dick, The story about the dentist in London. The article said "it was calimed" that he had the policies described. Claimed, as in an unverified allegation.
On May 12, 4:53 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Must be missing something - what was calimed??? > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > dick, > > > "it was calimed". > > > On May 12, 4:15 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> [ Attached Message ]From:"WSJ.com Editors" > >> <[email protected]>To:[email protected]:Tue, 12 May > >> 2009 15:27:02 -0400 (EDT)Local:Tues, May 12 2009 2:27 pmSubject:Best of > >> the Web Today - May 12, 2009 > > >> Online Journal E-Mail Center May 12, 2009 -- 3:27 p.m.See all of > >> today's editorials and op-eds, video interviews and commentary onOpinion > >> Journal.FORMAT TODAY'S COLUMN FOR PRINTINGObama FlambéLike it or not, he's > >> a war president now. > > >> ByJAMES TARANTO > > >> An astute reader notes an Associated Press photo accompanying aNew York > >> Timesstory about Pakistan. It depicts a crowd of South Asian men, some > >> holding signs saying GO AMERICA GO, and a ball of flame in the middle, > >> which the caption explains: > > >> Supporters of a Pakistani religious group burned an effigy of President > >> Obama at a rally on Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan. > > >> Presumably GO AMERICA GO is meant in a spirit of unwelcome rather than > >> encouragement. Yet in an odd way, it is encouraging. > > >> PODCAST > > >> James Taranto on Obama and the war. > > >> Many of Obama's critics have worried that he will translate his > >> conciliatory rhetoric into a dangerous policy of appeasing America's > >> enemies. That's an entirely legitimate worry, but it's hard to go very far > >> down the road if those enemies refuse even to make a show of being > >> appeasable. The burning of Obama's effigy symbolizes, to all Americans who > >> may doubt it, that Obama is a war president. > > >> The new president is undergoing another rite of initiation: facing the > >> ingratitude of foreign allies.Bloombergreports on comments by Pakistan's > >> President Asif Ali Zardari over the weekend: > > >> Obama has tied Pakistan to his strategy for dealing with Afghanistan as > >> militant Islamic Taliban forces and other extremists threaten both nations > >> from bases along their border. As part of an effort to reduce the appeal > >> of extremists to Pakistan's people, Obama has said he will support > >> legislation increasing nonmilitary aid by $1.5 billion a year.U.S. aid has > >> not been enough, Zardari said."Altogether this aid package is not even > >> one-tenth of what you give AIG," Zardari said, referring to New York-based > >> American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out four times by > >> the U.S. government, including an injection of as much as $70 billion in > >> capital, $52.5 billion to buy assets owned or backed by AIG, and a $60 > >> billion credit line. "So let's face it, we need in fact much more help." > > >> Zardari's comment about AIG, although directed at the U.S. government and > >> not specifically at the Obama administration, may represent another > >> milestone for the new president. As wenoted in 2005, there are numerous > >> recent examples of presidents' being blamed or credited for actions that > >> seem in character but in fact were carried out by other administrations: > >> the federal speed limit (blamed on Carter, actually a Nixon-era > >> initiative), the Ruby Ridge killings (blamed on Clinton, occurred under > >> George H.W. Bush), gasoline price decontrol (credited to Reagan, actually > >> initiated under Carter). > > >> The AIG bailout began while George W. Bush was still president, but we > >> wouldn't be surprised if, some years hence, the common practice is to lump > >> all bailouts together as a legacy of Obama's. > > >> 9/11 Jokes Are So Gay! > >> GWB déjà vu strikes again. "The White House is keeping its distance from > >> an entertainer's joke comparing commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist," > >> the Associated Press reports from Washington: > > >> Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President > >> Barack Obama's reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at > >> Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Obama took part > >> in the event. . . .Gibbs said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is a topic > >> "better left for serious reflection than comedy." > > >> The way President Bush's press secretary put it was: "Americans need to > >> watch what they say." > > >> Let's give Gibbs (and, by extension, the president) half a cheer for > >> recognizing that Sykes's joke was in poor taste. This does not, however, > >> change the fact that Obama grinned widely as she was telling it--a display > >> that does not speak well of the president's character. > > >> Gibbs also rather misses the point. Yesterday we noted at least five > >> taboos Sykes violated, all without any payoff in genuine humor and > >> insight--and 9/11 was not one of them. Although there are aspects of 9/11 > >> that are rightly off-limits to humor, there has certainly been 9/11 humor > >> that is funny if tasteless (such as the "South Park" episode in which > >> Cartman tried to prove that the attack was a conspiracy orchestrated by > >> Kyle), as well as 9/11 humor that, while far from side-splitting isn't > >> tasteless, such as this2007 japeby a candidate for the Democratic > >> presidential nomination: > > >> Rudy Giuliani--there's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun > >> and a verb and 9/11. I mean, there's nothing else. > > >> The man who said that is now vice president of the United States. > > >> As for Sykes, a reader sends alongthis videoof a TV public service > >> announcement she cut for an outfit called the Gay, Lesbian and Straight > >> Education Network, in which she sanctimoniously lectures some teenage boys > >> for speaking inappropriately: > > >> "Don't say that something is gay when you mean that something is dumb or > >> stupid. It's insulting. It's like if I thought this pepper shaker is > >> stupid, and I said, 'Man, this pepper shaker is so 16-year-old boy with a > >> cheesy mustache.' " > > >> We had actually seen this spot before--on a local New York station during > >> a rerun of "South Park," a program in which the use of "gay" as an epithet > >> meaning "foolish" is so common that it usually isn't even for humorous > >> effect. (A hilarious exception is when Cartman calls his classmates "gay" > >> anytime they show interest in agirl.) > > >> At any rate, after this weekend's outburst, Sykes is hardly in a position > >> to lecture anyone about the importance of using respectful language. Who > >> knows, maybe GLSEN is actually anantigaygroup that used her in its spot > >> todiscreditthe idea that one should avoid insulting homosexuals. > > >> Making a Virtue of Necessity > >> John Edwards has been back in the news of late as his dying wife, > >> Elizabeth, is sacrificing what little dignity she had left in order to > >> humiliate him further via a tour promoting her archly titled book, > >> "Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's > >> Adversities." > > >> Fox News, meanwhile, reports that erstwhile staffers for Edwards's > >> campaign are offering an interesting explanation of their own actions: > > >> Members of former Sen. John Edwards' presidential campaign reportedly > >> devised a "doomsday" strategy over his affair with Rielle Hunter in which > >> they would destroy his bid for office.Several unnamed former campaign > >> officials said they had prepared a plan in which they would sabotage > >> Edwards' campaign if it appeared he would secure the Democratic > >> nomination, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reported on Sunday."They were > >> Democrats first, and if it looked like Edwards was going to become the > >> nominee, they were going to bring down the campaign--they were going to > >> blow it up," Stephanopoulos said. > > >> Seems as though they're being overly modest here. After all, their plan > >> worked to perfection! > > >> End of the Road > >> "A top congressional Democrat says the White House may have oversold the > >> roads-and-bridges component of the historic stimulus law," the Associated > >> Press reports: > > >> An Associated Press analysis of the first $19 billion in transportation > >> spending showed that communities most in need of jobs are least likely to > >> benefit from the program.A spokesman for Minnesota Rep. James Oberstar, > >> who leads the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says the > >> White House shouldn't have billed road money as the signature component of > >> the stimulus, or as a surefire boost to needy communities. > > >> All we can say is, it's a good thing President Obama is so transparent and > >> honest, or his administration would havenothingto recommend it. > > >> Metaphor Alert > >> "Private school vouchers are tantamount to usingbloodsucking > >> leechestotreat an anemic patient. If Republicans are serious about fixing > >> the nation's schools, they'll have to come up with more than > >> theBand-Aidapproach that school vouchers represent."--DeWayne Wickham, USA > >> Today, May 12, 2009 > > >> Life Imitates the Cola Wars > > >> • "Remember the Three Stooges routine about the law firm called Dewey, > >> Cheatem & Howe? Although the Coca-Cola Company is not using that > >> particular fictional firm, it is updating the make-fun-of-lawyers shtick > >> for new generations in a nontraditional campaign for Coke Zero. The > >> campaign is based on an oddball thought, that the executives at Coca-Cola > >> who sell the flagship Coke Classic brand want to hire lawyers to sue their > >> co-workers who sell Coke Zero. The grounds for the imaginary lawsuits > >> would be 'taste infringement'--that is, it annoys the Coke Classic > >> executives that no-calorie Coke Zero tastes so much like their sugared > >> soft drink."--New York Times, March 5, 2007 > >> • "PepsiCo Sues Pepsi Bottling Group Over Meeting"--Associated Press, May > >> 11, 2009 > > >> His Eyes Aren't What They Used to Be > >> "Donald Trump on Miss California: Same as Barack Obama"--headline, > >> Politico, May 12 > > >> They've Already Slashed the Wardrobe Budget to the Bare Minimum > >> "Executives Weight Frequency, Other Cuts at Playboy"--headline, Associated > >> Press, May 11 > > >> Look Out Below, Dude! > >> "National Pot Group Drops Connecticut Chapter After Arrest"--headline, > >> Arizona Daily Star > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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