FROM THE RIGHT WING... Insanity and the Mistake Trap One common and troubling form of insanity is, "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results," warned Albert Einstein. http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/01/ins...stake_trap.html NO WINGS, FROM THE WORLD NEWS... Beijing Plays Pentagon for a 'Pack of Fools' “In the wake of the North Korean nuclear test, this missile test suggests that Beijing has, if anything, taken on Pyongyang has a role model. ... the Chinese military is playing the Pentagon for a pack of fools.†http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials...1/20/2003345609 FROM THE LEFT WING... Iraq Is Not Delightful, Mr. President I thought perhaps someone somewhere in Washington would have informed our chief executive that grinning like a mental patient on television might not be the best way to express concern over the violence in Iraq http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/ir...-m_b_39072.html Brown: Politics played role in Katrina "Unbeknownst to me, certain people in the White House were thinking, 'We had to federalize Louisiana because she's a white, female Democratic governor, and we have a chance to rub her nose in it,'" he said http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_...s/katrina_brown Big business joins greens to pressure Bush on climate The biggest hold-out against radical policy change is probably the Bush White House. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americ...icle2169176.ece
Thanks, an interesting set of links. Especially that last one, I had no idea that our corporate masters (and I mean that in a nice way, in case they are reading this) had changed their minds on global warming. Google turned up this link with some more details. Who'd have seen this coming a year or two ago? Good news as far as I can tell. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...mp;refer=energy
My conclusion: MarinJohn lives is a [physically] very beautiful area of the country, yet lives a sheltered existence of eating, drinking, and sleeping political discourse. Apparently he as nothing better to do. How insane is that!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beryl Octet @ Jan 20 2007, 09:19 AM) [snapback]378276[/snapback]</div> Usually I'm not the most cynical around here, but when a large company changes a position like that, it usually means they have something to gain from it. Perhaps GE is looking for some government 'research' money, or has a product that could be sold if only the government would make it mandatory. One chemical multi-national is said to have supported the ban on certain types of freon ... because it had a patent on the alternative. Imagine that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Jan 20 2007, 09:23 AM) [snapback]378278[/snapback]</div> Like I said in the title, draw your own conclusions and you did. Today's agenda: Got up extra early to fit in a full schedule... House cleaned top to bottom did light gardening worked at my business only four hours (usually, this time of year I work every waking moment 7 days a week) took a hike (excuse, walk the dog, get exercise since I'm not a gym bunny) did my daily reading of left, right and international publications helped neighbor jump start her truck checked back on PC, writing this at 11:30am still to do: Shop and cook for the 15 friends coming for intellectually stimulating dinner host game night at my house till late into the evening bring cookies I baked late last night to local school for bake sale (school money gone to bombs) Put it another way...home, mind and body maintenance. Donate time to neighbor, PC and school. host dinner, intellectual discussion and party for 15 guests, and clean up afterward. You may envy my lifestyle, but if this is a life of leisure, please shoot me! Put it another way, no bars, no tv, no whining about how others choose their daily schedule!
FROM THE RIGHT... http://www.tnr.com/user/nregi.mhtml?i=2007...p;s=chait012907 FLAT-EARTH ECONOMICS. Equality Bites by Jonathan Chait If there is one trend in American life that most irks economic conservatives, it is probably rising inequality. It's not the inequality itself that bothers them, as most will happily admit. It is the perception of inequality and, worse, the constant discussion of inequality that is so irritating. It offends their view of capitalism, helps justify all sorts of nefarious government interventions, and makes the conservative economic agenda (most of which tends to increase inequality) http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/22171.html by Jayme Evans Hillary Pilloried Hillary Clinton will say or do anything to get elected. All that she seeks; indeed, all that she lives for is absolute power. She has demonized, henpecked, browbeaten, slurred, exaggerated, lied, and bullied her way to where she is today with no indication she is about to stop now. http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10897 What's So Bad About a Warm Winter? By Patrick J. Michaels That, coupled with the people's general satisfaction with the warm winter and their prosperity as the planet warms, should provoke the real debate concerning global warming. If, in fact, we can develop technology to choose the planet's mean temperature, where should we set it? I don't know the answer, but that's the question society will ultimately wrestle with as it enjoys warmer winters, and finally acknowledges the futility of attempting to stop warming with impotent legislative acts. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTI1O...TU1ZGM5MTMyOTY= Windsurfing to Guantánamo Who knew that protesting American oppression could be such fun? Nevertheless — and despite relentless allegations to the contrary — the evidence indicates they are treated humanely, even leniently. "Not a single case of torture or inhumane treatment has ever been substantiated,†Rear Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., the commander at Guantánamo, told me and other visiting journalists recently. “We are the most transparent detention facility in the world." FROM THE INTERNATIONAL... http://www.watchingamerica.com/alwatanqa000003.shtml Bush's New Iraq Strategy is All About Striking Iran ... By Hashem Al-Karar Bush's new Iraq strategy is not intended for Iraq. It is really a new strategy for Iran, after the failure of Washington's dual containment policy which was designed specifically to prevent that country from obtaining The Bomb. MILITARY STRIKES ARE INEVITABLE The story goes that America will not attack Iran because if it did, the more than 130,000 American troops stationed in Iraq would become hostages overnight. But this story is nothing but good fiction. Don't fool yourselves, folks. The strikes are coming. What was billed as Bush's new Iraq strategy will become Bush's Gulf War IV strategy. FROM THE LEFT... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/01/21/b...-t_n_39168.html Brownback: Goal To “Try To Get The Supreme Court To Be One...That Would Be Willing To Overturn Roe V. Wadeâ€... Kansas Senator Sam Brownback appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos to discuss his candidacy for president. On the subject of the judiciary, Brownback said, "I think really the track one right now is to try to get the Supreme Court to be one that's limited in its perspective, that it remains a strict constructionist Constitution group that's on the Supreme Court, that would be willing to overturn Roe v. Wade." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7012001446.html Embattled, Bush Held To Plan to Salvage Iraq In Face of Advice, He Pushed Buildup Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had a surprise for President Bush when they sat down with their aides in the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman, Jordan. Firing up a PowerPoint presentation, Maliki and his national security adviser proposed that U.S. troops withdraw to the outskirts of Baghdad and let Iraqis take over security in the strife-torn capital. Maliki said he did not want any more U.S. troops at all, just more authority. The president listened intently to the unexpected proposal at their Nov. 30 meeting, according to accounts from several administration officials. Bush seemed impressed that Maliki had taken the initiative, but it did not take him long to reject the idea. MJ Here...Why above has a byline dated January 21, 2007 I'm not sure. Seems like old news http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/...id_b_38703.html Not Only the Worst President, but the Worst Possible President By Jane Smiley Bush is the worst possible president because he is simultaneously unusually ignorant for a president and unusually shallow, as well as desperate for a success he can call his own.
