Daily Archives: June 5th, 2006 «

 

It’s been two years …

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 10:13 pm » 9 Comments

… and we still miss you so very much, President Reagan. I wrote this earlier this year, and it still holds true today: Missin’ President Reagan 3/8/06 I just got done blogging at B4B about how USSC Chief Justice John Roberts’ speech today at the Reagan Presidential Library has me a little nostalgic this evening [...]

 

Chris Hitchens: Haditha is not My Lai

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 9:10 pm » 1 Comment

Hitchens always has an interesting perspective on issues related directly to the Iraq war as part of the overall global war on terror, and his latest piece is no exception: Unjust though the assumption may prove to be, let us imagine that the Marines of Kilo Company did indeed crack up and cut loose in [...]

 

A taste of Charlotte, NC politics

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 7:31 pm » 3 Comments

I often get emails from conservative readers living in blue states telling me how nice it must be to live in a red state. While I’ll admit that it’s nice, it doesn’t take away from the fact that the city I live in is solidly blue. I don’t blog about what goes on in my [...]

 

Monday open thread

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 6:10 pm » 1 Comment

Enjoy BTW, game one of the Stanley Cup finals is tonight – the Canes are playing on their home turf versus Edmonton. Game time is 8 PM ET. Update I: I knew it was going to be a bad night when I overcooked a chicken breast filet in the microwave and spilled a mini-can of [...]

 

Bush panders to the base, and all of a sudden – it’s wrong!

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 1:59 pm » 5 Comments

I’ve seen numerous posts in the blogosphere today written by conservatives who seem – at the very least – miffed that the President would have the audacity to ‘play to the base’ in an election year by reaffirming his support of a Constitutional amendment banning marriage. Sure, it’s quite obvious what’s happening here: it’s 2006 [...]

 

Are the Palestinians losing support in Europe?

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 9:13 am » Comments Off

If this poll is accurate, indeed they are: New public opinion surveys conducted among “opinion elites” in Europe show that support for the Palestinians has fallen precipitously, according to a leading international pollster, Stan Greenberg, who has been briefing Israeli leaders on his findings in the past few days. There has not necessarily been “a [...]

 

Some UK companies taking down the Union Jack so as to not offend Muslims

Posted by: ST on June 5, 2006 at 8:43 am » 10 Comments

Unreal. Via YNET: Following warnings by extremist Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, in which the group said that the red cross in the England flag symbolizes the ‘blood thirsty crusaders’ and the occupation of Muslims, some of the largest companies in England have ordered their workers not to wave the flags. The flag has recently appeared in [...]