Daily Archives: January 17th, 2006 «

 

Letting go

Posted by: ST on January 17, 2006 at 11:50 pm » 18 Comments

Tomorrow is the big day for me. I’ll be signing my life away (as they say) as I close on the first home I have ever owned. It’ll be a very exciting day for me, but at the same time somewhat bittersweet. Townhome living is not conducive to the energy of an active indoor/outdoor cat. [...]

 

Nagin revises “chocolate city” comment

Posted by: ST on January 17, 2006 at 10:15 pm » 15 Comments

Sorta. Ian at the Political Teen has the video with transcript: MAYOR RAY NAGIN: Do you know anything about chocolate? REPORTER: I’m asking you. NAGIN: I’m asking you NAGIN: Do you know anything chocolate? How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. [...]

 

Al Gore: unmedicated

Posted by: ST on January 17, 2006 at 8:36 am » 63 Comments

Confederate Yankee has all the details on Al’s meltdown on MLK Day. Of course, he wasn’t the only one having a meltdown yesterday.

 

Former President Gerald Ford in hospital

Posted by: ST on January 17, 2006 at 7:22 am » 3 Comments

Via AP: RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) – Former President Ford was undergoing treatment for pneumonia Monday at the same facility where he was briefly hospitalized a month ago, his chief of staff said. He was said to be doing well. Ford, 92, was admitted Saturday to Eisenhower Medical Center near his home in Rancho Mirage [...]

 

Democrats scrap deal on Alito vote

Posted by: ST on January 17, 2006 at 7:20 am » 14 Comments

Figures: Senate Democrats have scrapped a “good-faith” agreement they made two months ago to allow the Judiciary Committee to vote today on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. “This is a new low in our confirmation process,” said Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican. “Not only because it is virtually unprecedented, but [...]

 

NYT mistakes right to speak for mythical right to be heard

Posted by: ST on January 17, 2006 at 12:32 am » 16 Comments

In September of last year, New York Governor George Pataki rightly slammed the door on an attempt by certain liberal groups to have an “International Freedom Center” at the 9-11 memorial that would have essentially pinned the blame for all of the world’s ills on the US. A quick recap of the controversy: The larger [...]