Jon Carroll-"The best surprise of the week"

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Jon Carroll


Best surprise of the week: The latest National Intelligence Estimate, a document that represents a consensus of the nation's sundry intelligence agencies, says that Iran stopped trying to make nuclear bombs in 2003. It did so largely in response to international pressure and sanctions. So, no big boom from Tehran, and no need to enter another endless war to prevent Iran from getting weapons of, dare I say it, mass destruction.

This news runs contrary to what the Bush administration has been telling us for some time, as Dick Cheney and his minions have tried to promote the idea of another war in the Middle East, the first one having gone so well.

And how does the administration feel about the NIE report? Here's Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser: "On balance, the estimate is good news. On one hand, it confirms that we were right to be worried about Iran seeking to develop nuclear weapons. On the other hand, it tells us that we have made some progress in trying to ensure that does not happen. But it also tells us that the risk of Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon remains a very serious problem."

Also, this pile of shoe polish in my hand is really gold. Want to buy it?

more:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/06/DD85TO81F.DTL

[Angela Shelley]

1. Here´s an example of the "trick"

Here´s the trick, using a parent/child example.


Parent: I don´t want you to eat a piece of the cake which Grandmother made.

Child: Why not, you´re eating the cake?

Parent: Because I´m the parent, I make the rules.

Child: OK, then I´ll eat something else.

Parent: Be honest, and report to me when you eat something.


Later that day.

Parent: I´ll bet you´ve been eating the cake.

Child: No, I haven´t.

Parent: I know that you would like to, so go to your room, there will be no dinner for you.



Next day.

Parent: You are such an EVIL child, because I´m sure you are thinking of a way to get a piece of cake.