The International Bible Society-Send the Light has arranged to distribute Bibles with a number of newspapers including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Unfortunately, they haven't raised enough money to get it done. In Fort Worth, they need $438,000; they've raised $13,000.
I'm thinking of how much good they could do with $438,000. Or even $13,000, directed to people who need it. Oh, well.
In a related story, Temple Emanuel on 5th Avenue has arranged to deliver issues of the Talmud with next Sunday's New York Times. Nationally. And not to worry - they can afford it.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
RE-UPS
Here's a word for the family-values folks:
A new study reports that the stress of having an Army spouse in a combat zone leads to a 60% increase in moderate to severe child abuse by the female spouse left behind - although there was no increase in the case of male spouses left behind.
This is such a loaded finding. Is it that women can't handle stress as well as men? Or can't handle this kind of stress? Are woman more inclined toward child abuse than men (boy, that would shake loose the foundations of all sorts of women's movements)? Is it a matter of the kind of women who marry Army men?
The one thing everyone can agree with is that sending men into combat causes serious stress in all concerned. So maybe the family-values folks should be a little less free with supporting the endless re-ups that get children wrecked.
A new study reports that the stress of having an Army spouse in a combat zone leads to a 60% increase in moderate to severe child abuse by the female spouse left behind - although there was no increase in the case of male spouses left behind.
This is such a loaded finding. Is it that women can't handle stress as well as men? Or can't handle this kind of stress? Are woman more inclined toward child abuse than men (boy, that would shake loose the foundations of all sorts of women's movements)? Is it a matter of the kind of women who marry Army men?
The one thing everyone can agree with is that sending men into combat causes serious stress in all concerned. So maybe the family-values folks should be a little less free with supporting the endless re-ups that get children wrecked.
CRIMINAL THINGS
The naivete of the Bush administration is simply amazing.
Yesterday Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence, disclosed that after 9/11 Bush instituted more questionable intelligence practices than just warrantless surveillance. He didn't say what they were.
The reason McConnell released this info was to divert possible prosecution of Gonzalez for perjury. Gonzalez has been saying that what he wanted to discuss with Ashcroft during the infamous hospital visit was something other than the warrantless surveillance program called TSP. McConnell is giving Gonzalez other programs to have discussed.
This isn't going to work, of course. All the witnesses to the incident say warrantless surveillance was discussed. But now there is confirmation of more nefarious spying which is going to raise a shitstorm in Washington.
Which raises the question: what's more important to this administration, secret intelligence gathering or Alberto Gonzalez? Seems like it's Gonzalez - because if it's secret intelligence gathering that matters most, it isn't a good idea to disclose its existence.
Didn't they understand what they were doing? Did they think they could just slip in McConnell's comment for use on one front and to be ignored on the other? That's the definition of naivete. And all this for a good Texas buddy? According to them, now al Qaeda's going to know what they're doing - they've blown their own argument against the Democrats.
Of course there is speculation that keeping Alberto Gonzalez is the most important thing to the Bush Administration, because if some other AG gets into that office he'll be finding some pretty criminal things.
So is it naivete or obstruction of justice? Hopefully we will soon find out.
Yesterday Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence, disclosed that after 9/11 Bush instituted more questionable intelligence practices than just warrantless surveillance. He didn't say what they were.
The reason McConnell released this info was to divert possible prosecution of Gonzalez for perjury. Gonzalez has been saying that what he wanted to discuss with Ashcroft during the infamous hospital visit was something other than the warrantless surveillance program called TSP. McConnell is giving Gonzalez other programs to have discussed.
This isn't going to work, of course. All the witnesses to the incident say warrantless surveillance was discussed. But now there is confirmation of more nefarious spying which is going to raise a shitstorm in Washington.
Which raises the question: what's more important to this administration, secret intelligence gathering or Alberto Gonzalez? Seems like it's Gonzalez - because if it's secret intelligence gathering that matters most, it isn't a good idea to disclose its existence.
Didn't they understand what they were doing? Did they think they could just slip in McConnell's comment for use on one front and to be ignored on the other? That's the definition of naivete. And all this for a good Texas buddy? According to them, now al Qaeda's going to know what they're doing - they've blown their own argument against the Democrats.
Of course there is speculation that keeping Alberto Gonzalez is the most important thing to the Bush Administration, because if some other AG gets into that office he'll be finding some pretty criminal things.
So is it naivete or obstruction of justice? Hopefully we will soon find out.
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