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...operation on his own, and b) Pelosi had protested it. But clearly the program didn't exist when Pelosi wrote the letter. When I asked the Congresswoman about this, she said, "Some in the government have accused me of confusing apples and oranges. My response is, it's all fruit...
...dodgy response at best, but one invested with a larger truth. For too many liberals, all secret intelligence activities are "fruit," and bitter fruit at that. The government is presumed guilty of illegal electronic eavesdropping until proven innocent. This sort of civil-liberties fetishism is a hangover from the Vietnam era, when the Nixon Administration wildly exceeded all bounds of legality-spying on antiwar protesters and civil rights leaders...
...failed to enforce law and order, and stop the growing chaos in its own territories. And that will discourage Israelis from seeking a deal with the Palestinians, because the Palestinians will appear incapable of implementing the promises they make. The "peace strategy" of President Mahmoud Abbas will not bear fruit, because the strategy of peace requires making unpopular decisions on the Palestinian side, as Sharon did on the Israeli side. And Palestinian leaders have been unwilling to do that. Now, Israel, too, may less willing to take bold steps...
...decided instead to become a sort of anarchist.' Toward this end, he turned to writing, supporting himself for 15 years with teaching jobs ... 'I'm a great believer in natural organic growth. You grow a lot of things for a long time, and eventually something flowers and bears fruit ... We ought to get used to the idea that the world of the imagination is a kind of landscape in which a writer can go wherever he likes' ... For Fowles, entertainment need not be art, but art should always be in some sense entertaining...
...meantime, Equal Exchange is pursuing new ways to do good business. The company is exploring produce markets in what would be a bid to show that squeezing local fruit and vegetable vendors for rock-bottom prices isn't the only way to run a profitable business. In fact, their vendors might be the ones ready to do the squeezing--with hugs of gratitude...