Now, Hanesbrands packing it in...

Yep, dear old Hanesbrands is packing up Mexico and US plants...

Rummy's Test Subjects: John and Jane Doe

Neat piece over at GNN: It would appear that some new tinkertoy weapons will be actually tested on innocent civilians...

Temporary absence

Just a note to let folks know that I'll be away for about 10 days, leaving WTW in Six's capable hands.

The culture of corruption rag

Now this is what I meant when I talked about the real meaning of "culture of corruption."

Osama Dead At Last?

The wires and web are abuzz, over some intel that suggests that Osama bin Laden is dead...

Wallace VS Clinton or is it Bill VS The Shill?

Owch! Chris Wallace learns the hard way: Do not hurl stuff at President Clinton......

Rove's October Surprise: Armageddon

Oh, heck, drat and poodles: The Nation says it looks like we are sending stuff to Iran....

Quote of the day

Worse still, this "all-fear, all-the-time" election strategy really plays into the hands of the terrorists. What do terrorists really want? The name we give them suggests the answer: They want to destabilize our country by instilling fear (terror) in us. By inflaming our fears (while simultaneously moving to curtail civil liberties), Bush is actually helping the terrorists accomplish their goal.
Ken Chestek, in a letter to the Indianapolis Star.

When small government endangers you and your loved ones

The small government crowd is always in a dither about the joys and benefits of shrinking government, exemplified by Grover Norquist's much-publicized desire to shrink the federal government to a size that he could drown in a bathtub.

The "big" Gulf of Mexico oil discovery; just so you know

Just about two weeks ago, the press announced the likely discovery of a major oil field in the Gulf of Mexico: an estimated 15 billion barrels of oil.