dick, Yep. So? That only increases the statistical probability the charges are founded. But it ain't proof.
On May 12, 5:21 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > But it also said he has previously been found guilty of the same thing 2 > years ago. > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > 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 > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
