Monthly Archives: March 2006 «

 

Media Research’s 2006 “DisHonors Awards”

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 31, 2006 at 11:31 pm » 10 Comments

Media Research recently held the “2006 DisHonors Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2005″ – check out the ‘winners’ here
Also, make sure to check out their “Best Notable Quotables of 2005″ – you won’t be disappointed (or maybe you will be, but with the media folks quoted, not MRC).

 

Figures

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 31, 2006 at 11:13 pm » 17 Comments

DNC Chair Howard Dean is accusing the Republican party of ’scapegoating’ Hispanics in the debate over immigration form. The House proposal on combatting the problem is one drawn up by “right wing extremists” according to Dean … same ol’ song and dance with the DNC doing the dividing and demagoguing yet accusing the [...]

 

Arrest warrant in the works for McKinney?

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 31, 2006 at 1:14 pm » 17 Comments

Via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill police are expected to seek an arrest warrant next week for Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, who was involved in a physical confrontation with a Capitol police officer Wednesday, police and legal authorities said Thursday.
Officially, the investigation of the incident, in which the DeKalb County Democrat allegedly struck [...]

 

Victor Davis Hanson on illegal immigration

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 31, 2006 at 9:34 am » 16 Comments

Via Real Clear Politics:
As for as the immigration debate itself, we all know the truth that we suppress and the lies that we voice. Language has been the first casualty of our disingenuousness. “Illegal alien” is a descriptive, not a racist, term. In contrast, “undocumented worker” is deliberately misleading, since in most cases documents were [...]

 

Jason is hanging up his blogging hat

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 31, 2006 at 9:28 am » 4 Comments

I’m very sad to see him go, but Jason at Generation Why? Texas Rainmaker has decided to move on to other things. I wish him the best of luck, and hope that one day he’ll blog again.
If you’d like to send him a good luck email, you can do so via this email address: [...]

 

Chirac storms out of EU meeting in a huff

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 31, 2006 at 9:17 am » 3 Comments

…. because a fellow Frenchman was addressing EU leaders in English, rather than in French:
PRESIDENT CHIRAC stormed out of the first session of a European Union summit dominated by a row over French nationalism because a fellow Frenchman insisted on speaking English.
President Chirac and three of his ministers walked out of the room [...]

 

Clearing up the myths on the immigration reform bill

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 30, 2006 at 9:09 pm » 6 Comments

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), gives it a try:
It has been said that if you tell a lie 1,000 times in politics, it becomes truth. Before we reach that threshold, there are two myths that must be dispelled about the House’s bipartisan immigration reform bill:
• The first myth is that the House bill would make criminals [...]

 

Hostage Jill Carroll released

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 30, 2006 at 2:49 pm » 10 Comments

Good news:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Wearing a green Islamic head scarf, American reporter Jill Carroll walked into an Iraqi political party office Thursday, set free nearly three months after being kidnapped in an ambush that killed her translator.
“I was treated well, but I don’t know why I was kidnapped,” Carroll said on Baghdad television, only [...]

 

Democrats unveil their “real security” plan

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 30, 2006 at 11:12 am » 14 Comments

Yesterday, the Democrats released their official “Real Security” agenda, which promises to “protect America” and “restore our leadership in the world.”
Give it a look see – I’m printing it out to read a little bit later.
In the meantime, Gateway Pundit has a few questions to Democrats on their “Real Security” agenda. Dafydd at Big [...]

 

Is Fidel Castro dead?

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on March 30, 2006 at 10:57 am » 14 Comments

The rumors are circulating that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has passed away. Keep in mind that it is just a rumor at this point – no official confirmation.
If this is true, I can think of a few people who will be heartbroken.
Hat tip: ST reader benning