Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Monday, July 07, 2003 :::
An applicant to my network of spies passes a credibility test if we go to Orange Alert in the near future. (A hallmark of the monger of metaphorical snake-oil is the prediction without specifics, and I should have pressed on how long the near future is, at least in terms of a decay length or something. My impression was a week or two; certainly if it's longer than that, it's not so much impressive.)