Daily Archives: April 3rd, 2007 «

 

UN – What are they good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again!

Posted by: ST on April 3, 2007 at 7:48 pm » 14 Comments

(Sorry to hijack your song there, Mr. Springsteen)* What are they up to these days, outside of failing to condemn Iran, and instead expressing ‘grave concern’ over the capture of the 15 British sailors? Try covering up for North Korea’s counterfeiting of American money. Via the NY Sun: As federal investigators examine how the leading [...]

 

Republicans, starting with the Prez, step up war of words against anti-war Congressional Democrats

Posted by: ST on April 3, 2007 at 3:17 pm » 4 Comments

Love.it. Especially Vietnam vet and POW Rep. Sam Johnson’s comments about Rep. John Murtha: I respect him [Murtha] as an ex-Marine, but his thought process has gone in the wrong direction on this and I think he’s totally off base. I don’t know what’s made him go that way. As I said on the floor, [...]

 

Campaign watch

Posted by: ST on April 3, 2007 at 12:49 pm » 1 Comment

Erica Stalnecker at NRO has a huge link roundup of the latest news on Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls. Also, announced today: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is running. Announced this past weekend: Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson (who is also the former governor of Wisconsin) has thrown his hat into [...]

 

So, Petraeus DID brief Democrats after all

Posted by: ST on April 3, 2007 at 11:15 am » Comments Off

Yesterday, as Red State noted, far left blogger after far left blogger wrote with righteous outrage over General Petraeus supposedly “only” meeting with Republicans last month and informing them on the situation in Iraq – essentially giving them a ‘what you need to know’ briefing on the situation on the ground. The Nutroots viewed this [...]

 

Canada’s MSM, liberals feeling threatened by bloggers?

Posted by: ST on April 3, 2007 at 9:02 am » 1 Comment

Stephen Taylor, a popular blogger in Canadian blogging circles, has found out the hard way what members of the Canadian mainstream media will do when they feel threatened by a fresh face from the new media. Captain Ed gives the background: Stephen Taylor, one of my blogger pals from our northern neighbor, has covered the [...]