Daily Archives: February 20th, 2006 «

 

Mudslide in the Philippines

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2006 at 11:51 pm » 3 Comments

Things have looked incredibly bleak for the last several days in the Philippines where a devastating mudslide is estimated to have killed at least 1,000 people. That said, the AP is reporting tonight that there may be signs of life at an elementary school that is buried in up to 100 feet of mud: GUINSAUGON, [...]

 

George Washington: greatest American ever?

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2006 at 6:58 pm » 9 Comments

John Hawkins at Right Wing News says yes. Check out his post on Washington and let me know what you think. Do you agree? If not, who’d be tops on your list of greatest Americans? Here’s some background on President’s Day/Washington’s Day (his birthday is the 22nd). Refresher: Here’s his bio on the WH website. [...]

 

Jimmy Carter: Once more on the side of the Palestinians

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2006 at 9:08 am » 86 Comments

Writing in today’s Washington Post, the former president calls makes a plea for the US and Israel to not “punish” the Palestinians as a result of the recent elections there where the terrorist group Hamas won a majority of Parliament seats. Furthermore, he seems to still want to believe that Hamas is interested in a [...]