Time Off (Diana West beautifully slams Time mag)

The Washington Times ^ | 12/27/02 | Diana West

[Skooz]

I'm not reading about Time magazine's "persons" of the year. Nothing against chosen "persons" Cynthia Cooper, Sherron Watkins and Coleen Rowley

[leadhead]

"But I never thought I'd come here as a soldier in the Vagina Army."

How do they salute?

[Fintan]

How do they salute?

They just put their lips together and blow...

[17th Miss Regt]

Have some respect. The Army of Northern Vagina kept the Union at bay for several years.

[martin_fierro]

How do they salute?

Never mind that -- HOW DO I GET IN?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

TIME selected three women who blew their whistles too late to change the outcome of their employers problem. They did nothing to influence history.

[RightOnline]

Dinner and drinks.

[martin_fierro]

Ah, yes.

And talk. Lots and lots and lots of talk.

[Skooz]

They did nothing to influence history.

Exactly. That's why the selection is such a joke. A further testiment to Time's growing irrelevence.

[xm177e2]

We need something else—and not just windmills off Cape Cod, or solar panels amid the redwoods. What's required is a big fat brain trust. Successful or not, the project's a winner

Translation: "we need a big, fat, new government bureaucracy. Successful or not, it shows we're making an effort." Barf!

[Cincinatus]

Why is there still no Manhattan-Project-style effort underway to develop non-oil-based fuel sources?

Actually, this one is easy to answer: because there's no perceived crisis in the supply of oil. We have enough proven reserves for about the next 100 years and suspect that actual reserves are even larger.

We get "Manhattan projects" only under intense pressure, such as a major war. Absent such pressure, there's no political rationale for a crash program. BTW, that also happens to be the reason why the current space program sucks.

[Chemist_Geek]

Barf!

Keep sending your money to the Oil Barons of the Middle East, then. Or would you prefer to have gasoline at $5/gallon before we begin to support R&D of future energy?

[Skooz]

Agreed. It will take an Apollo-type project to rid us of our dependency on foreign oil--and I am all for it. It is a matter of national sovereignty and security. If we could become energy independent, we could let the middle east sink in it's oil.

[copycat]

"But I never thought I'd come here as a soldier in the Vagina Army."

The Vagina Army...wonder if they earn The Purple Vulva for bleeding on the battlefield?

[Tex-Con-Man]

Never mind that -- HOW DO I GET IN?

Dick Armey may want to infiltrate...

[OldFriend]

Bottom line.......TIME is irrelevant. As is the alphabet newschannels and their cohort cnn.

[Puppage]

Unfortunately...I think cuddling has to be factored in, too. No?

[martin_fierro]

Yes, cuddling and pretty lacy underthings and....

SAAAAY, WHAT KINDA ARMY IS THIS, ANYHOW??? <|:)~

[Skooz]

Unfortunately...I think cuddling has to be factored in, too. No?

Even worse than that: Listening.

The horror...the horror.

[Snardius]

Flowers...don't forget the flowers.