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Friday, March 7, 2003

The benefits of version tracking

Notice at the bottom of line 115 how the phrase "The Microsoft desktop monopoly" has been cleaned up by generalizing in the new version. Now it reads "Control of the desktop by a single platform..."

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Lying versus being at odds

In my mind, a contradiction such as the one below should be considered a lie and open a subject up to a charge of perjury, not simply be described as "being at odds."

"The two issues, education and juvenile justice, were on his agenda list," Rove told Wayne Slater and Jim Moore in an interview for their book, "Bush's Brain." Rove, noting Bush's interests in "compassionate conservatism" and "faith-based institutions," said: "Later, we added tort reform. I sort of talked him into that one."

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Rove's claim of responsibility for the tort reform issue is somewhat at odds with a deposition he gave during the tobacco lawsuit. Asked whether he discussed overhauling civil liability law with then-Gov. Bush, he replied: "I can't say that I did. But I can't say that I didn't. I do not recall. I know that tort reform was a significant part of his legislative agenda but it was not my area."

From: The Political Mind Behind Tort Reform (washingtonpost.com)