Daily Archives: March 30th, 2007 «

 

Remembering Jason Ray and a friend: Tomorrow, the sky really will be Carolina blue – and the flowers will all be Terrapin red

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 11:16 pm » 4 Comments

There’s an old saying here in North Carolina, especially amongst Tarheel fans, that God’s favorite college basketball team must be Carolina because He painted the sky “Carolina blue.” As a Duke Blue Devil fan – Carolina’s biggest rivals – I, and other Duke fans, usually laugh it off everytime I hear it. But not this [...]

 

Karl Rove: The next American Idol?

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 10:10 pm » Comments Off

Watch, and you be the judge: Hey, if Sanjaya Malakar – who is widely known as the guy who no one thought would make it past the first round – can make it into the top 10, I think Rove would have a shot at it, too! Simon Cowell, of course, would be brutal on [...]

 

Time for yet another round of “Caption This” …

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 10:00 pm » 12 Comments

My caption would be: Bush: (Sighs and thinks) Not again. Pelosi: (Thinking) I may be third in line for the presidency, but that won’t stop me from acting like I AM the president. Actual caption: U.S. President George W. Bush (R) reacts as he listens to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during the annual Radio [...]

 

Representative John Murtha renews call for a military draft

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 9:43 pm » 1 Comment

I’m wondering, along with John Hawkins: Is anyone in Washington, DC listening? If so, where are the responses? Prior: Murtha plans to “fence the funding” for the Iraq war VIDEO: Murtha’s bumbling ABSCAM explanation (FLASHBACK: MURTHA’S TROOP REDUCTION PREDICTION FROM LAST YEAR) WaPo: Murtha is the wrong choice for House Majority leader Dems want to [...]

 

Captain Ed liveblogged his wife’s kidney transplant

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 8:58 pm » Comments Off

Sweet! I swear, Ed can do anything. Next thing you know, he’ll be liveblogging his own surgeries, if he ever has to have surgery, that is Best wishes to “The First Mate” for a speedy recovery. So far, so good.

 

Why is Nancy Pelosi going to Syria?

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 7:03 pm » 25 Comments

Yes, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, she who represents the military-hating, Bush-loathing, cut and run crowd in San Francisco, is going to Syria as part of a “Congressional delegation” – even though the US has broken off ties with high-level contacts in the Syrian government: The visit will make Pelosi the most senior U.S. official ever [...]

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 10:47 am » 3 Comments

Having another busy day … been one of those weeks. Be back later this afternoon or evening. TGIF!

 

“Innocent” Aussie David Hicks agrees to seven year plea deal (PLUS: OUTRAGEOUS – HICKS TO SERVE ONLY NINE MONTHS

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2007 at 10:10 am » 4 Comments

Via AP: GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – The prison sentence of an Australian detainee who pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge would be limited to seven years under terms of a plea bargain, a military judge at Guantanamo Bay said Friday. The judge, Marine Corps. Col. Ralph Kohlmann, revealed the terms of the agreement [...]