Monthly Archives: January 2004

How Driving Prices Lower Can Violate Antitrust Statutes

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Allen

WSJ has a recent article by John R. Wilke entitled WSJ.com – How Driving Prices Lower Can Violate Antitrust Statutes. Paid subscription required. The article details how large corporations can use their purchasing power to drive down the costs of … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Voting For Lieberman

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Allen

In the past I have stated who I will not be voting for and why. Who will I be voting for? Lieberman, although I realize that is basically throwing away my vote in the Democratic primary. As to my reasons … Continue reading →

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The Post-UN World

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Allen

Paul Johnson is calling for the UN to abandon New York. Read Forbes.com: UN: Get Out of New York! for the complete article. I don’t agree with all of his points, but I do agree with his assessment that: The … Continue reading →

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Penguin Up!

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Allen

How far can your Yeti hit the penguin? My personal best is 298. Too soon and you plant the penguin. Too late and you hit a worm burner.

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Bush Finally Getting Serious

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Allen

I read from ScrappleFace that Bush Creates New Department of Deficit Obliteration. This new department will have an annual budget of $756B and tasked with finding ways of cutting the budget. I’m glad that Bush is finally getting serious about … Continue reading →

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Free and Green

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Allen

Mother Jones has a commentary (closed-minded ultra-neo-cons are given a “Get of Jail Free” card for not reading) about renewable energy sources. If you can get past the gratuitous conservative bashing, it is an excellent article about the costs of … Continue reading →

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The David Frum Interview

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Allen

Right Wing News interviews David Frum, author of An End to Evil: How to Win the War or Terror. If you are a leftist/progressive with no interest in seeing the other side of the picture, you are excused from the … Continue reading →

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If There Was No David Kay, We Would Have to Invent One

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Allen

I keep hearing conflicting reports on what David Kay reported. Conservatives quote Kay in one light, Liberals quote him in another light. In Dust in the Light: “We led this search to find the truth, not to find the weapons.”, … Continue reading →

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Ignore That Man Behind the Curtain!

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Allen

The Houston Chronicle is downplaying a recent shooting of a guard who confronted a man taking pictures of a chemical plant in Freeport. Read HoustonChronicle.com – Probe of guard’s shooting continues for more info. Let’s see: Middle Eastern man taking … Continue reading →

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Wasabi-ism and the Roots of Terror

Posted on January 26, 2004 by Allen

From the Best of the Web: Monsieur Malaprop The New York Times has an article on verbal miscues by the Democratic presidential candidates–which, unlike President Bush’s errors, the Times attributes to fatigue rather than stupidity. But one of them we … Continue reading →

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