Daily Archives: November 16th, 2006 «

 

Philanthropy expert: Conservatives are more generous

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 10:37 pm » 20 Comments

Wha??? You mean we’re not uncharitable greedmongers afterall? Via Newhouse: SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University professor Arthur C. Brooks is about to become the darling of the religious right wing in America — and it’s making him nervous. The child of academics, raised in a liberal household and educated in the liberal arts, Brooks has [...]

 

Thursday open thread and misc. linkage

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 7:42 pm » 5 Comments

—- Thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the eight victims of today’s deadly tornado strike at a mobile home park in the small town of Riegelwood, NC. When I was little girl, we lived in Riegelwood for a short time – in a mobile home. —- Indonesia: Voodoo Practitioner Tries to Jinx [...]

 

Jimmy Carter may be asked to lead UN investigation – of Israel

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 6:14 pm » 5 Comments

Is there a brain left in anyone’s head at the UN? Via the NY Sun: UNITED NATIONS — As Palestinian Arab rockets struck two Israeli towns yesterday, U.N. bodies prepared to launch no fewer than two overlapping “fact-finding” missions to second-guess Israel’s anti-terrorist tactics. President Carter could head one of those missions. The U.N. General [...]

 

RIP Milton Friedman

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 4:00 pm » 6 Comments

Nobel prizer winner and brilliant economist Milton Friedman passed away last night. He was 94. I think Larry Kudlow’s got the best tribute to him on the web: Ideas matter. So it is with great sadness to report and mourn the passing of Milton Friedman, whose lifelong writings on the paramount significance of freedom, free-market [...]

 

First Pelosi defeat: Hoyer beats Murtha 149-86

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 12:13 pm » 19 Comments

Slamalama! Update I: Here’s the official story, from the Associated Press: The balloting marked a personal triumph for him, but also a snub to Pelosi, moments after the rank and file selected her unanimously to become speaker when the House convenes in January. “We made history and now we will make progress for the American [...]

 

Bill Maher: most anti-Semites would “vote Republican” (UPDATE: It was actually Sen. Chuck Schumer who made the comment on Maher’s show)

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 10:32 am » 8 Comments

Jimmie at the Sundries Shack provides the details on the latest instance of far-left hero Bill Maher making an a– of himself on national TV. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last. Here’s a look back at some of Maher’s other notable public displays of idiocy: Far left icon Bill [...]

 

Quote of the day – from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 10:23 am » 3 Comments

Via AP (emphasis added): Nevada’s senators _ both winning leadership posts in opposite parties _ pledged Wednesday to stay close on issues of mutual interest, but not too close. “He and I just like each other, and I think we set a good example here in the Senate,” Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid said of colleague [...]

 

Some Dems are starting to throw Hoyer under the bus

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 10:05 am » 1 Comment

Looks like some Dems are starting to throw the more moderate Steny Hoyer under the bus because he doesn’t agree with Murtha’s cut and run plan for Iraq. David Sirota at The Nation writes: On Iraq, Murtha is the congressional leader most responsible for shifting the national conversation on the war. As a Marine, Vietnam [...]

 

Carville: Dump Dean – and other Dem infighting

Posted by: ST on November 16, 2006 at 9:37 am » 1 Comment

The squabbling between promiment members of the Democratic party continue: Democratic strategist James Carville says his party should dump Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic Party because of incompetence. Carville, during coffee and rolls with political reporters today, said Democrats could have picked up as many as 50 House seats, instead of the nearly [...]