Sounds like "business as usual" for the U.S. foreign policy star-chambers. What surprises me about such things is that they actually get reported at all in this country. Even when the "G-Men" of today fail to cover their misbegotten tracks, the mainstream U.S. media is loathe to speak the truth.
This much I can tell you: when Bush uses the word "democracy", I am reminded instantly and without fail of the old maxim, "the Devil can quote scripture for his purpose."
But, when I reflect that courses in "critical thinking" are standard fare in higher education, I continue to be astounded by the pervasive scarcity of evidence that such training has occurred...
Good, I hope they do a good job. I know her bosom can't be good for her back, but I've seen overreductions that leave the woman's hips way too disproportionate to the breasts.
Sounds like "business as usual" for the U.S. foreign policy star-chambers. What surprises me about such things is that they actually get reported at all in this country. Even when the "G-Men" of today fail to cover their misbegotten tracks, the mainstream U.S. media is loathe to speak the truth.
This much I can tell you: when Bush uses the word "democracy", I am reminded instantly and without fail of the old maxim, "the Devil can quote scripture for his purpose."
But, when I reflect that courses in "critical thinking" are standard fare in higher education, I continue to be astounded by the pervasive scarcity of evidence that such training has occurred...
Good, I hope they do a good job. I know her bosom can't be good for her back, but I've seen overreductions that leave the woman's hips way too disproportionate to the breasts.
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Date: 2004-09-28 12:22 pm (UTC)Sounds like "business as usual" for the U.S. foreign policy star-chambers. What surprises me about such things is that they actually get reported at all in this country. Even when the "G-Men" of today fail to cover their misbegotten tracks, the mainstream U.S. media is loathe to speak the truth.
This much I can tell you: when Bush uses the word "democracy", I am reminded instantly and without fail of the old maxim, "the Devil can quote scripture for his purpose."
But, when I reflect that courses in "critical thinking" are standard fare in higher education, I continue to be astounded by the pervasive scarcity of evidence that such training has occurred...
"...you got a Ph.D. in what, now?"
:-\
Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 12:48 pm (UTC)Re: Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 05:00 pm (UTC)Re: Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 05:02 pm (UTC)Re: Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-28 12:22 pm (UTC)Sounds like "business as usual" for the U.S. foreign policy star-chambers. What surprises me about such things is that they actually get reported at all in this country. Even when the "G-Men" of today fail to cover their misbegotten tracks, the mainstream U.S. media is loathe to speak the truth.
This much I can tell you: when Bush uses the word "democracy", I am reminded instantly and without fail of the old maxim, "the Devil can quote scripture for his purpose."
But, when I reflect that courses in "critical thinking" are standard fare in higher education, I continue to be astounded by the pervasive scarcity of evidence that such training has occurred...
"...you got a Ph.D. in what, now?"
:-\
Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 12:48 pm (UTC)Re: Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 05:00 pm (UTC)Re: Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 05:02 pm (UTC)Re: Shocked, actually
Date: 2004-09-28 05:23 pm (UTC)