Daily Archives: September 14th, 2007 «

 

MorOn.org goes forward with next “betrayal” ad

Posted by: ST on September 14, 2007 at 7:44 pm » 12 Comments

Via CNN’s Political Ticker: The organization announced Friday it is rolling out a new national television ad campaign next week accusing Bush of “a betrayal of trust.” “Before the surge, George Bush had 130,000 troops stuck in Iraq,” states the ad’s narrator. “Americans had elected a new Congress to bring them home. Instead, Bush sent [...]

 

The President meets with bloggers

Posted by: ST on September 14, 2007 at 7:16 pm » 2 Comments

Blogging’s come a long way, baby! Major props to bloggers Bill at INDC Journal and Bill Roggio, who joined in via video conference from Camp Victory in Baghdad. Keep up the fantastic work, gents. Here’s more on the meeting, via N.Z. Bear.

 

Retired Vietnam veteran sees his dream realized

Posted by: ST on September 14, 2007 at 4:26 pm » 6 Comments

I love stories like this one! Via the Newport News Daily Press: LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE – Retired Air Force Col. Donald Smith slowly inched his way into the cockpit of an F-22A Raptor sitting in the 94th Fighter Squadron hangar at Langley Air Force Base Thursday. He did it quietly, solemnly. After a few [...]

 

Debunking a study on liberals supposedly being smarter than conservatives

Posted by: ST on September 14, 2007 at 3:29 pm » 8 Comments

Just got done reading a piece written by William Saletan at Slate on a a recent study done in Nature Neuroscience which supposedly indicated that, in essence, liberals were smarter than conservatives. An excerpt: Frank Sulloway, a Berkeley professor who co-authored a damning psychological analysis of conservatism four years ago, illustrates the problem. Appearing in [...]

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on September 14, 2007 at 11:11 am » 7 Comments

I’m swamped this morning – will hopefully be able to blog some this afternoon, if not, then definitely early this evening. Have I mentioned how happy I am that it’s Friday? Caption: A Gulf Fritillary Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) collects nectar on Golden Lantana bush, in Tyler, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. [...]