ANITA HILL STRIKES BACK!!!!

Thanks for this link. It might be interesting were HRC, should she attain the Presidency, to select Anita Hill for SCOTUS.

Just a stay thought. She would certainly bring a perspective different to that of Justice Thomas.

And, WRT Thomas’s book, I read the LA Times review, and got the impression that (a) the reviewer wasn’t overly impressed by it, and (b) Thomas’s grandfather should not have been the person raising him. The abuse (physical and mental) came through clearly in the review.

David W. Bartoo -
It’s not very often that I can contribute with all these mental/moral giants swimming around at the lake…

You appear quite well endowed in those attributes youself. Really. And size is always relative to the concepts and ideas that one is willing to take on.

New thread: Goldsmith Testimony Part I

Second new thread, Marcy liveblog House Oversight Blackwater Liveblog One

Good Morning.

You guys just refuse to let me give up hope, don’tcha?!

T.H.A.N.K.Y.O.U.! ;->

Lotsa work going on around here (sanding & painting & prepping stuff for recycling, oogh) but I’ll be in and out. Just can’t stay away from the Lake. I tried to keep track of what th’ hay was goin’ on by turning on the MSM every so often. Had to snap that button OFF within milliseconds every blasted time; and got myself into a funk wondering when someone would wake up to all the mayhem in the world, much of the worst aided and abetted by this dreadful boosh/chaingang.

Go get-em pups! I’ll do what I can. ;->

I presume folks here are aware: ACLU has pleas out for people to light up the wires to Congresscritters, most definitely including leadership.

Leahy is up

What the hell could this guy say to make what Blackwater has done on more than one occasion acceptable?

because the bottom line can be adversely affected in a lot of ways, including declining perception of trust.

This is exactly correct, at least in the environment I am in daily, that of a corporate/financial giant.
One of our first underwriting criteria is, “Will it pass the WSJ front-page test?” I.e. if the public had access to the information around the company/project we were financing or if some of the downside scenarios arose, would it cause enough of a backlash (loss of trust) that would affect the bottom line?
If the answer to that question is “No it wouldn’t pass that test,” we don’t bring the deal up to the investment committee.
One recent case was looking at financing Blackwater, and the front page test was applied then the deal was summarily dismissed.

Fascinating and timely! Good choice, obviously. Appreciate your informed participation immensely.