I find it quite ironic that the mess affecting Wall Street has been compared with the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Equally interesting is a name that seems to be linked with both events. That would be none other than Jamie Gorelick. Yes, she of the famous CIA - FBI ”Wall” memo. Like a Bizarro Forest Gump she moved smoothly from the annals of that great tragedy to a lucrative position at Fannie Mae. Lucrative in the sense that she was able to leech out an estimated $26 million dollars in salary and bonuses during her time there. She was present when the whole carousel began to spin faster and faster out of control, getting off just in time to cash out ahead of the little people.

Of course, now is not the time to be laying blame. Everything I have read, leaves me with little left to conclude other than that immediate government intervention is necessary. As a small government Libertarian I am loathe to see our government further entangled in the economy. However, the magnitude of this crisis requires a large enough entity to smooth the waters and see us through. The U.S. government is the only thing big enough to secure this transition. Therefore, I support this short term intervention, but with great care taken to write into law something that the left is quite fond of — an exit strategy! This plan should contain a timeline and well defined goalposts for an eventual dismantling of government intervention and regulation. Absurdly ignorant as I am of the depth and all the aspects of this crisis, I nonetheless would suggest a 6 to 12 month time frame for extrication. Hopefully, this idea will occur to the foot dragging House Republicans and square their Hayekian core beliefs with the dire need for swift government action.

In the meantime, I will looking into whether there are any links between Jamie Gorelick and baby milk from China.

Musharraf has stepped down rather than face a likely impeachment. Good riddance! Right? He went out just like the dictator that he was, guns a-blazing determined to take the country down with him. No that was not how it happened, he actually just stepped down with far less whining and more dignity than Al Gore ending his presidential campaign in late 2000 or early 2001. 

Now what happens in Pakistan? I do not know what the hand wringers at the State Department expected when they insisted on elections there. This is a failed country one good revolution away from being ruled, along with its nukes, by the Taliban and by extension Al Qaeda. Geniuses! One less dictator they figure as that part of the world collapses further into chaos. We can sit back and watch this fall as the two ruling parties, with Musharraf gone, are bound to split apart leading to massive instability. This is just the latest mind boggling example of the Pollyannas in the State Department undermining the best interests of the United States and the world.

So now, at some point, we will be forced to clean up Pakistan in order to fix Afghanistan. I guess to the State Department that is far better than working with a stable “dictator” to clean up his own country from within. I am going to stop now, my head hurts from all the shaking.

I’m here at the Texas Department of Emergency Management to train for hurricane support with a fellow meteorologist. President Bush came by today, and I got to meet him.

…and here’s me, creeping President Bush OUT!

There’s a Reliant Energy commercial here in Fort Worth, where a very perky woman is describing her passion for reading. While naming the types of books she enjoys, she comes across

…autobiographies about people…

Think about that.

Baby (sorry about thw spelling, Nan) Chloe Amanda Joe [last name], was born today at ~7pm. She’s 6lbs 4oz.

I know the I’m long gone, but here are some photos Koto - the IMET I replaced - sent me.

From the National Weather Service in Fort Wort, TX:

.TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 105. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS
BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 106. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. HEAT
INDEX VALUES AROUND 110 IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 107. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1808795

If only I could make a better show!

Some high temperatures across the Fort Worth area yesterday:

FORT WORTH ALLIANCE   106
FORT WORTH NAS-JRB    106
FORT WORTH MEACHAM    104
FORT WORTH SPINKS     102

Yikes.

Highs in the lower-100s again today. Should be a lot cooler tomorrow. Highs only in the upper-90s.