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The Complete Bushisms - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine:
 
"I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, ‘Mr. President, here’s what’s on my mind.’ And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, ‘This is [...]

I managed to make it four days this time before getting a blister on my foot.  This is a new record for me.  At SpeechTEK West last February it was day 3, and at SpeechTEK/CRM in August, it was the very first day.  I think its the venue.  This place has a great back hall [...]

The U.S. presidential election is more than a year away, but scrutinizing the claims, statements, debates, and stances of the numerous presidential candidates can feel quite overwhelming.
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More on that post I made the other day qabout the edited CDC report.

Full Version of White House "Edited" CDC Climate Report - with highlights! | DeSmogBlog
"Edits" does not even come close to describing the grammatical massacre the White House undertook with CDC Director Julie Gerberding’s Senate testimony on the public health effects of climate [...]

People trust technology too much these days.
I got up at 6:30 this morning so I could be at the conference office by 7:15.  the morning workshops start at 9:00am so Bill and I figured that would give us plenty of time to set up the rooms with projectors and laptops.  I was a bit early, [...]

I  came across this earlier and it just reminded me of the Fox News claims of being "Fair and Balanced".

Heavy Editing Is Alleged In Climate Testimony - washingtonpost.com:
Testimony that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to give yesterday to a Senate committee about the impact of climate change on health [...]

QDB: Quote #816652:
<-Roach-> Ah you see I wouldn’t always trust Wikipedia as it is edited by people.
<Bewildebeast> I hear Brittanica is edited by manatees.

After a almost a decade of pay for play politics in the House of Representative when Tom Delay was running the show its nice to see that a politician can do the right thing, even when his campaign finances are at stake.
Barney Frank [D, MA-4], received over 50% of his campaign contributions from the [...]

As is our habit, we ordered our Sunday night pizza tonight.  It is usually delivered in about 30-40 minutes.  After 40 minutes had passed and we were still a pizza free household I decided to go out on the porch and read until the food arrived.
As I walked out on the porch I noticed a [...]

New research shows that business process outsourcing (BPO) growth has been stagnant among mid-size businesses in recent years.
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