Archive for "Oct 2005"

FYI

Scooter Libby wasn’t the only shifty politician indicted this week.

CNN headline on Miers: “What Doomed Her Nomination?”

Gee, I’m no expert, but I’m going to go ahead and humbly posit that it’s because she was a dubiously-qualified administration crony with undocumented legal opinions, less-than-stellar credentials and a sub-top law degree nominated by a president with a history of appointing dubiously-qualified cronies whose best-considered quality was loyalty to the administration. But that’s just [...]

Dagnabbit

Seems the messages to notify me that comments are awaiting moderation have been getting sucked up by Gmail’s spam vacuum. And here I was thinking I’m a tree falling lonesome in the forest. My apologies to recent commenters. (Well, except the Spamming type.)

I Concur

“[Intelligent Design] should of course be taught – in religion, philosophy, and history of science classes. In science classrooms, children should still be taught that the only way to know whether things are true is to check whether they’re true.” –Kate Orman

Reaching for my tinfoil hat

CNN Says: President Bush said Tuesday that the possibility of an avian flu pandemic is among the reasons he wants Congress to give him the power to use the nation’s military in law enforcement roles in the United States. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 bans the U. S. Armed Forces from acting as law [...]

Their incompetence is no secret

Then why does the Bush administration keep using the State Secrets Privilege to try and cover their foibles?