Monthly Archives: July 2007 «

 

NYT highlights viewpoints of two prominent liberals’ opinions on how we ‘might’ succeed in Iraq

Posted by: ST on July 30, 2007 at 9:23 am » 5 Comments

Desperate for cover from the accusations that they are a full blown cut and run newspaper, the NYT published today an opinion piece from two liberals: Michael E. O’Hanlon is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Kenneth M. Pollack is the director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. [...]

 

Revisiting the “Hillary’s cleavage story” controversy

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2007 at 6:38 pm » 10 Comments

Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell says that Post fashion writer Robin Givhan’s July 20 column on Hillary Clinton’s cleavage generated tons of outrage: The Post got thousands of angry letters and calls last week — the vast majority from women — in response to a July 20 Style column by Fashion Editor Robin Givhan, commenting [...]

 

Liberal network PBS advances idea that the White House led efforts to ‘steal’ the 2004 elections

Posted by: ST on July 29, 2007 at 12:51 pm » 10 Comments

This all figures in to the fired US attorneys scandal, so PBS throws out there a two for the price of one hit piece on the admin: Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004? Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections? This week NOW examines documents and evidence [...]

 

John Doe provision passes Congress – plus the Democrats’ latest attempt to undermine the President

Posted by: ST on July 28, 2007 at 8:49 am » 19 Comments

Audrey Hudson reports the awesome news: Congress yesterday sent President Bush legislation that heightens airport and seaport security and includes a “John Doe” provision to protect airline passengers from retaliatory lawsuits for reporting potential terror activity. The measure that implements the remaining major September 11 commission recommendations passed the House yesterday 371-40. It had cleared [...]

 

Just say “no” campaign – for men

Posted by: ST on July 28, 2007 at 1:22 am » 22 Comments

Longtime readers know that issues related to feminism and feminists are near and dear to ol’ ST’s heart, so I never pass up an opportunity to discuss them when the situation permits itself, and today was no exception. Earlier, I was at a political forum I visit semi-frequently, and noticed that my friend Dunk (who [...]

 

John Edwards: They’re out to silence me (MORE: HILLARY CLAIMING VICTIM STATUS, TOO)

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2007 at 11:32 pm » 8 Comments

Several months ago I asked “Has John Edwards flipped out?” in response to an article I’d read about him in which he essentially tried to channel what Jesus’ thoughts would be about the Iraq war, in an attempt to pander to the religious site Beliefnet.com. Tonight, I think it can be confirmed that Edwards has [...]

 

EPA chief: We take threat against global warming skeptic seriously

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2007 at 10:18 pm » 8 Comments

ST reader Sev brought this to our attention in the comments section of a prior post earlier this week: During today’s hearing, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, confronted Stephen Johnson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with a threatening e-mail from a group of which EPA [...]

 

50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill list for 2007 released – Brit Hume still doesn’t make the cut

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2007 at 10:04 pm » 4 Comments

Here’s the top ten. And the rest are here. Who is missing – again – from this list? Fox News’ adorable Brit Hume. There’s something wrong with this picture, especially considering that they DID include another journalist (Charlie Hurt -the New York Post’s Capitol Hill “bureau chief”;) on this year’s list, which shows that the [...]

 

Morons.org, other far lefties, targeting Fox News advertisers

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2007 at 6:53 pm » 8 Comments

The anti-competition crowd, pumped up by renewed Congressional calls for reinstating the Fairness Doctrine as well as their successful intimidation tactics against Democrats to not participate in debates co-hosted by Fox news, are turning their attentions now to Fox News’ advertisers: NEW YORK (AP) – Liberal activists are stepping up their campaign against Fox News [...]

 

Friday/Weekend open thread

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2007 at 3:53 pm » 3 Comments

I shall be back later tonight, ya’ll. TGIF Sat AM Update: I’ll be involved in a painting project at mom and dad’s for most of the day and will be away from the blog for most, if not all of it. If I’m not too tired, I’ll check in later this evening. This is “prep [...]