This Week in The News
This week, the White House made it official. In a quiet ceremony in on the West Lawn, President Bush announced that he is dropping the moniker "compassionate conservative." In short prepared remarks, the President commented, "I have examined the issue sobrietly and with the a great deal of objectivyism and concluded that it is best to move forward with the understanding that I am not -- and never have been -- very compassionate. I have led a sheltered life marked by cronyism and greed. Compassion just does not fit the bill. I mean, I really don't give a sh-it about people who are not like me. While I attempted to soldier on with the designation, a preemptive war, indifference to Hurricane Katrina, and a battle to keep insurance out of the hands of children has driven home the message that I am really a self absorbed manchild." The President did reserve his right to "talk all goddy" whenever he needed to stir up the Republican base.
This week, Richard Mellon Scaife, a billionaire heir to a retailing fortune filed for divorce. Scaife has given over $300 million to pro family conservative causes and spent millions on his so called "Arkansas Project" aimed at finding proof of then President Clinton's past infidelities. According to papers filed in a Pittsburgh court, Scaife's wife accuses him of having an ongoing affair with a former prostitute that included twice weekly meetings at an hourly rate motel. (Scaife always brought flowers.) She also accuses him of dog napping. Asked if his client's laser like focus on the conduct of others does not seem hypocritical in light of his own behavior, Scaife's lawyer declined to comment.
This week, the Administration announced that it plans to pump $500 million into Mexico to asisst the Mexican government with its war on drug cartels. Declaring that it was fed up with the cartels brazenly selling products that Americans wish to buy in great quantity, Administration officials brushed aside criticism that similar aid programs in Columbia had done little to stop the drug flow as well as comments that the Mexican government and military is riddled with corruption. Speaking on the initiative, Mary Jane Paulson, Under Secretary for Dangerous Meddling commented, "With any luck we will shortly become full partners in guiding Mexico's internal political decisions, policing Mexican streets, and dropping chemicals from the sky in a bid to stamp out one of the few sources of income for many Mexicans. All to stop a problem that originates with us. Their gonna loves us in Sonora."
This week, the Educational Testing Service unveiled a report demonstrating that up to 15% of the incoming class at American universities consists of white students whose academic qualifications are below the minimum required by their university. These students outnumber Black and Hispanic students who were given racial preferences by a 2-1 margin. According to the report these students were admitted because of family connections or connections to wealthy donors. The study demonstrates that the most pervasive form of affirmative action on American campuses benefits connected white kids and not racial minorities. Speaking on behalf of Duke University, (one of the schools whose admission data was examined) Kiley Winston Dumnut noted, "What we have here is really a misnomer. When we admit a poor minority with substandard qualifications, we chalk that up to affirmative action. When we admit the dullard child of a wealthy alum, we categorize that as Development and Endowment."
Asked if the study would have any effect on his own anti affirmative action views, Justice Clarence Thomas would only mumble angrily about his grandfather.
Asked if the study would alter his views, Rush Limbuagh replied that he is sure white people are being victimized somehow.
This week, Richard Mellon Scaife, a billionaire heir to a retailing fortune filed for divorce. Scaife has given over $300 million to pro family conservative causes and spent millions on his so called "Arkansas Project" aimed at finding proof of then President Clinton's past infidelities. According to papers filed in a Pittsburgh court, Scaife's wife accuses him of having an ongoing affair with a former prostitute that included twice weekly meetings at an hourly rate motel. (Scaife always brought flowers.) She also accuses him of dog napping. Asked if his client's laser like focus on the conduct of others does not seem hypocritical in light of his own behavior, Scaife's lawyer declined to comment.
This week, the Administration announced that it plans to pump $500 million into Mexico to asisst the Mexican government with its war on drug cartels. Declaring that it was fed up with the cartels brazenly selling products that Americans wish to buy in great quantity, Administration officials brushed aside criticism that similar aid programs in Columbia had done little to stop the drug flow as well as comments that the Mexican government and military is riddled with corruption. Speaking on the initiative, Mary Jane Paulson, Under Secretary for Dangerous Meddling commented, "With any luck we will shortly become full partners in guiding Mexico's internal political decisions, policing Mexican streets, and dropping chemicals from the sky in a bid to stamp out one of the few sources of income for many Mexicans. All to stop a problem that originates with us. Their gonna loves us in Sonora."
This week, the Educational Testing Service unveiled a report demonstrating that up to 15% of the incoming class at American universities consists of white students whose academic qualifications are below the minimum required by their university. These students outnumber Black and Hispanic students who were given racial preferences by a 2-1 margin. According to the report these students were admitted because of family connections or connections to wealthy donors. The study demonstrates that the most pervasive form of affirmative action on American campuses benefits connected white kids and not racial minorities. Speaking on behalf of Duke University, (one of the schools whose admission data was examined) Kiley Winston Dumnut noted, "What we have here is really a misnomer. When we admit a poor minority with substandard qualifications, we chalk that up to affirmative action. When we admit the dullard child of a wealthy alum, we categorize that as Development and Endowment."
Asked if the study would have any effect on his own anti affirmative action views, Justice Clarence Thomas would only mumble angrily about his grandfather.
Asked if the study would alter his views, Rush Limbuagh replied that he is sure white people are being victimized somehow.
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