Daily Archives: March 30th, 2008 «

 

Davidson Wildcats lose chance to go to the Final Four

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2008 at 7:21 pm » 4 Comments

Stephen Curry and the gang at Davidson played their behinds off tonight against #1 Kansas, proving that just because you’re ranked #10 doesn’t mean you have to play like a #10 team. In the end, though, as the last 16 seconds of the game winded down with Davidson in possession, the last second shot didn’t [...]

 

84 year-old multiple war veteran smacks down teen who attempts to rob him

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2008 at 6:52 pm » 4 Comments

Back in early February, I blogged about 80 y/o WWII veteran James Pickett, who refused to be a robbery victim in his own home by shooting one of two teenaged thugs who broke into his house and threatened him with a knife. The feisty Pickett, in an interview with WFAA, warned the two perps not [...]

 

National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2008 at 5:26 pm » 2 Comments

Yes, amidst all the lying, backstabbing, under-the-table wheeling and dealing, and other trademark dirty tricks we routinely see coming out of Washington, DC, there is beauty to be seen there as well – in the form of the National Cherry Blossom Festival: The blooms of the 3,750 cherry trees that frame the Tidal Basin are [...]

 

Who said it?

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2008 at 3:43 pm » 3 Comments

From a 2004 endorsement of John Kerry: “The real issue is this: Who would you rather have in charge of the defense of the United States of America, a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life, or a guy who served his country honorably and has three Purple Hearts and [...]

 

Obama exaggerates family’s Kennedy connection

Posted by: ST on March 30, 2008 at 1:27 pm » 5 Comments

The Washington Post Fact Checker section catches BO in another example of him embellishing his and his family’s history: Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama traced his “very existence” to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America [...]