Posted on 03/14/2007 12:39:12 PM PDT by neverdem
First , he eschews the mealy mouthed response to the Libby pardon--arguing, rightly I think, that the President should remedy this travesty by immediately pardoning Lewis Libby.
Amidst all this foolishness there is a serious question here. Considering the times we live in, do we really want to continue to try to chip away at the traditional powers of the president? Regardless of who wins the White House, don't we need a strong president?
We've known for a long time that our intelligence capabilities weren't cutting muster. It was certainly the case before 9/11, and it's still true in Iraq and elsewhere. Now we have apparently decided that we really don't know if North Korea has a uranium enrichment program to make bombs or not.
Whether it's the Katrina response, the problems at Walter Reed Medical Center, bungled border security, or the IRS and FBI which can't get their computer systems working, it seems like we've lost our ability to take care of some of the most basic duties of government.
Not that this problem is new. For decades, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has told us, time and time again, that we've lost control of the waste and fraud and mismanagement in many of our most important agencies. And it's getting worse.
A big part of the problem is our outmoded civil-service system that makes it too hard to hire good employees and too hard to fire bad ones. The bureaucracy has become gargantuan, making accountability and reform very difficult.
I like Fred Thompson because Dick Cheney is not running.
Where are the errors? Why not write the editor and let him correct them if you like the publication? You do realize it's an all-volunteer operation, don't you?
One word in the article headline wrong... heart.
It should be heard.
"Three damn good ideas--more than I've heard from all the candidates running for the nominations in both parties and he hasn't even thrown his hat in the ring."
Pathetic proofreading... "heart" doesn't even make sense.
It should be heart, as in I "love".....
Step back from your keyboard, take a deep breath and keep repeating to yourself serenity now, serenity now.
Substitute the word "like" or "love" for heart in the headline and it will be more understandable.
When did "heart" become a verb?
You do realize it's an all-volunteer operation, don't you?
That's news to me. Thanks for the info.
etc.
Maybe the author was trying to be cute, like the bumper stickers which use a picture of a heart intead of the word, "love" as in:
I (picture of a heart) NY.
Yes--it is meant to be heart as in love as in the bumperstickers and it's used all the time.
Come down off the ledge; a 2004 movie title was "I Heart Huckabees"
cafepress.com must be in overload mode! Everybody loves Fred. I'm getting there myself.
I think getting rid of the civil service is one of Newt's ideas.
I appreciate the explanations, but can we return to standard English, please? Can't we all get along?
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
But it's no fun that way.
Or
I
[picture of a heart]
[picture of Hillary]
[picture of a tree]
[picture of a music note]
For "I love country music"
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