Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Reagan v. Bush deficits Linda Bilmes, a former Assistant Sec'y of Commerce in the Clinton administration, has an interesting WaPo op-ed today on the difference between the Reagan deficits and the current situation. She has three basic points:  demographics (baby boomers in their peak earning years then, but not ready to retire);  a strong v. weak dollar; and the "peace dividend" that allowed us to trim military spending.  She'll give ya more detail, obviously, give it a read.  Won't take ya but a minute or two. 4:35:24 PM    Comment []  trackback []

No disinterest here Headline at foxnews.com:  "President Fulfilled His Duties" Go ahead, read it.  If you're even a casual follower of the issue, the misstatements and bias will just leap off the page at ya. Here's my favorite whopper: Questions have been raised about whether family connections helped him get into the Guard when there were waiting lists for what was seen as an easy billet. Bush says no one in his family pulled strings and that he got in because others didn't want to commit to the almost two years of active duty required for fighter pilot training. 2:15:30 PM    Comment []  trackback []

See what I mean... Get your own vomit bucket...here's a tiny sample of Mayer's article: Last month, an inspector general was appointed for the C.P.A., as required by Congress when it approved the President's eighty-seven-billion-dollar supplemental budget for Iraq last year. Rather than choosing a nonpartisan outsider for this watchdog role, as most government agencies do, the Administration selected Stuart Bowen, Jr., who spent two years as White House counsel in the Bush Administration. According to The Hill, a Washington newspaper, L. Marc Zell, a former law partner of Douglas Feith, the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy, is helping with international marketing for a concern called the Iraqi International Law Group. Billing itself as a group of lawyers and businessmen interested in helping investors in Iraq, the venture is run by Ahmed Chalabi's nephew Salem, who doubles as a legal adviser to Iraq's governing council, of which his uncle is a member. 12:19:25 PM    Comment []  trackback []

I want to puke Jane Mayer has an excellent article on Cheney, Halliburton, etc., over at the New Yorker. It's as disgusting as you think. 12:08:55 PM    Comment []  trackback []

Running down the voodoo intel??? Josh Marshall has some interesting hints about what could be the uber-scandal of the whole WMD/Iraq foofarah. I think he's clearly sniffing around the source of the bogus "yellowcake" intel that was handed to an Italian reporter - who worked for a paper known to be close to Bush pal Berlusconi. Perhaps the current administration would be a tad embarassed if the truth were known. 5:42:35 AM    Comment []  trackback []

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