Earlier, I linked to a story about the little hypocrisy issue the Clintons are having over the Dubai port deal. Husband giving advice to the Dubai folks on how to get the deal while wife works to legislate against the deal.
Glenn Reynolds points to a story in the WaPo about a Democratic call for Elizabeth Dole to remove herself from oversight of any port dealings since her husband, former Senator Bob Dole, is lobbying for the deal.
Exactly how is this different from what Billy-boy is doing?
Frankly, I agree with Glenn on this one, both are iffy ethically.
During the 1920’s the phenomenon of barnstorming occurred. Pilots returned from the first World War and wanted to make a living flying. Using surplus Curtiss JN-4 (”Jenny”) airplanes purchased from the US government for as little as $200, barnstormers toured all over the US. They put on shows, did stunt flying (including flying THROUGH barns) and took people for rides. By 1927, however, federal regulations began to be enforced and the traveling barnstormers heyday was over.
Now the Chinese are bringing barnstorming back. A team of Russian pilots will fly jet fighters through Tianmen Cave in central Hunan province. Promoters are selling 20,000 tickets for around $840 each. The cave is 280 meters long and about 130 meters high. It gets as narrow as 28 meters…..
I don’t think I’d personally want to be inside the cave, thanks anyway.
Along comes a Borg shark!
Scientists working at DARPA have implanted electrodes into sharks to use them as stealth spies. The work is still very preliminary at this stage, but a test in the open ocean off Florida is planned using blue sharks.
(Waiting now for the screams from the PETA folks, should start any second….)
This is the most blatant case of hypocritical triangulation I have ever seen. While Senator Hillary Clinton is loudly condemning the Dubai port deal (using outright lies to do so), former President Bill Clinton is advising Dubai on how to quell protests over the deal.
He’s also taken more than $300,000 from Dubai for addressing a summit there.
The dishonesty is totally breathtaking. Lefties accuse the Bush administration of being dishonest?
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