"  he still uses many words but says next to nothing. "

 

Unless he pumping the CBO full of something.

 

:-)

Surely the WeeklyStandard guys are trenchant when they want to be.

For some reason, Bill Kristol has spared me. Whew!

Re: You should have seen it before I edited down to remove the more cynical components.
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I say that's how I have remembered you. VERY WITTY!

I guess we get lulled into accepting statistics.

Glad you mentioned Norway, BTW. Isn't it amazing what happens when a government is willing to exploit natural resources like, umm, oil. We hope to have a government like that soon so we can continue the good work that made the Bakken formation exploits possible.