Archive for July, 2006
Friday, July 28th, 2006
No matter how dysfunctional the United States government's fiscal policy may be, and no matter how long it's been since minimum wage workers have received a raise, we can at least celebrate the fact that "big oil" is generating record profits. Here's a list of some companies that have reaped ...
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
I'm a little late on this one, but I think it's important to point out. The Harris Poll that was released on July 21 has revealed some startling conclusions regarding the degree to which Americans are improperly informed of the goings on in Iraq. The first two sentences from the ...
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
Senator McCain is using some very strong language in his latest attack of Congressional Democrats:
The Prime Minister of Iraq and others have condemned Hezbollah and say they do not support them. So, if you want to have our effort in Iraq impaired by this situation, go ahead, but I think ...
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
I have spent a little time over the past couple of days thinking about what President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the current crisis in the Middle East. Specifically, President Bush said,
The irony is, what they really need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah ...
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
To my knowledge, The Boston Globe was the first visible mainstream media outlet to report on President Bush's use of signing statements to shield the executive from Congressional legislation. Basically, the president would sign a bill that would become law, but he would explain that the executive office was not ...
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Today is my twenty-fifth birthday. I kicked off the festivities yesterday with our softball team getting crushed by my co-workers. The league is set up such that any Caltech affiliated personnel can participate. The mechanical engineers (of which I am one) have their own team, but my girlfriend's lab in ...
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