Archive for January, 2004
Impression
This is the most reasonable account I’ve seen of why Saddam might wished to convey the impression that he had WMDs when he did not really have them. I have always felt that all politics is local, and so I like the fact that Threatening Storm author, Kenneth Pollack is able to explain Saddam’s actions […]
Consistency
Sometimes I wish that conservatives would make an effort to be logically consistent. I suppose some do, but most seem to have no problem switching the basis for their arguments depending upon what outcome they desire. Here are some examples that have bugged me lately:
(1) $$$ as speech
When there is an effort to limit the […]
Better
I’ve been following stories about outsourcing to India, and while this one from Wired magazine is one of the least insightful I’ve read, it did have one interesting tidbit, suggesting that outsourcing IT jobs wasn’t about a race to the bottom:
Ritesh Maniar reminds me that Hexaware has scored a Level 5 rating from Carnegie Mellon’s […]
Blocs
“The trick…is to find some segment of the electorate whose philosophy jibes with your own, and then define it as the swing vote.”
Whether it is Reagan Democrats, Soccer Moms, NASCAR dads, or now, Single Women, these so-called voting blocs invariably turn out to be much more diverse depending on where they live!
But while so-called […]
Halliburton
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Machismo
Is the real problem with Dean’s scream that it was unmanly? The Village Voice thinks so:
Real men have beef, and when they raise their voices, they holler or bellow. Only women—and Howard Dean—scream.
Could it be that Kerry’s motorcycle stunt and leather jacket did the trick?
People don’t vote on the basis of gender expectations alone, but […]
Bragging
Remember when Bush bragged about his human rights record?
No President has ever done more for human rights than I have.
Billmon had a good rebuttal at the time. Now Kenneth Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, has provided a thoughtful essay on the topic, which is well worth reading. Jeanne at Body and Soul, gets […]
Igry
Do your friend’s get uncomfortable and embarrassed when you use the word “blog” in a sentence? I have noticed that mine do, and so I sometimes try to avoid using the word “blog.” For instance, instead of saying the following sentence:
Reading the blogs this morning, I read about a new word, “igry,” which is quite […]
Partner
So Dean fired his campaign manager Joe Trippi, which I can understand. But why on earth is he still using Joe Trippi’s media company to produce his campaign’s advertisements? Everyone says they suck. There must be something wrong with them, since they cost millions more than Kerry’s ads, but don’t work.
Figures from a rival campaign, […]
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