Daily Archives: February 14th, 2008 «

 

6 dead, including shooter, and 16 injured as man opens fire on the campus of Northern Illinois University (MORE: ONE MORE VICTIM DIES, SHOOTER IDENTIFIED)

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 11:32 pm » 51 Comments

Via CBS2 Chicago: DE KALB, Ill (CBS) ― A gunman opened fire on a geology class at Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon, killing five people before taking his own life on stage as panicked students ran and ducked for cover. NIU President John Peters said a total of 22 people were shot, including the gunman. [...]

 

Why doesn’t Senator Barack Obama want to help the people of Iraq?

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 11:00 pm » 8 Comments

In Barack Obama’s victory speech on Tuesday night after his three state Potomac Primary sweep, he asserted something he has often while on the campaign trail as it relates to the issue of Iraq: If we had chosen a different path, the right path, we could have finished the job in Afghanistan and put more [...]

 

Jane, you ignorant ****

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 9:33 pm » 3 Comments

**WARNING: This post will contain language that may be offensive to adults, and shouldn’t be read by minors.** Many of us call Valentine’s Day “V-Day” for short, but did you know that when a radical feminist uses the term, it means “Vagina Day”? Before I go any further, here’s a brief background about what the [...]

 

House Republicans walk out in protest over debate on FISA reform (MORE: VIDEO OF WALKOUT ADDED, EXPLANATION OF SCHEDULING CONFLICT/LANTOS MEMORIAL)

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 1:57 pm » 10 Comments

I’m not seeing video at Hot Air or anywhere else on this yet, but CNN’s got the teaser at the top of their page with a java link to the video. The temporary extension on an update to the bill is expected to expire tomorrow, unless the House acts in concert with the Senate. The [...]

 

Romney to endorse the Mc on Friday

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 1:51 pm » 11 Comments

Fox has a tiny blurb up on this story. Details sure to follow … Update: Here’s more, via CNN: Romney is expected to announce his endorsement of the senator from Arizona at a news conference in Boston, Massachusetts, at 3:30 ET. I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall for the discussions [...]

 

My political valentine: Brit Hume

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 1:37 pm » Comments Off

John Hawkins has a cute post up today where he created “political valentines” people could send to their Washington, DC crushes. I think many of my readers will especially like the one about The Goracle – heheh. It’s not a secret who my DC crush is: Brit Hume For newbies to the blog, this post [...]

 

Andrew Sullivan officially joins the Cult of Obama

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 1:04 pm » 1 Comment

As I noted in my previous post, Senator Barack Obama, who has made it a point in speech after speech – and at numerous Dem debates – to expressly condemn the practice of “waterboarding,” could not be bothered to show up to vote against it yesterday. He was too busy with bigger priorities, like campaigning [...]

 

Senate votes to limit interrogation techniques, Obama and Hillary can’t be bothered to show up

Posted by: ST on February 14, 2008 at 9:29 am » 5 Comments

Gateway Pundit has the details on the Senate vote that narrowly passed Wednesday on a bill that bans an interrogation technique called “waterboarding” – a technique that, as GP notes, has saved lives. The President is expected to veto the bill. The roll call on this one is interesting. As we all know, Sen. McCain [...]