Archive for July, 2006

Bush quote bogus (”Constitution is just a ***-damned piece of paper”)

One of the most famous quotes allegedly showing President Bush’s real frame of mind has proven to be false, a lie from (we are told) a source that proved not to be credible. Because the source doesn’t exist.
Capitol Hill Blue’s Apology for the mistake doesn’t actually mention the quote itself. But with a [...]

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Brokaw to Stanford Grads: Yeah, he gets it.

I’ve always liked Tom Brokaw … yeah, he’s a privilaged member of the MSM, and a liberal, but he does seem to get it. He wrote “The Greatest Generation,” a wonderful book about the sacrifices of our fathers and mothers. And he’s still “getting it”, including his recent commencement address at Stanford.
Some excerpts, [...]

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SWIFT: Planned Testimony Highlights Left’s Moral Bankruptcy

While the hearings are underway, readers can see the “Planned Testimony” of Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, for the Department of the Treasury before the committee in a PDF found HERE!
Secretary Levey stresses the importance of tracking financial dealings, and in the process points out one of the most egregious [...]

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SWIFT Hearings Starting Tomorrow

Congress is holding hearings on the SWIFT (financial transaction) revelations which compromised our efforts to use peaceful means to bring terrorists to justice.

July 11, 2006
House Financial Services Committee
Terror Finance Tracking Program
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “The Terror Finance Tracking Program.”
Witnesses: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey
Location: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. [...]

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Is the Latin Left Losing?

Mexico’s elections saw the centrist Felipe Calderon elected to the Presidency, in a move that shows the Mexican middle and lower classes are looking ahead to the future. Leftist candidate Andreas Manuel Lopez Obrador looked like he would win to me; he was promising too much to a people weary with poverty. Among [...]

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