Daily Archives: February 20th, 2007 «

 

Did you know …

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 9:48 pm » 14 Comments

Interesting poll results on the Iraq war from a recent Public Opinion Strategies Poll, via James Joyner: 57% believe “The Iraq War is a key part of the global war on terrorism.” 57% “support finishing the job in Iraq, that is, keeping the troops there until the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security [...]

 

WaPo: Dems run Congress “much like GOP did”

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 8:58 pm » 8 Comments

The Washington Post has gotten around to discovering what the conservative blogosphere, including yours truly, has already documented, and that’s that the Democrats who rode Congress on the promise of “bipartisanship” and “open debate” and who complained for years and years about the lack thereof on both counts under Republican control aren’t practicing what they [...]

 

Is godfather of the blogosphere Glenn Reynolds the “right’s Ward Churchill”?

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 4:38 pm » 3 Comments

Is this guy playing with a full deck? Methinks not. Reynolds responds – forcefully – to the accusation that he’s our version of wacko University of Colorado professor Ward “little Eichmanns” Churchill here. Just when you thought you’d heard it all!

 

Senator Chuck Schumer predicts anti-war “resolution after resolution, amendment after amendment . . . just like in the days of Vietnam”

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 3:49 pm » 8 Comments

The anti-war rhetoric of the anti-war Democratic party escalates: WASHINGTON – After Republicans blocked a Senate debate for a second time, Democrats said Saturday they’ll drop efforts to pass a non-binding resolution opposing President Bush’s troop buildup in Iraq and instead will offer a flurry of anti-war legislation “just like in the days of Vietnam.” [...]

 

Introducing “Planet Gore”

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 2:37 pm » 55 Comments

Love the name of NRO’s newest blog devoted to, what else, ‘global warming’ Peter Suderman wrote in the opening post: From Al Gore and Laurie David to the UN’s IPCC report and Nancy Pelosi’s special global warming committee, global warming is one of the most talked-about and contentious public policy issues of the day. We [...]

 

The latest on the Libby trial

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 2:20 pm » 5 Comments

Closing arguments were scheduled to be made today. Byron York at National Review has a rundown of the charges, the prosecution’s evidence, and speculates on what he thinks the outcome of the trial may be. Feel like doing a little speculating yourself? Post your predictions in the comments. Matthew Sheffield liveblogged the closing arguments for [...]

 

Breaking: USSC tosses Philip Morris verdict (PLUS, INFO ON OTHER COURT NEWS – GITMO DETAINEE RULING)

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 11:40 am » 3 Comments

Via AP: WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker’s widow Tuesday, a boon to businesses seeking stricter limits on big-dollar jury verdicts. The 5-4 ruling was a victory for Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris USA, which contested an Oregon Supreme Court decision upholding the verdict. In [...]

 

Pandermonium: Hillary weighs in on Confederate flag ‘issue’ in SC

Posted by: ST on February 20, 2007 at 9:13 am » 6 Comments

On the heels of Dem presidential contender Senator Obama’s SC visit, another presidential hopeful – Senator Hillary Clinton – was in Columbia, SC yesterday pandering to about 1,500 people at Allen University. The university, as the AP describes it, is an historically black college. One ‘issue’ Senator Clinton brought up was the Confederate flag, which [...]