Monthly Archives: August 2005 «

 

Gulf Coast areas: Devastated

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2005 at 12:23 pm » 1 Comment

New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin is saying today that the city of New Orleans has been devastated: The City of New Orleans Is Devastated.  Those were the words of Mayor C. Ray Nagin and based upon a major breach of a levee system, water is flowing into New Orleans flooding it beyond recognition and [...]

 

Galloway vs. Hitchens

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2005 at 10:42 am » 7 Comments

It’s on! Internationally acclaimed journalist Amy Goodman, host of the national daily, radio/TV program Democracy Now!, is on a national tour to mark the launch of her first book The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them. Join us for this exciting event. Support independent media. Tell [...]

 

Iraq veteran killed in hit and run

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2005 at 10:03 am » 2 Comments

Tragic story: SAN DIEGO – The bicyclist killed in a hit-and-run accident Tuesday morning has been identified as Patrick Michael Klokow from Santa Clara, an Iraq war veteran. The 29-year-old Marine captain was stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot as the commanding officer of the instructional training company, according to Janice Hagar, a base [...]

 

Rev. Al: Couldn’t get away fast enough?

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2005 at 12:18 am » 3 Comments

(Yes, I know I said I was logging off earlier to hit the pillow but I just had to write this one last post ) On Monday, I linked to a post from Little Green Footballs that had pictures of the Rev. Al Sharpton looking solemn, alongside a very somber looking Cindy Sheehan, while nearby the cameras pressed [...]

 

Welcome, ST newbies

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2005 at 11:49 pm » 7 Comments

Just wanted to take a moment to say hello to any newbies who have stumbled on to the ST blog from other sites.   I hope you like what you see here and will bookmark/blogroll this blog and return often.  Make sure to tell your friends, too There used to be a time when I [...]

 

Cindy meets the president

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2005 at 1:35 pm » 15 Comments

Well, not the real one but someone who thinks he is because he plays one on TV.  You just can’t make this stuff up.  First Sharpton, now: CRAWFORD, Texas – Cindy Sheehan hasn’t achieved a meeting with the president during her three-week war protest, but she met a man who plays one on TV. Martin [...]

 

Hurricane Katrina slams the La. and Miss. coasts

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2005 at 11:17 am » 4 Comments

PunditGuy has a big link roundup of news, weather reports, images, and blogger commentary (hat tip: Arthur Chrenkoff).  My thoughts and prayers go out to the people who live in that area.  The landscape as we know it there now may be drastically different once the full damage from Katrina is done. More: Check out [...]

 

Pictures of counter-protest in Crawford

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2005 at 10:38 pm » 12 Comments

Earlier this evening at Blogs For Bush, I blogged about the counter-protesters in Crawford, TX who support the President, the troops, and our mission in Iraq.  ST reader and commenter "Melissa in Texas" (thanks, Melissa!) emailed me some photos of the goings on in Crawford this weekend, including pictures of the pro Bush crowd (which included people [...]

 

Sickening anti-gay protests at GI funerals

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2005 at 9:23 pm » 21 Comments

A few readers and a commenter noted this story about the militant anti-gay activities of one Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his flock who have taken it upon themselves to protest against the gay lifestyle in the most shameful of ways: SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) – Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for [...]

 

Katrina getting ready to slam NO

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2005 at 8:54 pm » 4 Comments

The satellite pictures are not pretty.  Maximum sustained winds right now are at 160 mph, travelling NNW at a speed of 11 mph.  Last information I heard, this category 5 hurricane is exepected to make landfall in New Orleans between 3 and 4 a.m. CT Monday.  Our friend and commenter here Big Bang Hunter posted this in [...]