Down 10% up 8% love that fuzzy math

Posted: February 2, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Last week Fox reported that the president was going to cut defense 10%.

Today Congressional quarterly says that instead he will be increasing defense 8%.

Somebody has it wrong unless we are talking about cutting the rate of growth. Economic problems or no I wouldn’t be too fired up to cut war spending. Economic cycles come and go, but you can’t unlose a war.

UPDATE: Max Boot sees the -10

What a difference an Instalance makes

Posted: February 2, 2009 by datechguy in personal
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Cripes in under 20 minutes I’ve gotten more hits from Glenn in the last 30 minutes then in the last two weeks combined.

Keeping up with the comments is a great excuse to put the kids to work on what I’d normally be doing.

Too good to check

Posted: February 2, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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This from the national review:

Biden and Larijani to Meet in Munich? [Michael Rubin]

So the Iranian press yesterday speculated . . .

Munich? Could the Obama administration be that foolish?

Lucky Bastards at the Washington Examiner

Posted: February 2, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Byron York is a solid reporter and one of the best examples of a person who can report facts without without letting one’s ideology mess with them. Check out his archive to see what i mean.

He anounces today that this will be his last week at the National Review as he moves to political reporting at the Washington Examiner and blogging at http://ExaminerPolitics.com

This is a huge loss for the corner. The graveyards may be full of irreplaceable men but as noted earlier real reporters who actually report are a rare commodity these days.