The WSJ Reports the News But Doesn't Read It

I am shocked...shocked (To be spoken with a stone-face in a monotone voice) to find out that the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) today reported that "Problems Mar Iraq Reconstruction, Audit Finds." (1/31/2006, pg. A7)

With this headline in hand, I ask you, Paul Gigot, who are you going to believe your President (and his staff) or your own eyes?

I like Paul Gigot. He used to be on The Newshour on PBS and every Friday he would sit down with the democratic know-it-all, Mark Shields, who seems to be stuck in a 30 year time warp, and discuss current issues. He would hold his own and together they would provide great commentary.

Somewhere along the way, though, he seems to have shut down the objective part of his brain and believe that the only way to U.S. salvation is through lower taxes, less regulation and smaller government.

One would think he could learn the importance of that by reading the paper actually produced where he works. Yet, on

In an ideal world, this would be fantastic. To paraphrase Ralph Nader, "When we have justice, we won't need charity." Our current system, though, shows very little justice, so we continue to need a strong government to protect its own citizens. Forget protecting the world, we can't seem to get it straight at home.

Isn't this like the divorced person giving marriage advice?

We have a President who tells us he's restoring integrity to the White House, yet he won't release the photos of himself with Jack Abramoff.

That's integrity?

The corruption, convenient morals, and outright lying are not limited to this President or this Congress. It's just that everytime the bar is lowered, the next group finds a way to burrow under it.