Monthly Archives: November 2005 «

 

ST on the radio Tuesday a.m.

Posted by: ST on November 28, 2005 at 8:39 pm » 5 Comments

FYI, yours truly will be on the radio Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. Eastern time with Allman and Smash. Lookin’ fwd to it! Hope ya’ll can tune in to listen. Here’s the audio link to my first interview on Allman and Smash. BTW, I have to give ‘em credit: they’ve made me believe in Santa again

 

Debunking the myth of the underprivileged soldier

Posted by: ST on November 28, 2005 at 12:51 pm » 5 Comments

Tim Kane and James Jay Carafano, research fellows at the Heritage Foundation as well as military veterans, examine the myth that only the poor and underprivileged enlist in the US military: They all volunteered. The U.S. soldiers pitching in with hurricane relief along the Gulf Coast and those fighting and dying in Iraq, Afghanistan and [...]

 

Democrats won’t want to hear this but…

Posted by: ST on November 28, 2005 at 10:22 am » 12 Comments

There is a strong belief out there that the type of attacks being launched against the war and the President are being done for partisan gain, and HURT troop morale. Via the Washington Post: Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney’s suggestion that criticism of the administration’s war policies was itself becoming a hindrance [...]

 

Oh my God!

Posted by: ST on November 28, 2005 at 9:54 am » 15 Comments

As an update to this post, where I discussed that I was making an offer on a very nice townhome – I just heard from my real estate agent: the seller has countered with a VERY reasonable offer … and I have accepted I did not expect the seller to get back with my real [...]

 

If You Write It They Will Come …

Posted by: ST on November 27, 2005 at 6:15 pm » 10 Comments

… to the book signing. Or maybe not. While they may have built an anti-war monument in her honor, it appears even most of the hardcore anti-war left had better things to do this holiday weekend. Perhaps they’ve come to the conclusion that Mother Sheehan has served her purpose? Read more via Sweetness and Light. [...]

 

Panthers win over the Bills

Posted by: ST on November 27, 2005 at 5:43 pm » 10 Comments

13-9. Yeehaa! And with the Bucs loss to the Bears, that puts us atop the NFC South. Next week, it’s the Panthers taking on their division rival Atlanta here in Charlotte in a 1 PM EDT game. The Falcons beat the Lions on TGiving Day 27-7.

 

ST makes it into the blogger deck of cards

Posted by: ST on November 27, 2005 at 5:35 pm » 7 Comments

It’s official: thanks to your help, I’ve made it into the Deck O’ Bloggers – Hearts Suit as the 4 of Hearts (scroll down a bit to read more about the Hearts suit). Don’t know if actual decks of cards will be sold, but Aaron will eventually will be posting card for each winner – [...]

 

Christmas present to myself?

Posted by: ST on November 27, 2005 at 10:54 am » 8 Comments

Today at one I will be making an offer on a townhome … the neighborhood is similar to the one I was looking to move into before but it’s about four years older. The unit I am looking at is the same type I looked at in the new development, but the design on the [...]

 

Faces from Iraq

Posted by: ST on November 26, 2005 at 9:38 pm » 4 Comments

ST reader “NC Cop” sent these pictures he’s taken while in Iraq, where he has been working as a contractor to help re-train the Iraqi police. He’s given me the ok to share them with you: Thanks for making your home state – as well as America- proud, NC Cop! God bless you for what [...]

 

Ted Rall’s version of “supporting the troops”

Posted by: ST on November 26, 2005 at 5:30 pm » 13 Comments

Click here to find out. Disgusting. Hat tip: Museum of Left Wing Lunacy