Daily Archives: January 9th, 2008 «

 

Fred Thompson: Let’s reduce spending

Posted by: ST on January 9, 2008 at 8:29 pm » 9 Comments

Haven’t had a chance to read over this in depth, but just from a quick scan, I like what I see. Looks solidly conservative and fiscally sound. Now if we could just see some fire in that belly!

 

Bill Richardson (to) drop out of presidential race – campaign denies (MORE: OBAMA LOVEFEST ANALYZED)

Posted by: ST on January 9, 2008 at 7:34 pm » 3 Comments

Finally. Don’t rule him out for a possible veep selection, though. He could be the ticket to shoring up the anti-war left contingent. Update: The Richardson campaign is denying the report. Stay tuned … Related: James Lewis at The American Thinker pegs many Obama fans on the left in this scathing piece on why so [...]

 

HuffPo advances idea that Iran harassment of US troops in the Gulf was “staged” by the US

Posted by: ST on January 9, 2008 at 6:53 pm » 7 Comments

BDS kicks into overdrive: The Pentagon’s version of the encounter in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, involving U.S. Navy warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats is, at the very least highly suspicious. On Tuesday, the Navy released video footage and an audiotape to back its claims that the Iranian boats acted in [...]

 

Wednesdsay open thread (EVENING UPDATE: VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT ADDED)

Posted by: ST on January 9, 2008 at 2:37 pm » 18 Comments

Have at it, ya’ll. I’ll be back tonight. Evening Update: I’m chillin’ – and listenin’ to a sound I could listen to all night long: The pure awesomeness starts about a minute into the clip, after the introductions. Schweet. Any other blues fans in the house?

 

Campaign 2008 breather

Posted by: ST on January 9, 2008 at 1:04 pm » 11 Comments

This post represents my attempt at a brief little breather from campaign talk and the political shuffle. Did you hear about this story? WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment’s employees. Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman [...]

 

The narrative starts: New Hampshire Democrats are racists

Posted by: ST on January 9, 2008 at 9:29 am » 12 Comments

Obama devotee Andrew Sullivan kicks the post-NH primary speculation off with what he believes may be a possible explanation for why his candidate lost last night: The return of the “Bradley Effect.” What is the Bradley Effect? Andrew links up to this piece: The term Bradley effect or Wilder effect refers to a phenomenon which [...]