---

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

[Asinine] Halliburton loses one of every three items of U.S. government property in Iraq; tells federal auditors to "go Cheney themselves" [Houston Chronicle] [Fark] 10:35:09 PM  Permalink  comment []

BUSH NEVER MADE UP FIVE MONTHS OF... BUSH NEVER MADE UP FIVE MONTHS OF MISSED GUARD SERVICE [Easter Lemming Liberal News] 5:50:24 PM  Permalink  comment []

The Republican Nightmare Clinton Monday night was the Republican Nightmare, and the reason they're bowing down and giving thanks for the 22nd Amendment. 4:00:24 PM  Permalink  comment []

Bush's lies about Castro Quote: “The dictator welcomes sex tourism. Here’s how he bragged about the industry,” said Bush. “This is his quote — ‘Cuba has the cleanest and most educated prostitutes in the world’ and ‘sex tourism is a vital source of hard currency.’” BoingBoing: It turns out that Bush's speechwriters found the quote in an undergraduate paper for Dartmouth, and they plagiarised it out of context. [iBLOGthere4iM] 10:18:32 AM  Permalink  comment []

White House to project record deficit this year "The White House will project soon that this year's federal deficit will exceed $420 billion, congressional aides said Tuesday, a record figure certain to ignite partisan warfare over President Bush's handling of the economy. The annual summertime analysis is expected out this Friday, said several congressional aides speaking on condition of anonymity. That would be well after the frequently ignored legal deadline of July 15." (07/27/04) [Rational Review News Digest] 8:32:41 AM  Permalink  comment []

Illinois Senate Nominee Speaks of Encompassing Unity For some black delegates and elected officials, Barack Obama's optimistic theme of one America - for Arab-Americans and Latinos, red states and blue states - was entirely appropriate. [The New York Times > Campaigns] Good piece about Obama. I watched the speech a second time last night, and was as impressed then as I was the first time, maybe even more. This morning, The Wall Street Journal has on the editorial page a piece about why blacks vote Democratic at a rate greater than 9 to 1. They find the reason is: advertising! 8:18:02 AM  Permalink  comment []

New High-Carb Beer For Anti-Atkins Diet [Brian's Belly] 8:10:12 AM  Permalink  comment []

© Copyright 2004 Steve Michel.