Criticism For New Orleans Disaster Preparedness
From what I've seen and heard I'd agree with this assessment: Amid the sympathy, however, there was criticism. As U.S.…...
August, 2005
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Sioux Tribe Votes Against University Of North Dakota’s Mascot
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. - Members of the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe have voted to oppose the University of North Dakota's…...
Bolton Still Mixing It Up At The UN
I am so glad we appointed this man. U.S. Tries to Exclude Some From U.N. Group WASHINGTON - The Bush…...
Racist Hurricane Coverage?
These two captions to photos of hurricane survivors gathering groceries is getting a lot of play in the blogosphere. Here's…...
Who Took The Slippers?
Hmm... Grand Rapids Herald-Review - One pair has been at the Smithsonian since 1979, another sold at a Christie’s auction…...
Bite Sized Wisdom: Ayn Rand
Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others - misfortune is not a mortgage on achievement - failure…...
Katrina: The Callousness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Plenty of people are discussing the cheap shots being taken at the US by German Kyoto-worshippers in the wake of…...
Anti-War Crowd Targeting More Wounded Soldiers
Anti-war protesters have branched out from Walter Reed and are now picketing outside the Balboa military hospital. In case you…...
On Bush’s Poor Poll Numbers
This is a point I've made here before: The Washington Post is trumpeting its latest poll, showing President Bush's approval…...
America’s Tsunami?
Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it has wreaked in the New Orleans and Biloxi areas is now being called "America's…...
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
When the President started his vacation a few weeks ago he was lambasted by leftist critics for spending too much…...
New Windfarm For North Dakota
I'm happy to see this happening. There will be an announcement for a new North Dakota windfarm today just north…...
Stampede In Baghdad
This is terrible. BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 648 people were killed in a stampede on a bridge Wednesday when…...
Russian Women Know How To Give It Up
This is sad MOSNEWS.COM Russians, whose lives are shorter and poorer than they were under communism, have more abortions than…...
Too Fat To Drive
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court has ruled that Mercedes must release a man from a car lease deal after…...
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Department Of Justice Focusing On Porn Over Illegal Immigration, Corruption
Sigh... Law.com - When FBI supervisors in Miami met with new interim U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta last month, they wondered…...
Water Risin’ Means Time To Loot Some Beer
Sad... A looter carries a bucket of beer out of a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30,…...
Walter Reed Protesters Now Lying About Signs
Hmm... (CNSNews.com) - The anti-war group Code Pink, slammed by conservatives and some wounded veterans for co-sponsoring recent protests in…...
Former Gitmo Prisoners Arrested In Russia For Terrorism
Moscow News - Two former Guantanamo prisoners, extradited to Russia in 2002, have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of…...
Sunnis Lead Charge Against Terrorists
This is a nice change. RAMADI, Iraq, Aug. 30 -- U.S. warplanes bombed alleged safe houses of Abu Musab Zarqawi's…...
Poll: Sheehan Changing Few Minds, May Be Having Reverse Effect
Interesting... Aug. 30, 2005 — Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan has won some sympathizers, but hasn't changed many minds: As many…...
Chavez Sucking Up To America
I wonder what could have triggered this: CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to send food and fuel…...
Using Disaster Funding To Rail Against Privatization
Oliver Willis is using the fact that government disaster money is flowing into the Louisiana area to argue against privatization.…...
Hero With Concealed Weapon Saves Woman
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A fatal shooting at an Albuquerque Wal-Mart last week was the state's first by someone with a…...
Social Security Ponzi Scheme Will Pay Dwindling Benefits
The Heartland Institute: The Social Security system, also known as Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), was enacted in…...
Bite Sized Wisdom: Herbert Hoover
It is dinned into us that this is the century of the Common Man. The idea seems to be that…...
Chavez To Complain To UN About American Free Speech
CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned he will lodge a complaint against the United States at the…...
Shepard Smith Gets The Cold Shoulder
I meant to link this yesterday but the site was down due to heavy traffic. Shepard Smith, doing a live…...
Bush Promises Border Enforcement
Is the President coming around on border security? L.A. Times - With increasingly fierce debates over border security exposing divisions…...
Monday, August 29, 2005
Iraqis Still Very Interested In Democratic Process
From the Iraqi newspaper Alhayat: A poll taken by “The Iraqi center for national development & dialog”, which is headed…...
Garage Sale Sheik
I went clothes shopping tonight. Which is always a bit of an experience for me because a) I don't do…...
Sharpton Has To Hitchhike Out Of Crawford
Too funny. WAXAHACHIE, Texas - A car carrying the Rev. Al Sharpton led sheriff’s deputies on a nine-mile chase at…...
UN Official Says US Abstinence Policies Hurting HIV Situation In Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The U.S. government's emphasis on abstinence-only programs to prevent AIDS is hobbling Africa's battle against the pandemic…...
Saddam/Sept. 11 Link Ignored By 9/11 Commission
The Weekly Standard - AHMED HIKMAT SHAKIR IS A shadowy figure who provided logistical assistance to one, maybe two, of…...
Pictures Worth A Thousand Words
A touching scene? Maybe not so much, once you zoom out past the convenient cropping: Anti-war attention whores of the…...
Where Are All The Protesters?
Right Wing Nuthouse: It took a little digging, but I was able to discover that there are less than 200…...
Unreported Heroes
Army Times: A colonel was presented the second-highest award for valor Aug. 24 for his actions during a furious firefight…...
Swearing To Be Allowed In British School
Good grief... Daily Mail - A secondary school is to allow pupils to swear at teachers - as long as…...
International Tax Revolutions
Why America needs tax reform: A flat tax regime has been adopted in 11 countries and counting. As each citadel…...
Draft Iraqi Constitution
The draft of the Iraqi constitution is here.
Read it, and then put your thoughts in the comments....
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