Daily Archives: July 4th, 2008 «

 

1,215 troops re-enlist in Baghdad, Iraq on Independence Day

Posted by: ST on July 4, 2008 at 9:09 pm » 2 Comments

Bob Krumm reports: BAGHDAD – How are you spending your 4th of July holiday? While most Americans probably slept, 1,215 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines raised their right hands and committed to a combined 5,500 years of additional service during the largest reenlistment ceremony in the history of the American military. Beneath a large American [...]

 

RIP, Senator Jesse Helms

Posted by: ST on July 4, 2008 at 12:33 pm » 14 Comments

CNN reports: WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at the age of 86, a senior congressional source said. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, announced on its Web site [link here. --ST] that he died at 1:18 a.m. Friday after [...]

 

The shining city … on the sea?

Posted by: ST on July 4, 2008 at 11:05 am » 13 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the “lilypad cities”: Photo courtesy: Solent News and Photos What the heck are they? Read on: At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea. But they are, apparently, the ultimate solution to rapidly rising sea levels. This [...]

 

Waking up on Independence Day

Posted by: ST on July 4, 2008 at 10:25 am » 5 Comments

Chris Satullo likely woke up in mourning today, pondering how “awful” this country is (and perhaps hoped someone really would pee in his Corn Flakes so he’d have something else to whine about in a future column), but I, like many other patriotic Americans, woke up today thinking, “What a great day it is to [...]