Daily Archives: March 28th, 2006 «

 

Spurlock issues a Durbin-esque apology

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2006 at 4:19 pm » 12 Comments

A Durbin-esque “I apologize if you were offended, but I’m not sorry for what I said” non-apology apology was issued today by “Super Size Me” filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who utilized his right to free speech via irresponsible and uncalled for comments. First, the comments: HORSHAM, Pa. – Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock gave a profanity-laced, politically incorrect [...]

 

Two Reagan admin officials pass away this week

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2006 at 11:39 am » 19 Comments

First, Reagan press secretary and spokesperson Lyn Nofziger, who was 81, and now Reagan Defense Secretary Casper “Cap” Weinberger, who was 88. God bless ‘em both. Thoughts and prayers go out to their families. Related Toldjah So posts: Missin’ President Reagan 25th Anniversary of Reagan’s first inauguration USS Ronald Reagan on first deployment

 

The debate over more body armor

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2006 at 10:13 am » 30 Comments

…. takes on a new meaning when you read what some Marines have to say about it: Extra body armor _ the lack of which caused a political storm in the United States _ has flooded in to Iraq, but many Marines here promptly stuck it in lockers or under bunks. Too heavy and cumbersome, [...]

 

Abdul Rahman – what happened to him?

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2006 at 9:31 am » 15 Comments

He was released after being declared “mentally unfit” – but his family (the ones who turned him in to begin with) were there when he was freed, and now no one knows where he is: KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity quickly vanished [...]

 

Francis Fukuyama vs. Charles Krauthammer

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2006 at 9:03 am » 10 Comments

Francis Fukuyama, the latest hero of the left for ‘resigning from the neoconservative movement’ (as the NYT writes it) and becoming a staunch critic of the Iraq war, has received a sharp rebuttal to his recent comments about a speech Krauthammer made in 2004 about the Iraq. That speech, Fukuyama has said, was the apparent [...]