Archive for February, 2007
Carbon Bigfootprint
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Politics of Personal Destruction
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Obscure Gov from Obscure State Bows Out
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Hand Free Operation
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007Every Bad Boy Deserves Favor
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Not wanting to reward bad behavior, the U.S., China, South Korea, Russia and Japan agreed to meet all of North Korea's energy needs if it behaves. According to U.S. News,the deal looks similar to the Clinton "Agreed Framework" except that the bad boy (Kim not Bill) only gets rewarded after he complies.
Blizzard or Hurricane
Saturday, February 17th, 2007No Confidence
Saturday, February 17th, 2007The House rebuked the president's Iraq strategy with a non-binding resoluton that passed 246-182.
Among the micromanaging members, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes doesn't know Shiite from Sunni.
According to CNN: When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda
is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam — Sunni or
Shiite — Reyes answered "they are probably both," then ventured
"Predominantly — probably Shiite."That is wrong. Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden as a Sunni organization and views Shiites as heretics.
Reyes
could also not answer questions put by Stein about Hezbollah, a Shiite
group on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations that is based in
Southern Lebanon.
The Subpoena About Nothing
Saturday, February 17th, 2007Ten journalists were dragged into court to testify about a leak for which Scooter Libby was not being prosecuted. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has a good account.
Wasted Articulation
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