Monthly Archives: September 2007 «

 

Say goodbye to Cox and Forkum editorial cartoons

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 30, 2007 at 9:46 pm » 3 Comments

I absolutely loved their work, and will be sad to see them step away from the world of editorial cartoons. I wish both John and Allen well in their future endeavors.
Chris Muir has a nice tribute to them here.

 

1st graders at elementary school in Louisiana get an on-campus lesson in lynching

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 30, 2007 at 8:30 pm » 3 Comments

Check out this appalling story, via the Monroe, Louisiana News Star:
A recent incident at the elementary school on the Grambling State University campus that resulted in a noose hanging around a small child’s neck has left university officials scrambling for answers.
Grambling State University President Horace Judson was driving to Dallas on Friday afternoon for the [...]

 

Tampa Bay at Carolina (UPDATE: PANTHERS LOSE 20-7)

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 30, 2007 at 5:38 pm » 7 Comments

It has not been a good day so far for the Panthers, as they are down 17-0 at halftime. Delhomme is out with an elbow injury he suffered in the 3rd quarter of last week’s game against the Falcons.
Congrats to Bret Favre, the new record holder on career touchdown passes.
Update: A disappointing day [...]

 

Tom Friedman: We need a 9/10 president in a post-9/11 world

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 30, 2007 at 12:23 pm » 20 Comments

Friedman, in his opinion piece in today’s New York Times, writes that 9/11 “made us stupid” and implores “us” to get back into “our old habits and sense of openness”:
[...] Times columnists are not allowed to endorse candidates, but there’s no rule against saying who will not get my vote: I will not vote for [...]

 

Weekend open thread

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 29, 2007 at 9:56 am » 5 Comments

I’m out to enjoy this gorgeous fall weather we’re having today
Here’s one quick link I’d like to post: Author, NPR correspondent, and Fox News analyst Juan Williams wrote a piece for Time magazine defending Bill O’Reilly against charges of racism being levelled at him by the far left Media Matters, among others, for [...]

 

John Edwards: We need a sincere president, not a “cunning politician” (PLUS: NEWT GINGRICH TO RUN FOR PRES.?)

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 28, 2007 at 11:01 pm » 8 Comments

This is hilarious:
Democrat John Edwards said Friday that the nation needs an honest and sincere president more than it needs the “next great politician.”
Asked by a voter what quality he possesses that other candidates lack, Edwards described what he would look for in a president if he was not running.
“I would absolutely require that the [...]

 

Soros-funded Media Matters, other far lefties, caught in another whopper

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 28, 2007 at 4:49 pm » 7 Comments

Brian Faughnan at the Weekly Standard blog has a post up today on how the far left has been foaming at the mouth, demanding denunciations from Republicans and apologies from Rush Limbaugh himself after comments he made on his program earlier this week that to them suggested that he thought that troops who had served [...]

 

Citizen journalists helping to bring news of the revolution in Myanmar to the world

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 28, 2007 at 10:16 am » 2 Comments

The WSJ reports today on how bloggers and other citizen journalists are keeping the world informed about the situation in Myanmar:
As Myanmar’s regime cracks down on a growing protest movement, “citizen journalists” are breaking the news to the world.
At 1:30 yesterday afternoon, a cellphone buzzed with news for Soe Myint, the editor in chief of [...]

 

GQ kills story on infighting in Hillary campaign after threat from Hillary

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 28, 2007 at 9:12 am » 4 Comments

I’m a little behind on blogging about this, as it was first reported by Ben Smith at The Politico a few days ago. Howie Kurtz reports on it today (emphasis added):
Two stories, both about politicians named Clinton, collided recently at one of the nation’s most prominent magazines, raising questions about journalistic integrity and hardball [...]

 

Confirmed: Two arrested at Goose Creek traffic stop were part of terrorist plot

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on September 28, 2007 at 8:04 am » 3 Comments

Rmemeber the story from early last month where, during a traffic stop in Goose Creek, SC, two men who were described by witnesses as being of “Middle Eastern descent” were arrested after police found explosives in the trunk of their car? Initially, indictments were handed down in Tampa against the two Egyptian nationals for [...]