Daily Archives: September 12th, 2005 «

 

Tuesday blogging

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 10:55 pm » 2 Comments

Tuesday may be a light blogging day for me as I’m going to be very busy most of the day.  So if you don’t see many blog posts from me tomorrow, you know why.  Most likely I’ll be blogging early on in the morning and later in the evening.  I’ll release comments during the day [...]

 

Disgusted

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 9:13 pm » 7 Comments

I have perused some lefty blogs and read some message boards today that have left me flat out disgusted.  You remember the CNN story "Firms With White House Ties Get Katrina Contracts" right? Well, the complaints I’ve been reading the past couple of days by some of the left in response to that have been something like this: "why were there [...]

 

Galloway vs. Hitchens: Coming this Wednesday

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 8:02 pm » 4 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I noted with excitement the upcoming debate between Respect MP and terrorist supporter George Galloway and Iraq war supporter Christopher Hitchens. This post serves as a reminder that the debate is two days away. Anyone attending please email me your recap or post it here. I can’t wait to read [...]

 

Baby Torres has died

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 2:14 pm » 2 Comments

I blogged a little over a month ago about the birth of Susan Anne Catherine Torres, born to Susan Torres, who had been brain-dead for several months after she lost consciousness from a stroke. Doctors had kept Susan Torres alive because of her pregnancy and delivered the baby at the 24th week of development, which [...]

 

Roberts confirmation hearings

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 12:28 pm » 1 Comment

For those of you (us) who are unable to watch the hearings live, Matt Margolis at BlogsForBush is liveblogging it. Check there often for updates. Michelle Malkin also has a list of links you should keep an eye on throughout the day as well.

 

Blanco Incompetence Caught On Camera

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 10:34 am » 2 Comments

Ian at the Political Teen has a video of Gov. Blanco, between network interviews, talking with her press secretary and saying that she should have asked for troops sooner. As the CNN commentator notes, Blanco’s initial requests for help from the feds did not include a request for troops – she just assumed they’d be [...]

 

Anyone see “Flight 93: The Flight That Fought Back”?

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 9:54 am » 8 Comments

This past Friday, I blogged about the Arthur Chrenkoff’s outstanding review of this movie/documentary about the heroes on Flight 93 and dang if I didn’t miss it last night I got caught up in a book I was reading and lost track of time. I’ve checked to see if it re-airs any this week and [...]

 

The 9-11 Freedom Walk

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 9:39 am » Comments Off

Andi from Andi’s World attended yesterday’s Freedom Walk , which was sponsored by America Supports You. She has a recap and some photos posted that should make you smile Make sure to check out the pix of the special guest at the Freedom Walk: Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

 

Jack Kelly on the federal response to Katrina

Posted by: ST on September 12, 2005 at 8:45 am » 12 Comments

He makes a pretty convincing case that the feds did better than average on response time. Some snippets: Jason van Steenwyk is a Florida Army National Guardsman who has been mobilized six times for hurricane relief. He notes that: "The federal government pretty much met its standard time lines, but the volume of support provided [...]