don't see this
Powell's "evidence" was fairly shallow, overall. But he did have at least something to show to the UN, unlike the president during the State of the Union address. And, in the end, I think we will move on Iraq within the next week. Of course, he continued to trot out the idiotic iraq/al qaeda link, which serves no useful purpose, save to convince simpletons that Saddam is behind the World Trade Center bombins. There are so many other, better reasons for taking care of Iraq it's silly to bring up the al qaeda nonsense. With that said, I wanted to go back to Iraq well before September 11th. I also thought we should attempt to solve the North Korea problem. Maybe then we could take on Syria, or terrorist groups like Hamas. It would be the right thing to do: to shoulder the responsibilities of being the world's superpwer to actually encourage democracy abroad.
Alas, it appears the administration is single minded. Surely, if we're a country that can fight multiple regional wars simultaneously, we should be able to handle the variety of threats out there today while still having a sensible fiscal solution. Right? 
Yeah. Of course, this is the same president who remembered going to Johnson Space Center, even though he hadn't:
Q Have you determined whether the President has visited Johnson before? There is still a dispute.
MR. FLEISCHER: Thank you. The Texas staff all recalls a visit. I was asked to get the date. I am not able to find a date. And so I think right now it's somewhat murky.
Q Because Johnson has no record of it, and we don't have any record of it in the Chronicle files, and things like that.
MR. FLEISCHER: I'm aware of that. And that's why I say this is now somewhat murky.
Q With due respect, how could it be murky? How would you forget going to the -- whether or not you went to the Johnson Space Center?
MR. FLEISCHER: Obviously, the Texas staff that was with the President at the time remembered it, which is why I said it.
Q Has anybody asked the President?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President, or the Governor repeatedly had briefings from NASA officials where they would come to Austin and brief him -- these are the Texas officials from Houston -- traveled to Austin to brief him on the NASA programs. No wonder our country is in bad shape. Or, "murky" as some people prefer...
posted at: 2003-02-05 12:57:37 with 0 comments Yeah. Of course, this is the same president who remembered going to Johnson Space Center, even though he hadn't:
Q Have you determined whether the President has visited Johnson before? There is still a dispute.
MR. FLEISCHER: Thank you. The Texas staff all recalls a visit. I was asked to get the date. I am not able to find a date. And so I think right now it's somewhat murky.
Q Because Johnson has no record of it, and we don't have any record of it in the Chronicle files, and things like that.
MR. FLEISCHER: I'm aware of that. And that's why I say this is now somewhat murky.
Q With due respect, how could it be murky? How would you forget going to the -- whether or not you went to the Johnson Space Center?
MR. FLEISCHER: Obviously, the Texas staff that was with the President at the time remembered it, which is why I said it.
Q Has anybody asked the President?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President, or the Governor repeatedly had briefings from NASA officials where they would come to Austin and brief him -- these are the Texas officials from Houston -- traveled to Austin to brief him on the NASA programs. No wonder our country is in bad shape. Or, "murky" as some people prefer...
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