Monthly Archives: February 2006 «

 

Are you a Jacksonian?

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2006 at 7:07 pm » 7 Comments

The New Sisyphus blog is having an engaging discussion about Jacksonians – specifically, the Jacksonian approach to war. I encourage you to check it out and would be interested in reading your thoughts as to whether or not the Jacksonian approach to war is one we should apply as it relates to the war on [...]

 

Study: Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2006 at 5:42 pm » 17 Comments

Heheh! This is great: THE modern gentleman may prefer blondes. But new research has found that it was cavemen who were the first to be lured by flaxen locks. According to the study, north European women evolved blonde hair and blue eyes at the end of the Ice Age to make them stand out from [...]

 

Buckley’s been a skeptic on Iraq for some time

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2006 at 12:47 pm » 83 Comments

Conservative icon and NRO Editor William F. Buckley, Jr. created quite a stir last week when he came out and essentially said we’ve lost in Iraq. The popular sentiment seemed to be that he, as a staunch conservative, was a strong supporter of the Iraq war who had resigned himself to the belief that we’d [...]

 

RIP, Don Knotts

Posted by: ST on February 25, 2006 at 6:30 pm » 13 Comments

Actor Don Knotts, most famous for his role as Barney Fife on the very successful “The Andy Griffith Show” passed away last night. He was 81. The AG Show is one of my all-time favorites and Knotts in the role of Deputy Fife always made me laugh … now, hopefully he’s making ‘em smile in [...]

 

Peace on the horizon for Sunnis and Sadr’s Shiites?

Posted by: ST on February 25, 2006 at 4:46 pm » 18 Comments

Via The Australian: THE movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, alleged to have played a role in the anti-Sunni violence over the last few days, publicly made peace with political and religious Sunni leaders overnight. Four sheikhs from the Sadr movement made a “pact of honour” with the conservative Sunni Muslim Scholars Association, and called [...]

 

Oh please

Posted by: ST on February 25, 2006 at 4:24 pm » 19 Comments

Can it get anymore pathetic these days than the op/ed pages of the New York Times? Not even two weeks after they stated their reasons why they wouldn’t publish the ‘offensive’ Mohammed cartoons, an editorial appears in their paper today that would have you believing that they never took such an appeasing stance – and [...]

 

By the time I wake up in the morning …

Posted by: ST on February 25, 2006 at 1:31 am » 5 Comments

…. my Sitemeter will have ticked over 200,000 visits to this site. Thank you. Thank ya veruh much (as Elvis would say) Regulars to the blog may have noticed that blogging has been sporadic the last few days here – I’ve had a lot going on ever since I moved last month but things seem [...]

 

And the award for wackiest street name goes to:

Posted by: ST on February 25, 2006 at 12:43 am » 12 Comments

Psycho Path: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Farfrompoopen Road, the only road to Constipation Ridge, lost to Divorce Court and Psycho Path, which placed No. 1 in an online poll of the nation’s wildest, weirdest and wackiest street names. Here’s the complete list: 10. Tater Peeler Road in Lebanon, Texas 9. The intersection of Count and [...]

 

Why is this brutal murderer still breathing?

Posted by: ST on February 24, 2006 at 11:29 pm » 9 Comments

Brutal rapist and murderer Michael Morales, who confessed to torturing, raping and murdering 17-year-old Terri Winchell in 1983 – and who was convicted and sentenced to the death penalty – has had his life spared. Why? Read on: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s 11th-hour decision to halt a convicted killer’s execution is unlikely to lead [...]

 

William F. Buckley on Iraq: It didn’t work

Posted by: ST on February 24, 2006 at 11:09 pm » 9 Comments

Conservative icon and NRO Editor-At-Large William F. Buckley, Jr. has written a piece for National Review today that has the conservative blogosphere abuzz. In it, he explains why he believes the war in Iraq has been a failure. He writes: “I can tell you the main reason behind all our woes — it is America.” [...]