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...certainly chose a ridiculously inappropriate moment to mess with it. The decision - at a time when America's post-9/11 flags are still truculently out and its nerves frayed by a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't war against terrorists and by a doubtful economy - seemed stupid: fetishistic about the First Amendment and almost wanton in its cluelessness about the American mood...
...Economy, Stupid (April...
...Barton did deliberately start the fires, the question that everyone wants to know is, well, why would anyone do such a monumentally stupid thing? Investigators say that it's not uncommon for some firefighters to start fires to get attention for their heroism in putting them out. Accident or not, there is no excuse for what Barton did - but there may eventually be an explanation...
...role in the abuse scandals, spoke up almost instantly against the idea, letting it be known that Boston's pastors were not to "join, foster or promote" the group, on the ground that it would compete with an existing panel. Bane called Law's response "astonishingly stupid" given that neither the idea--nor the people involved--were radical. "Lay organizations can't force the leadership to acknowledge them or give them power," she says. "But if the church ignores them, I think they'll see some pretty widespread exits...
Bethune delights in speaking his mind almost as much as he likes climbing into a cockpit. He says competitors trying to cut costs last September were "stupid" to take off magazines and meals in coach, a direct dig at Dallas-based American Airlines. He ridicules "an Atlanta-based carrier"--a reference to Delta Air Lines--for cutting back its sales teams that cater to major clients, to save money after 9/11. "We high-fived each other when we heard it," says Bethune, who promptly sent his pilots into corporate cafeterias to reassure business travelers about security measures...