Daily Archives: November 2nd, 2006 «

 

NYT: posted Iraq nuke documents on website may have helped Iran

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 11:34 pm » 7 Comments

I’m getting ready to hit the pillow but wanted to post the link to this story/hit piece quickly for discussion purposes: Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who [...]

 

Why vote Republican next Tuesday?

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 11:09 pm » 3 Comments

Greg Tinti’s put together a video that explains exactly why. Fwd it to friends who are thinking about sitting this one out. There is too much at stake to stay at home in order to “teach a lesson” to the GOP.

 

FYI

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 9:07 pm » 8 Comments

Hey ya’ll – Friday afternoon I will be headed out of town travelling to Hotlanta for a weekend of fun with some friends, so I won’t be around to blog. However, I am leaving the blog in the very capable hands of Brian from Iowa Voice, who will be guest blogging in my absence. This [...]

 

Show us the proof, Howie: DNC Chair accuses President of spying on political enemies

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 5:18 pm » 8 Comments

Via the Times-Argus (emphasis added): “I think there’s a lot of similarities between Nixon and Agnew and Bush and Cheney,” Dean said, referring to vice presidents Spiro Agnew – also forced to resign from office – and Vice President Richard Cheney. “They’re both using the IRS for political purposes. They’re both spying on people they [...]

 

Kerry’s comments about troops this week are a reminder of similar comments he’s made before

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 10:43 am » 10 Comments

The media, thankfully, are doing their homework on this story – I have to give them props for it, because I predicted they’d act as apologists for Kerry and co. But they’re hammering home points they usually reserve for Republicans. Via AP: WASHINGTON (AP) – During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John [...]

 

Don’t count out Joe Negron in Florida’s 16th district

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 10:24 am » 2 Comments

Negron is the Republican who was picked to replace disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley. Early on in the aftermath of Foley’s resignation from Congress, the election looked like a runaway for the Democrat in that race – Tim Mahoney. Via the NYT: But in this least predictable of states, Joe Negron, the Republican choice to [...]

 

Missouri: ACORN workers indicted on charges of voter fraud as a result of as many as 15,000 questionable voter registrations

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 9:12 am » 6 Comments

The Kansas City Star reports: A federal grand jury handed up indictments Wednesday against four people for allegedly submitting false voter registrations to the Kansas City election board. The indictments — against Kwaim A. Stenson; Dale D. Franklin; Stephanie L. Davis, also known as Latisha Reed; and Brian Gardner — include two felony counts against [...]

 

Classified info has once again been leaked to the NYT

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 8:40 am » 12 Comments

And the Pentagon wants to know the who, what, when, where and why: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is looking into how classified information indicating Iraq is moving closer to chaos wound up on the front page of Wednesday’s New York Times, and is not ruling out an investigation that could lead to criminal charges. A [...]

 

Abstinence for adults: so passe

Posted by: ST on November 2, 2006 at 12:56 am » 5 Comments

I debated on whether or not I wanted to wade into this arena, and in the end decided “what the hey” – I’ll dive in. My discussion of this is inspired by the USA Today, which printed a story yesterday on the topic, the headline of which was: Abstinence message goes beyond teens. The basic [...]