Daily Archives: August 17th, 2007 «

 

Silky Phoney: Show me the *clean* money

Posted by: ST on August 17, 2007 at 9:25 pm » 4 Comments

John Edwards has issued a challenge to the other Dem contenders to help him eliminate federal special interest contributions to the Democratic party, and while doing so is making an appeal to his supporters to send him some ‘clean’ money. No word yet on whether or not he plans on returning contributions he’s rec’d from [...]

 

Another Democrat joins the “traitor” ranks

Posted by: ST on August 17, 2007 at 8:08 pm » 12 Comments

Bad news for defeatist Democrats like House Majority Whip James Clyburn: U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Thursday that his recent trip to Iraq convinced him the military needs more time in the region, and that a hasty pullout would cause chaos that helps Iran and harms U.S. security. “I believe that the decision to invade [...]

 

Friday/weekend open thread

Posted by: ST on August 17, 2007 at 3:30 pm » 3 Comments

Had a busy day here – will be back this evening to catch up on blogging. ***TGIF!***

 

About that “church cancels memorial after finding out Navy vet was gay” story

Posted by: ST on August 17, 2007 at 9:24 am » 33 Comments

The Associated Press, among other outlets, featured prominently earlier this week a story of a gay Gulf war veteran who passed away and the church that canceled his memorial service the day before it was supposed to take place once they found out through pictures submitted to the church as part of the memorial that [...]

 

More bad news at site of Utah mine rescue attempt

Posted by: ST on August 17, 2007 at 8:38 am » 14 Comments

Via CNN: HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNN) — Three rescue workers were killed and six injured Thursday night during an apparent “seismic bump” at a Utah mine, according to state and hospital officials. The workers were attempting to reach six miners who have been trapped in the Crandall Canyon mine since an August 6 collapse. There has [...]