Monday, May 17, 2004

The Nation: "Powell acknowledged that he and the Bush administration misled the nation about the WMD threat posed by Iraq before the war." [Scripting News] I don't necessarily subscribe to the Nations viewpoint, but some of the items mentioned here are interesting, especially if ever corrolated by more centrist media. 6:56:26 PM     "Idol" Voting Slammed (E! Online). E! Online - When it comes to American Idol fans, middle-aged housewives with limited patience are no match for so-called "power dialers" and cell-phone-equipped text messagers. [Yahoo! News - Technology] That explains to some extend why the best singers in the current crop are being voted off. Seems that Diana DeGarmo or Yasmine have more appeal with the phreaking crowd 6:51:08 PM     Gas Prices a'la Enron? A commentator on the radio the other day likened the gas price increases to Enron's gaming of the energy markets. It made me wonder how we can know for certain that gas prices are not being driven by the profit motive of a bunch of traders. 3:32:25 PM

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