Monthly Archives: March 2006 «

 

Borders and Waldenbooks won’t carry magazine that contains Mohammed cartoons

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2006 at 9:43 am » 11 Comments

In an apparent bow to fear and Islamofascist intimidation, national book chains Borders and Waldenbooks will not be carrying a magazine which features inside of it some of the ‘offensive’ Mohammed cartoons: Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that [...]

 

McKinney punches Capitol Hill police officer

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2006 at 9:21 am » 23 Comments

Via 11 Alive News (NBC affiliate): According to sources on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) punched a Capitol police officer on Wednesday afternoon after he mistakenly pursued her for failing to pass through a metal detector. Members of Congress are not required to pass through metal detectors. Sources say that the officer was [...]

 

TIME magazine publishes hit piece on Rahman and the Christian right

Posted by: ST on March 29, 2006 at 7:54 pm » 31 Comments

For no apparent reason other than to make fun of the “Christian right.” Rachel Morarjee writes: Western leaders breathed a sigh of relief yesterday at the release of Abdul Rahman, a Christian convert who had faced the death penalty under Afghanistan’s Islamic law for renouncing his Muslim faith. Rahman, 40, has become the poster boy [...]

 

Rep. John Murtha: a fountain of misinformation

Posted by: ST on March 29, 2006 at 12:54 pm » 21 Comments

Stephen Hayes writes: REPRESENTATIVE John Murtha, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, March 19, to evaluate the war in Iraq on its third anniversary. Murtha, a decorated veteran and longtime hawk, has become a leading spokesman for his party on the war. And on the show, he spoke of [...]

 

Rep. McDermott broke the law with taped call

Posted by: ST on March 29, 2006 at 12:30 pm » 17 Comments

Via the AP: WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rep. Jim McDermott violated federal law by turning over an illegally taped telephone call to reporters nearly a decade ago. In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court ruling that McDermott violated the [...]

 

Hanging our flag upside down, underneath the Mexican flag

Posted by: ST on March 29, 2006 at 12:01 pm » 34 Comments

The hysteria and rage over the proposed federal immigration policies is getting more and more out of control. Michelle Malkin and Confederate Yankee both have posts up about this today that you should check out. Is this about loving America as a country and wanting to be successful in their own right as an American [...]

 

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 [...]