Monthly Archives: April 2007 «

 

Sunday linkage

Posted by: ST on April 29, 2007 at 12:07 pm » 8 Comments

It’s been “House Project Weekend” at casa de ST’s, but in the meantime, here are some Sunday links waiting for your perusal: —– Remember the arrest of Senator Jim Webb’s aide after he was caught carrying a gun not registered to him into the Russell Senate office building? The charges have been dropped. Must be [...]

 

Weekend open thread

Posted by: ST on April 27, 2007 at 7:58 pm » 8 Comments

It’s gonna be a beautiful spring weekend here in Charlotte, NC, and with that in mind I thought it would be a good time to post a pic of what a typical pink dogwood around here looks like: Beautiful, isn’t it? They aren’t as popular around here as the white dogwood (which, I should note, [...]

 

And the winner of last night’s debate is …

Posted by: ST on April 27, 2007 at 7:28 pm » 13 Comments

… John Edwards, according to a Daily Kos insta-poll taken after the debate: Daily Kos Readers Declared Edwards The Winner. According to the Daily Kos poll, “Who won the debate,” as of 10:30 pm after the debate John Edwards led the pack with 20% of the vote (1034), leading Obama at 17% (881), followed Clinton [...]

 

Hillary: A synonym for the word “hypocrisy”

Posted by: ST on April 27, 2007 at 6:38 pm » 5 Comments

This is twice in one week la Clinton has been caught in flagrant instances of hypocrisy – instances which, of course, will never be held against her by her fawning press. The first time was last week when she, along with several other flaming hypocrite Dem presidential hopefuls who condemned Don Imus’ ‘racially insensitive’ comments [...]

 

Would you like some cheese to go with that femi-whine?

Posted by: ST on April 27, 2007 at 1:33 pm » 21 Comments

Just got done glancing at Memeorandum and saw this rant written by “WIMN’s Voices” (“Women’s Voices”;) writer Keely Savoie complaining about media coverage of the explosive found behind a women’s clinic (that’s code for: abortion clinic) in Austin. In a post titled, “Silence is Complicity,” Savoie writes: They’re at it again: A week since the [...]

 

McCain-Feingold Act: Will the USSC strike it down?

Posted by: ST on April 27, 2007 at 9:57 am » 8 Comments

Via the Boston Globe: WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices yesterday expressed serious concerns about the legality of key portions of the McCain-Feingold Act, raising the possibility that the court may strike down or sharply limit part of the landmark campaign-finance law heading into the 2008 presidential election. The McCain-Feingold Act, which was hailed as a [...]

 

Oh yes, the Dems are really cleaning up Washington

Posted by: ST on April 27, 2007 at 9:35 am » 2 Comments

More like cleaning up in Washington: Democrats in Congress appear to be taking full advantage of the “pay to play” system they said led to a “climate of corruption” under Republicans, an ABC News investigation has found. “Washington looks pretty much the same as it always did,” said Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation, despite [...]

 

Dems set to pander in tonight’s South Carolina debate (LIVEBLOGGING – UPDATE: “CAPTION THIS” ADDED)

Posted by: ST on April 26, 2007 at 6:59 pm » 43 Comments

ELECTION 2008: The Democratic Candidates Debate – 4/26/07 (Keep refreshing this post as I will be liveblogging the debate) CBS predicts that Iraq will be the issue which dominates tonight’s debate in Orangeburg, SC at SC State University. Did you get a chance to submit your questions for the candidates via MSNBC? The debate starts [...]

 

Really interested in “going green”? This is the vehicle for you

Posted by: ST on April 26, 2007 at 6:27 pm » 1 Comment

I know Al Gore drives Ford’s classy looking Mercury Mariner Hybrid, but once he gets wind of Ford’s latest enviro-friendly vehicle, I’m sure he’ll abandon the Mariner almost as fast he abandoned Joe Lieberman for Howard dean in the Dem campaign for the nomination back in 2003. Think that thing would get him to the [...]

 

Anti-Sarkozy forces in France paint him as a Nazi

Posted by: ST on April 26, 2007 at 4:39 pm » 3 Comments

Wow. Just wow. Of course, comparisons to Nazis happens too frequently here, especially from liberal icon George Soros and affiliated Dems/groups, but considering that this IS France we’re talking about here … I mean, you’d think they’d know the huge differences between Sarkozy and Hitler, to the point that it’s pointless to even compare them [...]