Just a quick look at the headlines:
- Israeli, Palestinian negotiators agree to launch formal peace talks (WashPost) — Here’s hoping that something actually comes of it.
- Bradley Manning cleared of ‘aiding the enemy’ but found guilty of most charges (The Guardian) — Most American news outlets stressed “Manning Is Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy Charge,” while the BBC went with “Bradley Manning guilty of espionage.” The Guardian went with both angles in their rather lengthy headline. What I want to know is, when does he lose the right to wear the uniform? It can’t be too soon.
- Spain rail-crash driver ‘on phone’ (BBC) — Wreck that killed 79.
- Pentagon Sees Big Role in Afghanistan After NATO Mission (NYT) — In marked contrast to the way we left Iraq, sounds like.
- S.C. GOP fundraising email calls IRS ‘Obama’s Gestapo’ (thestate.com) — No, really, it did.
- Why did monogamy evolve? (WashPost) — That made the VFP because I don’t usually see headlines quite that ambitious-sounding…
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Re: 1. Haven’t they done this many times before?
Yes, indeed. And one must always hope that this time’s the charm.
So… one comment? I’m starting to wonder if y’all really WANT a VFP, if that’s all it gets…
Well, all VFPs are not winners…..
Hey, I’m just the messenger.
There’s no “meat” in this one.
#5 – Oh hell no, not again!!!! This is becoming absolutely ridiculous, insane, and smacks of political idiocy.
True, the last government agency you want in your life is the IRS, especially if you have broken the rules or have been targeted for investigation but to compare the IRS to the gestapo is about as juvenile as one can get. Even the governor said it was uncalled for and she didn’t approve.
What is so amusing is that when one side uses a Hitler-Nazi-Gestapo-Third Reich comparison for the other side, the outrage is immediate and apologies demanded. BOTH sides in South Carolina seem to have their collective heads lodged in an uncomfortable position that can create severe back and neck pain, therefore restricting anything close to legitimate thought and reason because the view looking down and backward offers nothing but a distorted viewpoint.
RE: #5 – Everyone knows that it’s inappropriate to compare Obama’s IRS to Nazis. The correct comparison is to the “Stasi”, the East German secret police.
Ve haf vays of making you talk!
The Stasi wasn’t about making you talk. It was all about listening…
I’m pretty sure that the Stasi did more than listen. They were the state security service, in other words, the secret police, not just a surveillance organization.
Sure, but by the time they got through all the surveillance data they collected, the Wall come atumblin’ down….
Alternate Headlines:
1. US Economy Grew at 1.7% last quarter. (Still limping along…)
2. Home Ownership at 18 year low. (This isn’t necessarily bad news.)
3. Obama Offers “Grand Bargain” to Congress. (Except it doesn’t address entitlements…)
4. Bloomberg’s soda ban is killed by appellate court (Give me big gulps or give me death.)
5. Columbia Police Make Arrests in Five Points Stabbing (Some good PR for the police.)
Not trying to steal our host’s thunder, just tossing some alternate ideas out there.
Now see, that’s not fair. Some of those stories weren’t available until this morning. I did this yesterday.
That’s true.
Lawyer Disclaimer: (My proposing alternate headlines should in no way be construed as a criticism of the original headlines.)
“Columbia Police Make Arrests in Five Points Stabbing (Some good PR for the police.)”
Hmm… they had video showing the suspects faces. I think Barney Fife may have been able
to “solve” that one.
Ha. Yeah, ol’ Barn probably could have handled that one. But at this point, the Columbia PD isn’t exactly outpacing Deputy Fife.
I’d gladly take Barney Fife over “The Soul Patrol”, the “Black Ops” and whatever else CPD is up to…
I heard the best analysis of the CPD sitch yesterday: whatever you think of Ruben, he is not stupid, and the “black op” was stupid. It smacked of something cooked up to deflect, at the last minute. Word is Navarro was under investigation for a while, and they were going to farm him out to Harbison and he wouldn’t go, kicked up a stink and made up this nutty tale.
Randy was apparently self-destructing mood-wise, for a while, and all Ruben had to do was sit tight, as he did. He would have seen this and had no need to play “chess.”