Appraisal: Fear in a soaring tower - Americas - International Herald Tribune

Appraisal: Fear in a soaring tower - Americas - International Herald Tribune: "The Freedom Tower embodies, in its way, a world shaped by fear"

The Jailing of Judith Miller - New York Times

The Jailing of Judith Miller - New York Times: "LEGEND has it when Henry David Thoreau went to jail to protest an unjust law, his friend, the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, visited him and asked, 'Henry, what are you doing in here?' The great nature writer replied, 'What are you doing out there?'"

WFTV.com - News - Lawmaker's Wayward E-Mail Refers To Constituents As 'Idiots'

WFTV.com - News - Lawmaker's Wayward E-Mail Refers To Constituents As 'Idiots': "A New York state lawmaker says he's embarrassed, after he mistakenly sent out an e-mail message that referred to his constituents as 'idiots.'
Assemblyman Willis Stephens says he thought he was sending the e-mail to an aide. Instead, he sent the note to nearly 300 people on an online discussion group that focuses on the community of Brewster.
The message included the comment that he was 'just watching the idiots pontificate.'
Within an hour of sending the message Monday morning, Stephens sent another e-mail apologizing for the slip-up.
Stephens, a Republican, represents an area north of New York City. "

Bathroom Scrawlings

Bathroom Scrawlings: "'Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity'
Men's Room, Tan Son Nhut Airbase (Saigon)"

Bathroom Scrawlings

Bathroom Scrawlings: "'No matter how good she looks,
some other guy is sick and tired of putting up with her crap.'
Men's Room, Linda's Bar and Grill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina."

Bathroom Scrawlings

Bathroom Scrawlings: "'If voting could really change things, it would be illegal.'
Women's Room, Revolution Books. New York, New York."

Bathroom Scrawlings

Bathroom Scrawlings: "'It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.'
actually, written in the dust on the back of a bus. Wickenburg, Arizona."

Bathroom Scrawlings

Bathroom Scrawlings: "'There is nothing so pure as the kindness of an atheist.'
Women's Room, Duke Coffeehouse, Durham, NC"

File-Sharing Services Held Liable for Clients' Theft

File-Sharing Services Held Liable for Clients' Theft: "'We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties,' Justice David H. Souter wrote for the court."

The court is clearly trying to disattach the ability to do an infrigement "act" from the intent to do that "act". But what is that "act"? In the use of TIVO it is clearly the intent of the device that one make a copy of a copyrighted work. If that is the "act" of infringement, then there is a crime. But if the intent of TIVO is that you merely accomplish the legal and intended use of the property, but within a different time period, then is there really any infrigement?

Dressed for the Capitol kill�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Dressed for the Capitol kill�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "One reason Miss Rice may have more freedom to express herself is that she's single. She doesn't have to answer to a spouse who gets the jitters over his wife's Inner Bimbo. "

FOXNews.com - Politics - Government Health Plans Won't Cover Viagra

FOXNews.com - Politics - Government Health Plans Won't Cover Viagra: "'We don't force taxpayers to pay for face lifts, weight-loss drugs, hair-growth treatment or vacations, so we should not force them to pay for sexual-performance drugs,' King said. 'Medicare and Medicaid were established to provide lifesaving medication for the truly needy.'"

Mr. President, the left can't fight Social Security 'choice'

Mr. President, the left can't fight Social Security 'choice': "Make clear that we cannot guarantee the current benefits to future retirees with the current tax revenues. So, offer three choices:

(A) Current benefits and higher taxes.

(B) Reduced benefits, deferred retirement and the same taxes.

(C) Private investment of a portion of current tax payments but with lower guaranteed benefits and no tax increase.

The more choices Bush offers, the less anyone can argue. As the program matures, the good track record of the �investors� will likely speak for itself and will channel large numbers of people into option C. Those who opt for B � lower benefits and no tax increase � are voluntarily cutting their retirement income to reduce the current tax bite. They�re adults, and they will understand that the choice is theirs and will accept it."

What a pile. He's too smart to dismiss totally, but in this case he's just enjoying the thrill of smoke up his ass.

The Smoking Gun: Archive

The Smoking Gun: Archive

Click on the title. You just have to read it yourself.

O'Reilly compared Moore, Franken to Goebbels; c ... [Media Matters for America]

O'Reilly compared Moore, Franken to Goebbels; c ... [Media Matters for America]: "O'REILLY: Joseph Goebbels was the Minister of Propaganda for the Nazi regime and whose very famous quote was, 'If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.' All right? 'If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.'
And that's what Stuart Smalley [O'Reilly regularly refers to Franken as Stuart Smalley, a character Franken created on Saturday Night Live], and Michael Moore and all of these guys do. They just run around."

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes: "'Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random,' O'Connor wrote. 'The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms.'"

Penguin Group (USA) | About Us | Sentinel

Penguin Group (USA) | About Us | Sentinel: "Sentinel was established in 2003 as a dedicated conservative imprint within Penguin Group (USA) Inc. It has a mandate to publish a wide variety of right-of-center books on subjects like politics, history, public policy, culture, religion and international relations. The name Sentinel symbolizes a tough-minded defense of America's fundamental values and national interests. "

The repugnicans say the anti-Hillary book isn't a right-wing screed. Oh yeah? Then check the publishers statement above as to its intentions.

Conservatives Promoting Anti-Clinton Book - New York Times

Conservatives Promoting Anti-Clinton Book - New York Times: "'It has all the feel of a ginned-up right-wing effort to smear anybody who is seen by the right as politically threatening,' said David Brock, a former right-wing journalist who has become a critic of conservatives.
A spokesman for Sentinel strenuously denied that the book was politically motivated or that Sentinel was coordinating publicity with conservative and Republican groups, a contention Mrs. Clinton's backers doubt.
'They are treating it like a right-wing hit job,' a spokesman for Sentinel, Will Weisser, said in referring to Mrs. Clinton's supporters. 'It's absolutely not a right-wing hit job.'"

Just another bag full of frightened republicans. Republicans aren't macho in any way; the best you can say is that they're extra-butch.

Katie Couric interviews 'runaway bride' - TV News - MSNBC.com

Katie Couric interviews 'runaway bride' - TV News - MSNBC.com: "I hope that people, will allow me to learn who I truly am. So I hope that as I go through this healing process and start to learn more about myself, accept myself, love myself for who I am, then everybody else will, too. And that I will no longer be the runaway bride. Then maybe a lot of these people could call me 'friend,' or call me by my real name, Jennifer."

F1 boss calls Danica, repeats sexist remark - Motor Sports - MSNBC.com

F1 boss calls Danica, repeats sexist remark - Motor Sports - MSNBC.com: "Last week when asked about Patrick, Ecclestone caused a media stir by saying women 'should be all dressed in white like all of the other domestic appliances.'
But he apparently outdid himself when he called Patrick and repeated the same line."

CNN.com - Senator seeks Democratic support�for Social Security plan - Jun 22, 2005

CNN.com - Senator seeks Democratic support�for Social Security plan - Jun 22, 2005: "Bush and other proponents have said the accounts would help alleviate future financial strains on the Social Security system, as well as give Americans the ability to make their own investment decisions and allow them to pass the money on to heirs."