Thursday, September 30, 2004
‘Unbelievable dysfunction’: Danny Ainge thinks the Celts are back to ‘normal’ after last year’s ‘unbelievable dysfunction.’ It’s a very strange ‘normal.’ Only the Celtics. ... Actually looking forward to the season. Haven’t a frigging clue what to expect.
‘Romney must have been drooling on that’: Was Sal DiMati really referring to tax hikes when he said ‘everything will be on the table’ and lawmakers shouldn’t be ‘hampered by preconceptions and biases’? The fun is back at the Statehouse. ... Notice the photo to the right in the above link. Picture Mitt saying, ‘Thank you, Sal. Thank you.’ ... The legislative elections have just got very interesting.
‘Good men from a good people. But ...’: Trying to sort out what’s happening in Iraq. So is the CSM -- and it’s doing a good job. Howard LaFranchi’s blog shows how one Iraqi sees the escalating violence and U.S. troops. Goodwill is still there, but the patience is near the end. ... Another story ‘by the numbers’ shows improvement in some areas, setbacks in others: “They (numbers) don't sugarcoat the situation ... but neither do they depict a country overwhelmed by chaos.” ... The blunders over the past year are almost unforgivable. It’s as if they needed things to go from bad to worse to get their act together. Now it’s a race to January. After that an insurgency has to be crushed or else ...
Update -- George Will on tonight's debate between 'two delusional optimists.'
‘Romney must have been drooling on that’: Was Sal DiMati really referring to tax hikes when he said ‘everything will be on the table’ and lawmakers shouldn’t be ‘hampered by preconceptions and biases’? The fun is back at the Statehouse. ... Notice the photo to the right in the above link. Picture Mitt saying, ‘Thank you, Sal. Thank you.’ ... The legislative elections have just got very interesting.
‘Good men from a good people. But ...’: Trying to sort out what’s happening in Iraq. So is the CSM -- and it’s doing a good job. Howard LaFranchi’s blog shows how one Iraqi sees the escalating violence and U.S. troops. Goodwill is still there, but the patience is near the end. ... Another story ‘by the numbers’ shows improvement in some areas, setbacks in others: “They (numbers) don't sugarcoat the situation ... but neither do they depict a country overwhelmed by chaos.” ... The blunders over the past year are almost unforgivable. It’s as if they needed things to go from bad to worse to get their act together. Now it’s a race to January. After that an insurgency has to be crushed or else ...
Update -- George Will on tonight's debate between 'two delusional optimists.'
