Archive for April, 2005

Wictory Wednesday

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

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134th Carnival of the Vanities

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

The 134th Edition of the Carnival of the Vanities is up at Yeah, Whatever. Go on over and take a look at what Dr. Zen has for you this week. The 135th Edition of the Carnival of the Vanities will be hosted here at Conservative Dialysis next week. All submissions should be sent to the [...]

A Fitting Tribute To Pope John Paul II

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

Peggy Noonan has written an excellent piece regarding Pope John Paul II’s return to Poland after being elected Pontiff. Here is a sample: John Paul was a new pope, raised to the papacy just eight months before. The day after he became pope he made it clear he would like to return as pope to [...]

Ninth Circus Court Of Appeals Strikes Again

Monday, April 11th, 2005

It seems that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will go out of its’ way to free murderers from prison: A convicted murderer could be released from prison after 11 years because of a ruling on Friday that found it was wrong for family members of his victim to wear badges with an image of [...]

This Is Why There Are Engineer Jokes

Monday, April 11th, 2005

Via My Way News: A team of Purdue University engineering students has won the annual Rube Goldberg Machine contest with an absurdly complex contraption for changing the batteries in a flashlight. The winning device Saturday employed 125 steps to change the batteries and turn the flashlight on. The competition pays homage to the cartoonist Rube [...]

The Party Of Diversity

Monday, April 11th, 2005

In their continuing quest to celebrate diversity and to be the party of compassion, liberals bring you this: Via Drudge.

Kerry Resorts To Tried-And-True Liberal Tactic

Monday, April 11th, 2005

It seems that former Democratic Presidential candidate and current junior Senator from Massachusetts John Kerry can’t resist beating a dead horse: Many voters in last year’s presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters’ group Sunday. “Last year too many people were [...]

Great New Blogging Software

Friday, April 8th, 2005

As of yesterday, I am now doing my posting remotely from a stand-alone application instead of through the Movable Type web interface. The software I’m using is called MovablePoster, and it is written by Matt Berther. For me, it will be easier to post this way because of the way I work. It allows me [...]

Democrats Up To The Same Old Tricks

Friday, April 8th, 2005

It seems like the Democrats in Congress only have one play in their playbook when it comes to judicial nominations: obstructionism. Eight Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans attended Thursday’s session to vote on the appeals court nomination of Thomas Griffith to the D.C. Circuit. No committee Democrats showed up. Without a quorum, committee chairman Sen. Arlen [...]

Why The Catholic Church Should Not Change

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

A long time ago, my parents raised me as a Catholic. I went to CCD classes, received my first communion, and eventually was confirmed. I got the lectures about not eating meat on Fridays and giving up something I really liked for lent. As a child, I just thought that these were things that everyone [...]

This Is Going To Be Great!

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

Okay, now I am trying a blogging tool called Movable Poster. It is a free-standing program that should allow me to post to the blog.

Get Over Yourselves

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

This guy is not the person who I blogged about here, but he sure thinks the same way: Let’s face it- Liberals are smarter and therefore more likely to have the PhD qualifications needed to teach at universities. I know it sounds arrogant, but there’s some truth to it. What is it about liberals that [...]