Monthly Archives: October 2007 «

 

Rep. Murtha: The House’s king of pork

Posted by: ST on October 30, 2007 at 11:52 am » 2 Comments

The Wall Street Journal reports this morning on how the Democrats’ favorite vet Rep. John Murtha built Johnstown, PA on earmarks (h/t: Captain Ed): JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — If John Murtha were a businessman, he’d be the biggest employer in this town. The powerful U.S. congressman has used his clout on Capitol Hill to create thousands [...]

 

Name recognition driving Hillary’s high poll numbers?

Posted by: ST on October 30, 2007 at 9:15 am » 7 Comments

A new poll out by Rasmussen seems to suggest just that: A look at the crosstabs demonstrates that it is attitudes towards Clinton that are driving the numbers in this polling match-up. Among all voters, Clinton attracts 48% support. Among the voters who have never heard of Ron Paul or don’t know enough to have [...]

 

Monday night humor

Posted by: ST on October 29, 2007 at 10:18 pm » 6 Comments

Seeking to prove that waterboarding really is “torture,” two DUers – get this – waterboarded each other. Kiim Priestap has the details. As I’ve written at this blog before, I think it should be written into the Geneva Conventions somewhere that having to listen to/read whiny far left liberals like those on The View, at [...]

 

Hillary wins …

Posted by: ST on October 29, 2007 at 9:59 pm » 3 Comments

… when it comes to scariest Halloween costume, anyway: Once again, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in a poll. This time, she was top choice when people were asked which major 2008 presidential candidate would make the scariest Halloween costume. Asked about costume choices, 37 percent in an Associated Press-Ipsos survey this month chose New York [...]

 

War on terror misc. links of interest

Posted by: ST on October 29, 2007 at 9:25 pm » 2 Comments

I’m still getting caught up on my news/blog feeds, and wanted to link up to a few posts of interest related to our military and the war on terror: —- Project Valour-IT’s fundraising competition began today. What is Project Valor-IT? Blackfive describes it: Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss (Captain Chuck Ziegenfuss’ [...]

 

Brits not happy with UK’s socialized healthcare system

Posted by: ST on October 29, 2007 at 6:40 pm » 3 Comments

Undermining socialized healthcare proponents like candidates Clinton, Obama, and Edwards (not to mention this useful idiot), all of whom treat government-run healthcare like it’s the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel, the Daily Mail reports today that Brits are running, not walking, away from socialized medicine: Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad [...]

 

Monday open thread

Posted by: ST on October 29, 2007 at 10:35 am » Comments Off

I’m swamped this morning – hope to be back sometime after lunch. PM Update: Sorry – still slammed. Will be back tonight for sure. I see there are some interesting news stories out there to blog about

 

Think Charlie Rangel’s “tax reform” plan is bad?

Posted by: ST on October 28, 2007 at 3:09 pm » 2 Comments

Last Thursday, I blogged about House Ways and Means Chair Charlie Rangel’s “tax reform” plan, which really does nothing but trade off one set of bad tax laws for another set. But Rangel’s plan, as bad as it is, pales in comparison to the type of “tax reform” plan former Clinton Sec. of Labor Robert [...]

 

Undefeated Colts versus 4-2 Carolina Panthers (UPDATE: PANTHERS LOSE 31-7)

Posted by: ST on October 28, 2007 at 1:11 pm » 7 Comments

Peyton Manning will try to lead the Colts to their first victory against the Panthers in today’s 1 pm game against Carolina, being played at BOA stadium and broadcast on CBS. Carolina has something to prove today in an effort to show fans and sports critics alike that last week’s Vinny Testaverde-led victory was not [...]

 

Journalism student reports on Edwards campaign HQ, campaign issues access threat in response

Posted by: ST on October 28, 2007 at 12:31 pm » 8 Comments

It seems like hardly a week goes by when we aren’t hearing about another blunder occurring within the Edwards for president campaign. The latest happened after a graduate student from UNC-Chapel Hill did a report for a UNC-CH’s student-run television program that questioned whether or not it was a smart move for Edwards’, who fancies [...]