doesn't look to me like Wirt's "taking credit" nearly so much as it looks
like you're jealously denigrating his very intelligence, once again.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:27 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: Wirt's predictions
>
>
> Actually Wirt's prediction was way off, as is the case with
> most of his predictions. The prediction he made was that she would
> resign by June of 2001. This did not happen. Even if one
> allowed for the 9/11 events to muddy the waters, so to speak, Christie
> Whitman should have resigned several months before these
> events took place.
>
> So, for Wirt to predict Christie Whitman would be gone by
> June of 2001 and watch her leave 2 years later does not prove
> that Wirt
> predicted correctly. Any ninny could see that CW was not
> really suited for W's cabinet and that he took her on because
> she was a
> moderate. CW was not and is not a conservative and that's
> why in the aftermath of the Florida debacle, W took her on, and placed
> her in an unimportant position where she promptly screwed up.
>
> Now Wirt takes credit for a prediction that is 2 years late
> (a time overrun of 800%) and believes she left on her own volition. I
> would say that she was probably eased out of the cabinet just
> like a few others were a few months ago. That would make Wirt's
> prediction insanely late and incorrect as to the cause just
> like his Enron prediction. Whilst Enron did fail, it was not
> due to the
> causes Wirt had predicted would cause Enron trouble.
>
> Here is a prediction, Wirt style. The stock market will
> reach 10,000 again in 9 months. Now, if it gets there within
> 6 years, I
> will be as accurate as Wirt is now.
>
> FYI, two environment items have come to light in the last few
> weeks, which further highlight CW's uselessness.
>
> 1- Europe is nowhere near meeting its obligation on the Kyoto
> farce. http://www.obv.org.uk/europe/eu20030507a.html (I saw other
> more complete articles a few weeks ago, but a quick search
> with Google brought this one directly.)
> 2- Belgium, the seat of all things Euro, just got the worst
> possible grade in terms of water quality. Belgium has the worst water
> in the world, worse than China, Mexico, India and the African
> continent. The US came in at number 12, out of 122. Read more about
> it here. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993458
>
> In the meantime, the air quality in Houston has suffered for
> the last few weeks, but it is because of the "agricultural fires"
> burning south of the border, bringing us this nice pollution.
> I think Mexico is exempt from Kyoto, proving once again how flawed
> that accord was.
>
> Denys
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of > Wirt Atmar
> Sent:
> Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Wirt's predictions
>
> Art writes:
>
> > RE:
> http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0103E&L=hp3000-l&P=R
6756
>
> Well, Wirt, it took more than two years, not just three months, but
Christie
> Whitman, E.P.A. Administrator, has resigned:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/21/politics/21WIRE-WHIT.html
>
> Still waiting on Colin Powell.
As I wrote earlier, Whitman has demonstrated a much higher tolerance for
abuse than I ever would have if I were her -- or imagined that she would
have
either.
Wirt Atmar
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