Critiques of Editorialsa weblog devoted to short-but-sweet criticisms of political editorials.(Untitled)- August 29, 2003 Dubya's FaithI am listening in the car to "Maestro" by Woodward, which is about Alan Greenspan. At one part, it talks about Alan's experience at his first private council with Nixon. Greenspan was shocked at Nixon's swearing, given Nixon's pious image. My guess is that Dubya swears as much as Nixon does. To me, Dubya's faith is just a cover to hide how really rotten his actions are. Dubya's Christian faith doesn't appear to contrain his actions in any way. ...http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/29.html#a221 (Untitled)- August 29, 2003 General Myers tells whoppers on Meet The Press From Sunday's Meet The Press: GEN. MYERS: Clearly, Iraq before March 19, before we went across the border, was a terrorist state, supported terrorism, and had a weapons of mass destruction program. And what...MR. RUSSERT: What&146;s the evidence of that, GeneralGEN. MYERS: Well, the evidence was before we went over, the many U.N. Security Council resolutions that stated that they had a program and that they had weapons of mass destruction they had.http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/29.html#a220 (Untitled)- August 28, 2003 What conservative pundits are talking about Townhall.com is a website where many conservative pundits have their columns posted. I like to check it out to see what conservative pundits are talking about. Maggie Gallagher has this piece on "Three overriding issues will dominate 2004 campaign". They are: 1. Terrorism 2. The energy crisis 3. Gay marriage This may be what conservatives dream the 2004 campaign will be decided by, but I find this list to be ridiciulous. ..http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/28.html#a219 (Untitled)- August 27, 2003 The RNC's list of Dubya's accomplishments A friend at work gave me a fund raising letter from the Republican party. In it, the following were listed as accomplishments by Dubya: Passed the largest tax cut ever Signed the No Child Left Behind bill Courageously lead the war on terror I agree 1 was a big accomplishment. 2 could have been a big accomplishment, except Dubya is underfunding the program. 3 started well when we kicked Al Quada out of Afghanistan. Since then, it.http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/27.html#a218 (Untitled)- August 25, 2003 Oh, those silly conspiracy theorists I had a great vacation out in California. There, gas prices jumped up 30 cents a gallon to the 2+ dollar level on news that a gas pipeline in Arizona broke. I am sure that there are some people who believe that the oil companies are just gouging California consumers. They are the same silly people who think that the California electricity crisis was caused by power companies wanting to gouge California consumers. Or that the EPA lied..http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/25.html#a217 (Untitled)- August 15, 2003 Off on vacation! I will post again on the 25th.http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/15.html#a216 (Untitled)- August 15, 2003 Supporting our troops - not! The Pentagon wants to cut the pay of its 148,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, who are already contending with guerrilla-style attacks, homesickness and 120- degree-plus heat. Unless Congress and President Bush take quick action when Congress returns after Labor Day, the uniformed Americans in Iraq and the 9,000 in Afghanistan will lose a pay increase approved last April of $75 a month in "imminent danger pay" and $150 a month in "family separation allowances." The...http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/15.html#a215 (Untitled)- August 15, 2003 Dubya does like lawsuits! Attorneys general in two New England states suggested Monday that the White House is behind a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a federal report on global warming. Maine Attorney General G. Steven Rowe and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, both Democrats, also asked U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft for an investigation. Rowe and Blumenthal said they want to know whether White House officials working at the Council on Environmental Quality solicited..http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/15.html#a214 (Untitled)- August 15, 2003 The California deficitWhat's greater, this year's projected California deficit or California's share, according to its share of national population, of the projected Federal deficit this year Answer: Latest Projected Federal Budget Deficit: 401 Billion California's Budget Deficit: 38.2 Billion US Population (2001 estimate, US Census): 284,796,887 California Population (2001 Estimate): 34,501,130 Happy Fun Calculation Time: 34,501,130284,796,887 = 12.1% of US population 401,000,000,000 x...http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/15.html#a213 (Untitled)- August 15, 2003 Dubya knows the cause for the recent job losses THE PRESIDENT: Let me remind the listeners here about what our country has gone through. The stock market started to change in March of 2000. And there was a precipitous decline in March of 2000. And that began to affect savings and money and attitude. And then the country went into a recession. The first three quarters of 2001 was a recession. And we dealt with that by passing tax relief, which made the recession one of the shallowest in...http://blogs.salon.com/0001349/2003/08/14.html#a212 |