Daily Archives: December 27th, 2005 «

 

U2 concert – mini review

Posted by: ST on December 27, 2005 at 11:41 pm » 5 Comments

I had promised the day after the show that I’d have a review up soon and here it is the end of the month. Ah well! Better late than never It was, of course, totally awesome. The guys were great, and rocked as usual. The arena was packed and the especially lucky ones were sitting [...]

 

Unhappy Dems

Posted by: ST on December 27, 2005 at 10:24 pm » 30 Comments

Be sure to check out my latest post at Blogs For Bush where I discuss the recent poll done by Quinnipiac University where 45% of Democrats surveyed said 2005 was a worse year for them than 2004 (and only 41% said the year was better). Not that it’s a surprise that there are a lot [...]

 

“… the only thing outrageous about this policy is the outrage itself”

Posted by: ST on December 27, 2005 at 8:31 pm » 23 Comments

That’s the best description of heard used to describe the media-fueled outrage over the NYTimes book promo article (using the Common Dreams link as the original link to the NYTimes piece is now a PPV link) and subsequent reporting on domestic ‘eavesdropping’ (of foreign communications made on American soil, I might add) that was authorized [...]

 

Iraqi elections: a photo montage and commentary

Posted by: ST on December 27, 2005 at 6:11 pm » 2 Comments

From none other than Michael Yon. The photos and the commentary both are very moving, so please give his post a thorough look-see. Freedom is indeed on the march. I know there are some people who think saying “freedom is on the march” is little more than rosy rhetoric, but when you look at the [...]

 

Inflating the number of celebrators of Kwanzaa?

Posted by: ST on December 27, 2005 at 11:35 am » 4 Comments

I blogged at Right Wing News this morning about what I believe may be inflated numbers reported by the Associated Press on the number of people who celebrate the so-called ‘alternative to Christmas African American holiday’ Kwanzaa. Make sure to check it out.

 

Idiotarian of the Year nominees

Posted by: ST on December 27, 2005 at 10:34 am » 21 Comments

Little Green Footballs has posted a list of people they think qualify for the LGF Annual Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year. Ward Churchill and Chris Matthews made it onto the list, along with about 18 others. Think there are a few people missing off that list (which was narrowed down)? Post your [...]