Publicly, Moore has claimed he wants no part of these companies and won’t own stock.
In his book "Stupid White Men," he wrote: "I don’t own a single share of stock."
Privately, however, he tells the IRS a different story, Schweizer discloses in his book.
This is all over the ‘net, but I don’t recall ever seeing it on CNN.
- Technorati Michael Moore, Halliburton
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This is the source of all the juicy stuff:
( If you buy it here, I get about a nickel! )
Rep. Patricia Bailey was found guilty Tuesday of election fraud and perjury after a one-day trial.
To which Nancy Pelosi offered this opinion:
"Ms. Bailey committed fraud to perform an official act – an egregious action that strikes at the very heart of our democracy and dishonors the people he has been elected to represent; it is only proper that she resign.
"This offense is just the latest example of the culture of corruption that pervades the Democrat-controlled house of Illinois, which ignores the needs of the Illinois people to serve wealthy special interests and their cronies. The Democratic house has the wrong priorities; it is time to restore a high ethical standard to the House."
Don’t look for that anywhere, I made it up based on her summary judgment of Duke Cunningham. Do I expect her to come to the same conclusion of her own party based on the actions of Ms. Bailey as she did with the individual actions of Cunningham?
Hell will freeze over first.
- Technorati Nancy Pelosi, Duke Cunningham, Patricia Bailey
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30
Nov
Folks, that is a Christmas tree.
That is a holiday tree.
Changing the name of a Christmas tree won’t change what it is.
- Technorati Christmas Tree, Political Correctness
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"I’ll put in both sides," he said. "Especially if it’s going to cause a lot of grief."
The school is in Bennington, a community of about 16,500 in the southwest corner of the state.
And people wonder why private schools are flourishing. I have never understood why some people feel that being an educator gives them a license to say whatever they feel like. It doesn’t. All it does is allow them to teach what is known. If they want to inspire intellectual thought, discuss Moby Dick
- Technorati Bret Chenkin, education
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29
Nov
IMO, this will do more for New Orleans’ homeland security efforts than anything else they’ve done so far. The primary failure of New Orleans during Katrina was not a lack of resources or people, it was a complete breakdown of communication. There is no standard, there is no unified backbone. The nifty thing about wi-fi is it can do a lot more than cruise the internet. And, it doesn’t rely totally on mechanical connections. If New Orleans floods again, and this wi-fi system is up and running, their communications should not be crippled. Heck, it might not even be interrupted or disturbed.
This is the one shining point of post-Katrina New Orleans I have seen so far. DHS needs to start implementing wi-fi in all vulnerable cities. Now.
- Technorati wi-fi, New Orleans, Katrina
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28
Nov
Cunningham, 63, made his announcement after entering his guilty plea on felony charges in San Diego federal court.
The eight-term Congressman and decorated Vietnam War veteran had already said he would not seek re-election in 2006. He is scheduled to be sentenced on February 27, when he could be ordered to spend 10 years in prison and pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
Hundreds of thousands? He needs to pay a $2.4 fine and forfeit all income made from the time he decided to represent himself over the people who elected him.
- Technorati Duke Cunningham
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28
Nov
First of all, Wes Rishel is apparently well respected within the IT community. However, I couldn’t disagree more with his opinion or his analogy. Interest in the internet never waned. It is now more than it ever was. What died was the get-rich-quick schemes of the 90′s. Internet popularity is still growing with new and innovative ideas on how to use it appearing every day. One of those ideas is coordinating the horribly confused and misguided medical information systems of the US. My gut feeling is twofold as to why Rishel would make such an obviously wrong assumption:
- He repeatedly cites the government, when most of this will occur in the private sector. Gut feeling #1, he’s either strongly anti-government or anti-Bush.
- He got burned on the get-rich-schemes of the 90′s.
Those are just two assumptions of mine as the heart of the article makes no sense to me coming from the health IT side of which I partake. It is a horribly disorganized mess right now that will take a strong set of standards with even a stronger set of enforced guidelines to make it work. Even if it’s not the ultimate best plan, ANYTHING is better than what we have now. The health insurance has completely failed to monitor itself and adapt to the 21st century. It’s now up to the government to do it for them. As quickly as Rishel can cite the internet hype failing to meet expectations, I can more quickly cite health industry hype that has failed to meet expectations. Here’s one:
Katrina did expose huge lapses in our health care system in times of crisis. Rather than throwing the baby out with the wash, as Rishel suggests, we need to look at exactly what did go wrong and address those issues. A very simple start is credentialing providers. The simplest database known to man would suffice. You’re either credentialed to do something, or you’re not. If you are, you have basic information available to contact you. Simple enough? That would have saved lives and millions of dollars if that had been available for New Orleans. Glitzy? Not at all. Any generic database could handle it. Difficult to implement? Not at all. If you want to be considered a provider in times of crisis, you better be on it. Simple rule, easily enforced, easily understood. Difficult to use? Nope. In times of a crisis, a toll free number or internet access is provided. It doesn’t have to be difficult. It doesn’t have to be glamorous. It doesn’t have to push the technological limits of what is available. All it does is have to provide reliable information. That’s all. That will never excite a programmer with 39 years of experience. It does excite me. I have to deal with the lack of these programs every day.
And you know what, here’s another: Very few industries can support the exploding cost of health insurance right now. You can argue over who’s fault it is until hell freezes over. In fact, that’s what the health industry has done. They have pointed fingers predating the intnernet boom of the 90′s. Bottom line, nothing has been done to contain those costs.
The failure of an unrelated thing does not quantify the potential of something else. Some people call it a strawman argument.
Now, back to trying to get a background check on someone. It’s only taken four days so far.
- Technorati health IT, Wes, Rishel, Katrina, health industry
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22
Nov
"At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney’s speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington — when a large black ‘X’ repeatedly flashed over the vice president’s face!," Drudge explains.
CNN explains it as a "technical glitch" that apparently only occurs when Cheney breaths.
- Technorati Dick Cheney, Drudge, CNN
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The communique finalized by Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni leaders Monday condemned terrorism but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists if their operations do not target innocent civilians or institutions designed to provide for the welfare of Iraqi citizens.
The leaders agreed on "calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops according to a timetable, through putting in place an immediate national program to rebuild the armed forces … control the borders and the security situation" and end terror attacks.
The preparatory reconciliation conference, held under the auspices of the Arab League, was attended by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers as well as leading Sunni politicians.
Sunni leaders have been pressing the Shiite-majority government to agree to a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign troops. The statement recognized that goal, but did not lay down a specific time reflecting instead the government’s stance that Iraqi security forces must be built up first.
On Monday, Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr suggested U.S.-led forces should be able to leave Iraq by the end of next year, saying the one-year extension of the mandate for the multinational force in Iraq by the U.N. Security Council this month could be the last.
"By the middle of next year we will be 75 percent done in building our forces and by the end of next year it will be fully ready," he told the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera.
You know what, I’m game to let them give it a try. I really am. However, our troops would be just on the other side of their border just in case. Maybe hanging out in Iran or Syria while the Iraqis figure out of they can maintain their own society.
21
Nov
How many people are insisting Hillary Clinton’s not running for President in 2008? Tell that to her PAC:
| CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM | |
| Address: | ARLINGTON, VA 22204 |
| Office Sought: | President |
| State: | Presidential Candidate |
| District: | 03 |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
Rudy Giuliani’s not running either for sure?
| GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W | |
| Address: | NEW YORK, NY |
| Office Sought: | President |
| State: | Presidential Candidate |
| District: | 03 |
| Party: | Republican Party |
And the one I think I enjoyed seeing the most so far:
| RICE, CONDOLEEZZA DR | |
| Address: | MIAMI, FL |
| Office Sought: | President |
| State: | Presidential Candidate |
| District: | 02 |
| Party: | Unknown |
( Party unknown? )
Of course, John Kerry’s is still active:
| KERRY, JOHN F | |
| Address: | Washington, DC 20005 |
| Office Sought: | President |
| State: | Presidential Candidate |
| District: | 00 |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
As is John McCain’s
| MCCAIN, JOHN S | |
| Address: | PHOENIX, AZ 85064 |
| Office Sought: | President |
| State: | Presidential Candidate |
| District: | 02 |
| Party: | Republican Party |
This certainly doesn’t mean any of these candidates are committed to running. But, it does mean they are interested enough to do the legal work it takes to be a candidate. In other words, candidates such as Clinton who are flat out denying they are running ( or insinuating as such by stating they will serve their full current terms ), are, shall we say nicely, not shooting totally straight. They’re interested. They’re leaving the door open. Being as the election cycle for the presidential race isn’t open yet, there’s no reporting. So, can’t draw 100% conclusions from this. But, it sure makes for some good speculation.
- Technorati 2008 Presidential Race, Condi Rice, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, John Kerry,
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