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Tuesday, Jan 13, 2004
new zoo revue
"In other words, Scarlett knows a thing or two about the ins and outs of the Bush administration's environmental policy. And as former director of the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank, she has strong opinions about the ideology behind that policy. Scarlett staunchly defends Bush's environmental policy as a shift toward more sophisticated environmental governance -- an approach she calls the "new environmentalism." Although aspects of this approach are ambitious and intriguing, it is based on some assumptions and strategies that environmentalists doubt, fear, and ridicule. In an effort to bridge the hostile divide between the powers that be and the environmental community, Grist tracked down Scarlett during a recent visit to her hometown of Santa Barbara, Calif., to discuss the philosophy of rollbacks, the invisible hand's "green thumb," her view on public comments, and life with her solar-activist husband."
college admissions
heres a link to the War College report which outlines the administrations failures with regard to iraq and the war on terror, in general. damn that "liberal" military. theyd better shut up or someone might cut their veterans benefits again.
kurtz so bad
"The Post's political editor, Maralee Schwartz, tells Auletta that Rove and former White House aides Karen Hughes and Ari Fleischer all suggested Milbank was in the wrong job. Initially, she says in the piece, "there was a lot of attitude in his copy" but this "got detoxed in the editing process and Dana has come to understand his role better." Executive Editor Leonard Downie is quoted as praising Milbank's reporting."
batter up
"There is no doubt about Howard Dean's abilities and qualities for being president," Mr. Soros said after giving a speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace sharply critical of the administration's foreign policy. "Other candidates are also qualified. I'm also a great advocate of Clark and Kerry."
All three, he said, had views very similar to his own. "I'm not picking one particular candidate," he added, "but I am keen on Dean."
crown thy good
"He protested that he was a journalist but they stuck a shoe in his mouth anyway. They also hurt his leg. One of the soldiers told him: 'If you don't shut up we'll fuck you.'"
giving liberals a bad name
all of tom m's favorite liberal hawks are virtually meeting at slate to explain away their war support. who will be the first to say that they wanted the war because they knew it would eventually lead to bushs ouster?
Monday, Jan 12, 2004
anger fucking moanagement
i cannot begin to describe how ridiculously fucking annoying some people can be. another day wasted on a moron. civilization has done itself a huge disservice by creating laws to protect people such as this from my wrath.
haze the newbie
"I’m as flummoxed as anyone else, but I do have a suggestion. Perhaps, for the architects of Bush military and intelligence policy, it’s all just another political campaign, full of the usual leaks and dirty tricks and backstabbing– except that these people, from the borderline-Strangelove Cheney to the evil-boy-genius Rove, don’t actually realize the consequences of conducting military/intelligence policy like a political campaign."
dynastics
"WASHINGTON — Dynasties in American politics are dangerous. We saw it with the Kennedys, we may well see it with the Clintons and we're certainly seeing it with the Bushes. Between now and the November election, it's crucial that Americans come to understand how four generations of the current president's family have embroiled the United States in the Middle East through CIA connections, arms shipments, rogue banks, inherited war policies and personal financial links."
eye swear
df psa -- continually stepping on your glasses is not a good long term strategy for eyewear maintenance.