Here is Mike Krempasky’s statement to the FEC, and here is Kos’s.
Go thank them both.
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Here is Mike Krempasky’s statement to the FEC, and here is Kos’s.
Go thank them both.
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John Hawkins snagged another interview with Mark Steyn.
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If you ever wondered why credibility is in short supply in Washington, read this:
Republican congressman from North Carolina told CNN on Wednesday that the “evidence is clear” that Iraq was involved in the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.
“Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9/11,” Rep. Robin Hayes said.
Told no investigation had ever found evidence to link Saddam and 9/11, Hayes responded, “I’m sorry, but you must have looked in the wrong places.”
Hayes, the vice chairman of the House subcommittee on terrorism, said legislators have access to evidence others do not.
President Bush said in September 2003 that “We’ve had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11 [attacks].”
Nevertheless, Hayes insisted that the connection between al Qaeda and Saddam and “folks who work for him” has been seen “time and time again.”
“Nobody disputes 9/11,” Hayes said. “They would do it again if not prevented.”
Everyone repeat after me:
‘There is no link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11.’
Saddam did a lot of really awful things, and the world is better off without him. He may very well have been thrilled that 9/11 happened. But there is no connection.
Stop it, Rep. Hayes. Just stop the insanity. Why is it always someone from North Carolina or the south?
*** Update ***
I really don’t know what is more maddening- the attempts to claim Saddam had something to do with 9/11, or the attempts to claim Saddam had nothing to do with terrorism in general. Tom Maguire addresses the latter.
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Sure, we all say we want honest politicians. But this might be a touch too honest:
Assemblyman Willis Stephens learned the hard way this week that there’s a big difference between hitting the “reply” and “forward” buttons when you subscribe to an e-mail discussion list.
Stephens inadvertently sent an e-mail Monday morning to nearly 300 subscribers of a discussion group, or “listserv,” that focuses on the community of Brewster, in Putnam County. Stephens, a Republican, represents an area that includes a handful of towns in Putnam and Westchester counties and the Town of Pawling in Dutchess County.
In his message, he said he subscribes to the list to monitor what is going on in Brewster but doesn’t post messages.
“Just watching the idiots pontificate,” Stephens wrote.
He had thought the message was going to Beth Coursen, an aide in his Assembly district office, Coursen said. But instead of forwarding an earlier e-mail from the discussion group to Coursen
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Edloe, the alpha fat cat of the blogosphere, has passed.
This is the saddest thing I have seen in a long, long time:
Go send Laurence your condolences. I don’t know what I would do if anything happened to Tunch.
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Via Kos, this link to Newseum, which shows you the front page of newspapers all over the world. Damned cool.
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Decent economic news, it appears:
The economy logged a solid 3.8 percent growth rate in the first quarter of 2005, a performance that was better than previously thought and a fresh sign the expansion is on firm footing.
The new reading on gross domestic product, released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday, marked an improvement from the 3.5 percent annual rate estimated for the quarter just a month ago and matched the showing registered in the final quarter of 2004.
GDP, the broadest gauge of the economy’s health, measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States. Stronger spending on housing projects, more investment by business in equipment and software, and a trade deficit that was less of a drag on economic growth all played a role in the higher first quarter GDP estimate…
Although economic activity is solid, job creation is choppy. Employers boosted payrolls by just 78,000 after a hiring spurt of 274,000 in April. May’s job gain was the weakest in almost two years. Economists offered various reasons for May’s slower job growth, including the toll of high energy prices.
It is just so clear, to me, at least, that our future economic viability is dependent on an energy solution.