hand man in Baghdad, the American consultant Francis Brooke, who tried to stop the recent raid on the politician's headquarters in the Iraqi capital.
In the latest in a series of damaging blows for Mr Chalabi, an Iraqi judge said that Mr Brooke had obstructed the Iraqi police. He is believed to have returned to Washington, leaving his former master to tackle claims that his Iraqi National Congress passed American secrets to Iran...
It looks as though the training wheels are off, at least from a jurisprudence perspective. I wonder if this could set an extradition precedent? Doubtful, but it will be interesting to see it play out in the
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Quote of the Day
Installment IV
"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
John Lennon
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Installment IV
"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
John Lennon
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