From the chron, David Corn:
But leaving is too good for Rove. He was Bush’s partner in the Iraq war, yet he [is] abandoning ship before the fight is done. Rove has argued that the Iraq war is essential for the survival of the United States. So how can he walk away with the war not won?
It is a mixed emotion to see Rove leave the White House. I certainly would have preferred it to happen years ago, and perhaps hanging from the gallows (or perhaps his own office ceiling, like a Chinese business man).
Just because he’s gone, doesn’t mean we can’t indict him for something.
August 14th, 2007
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bshirley |
government, inthenews, politics |
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After a pre-season tailgate (JohnMarsha, Mary O, TG, and me) at the Texans/Bears (the rain reduced the heat) game Saturday night, then a late-night post-game card playing session, TG and I had brunch with Ericka and new beau.
It was 102°, the hottest it’s been in 4 years. We went to the Menil after eating, and noticed that 90+% of the patrons were wearing flip-flops or sandals. You have to vent that heat!
Magrite, Picaso, Warhol, Egyptian reliefs, much more and air conditioning. The light was good on Sunday, too. It didn’t feel too bad outside, actually. Just hot.
August 13th, 2007
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bshirley |
friends, houston, sports, weekend |
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Knock, knock. Hello? Anyone home at the AP?
Weather improving for tomorrow’s shuttle launch
Associated Press Aug. 7, 2007, 4:40PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The weather is improving for Wednesday’s planned launch of Endeavour on a space station delivery mission featuring NASA’s first educator-astronaut.
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Seven astronauts are assigned to the mission, but the spotlight is on Barbara Morgan, who was Christa McAuliffe’s backup for Challenger’s doomed mission in 1986.
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Christa McAuliffe was the first educator-astronaut. Because she died doing her job does not disqualify her from the title.
I hope she and the rest of the STS-51-L crew will be watching over the Endeavour.
August 7th, 2007
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bshirley |
media, science |
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SEXTILIS • I • MCMLXVII
“Whereas the Emperor Augustus Caesar, in the month of Sextilis, was first admitted to the consulate, and thrice entered the city in triumph, and in the same month the legions, from the Janiculum, placed themselves under his auspices, and in the same month Egypt was brought under the authority of the Roman people, and in the same month an end was put to the civil wars; and whereas for these reasons the said month is, and has been, most fortunate to this empire, it is hereby decreed by the senate that the said month shall be called Augustus.”
August 1st, 2007
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bshirley |
random |
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