When the Red Sox acquired “B.K.” Kim, I heard pundits say it was great because he had “big game experience.” The fact that he famously melted down in big games didn’t matter. WTF is wrong with people?

and the destruction of a nation’s cultural heritage? war crimes, bombing deaths, torture?

then i hardly think it’s the ’same thing,’ and baseball will survive some bad draft picks and wasted signing bonuses.

although i guess the Incompetence is Failing Up syndrome has infected other walks of american life, that’s no surprise when the only people with money or power these days are republicans.

…give the finger to his own constituents? Oh, alright, he did that.

I think it’s useful to see how and where and why illogic and mismanagement and vapid media chatter permeate our culture, so I don’t think it’s gainful to pretend than analogs from more trivial matters are intended to imply equivalent weight.

Why do all these losers end up at Hoover/Stanford? I think the lure (for the school) of bringing a ’name’ on campus outweighs the drag on their reputation. And Hoover? What a sad, sad excuse for a think tank.

It’s a Conservative think tank, so Rummy is well paid, and listened to by teh Serious. What’s not to like?

We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan

… it’s Miller time:

NEW YORK Judith Miller, the former New York Times reporter who left the paper amid tumult over her role in the Plame/CIA leak case, has accepted a position at the the conservative Manhattan Institute in New York City.

[…]

It quoted a release from her: “The Manhattan Institute is doing pioneering work in policing and counter-terrorism. As an adjunct fellow, I hope to continue writing about how best to enhance national security and public safety without sacrificing our freedom and civil liberties.”

It’s like…

When the weasels and the feral hogs go into hibernation: You know the winter is coming. (Feral hogs don’t hibernate, IIRC, but you know what I mean.)

If these guys were still on the upswing, Winger Welfare wouldn’t putting them on the billionaire tit, right?

Of course, they will have to testify before the Truth and Reconcilation commission ….

We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan

esad, david whorowitz.

Hoover is situated on the campus but has little or no relation to Stanford. Hoover plays on that association and we should not be perpetuating their play.

and not unfounded. staring at the hoover webpage, the words “STANFORD UNIVERSITY” appear right below the words “Hoover Inst” so it’s pretty clear what they want us all to think, both parties. gosh, look over to the left- they’re reporting that “real” incomes for the poorest have gone up 80% since bush took office. wow, great research there guys, i’m sure that utterly mirrors empirical truth!

like i said, i’m one to talk. but that doesn’t mean i have to like it, anymore than i’m sure you don’t. universities take on these associations for the money. which is what schools have always done, no real problem with that. but when that start sacrificing truth and facts and peer review for that money, they also sacrifice the right to call themselves ’research’ institutions. standards have to apply across the board, or they are so much BS.

hoover is the blatant example. what about stanford’s econ dept? or school of law? or biology department? after a while, it gets harder and harder to trust institutions despite the cloak of “peer review.” i mourn that loss.