San Antonio day 2

Politics
Why I have so much confidence in our current administration:

By: John Amato on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 AM – PDT

The Blotter:

Al Hurra television, the U.S. government’s $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program.

That might explain why critics say the service has recently been caught broadcasting terrorist messages, including an hour-long tirade on the importance of anti-Jewish violence, among other questionable pieces.

Facing tough questions before a congressional panel last week, Broadcasting Board of Governors member Joaquin Blaya admitted none of the senior news managers at the network spoke Arabic when the terrorist messages made it onto the air courtesy of U.S. taxpayer funds. Nor did Blaya himself or any of the other officials at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the network.

Such an idea was very funny in the film “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” (where the Griswolds ate in a Paris cafe and were repeatedly insulted in French) but, well, comical but in the greater scheme of things, not so funny in this case?

Slept late; will workout while Barbara is at her conference.

I’ll probably walk outside and take in the sights; keep in mind that it is white shorts/white pants season around here.