Daily Archives: November 29th, 2006 «

 

Show us the plan, man

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 7:36 pm » 3 Comments

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about what should be done about the situation in Iraq, with prominent Democrats calling for a “phased redeployment” (that’s fancy talk for cut and run), the Iraq Study Group preparing to submit its recommendations to the President, and the President forming an Iraq policy review group separate from [...]

 

Wednesday open thread

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 4:52 pm » 11 Comments

Sheesh – just realized that I haven’t started one of these in a few days. Enjoy, ya’ll. BTW, isn’t this beautiful?: Caption: Snowy scene : Fresh snow covers evergreen trees seen through a window in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (AFP/Don Emmert) I just love this time of year.

 

Microsoft Zune vs. Apple’s iPod

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 4:33 pm » 10 Comments

I was just reading about Zune, Microsoft’s version of Apple’s iPod, and sales in the first two weeks of its release are impressive. If you’ve been reading this blog for at least a year, you may remember a post I wrote back in January about how I knew next to nothing about Blackberries, how they [...]

 

VIDEO: Drunk Danny DeVito goes on anti-Bush tirade on “The View”

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 2:27 pm » 13 Comments

What the heck is going on with Hollyweird these days? First there was the Michael “Kramer” Richards N-word incident, now this. Update: If you have trouble accessing the above link to the DeVito clip, visit Newsbusters to see the video (hat tip: Allah).

 

NYT involved in another leak of classified info

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 11:34 am » 9 Comments

And Gateway Pundit pegs the story accurately: Is there anything about this memo that is so critical that it had to be leaked? …Besides, of course, that it will undermine American efforts in Iraq? For a different take, read Rick Moran’s post over at Red State. My take is this: Yeah, it’s good that the [...]

 

We’ve come a long way from Vietnam, but that doesn’t stop certain anti-war folks from acting like editeds

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 9:19 am » 2 Comments

You can insert your own word in place of where you see the word “edited” in the thread title above. Grim at Blackfive has a couple of posts up this week about soldiers here in the US and in the UK being treated like second class citizens after going to a bar/pub and trying to [...]

 

About that federal judge who ruled that Bush can’t designate terrorist groups

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 8:57 am » 2 Comments

By now I’m sure you’ve already heard the news that U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins, in a ruling against the government, ruled that the President doesn’t have the Constitutional authority to designate terrorist groups. Via AP: LOS ANGELES – A federal judge struck down President Bush’s authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. [...]

 

Senator Jim Webb starts off his tenure in the Senate on the wrong foot

Posted by: ST on November 29, 2006 at 8:41 am » 77 Comments

And in the process has no doubt endeared himself to the MSM. Why? Read on: At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia’s newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken with the man he [...]