Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Gassed His Own People: The Justice Department announced new rules yesterday that will make it harder for prosecutors to bring criminal charges against companies, bending to intense pressure from business groups that claim the government has overreached in its pursuit of financial malfeasance. In presenting the revised rules, Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty called […]
Moreroger said… Actually, this is known as economizing, and should be done more often. All the war pundits can have the same piece copied and published in their usual places, and then, every six months, they can change it, usually to find somebody to blame for the total failure of what they have been advising. […]
MoreWaxman on warpath over Blackwater payments: Joseph Neff and Jay Price, Staff Writers The Democrat slated to be the U.S. House’s lead watchdog next year demanded answers Thursday about why Blackwater USA was paid so much for security work in Iraq — and why, in fact, the North Carolina company was paid at all. Taxpayers […]
MoreLance Mannion: Ideas in search of a post: Tolstoy on marriage; Hemingway on non-violence David Brooks wrote an incredibly (fill in the blank) _____________ column the other day advocating joint checking accounts as a way to ensure that the human race survives the next Martian attack, or something. I’m not sure. It’s hard to say. […]
MoreDaily Kos: Bush did NOT know there was difference between Sunni & Shiite Muslims until Jan ’03: n case you missed it like me, here’s more proof our president is in over his head, a national security risk. According to Peter Galbraith former U.S. diplomat on a Channel 4 special aired Nov 21, Bush didn’t […]
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