Daily Archives: March 3rd, 2006 «

 

Photos from the ‘support free speech and Denmark’ rally in NYC

Posted by: ST on March 3, 2006 at 11:06 pm » 4 Comments

A rally was held today in NYC to show support for Denmark, which we all know is the country that is in the center of the ‘offensive’ Mohammed cartoons controversy. Atlas Shrugs has some great photos from the event. More photos can be found at Exit Zero. (Hat tip: Mary Madigan at Dean Esmay’s blog) [...]

 

Hit and run at UNC Chapel Hill campus

Posted by: ST on March 3, 2006 at 10:44 pm » 26 Comments

Via ABC 11: The driver of an SUV that plowed into a group of pedestrians at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday told police it was retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, according to ABC News. It happened around noon Friday in front of Lenoir Hall on the campus, in a common area known [...]

 

Ex-prez Carter works against US interests

Posted by: ST on March 3, 2006 at 10:20 pm » 15 Comments

And doing his level best to undermine the President at every turn. Via the NYSun: President Carter personally called Secretary of State Rice to try to convince her to reverse her U.N. ambassador’s position on changes to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, the former president recalled yesterday in a talk in which he also criticized [...]

 

AP issues ‘clarification’ on Bush Katrina video reporting

Posted by: ST on March 3, 2006 at 9:55 pm » 10 Comments

Another day, another media-fueled non-scandal. Via Drudge/AP: WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing among U.S. [...]

 

FYI

Posted by: ST on March 3, 2006 at 9:14 am » 40 Comments

Gonna be another busy day – hopefully I’ll get to blog some this afternoon. If not, definitely later this evening. In the meantime, check out Memeorandum, a link site that will tell you what all the hot stories are – and who’s blogging about them. Consider this an open thread. TGIF!