Posted
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:50am
Right-wing
rationalization
Scooter
Libby is being indicted for leaking
information. He had to resign for
this indictment. He says that Bush
approved the leaks. Bush confirmed
that he approved the leaks.
Right-wingers
are stepping forward to defend Bush.
They suggest that since he is president,
he can declassify anything. If they
truly believe this, I must ask if
they subscribe to Richard Nixon's
belief that "When the President
does it, that means that it is not
illegal" (Richard M. Nixon on
The Nation, 1977).
For
the sake of argument, let's say Bush
is within his rights to declassify
information and authorize the leaking
of information. Why didn't he simply
step forward and absolve Libby?
According
to Bush, he was within the law to
authorize these leaks. He asked Cheney
to have the info leaked. Cheney asked
Libby. Why is Libby on trial if he
did nothing wrong? Furthermore, why
didn't Bush step forward and bail
Libby out for following orders?
And
why did Bush say on the record two
years ago that he did not authorize
leaks and did not know of anyone
within his adminstration that would
leak information? Was he lying then
or lying now?
If
Bush is legally able to release classified
information, why leak it selectively
through other parties instead of
simply declassifying the info? Why
the clandestine nature of the information
getting out?
If
this was designed to smear Joe Wilson,
why not say that? And why go to the
trouble of smearing him; why not
simply release the intelligence to
prove him wrong (if in fact he was
wrong or simply "lying"
as some right-wingers have suggested)?
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Posted
Sunday, April 9, 2006 10:30pm
My
Hero
How'd this
dude slip by the screeners?
And check out the woman seated
next to him.
This
made my day.
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Posted
Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:12am
Eww.
Here's
a tender moment form earlier today,
as Bush bid a fond adieu to Canadian
Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
And
from Monday, January 23rd...
Question:
You're a rancher, a lot of us here
in Kansas are ranchers-I just wanted
to get your opinion on Brokeback
Mountain, if you'd seen it yet?
Bush:
I hadn't seen it.
Really?
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Posted
Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:27am
Happy
Birthday
Today
marks the 30th anniversary of Apple
Computer. I bought my first Mac over
ten years ago: the Power Macintosh
7500 with a 100 mHz processor, running
OS 7.5.
I followed
that up with a blue & white G3
that tripled the processing speed (300!).
Then my first laptop, the PowerBook
G3 with a 550 mHz processor. It served
me well until last fall, when the hard
drive finally sputtered out. I swapped
it out for a new HD and got it purring
again. It was my main computer until
my MacBook Pro arrived two weeks ago.
And how
about the iPod? I'm on my third one.
Got the first gen 10 gig model, then
the four button third gen and finally
the 60 gig video iPod last fall.
Apple's
products just fucking rock.
A recent e-mail from
a copywriter I used to work with:
Ron,
I was walking to work last week wearing
jeans and a suit coat (I had a
client meeting) and about half
way there I had a epiphany... Wearing
a suit coat and jeans is the "Clothing
Mullet": Business on top,
party down below. I don't think
I can ever wear that again. From
now on if I need a suit coat I
wear a fucking suit. I just thought
this seemed like the kind of information
one should share with Ron Lim.
- Pat
Why I hate telemarketers...
PHONE RINGS.
ME: Hello.
CALLER: Hello, may I speak to Jerry
please?
ME: Uh, no. He hasn't had this number
for years. Sorry.
CALLER: May I know who am I speaking
to?
ME: No you may not.
CALLER: You don't want to give me
your name?
ME: No. What is this regarding?
CALLER: You don't want to give me
your name?
ME: No.
CALLER: Then go to HELL!
CLICK.
This particular asshole
was calling from India. Then, for the
next three hours, his co-workers called
me every hour. I stopped answering.
For the record, I did add my name to
the National Do Not Call list, but
they called looking for Jerry Gerber,
the man who used to have my number.
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