Daily Archives: July 29th, 2005 «

 

Comments feature should be back to normal

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2005 at 6:15 pm » Comments Off

I hope anyway! Earlier today, I had to recreate a couple of comments that were posted because they went straight into the Spam Karma delete file – that was my fault as I didn’t have the thing configured (I’m VERY new to configuring Word Press plugins). Luckily, I had the emails saved as I receive [...]

 

MA birth certificates: the slippery slope connection

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2005 at 12:49 pm » 20 Comments

First, my thoughts on gay marriage, for those who are new to the ST blog. The definition of marriage has been defined throughout the ages as a union between a man and a woman. Whether over the centuries men were marrying little girls, or at the times when it was only whites who could get [...]

 

He predicted it would happen

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2005 at 11:59 am » 18 Comments

Michael Graham, conservative writer and radio talk show host, has been suspended from his job at WMAL in DC without pay for comments he made on the radio and in a piece he wrote for Jewish World Review in which he harshly criticized Islam. La Shawn Barber linked up to the piece yesterday. In it, [...]

 

Chris Matthews: We were once ‘insurgents’ too!

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2005 at 9:33 am » Comments Off

Jeff Goldstein notes an interesting exchange from last night’s Hardball with Chris Matthews: From last evening’s “Hardball w/ Chris Matthews” comes this bizarre bit: Shortly after New York Times columnist Bob Herbert condemned the US for forcing democracy on Iraqis “at the point of a gun,” Democratic strategist Hillary Rosen had this to say: “There’s [...]

 

Iconic women-there are none?

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2005 at 9:01 am » Comments Off

Charmaine Yoest is wanting suggestions from blogosphere readers in an effort to assemble a gallery of iconic women … this, in response to comments by the creator of ABC’s much-touted upcoming series “Commander-In-Chief.” Post writer Lisa de Moraes reports that show creator Rod Lurie: … thinks it a shame there are no “iconic” women in [...]

 

Nah, there won’t be any abortion litmus test

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2005 at 8:38 am » Comments Off

Nope, not at all: A group of female Democratic senators said yesterday that they will vote against Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. unless he vows to uphold abortion rights. Yesterday’s comments exceed previous posturing by Democrats calling on Judge Roberts to state his position on settled cases, a practice that previous high court [...]