Monday, March 07, 2005

Restoring Marshes From The Desert Iraqi farmers get their marshes back from the desert created by Saddam.  The marshes are thriving now with vegitation, crops, fish, shrimp.   A good story somehow got past the Times' staff. For Iraq's Great Marshes, a Hesitant Comeback. In Iraq, a grand experiment in turning back the environmental clock is underway. By By JAMES GLANZ. [NYT > Home Page] 10:07:22 PM    comment [] trackback []

Bush Picks John R. Bolton as U.N. Ambassador Bolton is a good choice to be the next Ambassador to the U.N. He is meeting the expected opposition from the left characterizing him as some kind of loose cannon who won't be best for mending fences with the U.N.. You can see where the priorities of the left lay. I'm sorry, I see no compelling need to mend fences with a body who so far has done nothing to clean up and expose its corrupt goings on with the Oil-For-Food Program, and other scandals that include systematic rape of children. No, what this nation needs representing us in the United Nations is exactly someone who will forcefully represent us and not kowtow to the corrupt, ineffective and impotent U.N.. He is being chastised for commenting that if the U.N. lost 10 floors from its building that no one would notice. Politically speaking, which is the context he was using, he's exactly right, and isn't afraid to call a spade a spade. Another great choice by President Bush. Bolton Tapped to Be Next U.N. Ambassador. Bush Taps Fiery Arms Control Expert John R. Bolton to Be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations [ABC News: Politics] 6:27:24 PM    comment [] trackback []

Bush to Nominate Bolton as U.N. Ambassador. President Bush intends to nominate Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a government official said on Monday. By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Politics] 11:23:56 AM    comment [] trackback []

Dan Rather's Legacy Not as spicy as Slick Willy's, but the Media Research Center has compiled quite a list of highlights of Mr. Rather's accomplishments in media bias. 8:45:34 AM    comment [] trackback []

It's Official, Bloggers Gain Some Respect Expanding the definition of what constitutes the press, Garrett M. Graff recieved his daily press credentials for the Whitehouse press room to write for his blog, FishbowlDC.  This event marks the bestowing of certain credibility to blogging and the role they play in keeping the world informed via the internet. Reference New York Times article by Katherine Q. Seelye. 7:55:23 AM    comment [] trackback []

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