Valerie Plame was definitely wronged, however this statement is inaccurate:
“My name and identity were carelessly and recklessly abused by senior officials in the White House and State Department… I could no longer perform the work for which I had been highly trained.”
First, she can thank Richard Armitage and Bob Novak, but […]
Archive for March, 2007
On the Lighter Side – American Newspapers
Posted by 14 Mar 2007, 6:20 pm Uncategorizedin . 2 Comments 1. WALL STREET JOURNAL is read by the people who run the country.
2. WASHINGTON POST is read by people who think they run the country.
3. NEW YORK TIMES is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crosswords.
4. USA TODAY is read by people who think […]
The myth is not that the Earth is warming, but that carbon dioxide (CO2) is causing the Earth to warm. In fact, according to the documentary, “The Great Global Warming Swindle,” (h/t Matt of Occidentalism), a closer look at data from ice records do in fact show a correlation between temperate and CO2; with […]
Bias and Lies: Ann Coulter, Bill Maher, and Scooter Libby
Posted by 8 Mar 2007, 3:09 pm Uncategorizedin . 7 CommentsWhile I’m also no fan of John Edwards, I find the ad hominem and unnecessarily condescending tone Ann Coulter uses to be repulsive – she doesn’t stand for conservatives I know and associate with. The confrontation and attitude from Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh means I don’t follow their shows either. On the other […]
“Americans are going to wake up one day and realize that the place in the world we have come to take for granted isn’t ours by some God-given right. We have to defend it.” – Joel F. Brenner, head of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX), speaking about the CI threat to […]
If you’ve every wanted to quantify or examine your political preferences and personality, there are a few online tests that do this in a general way.
Kevin Kim recently blogged about the Political Compass test, which scores for left/right and authoritarian/libertarian. Somewhat surprisingly, I scored very centrist (economic left/right: 1.38, social libertarian/authoritarian: 0.46):
For personality, there […]