No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 
More info from Reliable Republican Resources.

Hey! It’s so good to know that we still have officials who CARE!

Later, after her statments reported below, she also stood and waved some papers saying “This is a list of over 200 Communists currently working in the State Department!”

No. Wait. That was another crazy Republican elected official, wasn’t it? The drunk from Wisconsin, not the crook from Florida.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2004408040633

Harris' words surprise officals
BY DAVID HACKETT
VENICE -- Officials in Indiana and Washington, D.C., said they are dumbfounded by a statement U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris made about a terrorist plot to blow up a power grid in Indiana.In making the statement during a speech to 600 people Monday night in Venice, Harris either shared a closely held secret or passed along second-hand information as fact.

A staff member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which oversees the nation's intelligence operations, said he had heard of no such plot. And Indiana officials in the county where the power grid is located were at a loss to explain where the information originated." As the sheriff of this county, I would certainly be aware of such a threat," Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Carter said. "I have no information to corroborate any of that."

In an interview Tuesday, Harris would not reveal the name of the mayor who told her about the threat or provide further details. She said in the speech that a man of Middle Eastern heritage had been arrested in the plot and that explosives were found in his home in Carmel, a suburb north of Indianapolis. Harris, a Republican from Longboat Key who is running for re-election, said the case was an example of the nation's success in fighting terrorism.

Carmel Mayor James Brainard and a spokesman for Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan said they had no knowledge of such a plot. Brainard said he had never spoken to Harris.

President Bush's fight against terrorism was a key part of the speech Harris gave Monday at a Republican rally in support of Bush at the Holiday Inn in Venice.During the speech, she also said 100 terrorist threats against the United States had been thwarted since Sept. 11, 2001.


posted by Richard at 11:40 AM