Comments on: The Tsunami Tshakedown

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:48:18 +0000

Jeez, MattJ, can’t you tell when something is too good to check?

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:25:08 +0000

MattJ–shucks, I loved it. But thanks!

By: MattJ

MattJ — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:19:30 +0000

Buddy Larsen:

That ‘no va’ thing is an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

By: Rick Ballard

Rick Ballard — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:58:00 +0000

For heaven’s sake, the questions for the P-EW poll were probably vetted by George Soros. P-EW’s last political survey was the worsrt that I’ve ever seen them produce. I suppose Ryan Sager’s outing of their political activities has led them to drop any pretense of objectivity.

P-EW – the tranzi’s polling organization.

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:47:50 +0000

Years ago, GM had a lot of trouble selling the Chevy Nova in the Spanish-speaking world–finally someone pointed out that “no va” means “won’t go”. On that “tried-to-tell-you” note, please note the bad smell of the Pew poll.

By: Skookumchuk

Skookumchuk — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:46:53 +0000

terrye:

I know how you feel. You just caught me on one of my optimistic days, thats all.

By: Rick Ballard

Rick Ballard — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:41:15 +0000

This CRS FAQ sheet makes me happy that I recommended them. They even have pictures of people standing in new houses. Maybe they should forward some to the UN so that they can see what a new house looks like. .96 on the dollar to the victims sounds pretty good to me.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:39:05 +0000

skook:

I am sure you are right….but when I hear something like the Pew poll I just kind of want to give up.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:26:57 +0000

In the greater scheme of things, it’s also the expedient thing to do. I love it when right and expedient coincide.

Mark Steyn is da Man. So much to chew on in a Steyn piece. He closes with a word about something that makes me very happy:

Any large gathering of world leaders is a waste of time, especially if there’s any kind of permanent secretariat or bureaucracy involved. Mr Bush will be polite at Gleneagles, but it’s no coincidence that his closest relationship is with a man he hardly ever meets in person, and never at the big talking-shops–John Howard of Australia, who doesn’t get to go to the G8 or Nato or the EU and yet works more effectively with America than Canada or any of the so-called ‘major European allies’ like France and Germany. Summits are, so to speak, one huge bluff.

According to my favourite foreign minister these days, Australia’s Alexander Downer, ‘Iraq was a clear example about how outcomes are more important than blind faith in the principles of non-intervention, sovereignty and multilateralism…. Increasingly multilateralism is a synonym for an ineffective and unfocused policy involving internationalism of the lowest common denominator. Multilateral institutions need to become more results-oriented.’

By: Skookumchuk

Skookumchuk — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:05:16 +0000

terrye:

We can’t do it to be loved. In fact, the more efficiently we do it, the more the impotent Euroleft and the Islamofascists will come to despise us for it.

We do it because it is the right thing to do.