Hugo Chavez is an annoyance who only acts crazy

Posted by Rob Fleming on Aug 30th, 2007
2007
Aug 30

By WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.

The most recent initiative of the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is to change Venezuela’s time zone by one half-hour. Why? There is only one reasonable answer: to annoy the United States.
Why should the U.S. be annoyed by such a time change? Answer: It shouldn’t be, really.
We tamper with the clock [...]

Drop in U.S. stockpiles supports oil price

Posted by Rob Fleming on Aug 30th, 2007
2007
Aug 30

By Mark Shenk Bloomberg News
 

U.S. crude oil prices rose to a three-week high above $73 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed a larger-than-expected drop in oil and gasoline inventories.
The Energy Department reported that crude oil stockpiles fell 3.49 million barrels to 333.6 million in the week ended Aug. 24. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg [...]

Senator Craig Learns Seeking Sex Is Now a Crime

Posted by Rob Fleming on Aug 30th, 2007
2007
Aug 30

Assume it is true what an undercover officer claims about his encounter with Senator Larry Craig in an airport men’s room: Craig was asking for sex.
What we would have is an adult propositioning another adult. If that is a crime, then an entire industry of singles bars across the nation should be raided. [...]