Question: Recently, based on what
turned out to be false
intelligence reports, I ordered
the invasion of another country,
resulting in thousands of deaths
and widespread hardship. Did I do
something wrong?
Answer: At the time you first saw
the reports you thought they were
true, and therefore you did
nothing wrong. You can’t
help it if you get bad advice.
Question: I have a friend who
formed his country’s energy
policy in secret meetings with
people who had given him millions
of dollars. Do you think he
should have disclosed what went
on in those meetings?
Answer: In an open society like
ours, yes. But you're
talking about some backwater
banana republic, I assume. That
kind of stuff hasn't gone on
here since the days of the Robber
Barons.
Question: My religious views are
sometimes at odds with my
obligations as the chief legal
officer of a large Western
democracy. For example, can I
arrest and deport anyone who
disagrees with me and needs a
shave?
Answer: No, unless you have some
sort of gut feeling about them.
(Mr. Ethics is
National Spokesperson for the
American Association of Used Car
Salesmen.) |
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| SPORTS |
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Baseball:
Scoring, Attendance Down
Owners overturn ban on
corked bats, steroids. |
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| HIGH TECH |
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Microsoft Warns of New,
Critical Hole in Windows
Error allows Bill Gates to enter your
bedroom, take control of your sock
drawer. |
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| President Bush
recently pledged to “spend what is
necessary” to: |
| A ) | Restore the 3 million jobs lost since
he took office. |
| B ) | Clean our polluted waters and
poisonous air. |
| C ) | End the scourge of homelessness in
our country. |
| D ) | Provide every citizen with health care
and every child with a decent education. |
| E ) | Dig his Administration out of the hole
it dug for us in Iraq. |
| F ) | Get reelected. |
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| ODDS AND ENDS |
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Report: Developing Nations
Catching Up
Now almost equal to industrialized
nations
in deaths due to smoking. |
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