Monthly Archives: December 2005 «

 

Gray Lady Down – a slam against the NYT

Posted by: ST on December 29, 2005 at 9:54 am » 48 Comments

This is the best opinion piece I’ve seen yet on they hypocritical nature of the MSM when it comes to real leaks to the press that can damage our national security: Trust: The so-called mainstream media in general and The New York Times in particular are waging a relentless campaign undermining the war on terror. [...]

 

Pakistani man killed his daughters to salvage ‘honor’

Posted by: ST on December 29, 2005 at 9:30 am » 11 Comments

Just sick.

 

Helping third-graders become anti-war

Posted by: ST on December 29, 2005 at 8:54 am » 18 Comments

I missed the story of the Madison, WI elementary school (reg. req.) where teachers gave third graders an assignment to write letters to their congressmen and media outlets urging an end to the war in Iraq the first time around, but Frontpage has a good write up about it here: The day before Thanksgiving, third-grade [...]

 

News from around the blogosphere

Posted by: ST on December 28, 2005 at 11:40 pm » 4 Comments

Just finished taking a lengthy perusal of some of my favorite spots in the blogosphere, and wanted to pass along some posts of interest to you: Congrats to Stephen Green aka Vodkapundit and his wife Melissa on the birth of their son Preston Davis Green. What a cutie! Congrats also to Mr. and Mrs. Mark [...]

 

Poll watching: 64% support warrantless eavesdropping

Posted by: ST on December 28, 2005 at 9:31 pm » 15 Comments

… on suspected terrorist operatives here in the US who are believed to be communicating with overseas terrorist operatives. Via Rasmussen: December 28, 2005–Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States. A [...]

 

Liberal newspaper: we don’t see the Iraq conspiracy

Posted by: ST on December 28, 2005 at 8:33 pm » 5 Comments

This was a refreshing change: a liberal newspaper taking a critical look at the administration’s rationale for the Iraq war, and examining each argument carefully without inserting the spin so often found in opinion/editorial pieces on the Iraq war from either side. The conclusion from the Chicago Tribune piece: After reassessing the administration’s nine arguments [...]

 

Late start today

Posted by: ST on December 28, 2005 at 11:03 am » 4 Comments

Got a late start this morning as I overslept … will be out and about running some errands for a good bit of the afternoon. Blogging will resume late afternoon or early evening.

 

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 [...]