Daily Archives: March 27th, 2007 «

 

Senate Republicans’ attempt to remove timeline from supplemental bill falls short

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 7:23 pm » 8 Comments

Thanks to Senators Ben Nelson … and Chuck Hagel. Via AP: WASHINGTON – Defying a veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March. Republican attempts to scuttle the non-binding timeline failed on a vote of 50-48, largely along party lines. The roll [...]

 

On Hillary “cultivating relationships” with the military: A reader responds

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 4:50 pm » 3 Comments

In response to my post about Hillary Clinton’s lame attempts to “cultivate relationships” with the military, reader C.M. Anderson emails: The Clintons are despised right up there along with Jane Fonda and John Kerry with the military. I should know…my husband is a retired Naval officer (he retired in 1994) and I have many active [...]

 

The latest gw hypocrite: Senator John Kerry

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 3:46 pm » 2 Comments

Henry Payne writes today at NRO’s Planet Gore about Senator Kerry, yet one more in a growing list of global warming alarmists who does not practice what he preaches. Next thing you know, Kerry will be mumbling something about purchasing ‘carbon credits’ … and we know just the guy who would ‘sell’ him some.

 

“Innocent” Aussie in Gitmo pleads guilty to terror charges

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 3:07 pm » 2 Comments

Tim Blair has the lowdown on the latest news regarding Australian Taliban member David Hicks, a Gitmo prisoner for five years, whose ‘plight’ became cause célèbre for rabid anti-war types in Australia who used the confessed terrorist and his situation in order to, in part, justify their hate-filled opposition to the US’ and Australia’s aggressive [...]

 

The Senator Jim Webb/Phillip Thompson gun flap

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 2:38 pm » 4 Comments

Bob Owens explains it in a nutshell: Congressmen and Senators can bring firearms into heavily-protected federal buildings guarded by permanent on-duty police officers, but residents of Washington, DC are not allowed to have weapons to defend themselves or their families in their homes. Nope, no double standard here. Odd, but true. By the way, Senator [...]

 

Tony Snow’s cancer has returned

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 11:10 am » 9 Comments

… and it has spread to his liver. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. God bless the Snow family. In the meantime, enjoy these retro-Snow classics.

 

Is now a good time for Moron Offsets?

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 9:47 am » 2 Comments

Which would be similar in nature to the feel-good ‘carbon offsets’ we hear so much about from the prophet and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, among others? Jules Crittenden makes the call and cites examples of liberal ‘moronocy’, while Don Surber follows up with his suggestions: But what would the offsets be? I know, contributions [...]

 

The Bipartisan Campaign Finance Act aka “McCain-Feingold”: Five years later

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 9:09 am » Comments Off

Ryan Sager at the NY Sun takes a look back at the McCain-Feingold campaign finance ‘reform’ bill and how it didn’t live up to the promises that the creators of the bill made about it: Five years ago today, President Bush signed into law the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Today, American politics is [...]

 

San Francisco’s public enemy number one: Plastic bags

Posted by: ST on March 27, 2007 at 9:01 am » 2 Comments

Via the SF Chronicle: Legislation to require the use of compostable or recyclable bags by grocery stores in San Francisco was expanded Thursday to cover large pharmacy chains operating in the city. Extending the reach of a grocery bag ordinance introduced by one of her colleagues, District 2 Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier won approval of an [...]