Daily Archives: May 18th, 2006 «

 

Love note of the week

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 8:45 pm » 28 Comments

As traffic here has increased gradually over the last year, so have the – uh – love notes Remember Brian who used to post here a while back? He’s been trying to post here again, and apparently rage has consumed him to the point where he’s seen fit to attack my family (in addition to [...]

 

Kos in campaign video ad debut

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 4:22 pm » 3 Comments

Watch it here. Check the last picture, which is a Photoshopped – it’s a jab at Kos for nasty comments he made about the March 2004 murders of four American (North Carolina) civilian security guys in Fallujah (courtesy LGF) – emphasis added: [Kos]: Let the people see what war is like. This isn’t an Xbox [...]

 

Thursday open thread

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 3:02 pm » 10 Comments

… use it to discuss what’s on your mind For the record, I’m going to try and do this everyday, as I know there are issues people are discussing that I don’t always blog about.

 

McKinney co-sponsors bill ‘honoring’ the Capitol Hill police

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 9:28 am » 4 Comments

This is just priceless: WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who could face criminal charges for allegedly punching a Capitol police officer in Washington, D.C., has signed on as a co-sponsor of a House bill formally honoring Capitol Police officers. The bill is House Resolution 756, which would officially “Express the gratitude and appreciation of the [...]

 

Conyers channels Pelosi with ‘no rush to impeachment’ opinion piece

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 9:04 am » 108 Comments

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) wrote in an opinion piece for the Washington Post stating that, assuming Democrats gain control of the House this fall, there would be no ‘rush to impeachment’ of the President: As Republicans have become increasingly nervous about whether they will be able to maintain control of the House in the midterm [...]

 

Does Rep. John Murtha know something we don’t?

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 8:47 am » 15 Comments

Rep. John Murtha, infamous for his call in the fall of 2005 for a US military immediate withdrawal from Iraq, claims to know – prior to the completion of a military investigation – that US Marines in Haditha, Iraq on Nov. 19 “killed innocent civilians in cold blood”: Rep. John Murtha, an influential Pennsylvania lawmaker [...]

 

Thomas Sowell puts Duke rape case in historical context

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2006 at 8:25 am » 9 Comments

And no one could have said it better: The worst thing said in the case involving rape charges against Duke University students was not said by either the prosecutor or the defense attorneys, or even by any of the accusers or the accused. It was said by a student at North Carolina Central University, a [...]