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Thursday, April 8th, 2004
Excuse me, but if I'm hired as a security guard for a warehouse and somebody breaks in and steals stuff while I'm watching the security cameras - I'm partly responsible. Certainly the brunt of the responsibility falls upon the thief; she initiated the crime, after all. It was, however, my ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004
Tomorrow's the big day for oral arguments in the Pledge of Allegiance case before the Supreme Court. Should be interesting....
UPDATE: More from the Washington Post on the case. Here's hoping the Court doesn't throw the case out on the parental rights issue; I've known this was a possibility, but ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2004
From CNN: Public tepid on Bush space plan
Doesn't take a genius to realize people might be a little less than enthusiastic about the plan... And here's a non-genius now.
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Friday, January 9th, 2004
So, word on the street has it that Dubya is going to announce an effort to establish a settlement on the moon next week. From the Post's story:
Another official involved in the discussions used similar language, saying that some of Bush's aides want him to have a "Kennedy moment" ...
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Friday, December 5th, 2003
Miserable Failure
Though wouldn't it be nice if the bandied-about resumption of the lunar program were to come to pass (yeah, right)...
[this miserable failure name-call inspired by the Burnt Orange Report]
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