Monthly Archives: August 2006 «

 

Armitage, through lawyers, confirms his role in pLamegate

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2006 at 11:36 am » 9 Comments

Well whadda ya know: WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 — Richard L. Armitage, a former deputy secretary of state, has acknowledged that he was the person whose conversation with a columnist in 2003 prompted a long, politically laden criminal investigation in what became known as the C.I.A. leak case, a lawyer involved in the case said on [...]

 

Race-baiting liberal at the Detroit News blog accuses me of racism

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2006 at 10:52 am » 6 Comments

It seems that my post from Monday in which I discussed my displeasure at the thought of Reps Rangel and Conyers being elevated to even higher positions of power and influence in DC if Democrats take control of the House this year rubbed some people the wrong way and in response led to accusations of [...]

 

Re: SF hit and run spree

Posted by: ST on August 30, 2006 at 9:59 am » 5 Comments

The blogosphere is all over the story about a man (identified as Omeed Aziz Popal) who struck 14 people in a hit and run yesterday in San Francisco nearby a Jewish community center. I’ve not seen anything written about this yet that would lead me to believe it’s terror-related, but the news is still developing, [...]

 

Rudy in 2008

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2006 at 6:36 pm » 22 Comments

John Hawkins notes that former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been getting some favorable attention from conservative corners recently and in response, writes a post in which he lays out his case against Rudy being the Republican nominee for president in 2008. What do you think? Sidenote: John wrote a similar piece on Sen. John [...]

 

Joe Wilson: Liar liar, pants on fire – VIDEO

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2006 at 6:02 pm » 13 Comments

How does it feel now, Joe, to know that you’ve clearly and irrefutably been proven to be a grandstanding, cocktail party circuit liar on the issue of the alleged ‘deliberate’ outing of your wife? Money quote from Wilson is a minute 45 secs into the clip (the interview, btw, was taped long before the Isikoff’s [...]

 

Two definitive posts on Hurricane Katrina

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2006 at 4:29 pm » 6 Comments

Today is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall along the Gulf Coast. Lots of opinion pieces, news stories, and blogposts have been devoted to the topic, but the two most important posts I think you should read on the topic come from Paul at Wizbang who lived in New Orleans when the [...]

 

A reminder for college-bound conservatives

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2006 at 3:17 pm » 6 Comments

To those who are attending college this fall for the first time, or will be returning: not all universities are conservative-friendly. Bart Adams files this timely roundup of anti-conservative incidents at colleges across the country in recent years: • At California Polytechnic State University, student Steven Hinkle tried to post a flier in a public [...]

 

Just who are the Islamofascists?

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2006 at 9:49 am » 2 Comments

Dennis Prager reminds those who try to morally equate America and Israel to radical Islamic extremists (like Bill Maher) exactly who the bad guys really are. Not that the moral relativists will listen, of course. But Prager provides numerous examples of Islamofascism around the world in his opinion piece, which will be useful to reference [...]

 

Salt Lake City Mayor: Hatin’ Bush, admirin’ Cindy Sheehan – and proud of it

Posted by: ST on August 29, 2006 at 9:02 am » 6 Comments

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Offended by Rocky Anderson’s plans to protest President Bush this week, the Utah Republican Party is waging a public-relations campaign urging Utahns to call the mayor and tell him to “stop embarrassing” the state. And while Utahns have listened – flooding City Hall with almost 300 calls and overwhelming the [...]

 

Monday/Tuesday open thread

Posted by: ST on August 28, 2006 at 11:51 pm » 12 Comments

Put on your dancin’ shoes Break it down, Tony Manero! (Bump: I’ve blogged so much this evening the open thread has gotten lost in the shuffle. Bumping up for ya’ll now. Newer posts for Monday are below this one.) (Originally posted at 7:23 PM)