Monthly Archives: September 2006

HP monitors non-al Qaeda calls

Click Image to Enlarge. Hewlett-Packard independent chairwoman,Patricia Dunn, was forced out.  She will step down in January.  The point of having an independent chair was to keep close tabs on management.  She may have taken her charge a little too … Continue reading

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Fake News

Click Image to Enlarge. The ABC docudrama, Path to 9/11, caused protests from Clinton administration members over inaccuracies.  CBS canceled a similar smear job called The Reagans in 2003 after Republican complaints. Clinton national security adviser, Sandy Berger, was especially … Continue reading

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Secret Debating Society

Click Image to Enlarge. Strickland and Blackwell agreed on one thing in their first Ohio gubernatorial debate.  Stupid rules. They refused to appear on screen at the same time and reporters weren't allowed in the studio to witness the debate … Continue reading

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Vast Right Wing Conspiracies

Click Image to Enlarge: Richard Armitage, not Karl Rove, first leaked Valerie Plame's identity.  David Broder says it's time to "can the conspiracy theories and stick to the facts". John Kerry recently sent an e-mail to 100,000 democratic voters pushing … Continue reading

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That's the Way it Was

Click Image to Enlarge. Katie Couric's first night on CBS Evening News was big news.  Tom Shales said it was about no news.  No news must be in demand.  She attracted 13.59 million viewers. Shales was also unhappy with her … Continue reading

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Crocodile Hunter R.I.P.

Click Image to Enlarge. The Crocodile Hunter's manager John Stainton initially claimed that Irwin (I didn't know his name was Steve Irwin) pulled the the stinger from his heart before he died.  We'll have to wait for the video to … Continue reading

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Appeasement

Click Image to Enlarge. Appeasement was our power word last week. Bush and Rumsfeld feel that every time the U.N. appeases our enemies we fall behind in the war on terror.  Critics on both sides were miffed when the Secretary … Continue reading

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Concession Speech

Click Image to Enlarge. Apparantly a disproportionate response has some deterent value. The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah: "We did not think, even one percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. … Continue reading

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