Iranian Plane Crash
When the shuttle Columbia broke up in the sky over Texas several Islamist suggested that God was showing displeasure with the US. I think they will probably not think the act of god--bad weather--which brought down the plane with over 300 Revolutionary Guard on board was a message indicating displeasure over the inept rule of Iranian clerics.
Estrada
The main complaint driving the Dems filibuster of the Estrada nomination is that not enough is known about his legal positions. This is a bad faith argument that is contrary to the facts. With 15 cases argued before the US Supreme court, there is at a minimum 15 briefs he either wrote or had a hand in writing setting forth legal positions. No doubt there are numerous briefs filed in lower courts by Mr. Estrada. This is more than enough information to make a judgement on his legal skills and qualifications. In fact, if they cannot make a judgment on his record from these documents, it calls in to question their skills as senators. Looking at the same documents the liberal ABA found Estrada well qualified, their highest rating. As to Chuck Shumer's charge that he is too conservative why did Janet Reno keep him in her Solisister General's Office for four years? If he were a conservative idealogue she would have fired him.
North Korea
The North Koreans continue to chafe under the Bush administrations passive aggressive approach to their bad behavior. Because their word is no good, there is no incentive to engage in talks with them. At best discussions with them tend to be an insult swap meet. As they continue to bang their spoon on their high chair and threaten other self destructive acts such as renigging on the 50 year old cease fire agreement, they are looking more impotent by the day. While they are still dangerous, the biggest threat is to themselves. If they would give up their nukes no one would care about that wretched country. One of the silliest statements made from the hermit kingdom was that the US was trying to ruin their communist economy. In fact, it is in the US interest that all our enemies have communist economies that destroy incentives. If these guys had a markedt economy they would be much more dangerous.
When the shuttle Columbia broke up in the sky over Texas several Islamist suggested that God was showing displeasure with the US. I think they will probably not think the act of god--bad weather--which brought down the plane with over 300 Revolutionary Guard on board was a message indicating displeasure over the inept rule of Iranian clerics.
Estrada
The main complaint driving the Dems filibuster of the Estrada nomination is that not enough is known about his legal positions. This is a bad faith argument that is contrary to the facts. With 15 cases argued before the US Supreme court, there is at a minimum 15 briefs he either wrote or had a hand in writing setting forth legal positions. No doubt there are numerous briefs filed in lower courts by Mr. Estrada. This is more than enough information to make a judgement on his legal skills and qualifications. In fact, if they cannot make a judgment on his record from these documents, it calls in to question their skills as senators. Looking at the same documents the liberal ABA found Estrada well qualified, their highest rating. As to Chuck Shumer's charge that he is too conservative why did Janet Reno keep him in her Solisister General's Office for four years? If he were a conservative idealogue she would have fired him.
North Korea
The North Koreans continue to chafe under the Bush administrations passive aggressive approach to their bad behavior. Because their word is no good, there is no incentive to engage in talks with them. At best discussions with them tend to be an insult swap meet. As they continue to bang their spoon on their high chair and threaten other self destructive acts such as renigging on the 50 year old cease fire agreement, they are looking more impotent by the day. While they are still dangerous, the biggest threat is to themselves. If they would give up their nukes no one would care about that wretched country. One of the silliest statements made from the hermit kingdom was that the US was trying to ruin their communist economy. In fact, it is in the US interest that all our enemies have communist economies that destroy incentives. If these guys had a markedt economy they would be much more dangerous.
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