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Post Environmental Reporter Urges Gore to Run in
Grunwald dismisses Kyoto treaty as too 'modest,' calls for Americans to sacrifice standard of living to cut greenhouse gases.
Letterman 'Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The New York Times
Last week, David Letterman had the "Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The New York Times."
Hat Tip Instapundit.
10. Extensive coverage of recent fighting between the Israelis and the lesbians
9. Pages 2 through 20 are corrections of previous edition
8. Every sentence begins "So, like"
7. TV listings only for Zorro
6. Weather forecast reads "Look outside dumbass"
5. Multiple references to…
WH Reporters Push for Unenforceable Ceasefire
At today's White House press briefing, reporters kept pushing Bush spokesman Tony Snow as to why the administration hasn't been pressuring Israel to go for a non-enforceable ceasefire with Hezbollah in order to avoid bad PR for having a "disproportionate" response to terrorism. That makes no sense, Snow replied since basically this line of thought involves asking Israel to incur civilian…
Fixing the Tax Code With Mao's 'Little Red Book
Oregon Democratic Sen. Wyden starts his own 'long march' to tax reform.
Sen. John Kerry Attacks Rush Limbaugh
So, imagine you’ve been a U.S. Senator for more than two decades, and just two years ago were your party’s nominee for president. Would you spend time putting together a statement concerning the expressed opinions of a radio talk show host?Well, if you were John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), the answer would be yes, as the following was posted at the junior senator’s website Friday (hat tip to Ian at…
Media Shocker: Israel Isn’t Exclusively Responsible For Mideast Host
Honestly, NBers, this one took several reads to believe. In fact, I’ve checked the link numerous times, as well as multiple media websites, and this really was reported by the Associated Press: “Mideast diplomats were pressing Syria to stop backing Hezbollah as the guerrillas fired more deadly rockets onto Israel's third-largest city Sunday.”Now, I know what you’re thinking: this was buried…
Iraqis Less Doubtful about Future than U.S. Media
Over at National Review, Richard Nadler reports the results of a comprehensive poll of Iraqis. They don't see things as negatively as the American press it seems:The International Republican Institute’s “Survey of Iraqi Public
Opinion,” released July 19, 2006, provides a useful reality check to
these assumptions. The survey records that Iraqis overwhelmingly reject
sectarianism and national…