THE WEEKLY STANDARD Beyond Pathetic BP’s Gulf disaster was no surprise to those who understood the corporate culture. BY Andrew B. Wilson June 28, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 39 Shortly after lunch on November 27, 2003, Oberon Houston was in his office beneath the helideck of BP’s Forties Alpha oil platform in the North Sea, […]
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Mark Steyn: Learning the rules of an unengaged president By MARK STEYN 2010-06-25 10:43:51 What do Gen. McChrystal and British Petroleum have in common? Aside from the fact that they’re both Democratic Party supporters. Or they were. Stanley McChrystal is a liberal who voted for Obama and banned Fox News from his HQ TV. Which
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Turkey of a Policy Obama makes the Middle East an even more dangerous place. BY Elliott Abrams June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 The Gaza flotilla incident is not over. American demands for some “international role” in investigating Israel’s conduct (but not, it seems, Turkey’s) and for
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Period of Consequences Our dangerous Iran policy. BY Jamie Fly and William Kristol June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 The passage last Wednesday of a fourth U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran was the latest act in the tragicomedy that is U.S. policy toward Iran.
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JUNE 22, 2010 A Tale of Two Disasters Bush was blamed for local failures after Katrina. Obama got a free ride for weeks as federal failures mounted during the Gulf spill. By PAUL H. RUBIN In many respects, the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Katrina are mirror images of each other. The harm from Katrina was
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The Antidrilling Commission The White House choices seem to have made up their minds. “Under my Administration, the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over. . . To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy. . . I want to be sure that facts are driving scientific decisions, and not
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JUNE 22, 2010 The Obama Speech We’re Waiting For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to get the BP treatment. By WILLIAM MCGURN The President: Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession. Abroad, our brave men and
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INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? By THOMAS SOWELL Posted 06/21/2010 06:13 PM ET View Enlarged Image When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to
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JUNE 17, 2010 The President’s Animosities Since when was the American idea us versus them? By DANIEL HENNINGER The oil company formerly known as British Petroleum is starting to look kind of beaten up. So it goes when a business finds itself tossed into the ring with the current president of the United States. “We
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townhall.com February 13th, 2010 – Obama’s date of Infamy Kevin McCullough Sunday, June 20, 2010 Ok who’s ready for a new federal law? How ’bout this: “No one may run for President of the United States after previously only being elected to a state legislature and U.S. Senate with no chief executive experience.” Instead of
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