ENRON SCANDAL: WILL IT PUSH U.S. TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM? : As Enron Scandal Spreads, US Starts to Question Cash for Influence Culture is the headline at Common Dreams. My answer is, I hope not. I am not sure why donating to every political campaign for the last 10 years and receiving no favors from …
In between snarls and streams
In between snarls and streams of spittle, Justin Raimondo states (shouts?? Oozes?): Oh yes, we must be sure to keep up our relentless Full-Bore-Fact-Check on the Saudis – but never the Israelis. That is one of the cardinal rules of warblogging: never the Israelis. As His Majesty, King Andrew, recently announced: Israel must be supported …
Cease panicking. Ken Layne’s site
Cease panicking. Ken Layne’s site is back.
Although a registered Republican (which
Although a registered Republican (which in the state of West Virginia is like being a vegetarian at a pig roast), I am in large part a….Quickian??
Andy Kashdan’s take on Bush’s
Andy Kashdan’s take on Bush’s 2 trillion 2003 budget: I don’t know if that’s inflation-adjusted, but I know it’s big. Yeah. Those thrifty fiscal conservatives. In the words of the late Sen. Everett Dirksen: “A million here, a million there, pretty soon we’re talking real money.”
Mike Moran, in a long
Mike Moran, in a long piece in MSNBC asks Are We Winning Yet? Among other things, he references the the 3,200 civilian deaths reported by Marc Herold (who actually has the number at over 3,500), and states : The Pentagon is wisely (and somewhat cynically) [Editor’s note: Those damn cynical buildings again.] mum on the …
Mark Steyn on Enron. When
Mark Steyn on Enron. When he is on, he is just on. On Friday on CNN, in the corner of the screen where of late “AMERICA FIGHTS BACK” has been emblazoned, there loomed instead the dread suffix: “ENRONGATE.” The New York Times has lapsed into its lethal passive voice: “Questions were being raised …” The …