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February 18, 2005
Random Morsels
his week's Penguin Dope Slap goes to President George W. Bush. Take that, George:
If this story in the L.A. Times is to be believed (and let's face it, the Times has had some problems with credibility lately), Bush is blocking Gulf War POWs from collecting Iraqi compensation for torture by Saddam.
Read the whole thing. (You may have to do the free registration.)The latest chapter in the legal history of torture is being written by American pilots who were beaten and abused by Iraqis during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. And it has taken a strange twist.
The Bush administration is fighting the former prisoners of war in court, trying to prevent them from collecting nearly $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them as compensation for their torture at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime.
The rationale: Today's Iraqis are good guys, and they need the money.
Update: Halfmoonray has changed my mind about the above...the L.A. Times failed to provide the full context. (See comments.) But George still gets the dope slap for the following:
Update: George Will reminds us that President Bush and Congressional Republicans are spending money at such a rate that they make drunken sailors look thrifty. (And I mean even when you take out military spending...The Republicans are out-spending the Socialists on social programs.)
Update: Read David Brooks for more on budget decadence.
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Ahhh, life in Japan:
- When wrestling in South Korea, be sure you know whom you're wrestling.
- Shake, rattle and roll!
- Give the headline write a vacation!
Some blogs to check out:
- American Dinosaur: A wildly conservative blogger with a skeleton full of funny bones! Don't judge this ol' guy too quickly. He's a gas!.
- I don't read Spanish but In the Flesh pics are good.
- Post-Modern News is a new blog with that higher-falutin' language that I am so fond of.
- Avery Ant & his one-minute rants! Liberal and funny! Via TalkLeft.
- Then there is The Law of the Blogger (via Post-Modern News) from American Digest.
- Then there's a blog, No Pasaran, that seems to be anti French. "Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions… " Check out the pics.
- Humor Hangout has a funny essay on The CEO: A hero for our times.
Juicy Quote: "If we examine the vast array of skills that the modern CEO has to possess, we will develop a respect for him that we had no idea we could ever possess. Not that we don’t respect him now. Or her. I will use him here because the only CEO I have ever worked under is a man. I am sure that women are very good at being CEOs and that my CEO could be a woman if he weren’t a man. Versatility is one of the most important attributes of today’s CEO. And probably was of CEOs in the past."
- And Will Collier in a classic piece of writing gives it to the Main Scream Media at Vodkapundit. Be sure to imbibe daily.
Juicy Quote: "Dishonesty, by commission and omission, was at the heart of both the Dan Rather and Eason Jordan blowups. In the now-infamous 60 Minutes II case, Rather broadcast, defended, and even now continues to defend flat-out dishonest journalism: his evidence was prima facia bogus, his on-air "experts" were nothing of the sort, dissenting experts were ignored as CBS News shopped around for one who would give them the answer they wanted, and instead of admitting to (at the very least) having been had, Rather went on the attack, accusing his critics of impure motives instead of reporting on valid criticisms and investigating the actual facts. And despite all of the above, a large portion of the MSM, including its self-styled watchdog, the Columbia Journalism Review, continues to defend Rather and his discredited report. "
- And check out this new Counterterrorism Blog, for the latest news and commentary. Multiple experts, realtime info.
Oh...My...Gawd! Baby Got Book. (Video)
*** Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
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Posted by witnit at February 18, 2005 12:45 AM
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