Thursday, June 27, 2002

LET'S HEAR IT FOR RANDOM TESTING WorldCom's accounting secrets unfolded in a routine spot-check by an internal auditor at the request of its new CEO. [Wall Street Journal] 9:42:59 AM     Comments[]

Latin Proverb. "It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it." [Motivational Quotes of the Day] 9:32:22 AM     Comments[]

LOST BY WHOM? Answer: Liberal judges who believe they sit at the center of the universe In 1984, several liberal members of the Supreme Court, including Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens and William Brennan, said references like ``In God We Trust,'' which appears on United States currency and coins, were protected from the Establishment Clause because their religious significance had been lost through rote repetition. The dissenting judge in today's ruling, Ferdinand F. Fernandez, 63, who was appointed to the bench in 1989 by President Bush's father, expressed concerns that ruling could also be applied to other expressions of patriotism. ``We will soon find ourselves prohibited from using our album of patriotic songs in many public settings,'' he wrote. ```God Bless America' and `America the Beautiful' will be gone for sure, and while the first and second stanzas of `The Star-Spangled Banner' will still be permissible, we will be precluded from straying into the third.''  [New York Times] 9:30:05 AM     Comments[]

THIS SUITS MY MOOD THIS MORNING HOW TO AIR BIN LADEN TAPES: Reader Craig Demel has some advice: Since the last couple tapes have been devoid of any references to post-December events, bin Laden is probably dead, and what we're seeing is greatest-hits footage, in a transparent attempt to convince us he's not. So my idea for news organizations trying to decide how or whether to air new tapes which surface is, air them, then say, "Oh, we've also got a _new_ videotape from the Three Stooges", then show Larry, Moe, and Curly slapping each other and yelping and growling. Ah, a wise guy, eh? Why I oughta. . . [InstaPundit] 9:11:50 AM     Comments[]

AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGINS OF THE USA and the history at the time our founders debated this country's "belief system," is essential to interpretting its key founding documents. The notion that "all of this" can't evaporate in the blink of an eye is the height of arrogance. What this country was founded to be and what many, if not most, of us were born into is citizenship in a country with very specific beliefs. Each one is left to decide whether they want to be a citizen of that country. I guess people who don't believe in the Great Turtle in the Sky are going to be outcast and forgotten. [Scobleizer Radio Weblog] 9:03:04 AM     Comments[]

ASSUMING HE WASN'T BOMBED INTO THE HEREAFTER at Tora Bora, it certainly would boost morale and reinvigorate the USA's drive to find Osama and some of his closest friends in a mountain hideout right about now. Kunar Mountains May Be al-Qaida Base. About 100 U.S. soldiers, accompanied by 50 Afghan fighters, are scouring the rugged mountains in an area where a former Taliban official says Osama bin Laden maintained several hide-outs. [AP World News] 8:44:48 AM     Comments[]

A POST FROM YESTERDAY'S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DISCUSSION BOARD Berkshire Hathaway. "When the Bubble has burst, there will -- really -- be some people IN JAIL..." [The Motley Fool] 12:20:33 AM     Comments[]

SO MANY YEARS OF DISTORTING THE FOUNDERS' VIEWS Leads to flawed conclusions stacked upon one another Of Course. The Volokh Conspiracy is all over the 9th Circuit decision on the Pledge of Allegiance. Read eveything posted today. It's... [Dailypundit] 12:14:51 AM     Comments[]

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