tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post112930078829457976..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: The Danger of Harriet MiersJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1129487757111436482005-10-16T13:35:00.000-05:002005-10-16T13:35:00.000-05:00A few words for you African Killer Bees.a)The Cons...A few words for you African Killer Bees.<BR/><BR/>a)The Constitution clearly says: "...the President...shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ...and he shall nominate, ...judges of the Supreme Court...<BR/><BR/>b)As far as I know, none of you bloggers or other critics have been elected President.<BR/><BR/>c)Advice and consent of the Senate does not, in my view, include minority activist groups, or friends of Senators, or any other big mouths.<BR/><BR/>We would all be better off if everyone not directly involved just let the process play itself out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1129311309931641092005-10-14T12:35:00.000-05:002005-10-14T12:35:00.000-05:00I am convinced that many, many of this White House...I am convinced that many, many of this White House's problems stem from an inability to clearly, forcefully, and articulately defend itself.<BR/><BR/>From the excerpt posted by JVL:<BR/><BR/><I>First, the administration did not try to suppress or manipulate data,</I><BR/><BR/>If the White House could simply have made this point articulately, nothing else would have been needed. But they can't, so they ham-handedly fire some guy. Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1129309389908792202005-10-14T12:03:00.000-05:002005-10-14T12:03:00.000-05:00I remember reading about the justice statistics th...I remember reading about the justice statistics thing at the time (though I missed the Weekly Standard piece -- nice to see you guys weren't drinking the White House Kool-Aid on that one). I remember wondering at the time how anyone could be so brazen about trying to eliminate or supress any facts that agreed with their worldview.<BR/><BR/>Whatever you think about environmental issues and what we should be doing about them, there have been a number of reports about pressure on government environmental scientists as well. Mostly they get reported in liberal publications, so I can't vouch for the truth of the allegations, but when you see things like this, it certainly lends plausibility to them.<BR/><BR/>The left often caricatures the right as being faith-based anti-rationalists who believe that they have no need to live in the "reality based community." This caricature is rarely any more accurate than the caricature of liberals as pacificists even in the face of direct attacks who look forward to the fall of the United States.<BR/><BR/>Still, incidents like this and like the cheap attacks the White House has turned on their own side in the Miers fight have given the left that much more ammunition to use against the White House. Someone there needs to get a clue about what's going on and do some house cleaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1129308506347319752005-10-14T11:48:00.000-05:002005-10-14T11:48:00.000-05:00Describing something by substituting a part for th...Describing something by substituting a part for the whole. For example, he was the president's eyes, meaning he was an informant for the president.<BR/><BR/>http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+synecdocheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1129306764251678332005-10-14T11:19:00.000-05:002005-10-14T11:19:00.000-05:00Yeah, can someone please post a definition of "syn...Yeah, can someone please post a definition of "synecdoche"? My dicshunary is missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1129302497506609282005-10-14T10:08:00.000-05:002005-10-14T10:08:00.000-05:00Synecdoche? I guess I better stop reading this bl...Synecdoche? I guess I better stop reading this blog. The average reader has got to be a lot smarter than I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com