Archive for June, 2005

Does Anyone Really Care What He Thinks?

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Former President Jimmy Carter thinks the US should close the prison at Guantanamo Bay based upon rumor, allegations, and little or no solid evidence of prisoner abuse. ATLANTA (AP) – Former President Carter on Tuesday called for the United States to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison to demonstrate its commitment to human rights. “The [...]

Spanish Judge Wants To Question US Troops

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

A Spanish Judge wants a crack at a couple of US soldiers: MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish judge wants to question three U.S. soldiers as suspects in the death of a Spanish cameraman who was killed when a U.S. tank fired on a hotel housing foreign journalists during the 2003 assault on Baghdad. The Pentagon [...]

Hilldabeast:: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Monday, June 6th, 2005

In what must certainly be a sign of an early Christmas this year, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-AR NY) has hit the re-election trail. Luckily for us, no one was there to shut her up. Senator Hillary Clinton castigated President Bush and Washington Republicans today as mad with power and bent on marginalizing Democrats during a [...]

How I Spent My Three Day Weekend

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Thursday night, I got hit with gastroparesis. This is a fun little condition which occurs when your stomach is unable to empty itself the normal way. For me, this usually leads to nausea and continuous vomiting for hours. In this case, it lasted about 14 hours. So, I spent the weekend in the hospital emptying [...]

Another Educational Disgrace

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Chalk up another disgrace for this country’s educrats: Matthew Lund and Zach Richardson were college roommates. After college Richard joined the Marines and Lund started teaching. Richardson went to Iraq, Lund to Carson Middle School, there to teach a 6th grade language arts class. As a class assignment Lund gave his students the opportunity to [...]

The Internet Has Finally Caught Up With Me

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

It seems that the folks who run the Internet have finally caught up with an idea I first came up with a few years back: The Internet’s primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in “xxx.” The [...]

The Ironic Twist To The “Deep Throat” Story

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

More information has been released concerning the identification of “Deep Throat.” W. Mark Felt violated FBI and Justice Department policies by sharing with reporters information about the Watergate scandal, but it’s not clear whether he broke any laws, several former federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Not that anyone at the Justice Department is expressing a desire [...]