I posted yesterday about the proposed return of the Fairness Doctrine by Ohio Democratic Loon Dennis Kucinich.
Like the Ginsu knives: “But wait, there’s more!”
At the National Conference On Media Reform, some persons stepped up to say:
The White House has agreed in a significant policy reversal to place its controversial domestic spying programme under court supervision .
President George W. Bush will not reauthorise the “Terrorist Surveillance Programme”, which allows the National Security Agency to intercept the communications of Americans suspected of links to al-Qaeda or affiliated groups without a court warrant.
Is it likely that Bush knows the Democrats will come out swinging on this issue, as well as what we’ve seen on others, to include extra troops in Iraq? Or, is it because Bush knows he won’t get support from his own party?
Are we now simply conceding everything to the Democrats, no matter the cost, no matter the stand, no matter the issue?
BZ
This “agnostic” thing isn’t working out well for me.
I sense a profound change in the air.
BZ
A COMPILATION OF VERY IMPORTANT BUT LITTLE-KNOWN SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES related to Certain Peculiar Laws of Inexactitude, Perversity and Whimsey in Scientific Endeavor.
MURPHY’S LAW: If anything can go wrong, it will.
SKINNER’S CONSTANT: That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answer you should have gotten (this is known in some circles as Finnegan’s Fudge Factor).
HORNER’S FIVE-THUMB POSTULATE: Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.
CAHN’S AXIOM: When all else fails, consider reading the accompanying instruction sheet.
SPARE PARTS PRINCIPLE: The accessability, during recovery of small parts which fall from the work bench, varies directly with the size of the part — and inversely with its importance to the completion of the task underway.
GUMPERSON’S LAW: The probability of a given event occurring is inversely proportional to its desirability.
THE ORDERING PRINCIPLE: Those supplies necessary for yesterday’s experiment must be ordered no later than tomorrow, noon.
TRANSCRIPTION SQUARE LAW: The number of errors made is equal to the sum of the “squares” employed.
CHISHOLM’S LAW OF HUMAN INTERACTION: Anytime that things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
RIDDLE’S CONSTANT: There are coexisting elements in frustrational phenomena which separate expected results from achieved results.
THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PHILOSOPHIC ENGINEERING: In any calculation, any error which can creep or slink or sidle in, will.
RULE OF ACCURACY: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
COROLLARY TO THE RULE OF ACCURACY: Provided, of course, that you actually know there is a problem.
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BZ
Bushwack, under his newly-revamped blog American and Proud, has a wonderful post about the clear and significant contrast between the USS Ronald Reagan, CVN 76, and the USS William Jefferson Clinton, CVS1. Please check out the post and note the historical, mechanical and operational differences. Bravo, Bushwack!
In keeping with this theme, I should like to submit my views of our future military, impacted as it likely shall be if the Democrats are completely in charge of the House, Senate and Presidency. Though these images are indeed disturbing and not for the faint of heart, please note: no Republican bytes were harmed in the creation of this post.
To wit:
