http://nice.coolfryzury.info Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:26:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Treasury said Sunday the mortgage giants will enter a conservatorship. http://nice.coolfryzury.info/fannie-and-freddie-why-the-takeover/ The Nuclear Suppliers Group agreed Saturday to lift a 34-year ban on selling nuclear technology to India, even though it hasn't signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty. http://nice.coolfryzury.info/india-a-step-closer-to-nuclear-trade/ Many Egyptians complain the government is not doing enough to save slum-dwellers buried in a Saturday morning rock slide that killed at least 31 people. http://nice.coolfryzury.info/cairo-disaster-leaves-many-blaming-mubarak/ Government agencies and volunteer organizations are testing a new system to regroup and respond to multiple hurricanes. http://nice.coolfryzury.info/getting-ahead-of-the-next-big-storm/ A call to examine the age-21 threshold has sparked heated debate on campuses. http://nice.coolfryzury.info/colleges-take-on-drinking-age/ Consensus is developing, I know because I'm endorsing the point of view of someone whose political philosophy is almost exactly opposite mine. Frum: "I am not denying that Sarah Palin may have great skills. She may well. I am insisting that neither you, nor I, nor John McCain has any ... http://nice.coolfryzury.info/has-hell-frozen-over-too/ Jay is one of those guys, like George Lakoff and Steve Gillmor, who figure things out before anyone else does. When I'm stuck looking at individual trees, Jay often shows me the forest. Here it is Saturday after the Republican Convention and I'm just starting to figure out what mischief ... http://nice.coolfryzury.info/jay-rosen-nails-it/ David Frum, a Republican, thinks the McCain campaign shouldn't put Palin in a box and hide her from the press. Good, he's right about that, and his piece is a must-read. But like most Republicans his disdain for "elites" is itself the height of elite arrogance. Only Kings and Queens, ... http://nice.coolfryzury.info/frums-annoying-wrong-idiotic-argument/ Okay, we know that Sarah Palin can read speeches written by Karl Rove's speech writers. But if she's really ready to be Commander in Chief, why won't her handlers let her answer questions? Is she a made-to-order candidate, kind of a Stepford Vice-President? What are the Republicans hiding? Maybe they're ... http://nice.coolfryzury.info/what-are-they-hiding/ If you want to understand more about John McCain esp his views of war, I highly recommend this FreshAir interview with David Kirkpatrick of the NY Times, who has been researching McCain's life, esp starting around minute 23, where he talks about lessons McCain learned from Vietnam. It does a ... http://nice.coolfryzury.info/fresh-air-on-john-mccain/