Common Sense for Uncommon Times - Fair and Balanced |
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Random, occasionally rambling thoughts with links to interesting, scandalous, or partisan news of the day. Fair and Balanced 
We owe the liberty and freedom we take for granted to the enlisted men and women in the armed forces. They sacrifice family, ease, and even life laboring in service to all of us. The least we can do for them is honor their devotion with dignified pay scales, decent education for themselves and their children, and reasonable compensation for service away from their families and death on the battlefield. Flag waving politicians who praise the troops on one hand and cut their pay and benefits with the other should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Cato and the Sierra Club Sure they're unlikely bedfellows but Carl Pope from the Sierra Club and Ed Crane from the Cato Instutute have joined forces to sink the lousy House and Senate Energy Bills. It's too late, they argue, to craft anything sensible, so kill the bills, kill the subsidies and the distortions they create in the market place. posted by Dave on 9:27 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Sunday, July 28, 2002
Chickenhawks At least I'm not the only one who notices how many of today's hawks were Vietnam dodgers of one sort or another. posted by Dave on 11:38 PM | 0 comments link -------------------- Thursday, July 25, 2002
Bush Beats Hoover It's hard to imagine a more pathetic comparison than George Bush and Herbert Hoover, but for those few deluded partisans who think Bush has a handle on things, here's the real story. posted by Dave on 9:34 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Saturday, July 13, 2002
Suit on Cheney Energy Files to Proceed (washingtonpost.com) Along with a thousand others I never thought I would praise Larry Klayman. Way to Go, Larry! posted by Dave on 12:24 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Thursday, July 11, 2002
Clinton's Penis made them do it!Bill Thomas probably didn't wake up thanking Clinton's pecker, but that's how he ended the day last month trying to absolve Bush of blame in the corporate responsibility scandal. posted by Dave on 7:56 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Bush Calls for End to Loans of a Type He Once Received Nice work if you can get it. posted by Dave on 10:39 PM | 0 comments link
Charting Harken posted by Dave on 10:26 PM | 0 comments link -------------------- Tuesday, July 09, 2002
Editorial: Bush on corruption / Will he get tough, or punt? When the nice people of Minnesota start getting upset with you, it's time to go. posted by Dave on 8:49 AM | 0 comments link
Salon.com News | Look out, George!. Yippee and Shazam! Joe "Hunting the President" Conason is starting a daily web journal. The one day a week it will be Premium content is going to be the bonus that makes it worth signing up for the big bucks Salon version. posted by Dave on 1:06 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Monday, July 08, 2002
Even SpiderMan's leaning on King George. Drip... posted by Dave on 7:33 PM | 0 comments link -------------------- Sunday, July 07, 2002
"Clearing the Air" by Eric Schaeffer Environmental pollution drip... posted by Dave on 8:37 PM | 0 comments link
Matthew Miller drips on Bush in a call for journalists to do what they have long neglected. Apply a reasoned and proportionate microscope to George Bush's financial background. posted by Dave on 8:24 PM | 0 comments link
Move over, MoveOn. There was a mini-furor a few weeks back when some bloggers took MoveOn.org to task for arranging a letter writing campaign against an invasion of Iraq. Most thought it unseemly for the public to write letters to the editor they hadn't composed themselves. How embarassing, then, for three Georgia lawmakers who have sent nearly identical letters to the EPA on behalf of a major campaign contributor. You'd think that for 5 or 10 grand you could at least put some original thinking into your boot licking exercise posted by Dave on 11:07 AM | 0 comments link
Lexington Herald-Leader | 07/04/2002 | Politicians dissent from religious speech My nomination for American Taliban Leader... posted by Dave on 1:41 AM | 0 comments link
Republican Regulator. Drip... posted by Dave on 1:10 AM | 0 comments link
Harper's Magazine: NOTES ON A NATIVE SON. Joe Conason's seminal dissection of the making of George Bush's fortune. Written almost 30 months ago it still merits high ranking in my DRIP list. posted by Dave on 12:51 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Saturday, July 06, 2002
Succeeding in Business. Drip drip drip... posted by Dave on 11:51 PM | 0 comments link
All the President's Enrons. Drip... posted by Dave on 11:12 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Friday, July 05, 2002
Polling, polling and more Bush polling. If you wondered how, why, and when Bush polled, you'll find it here. posted by Dave on 1:48 PM | 0 comments link
Where's the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy when you need it?. Joshua Green takes a look at why the scandal-plagued Bush administration has gotten a free ride. posted by Dave on 11:01 AM | 0 comments link
Fouling Our Own Nest. Yet another view of the Bush SuperFund Fiasco... posted by Dave on 2:27 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Thursday, July 04, 2002
Running for Cover. Drip... posted by Dave on 11:38 PM | 0 comments link
Bush Slashing Aid for E.P.A. Cleanup at 33 Toxic Sites--Here's the versio that raised Jack's ire. posted by Dave on 7:33 PM | 0 comments link
Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Delayed, EPA Inspector Reports (washingtonpost.com)--Here's the Washington Post's version. posted by Dave on 7:33 PM | 0 comments link
Slate hugs Bush. I'm not a fan of Katharine (Kill Gore) Seelye, but Slate jumps into bed with W in this wild screed against a fair report about Bush siding with big business and polluters. Jack (Kiss me George) Shafer falls all over himself trying to find an edge to excuse W's opposition to taxing polluters. Shafer, by the way, goes out of his way to explain that the industrial companies being assessed the tax aren't polluters. Damn, I thought it was bad enough to have one entire political party in bed with the devil, but I never thought I'd find Slate doing a menage a trois with them. I guess I just lack imagination. If Shafer was interested in chasing down a lousy story how about Broder's sloppy reporting on Senators becoming President. posted by Dave on 7:30 PM | 0 comments link
Bush SEC Delay Called 'Mix-Up' (washingtonpost.com) Drip... posted by Dave on 7:23 PM | 0 comments link -------------------- Wednesday, July 03, 2002
Just Desserts I normally don't cover crime issues, but this story had a resonance that couldn't be denied. posted by Dave on 12:23 PM | 0 comments link
Memo Cited Bush's Late SEC Filings. The long, slow, painful drip is about to start for W. Stay tuned. posted by Dave on 12:53 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- Tuesday, July 02, 2002
Media Research Center Study The inimitable Geoffrey Nunberg demolishes the myth of media bias. posted by Dave on 3:59 PM | 0 comments link
Gore said it first. In May of 1998 in front of the Economic Club of Detroit Gore mentioned an economic reversal, a national emergency, or a foreign crisis as the only bars to balancing the budget. So, Bush does remember someone saying this. It just wasn't him. posted by Dave on 9:30 AM | 0 comments link
Study Warns of Stagnation in Arab Societies. The only surprise here is the candid self-criticism embodied in Arabs writing about Arabs. This is a report that would have gotten someone else fatwa-ed. posted by Dave on 8:07 AM | 0 comments link -------------------- |