Daily Archives: July 26th, 2007 «

 

Calculate your carbon footprint!

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 8:28 pm » 12 Comments

Hey – I did it, and it was fun – sorta fun, anyway My personal impact? “Larger than average” at 10.55 (whatever that means!) Whatever you do, don’t tell the Goracle. For what it’s worth, here’s how it was calculated. Oh, and Al? It’s been 127 days …

 

Media, TV critics equate “cavemen” to black people

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 7:34 pm » 7 Comments

In case you haven’t heard about it, there is an upcoming new ABC series “Cavemen” – which is a spinoff of the cute caveman GEICO commercials that we see on TV all the time. The AP had a story about the show today that I found rather curious, in which it asked about a possible [...]

 

Shake-ups with Fred Thompson’s campaign staff?

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 6:41 pm » 2 Comments

The rumors are all over the place about ‘high-level’ departures supposedly happening with Team Fred. Chris Cillizza with the Washington Post’s “Fix” blog has the details: Rumors are flying about more senior level departures from the unofficial presidential campaign of former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.). But The Fix can knock down one of the major [...]

 

Who is The New Republic’s “Scott Thomas”?

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 1:22 pm » 11 Comments

… the Iraq war vet who is blogging about alleged horrible things US troops have said and done in Iraq that he has supposedly witnessed, like the desecration of a grave which contained the bones of murdered children? Now you know. Make sure to read that post in full. It’s interesting how Thomas takes the [...]

 

The acceptance – and whitewashing – of genocide

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 10:36 am » 4 Comments

Betsy Newmark blogs this morning about Democrats like Senator Barack Obama, who recently commented that the potential for genocide in Iraq is not worth keeping US forces there. At the same time, as she notes, last week Senator John Kerry on CSPAN actually claimed with a straight face that there was no bloodbath after the [...]

 

Congressional Democrats “softening” on abortion?

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 10:14 am » 1 Comment

But not because they’re sincere about it, but because, you guessed it, they’re interested in your vote: Sensing an opportunity to impress religious voters — and tip elections — Democrats in Congress and on the campaign trail have begun to adopt some of the language and policy goals of the antiabortion movement. For years, the [...]

 

Ward Churchill sues the University of Colorado

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 9:00 am » 7 Comments

Saw this one coming a mile away: DENVER – A professor who was fired after comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi sued the school Wednesday, saying officials retaliated against him for exercising his right to free speech. Ward Churchill was ousted by the University of Colorado’s governing Board of Regents after three faculty [...]

 

Gonzales and the fired attorneys “scandal”

Posted by: ST on July 26, 2007 at 8:49 am » 2 Comments

I’m having a hard time keeping up with the developing news about how Attorney General Alberto Gonzales supposedly ‘lied’ to Congress, but Captain Ed and John Hinderaker try to sort through it all. Make sure you read what they have to say before falling in line with any of the media’s conclusions.