Wednesday, July 21, 2004

LFR Weekly Reader

Compulsory Reading for the Beach

With the Democratic National Convention convening next Monday, the current issue of The New Yorker has a feature on Illinois state senator Barack Obama.

A raising star in the Democratic party, Obama; yes, it is a little too similar to Osama, nonetheless, he's a politician to keep an eye on.

Remember, around this time four years ago, the party's future prospect was a freshman senator from North Carolina nobody had heard about. His name? John Edwards.

Cheney's dismal running of Halliburton
We've all heard about Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton and how they suggest the presence of a conflict of interest. But the media has never given an account of the job Uncle Dick performed at Halliburton. This Salon.com story illustrates Halliburton as being poorly run by then CEO Richard Cheney.

Other Blogs of Note
The empire is expanding. Here's are some of the children my blog has spawned.
popsplace.blogspot.com
jaytray.blogspot.com

(Editor's Note: Be sure to click on the links, especially ones in reference to a person. The pics are sometimes not what you expect.)

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