Daily Archives: April 6th, 2007 «

 

Teresa Heinz Kerry defends Pelosi by playing the “woman card”

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 11:15 pm » 2 Comments

Back in early February, when the Pelosi/plane brouhaha was going strong, I blogged about how the Speaker was already playing the victim card by acting like Republicans were opposed to her having use of the plane she was requesting because she was a woman. Republican men, to ‘progressive’ women like Pelosi, only want to ‘hold [...]

 

Springtime in Charlotte

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 9:50 pm » 8 Comments

I took these pix while I was out and about today. It’s just a few – I plan on getting more this spring of the beautiful city I live in Tree in my backyard. Dogwoods in mom and dad’s front yard. Azaleas at mom and dad’s. Another view of the white azalea. Another white azalea [...]

 

What do you do when you’re in a Democrat in the legislature of cash-strapped Michigan?

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 8:21 pm » 10 Comments

You propose a spending bill that would guarantee every school kid …. … an iPod: We have come to the conclusion that the crisis Michigan faces is not a shortage of revenue, but an excess of idiocy. Facing a budget deficit that has passed the $1 billion mark, House Democrats Thursday offered a spending plan [...]

 

Britain and Europe’s humiliation

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 6:37 pm » 5 Comments

Lots and lots of talk about the 15 British sailors who were released yesterday by Iran, how they acted while in captivity, how Britain and the EU/UN reacted, and what it all means – as evidenced by this huge link roundup from Allah. I feel a little like I’m betraying a friend just writing about [...]

 

Friday “Caption This”

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 9:09 am » 16 Comments

Turning it over to my esteemable readers for captions Photo courtesy: AP/Sana BTW, the USA Today editorial page is blasting Pelosi’s trip to Syria, too, and explains why the difference between her visit and the visit from Republicans is significant. Toldjah So

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 1:52 am » 1 Comment

**PM Update: ** Be back to blogging within the hour – since I was off work today, I spent most of it outside enjoying our beautiful weather. I have a few pix of some azaleas and trees in the area which I’ll post a little later tonight once I get them uploaded to the compu. [...]

 

More ‘outrage’ over Fox recess appointment – this time from Biden, Obama, and Edwards

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 1:18 am » 8 Comments

Sigh. Mary Ann Akers is once again on top of this developing ‘drama’ (emphasis added): Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-Del.) finally weighed in today on the Bush administration’s surprise recess appointment of Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium. Democrats are outraged, arguing it is illegal for President Bush to use a [...]

 

Democrats have a better chance to win Florida in 2008 now

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 1:04 am » Comments Off

Felons in Florida will soon have the right to vote again.

 

VIDEO: Geraldo and Bill O’Reilly exchange heated war of words

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 12:58 am » 6 Comments

… over the case of a drunk illegal immigrant accused of killing two girls in a car accident. Here’s a partial clip, where it looked like they were going to duke it out: (Via Media Bistro)

 

Lorie Byrd: The President has been too nice to the left

Posted by: ST on April 6, 2007 at 12:41 am » 1 Comment

Can’t say as I disagree with this at all! You can read the entire column here. It’s one thing to want to ‘get along’ in the ‘spirit of bipartisanship’, but dangit, being too nice means compromising too much and too many of our core principles have been compromised for the sake of ‘wanting to get [...]