Wanna control pork spending? France, of all places, has the solution. Although thanks to the slippery nature of interpreting cross-cultural idiom, they seem to have the premise a might confused… **** (h/t )
January 25, 2006
January 25, 2006
The Specter of coming Congressional grandstanding? (UPDATED – 1/26/06)
Here’s a facsimile [pdf] of the letter delivered by Arlen Specter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales concerning the upcoming Congressional “wiretapping”/”domestic spying” show trial hearings. The complete text follows:
January 25, 2006
“A Barometer of Republican Confidence”
For those of you interested in the ongoing competition for House leader, Rich Lowry notes this interesing observation from FOXNews’ Major Garrett (who, incidentally, was one of the few FOX Reporters whose work on covering Katrina was rigorous and, in the traditional sense, “journalistic”): It didn’t start this way, but the race to replace DeLay has become a barometer of Republican confidence in an election year. Those who believe the
January 25, 2006
a very brief conversation with my alarm clock
me: “Dude. It’s 2:25 in the afternoon! The hell…?” alarm clock: “Sorry. But I’ve decided I’m no longer comfortable being your bitch.”
January 25, 2006
The Prude’s Haiku
As spring arrives, the need to touch myself grows. But instead, I have tea!
January 25, 2006
The NSA spy scandal, cont.: AG Gonzales’ prepared remarks to the Georgetown Law Center (Jan 24)
Rather than launch into another long post detailing my position on the NSA “domestic spying” scandal—a position that at this point must certainly be clear to all but the most doggedly committed contrarians (or else those who have concluded that I am unnaturally dedicated to arguing my position bad faith)—I’ve decided simply to post the bulk of the remarks made by AG Gonzales yesterday as he addressed Georgetown University’s Law