Archive for October, 2005
Thursday, October 6th, 2005
President Bush gave an excellent speech to the National Endowment for Democracy today. Here are my highlights: In this new century, freedom is once again assaulted by enemies determined to roll back generations of democratic progress. Once again, we’re responding to a global campaign of fear with a global campaign of freedom. And once again, [...]
By: Nick | Category Politics, War on Terror | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 6th, 2005
The Gorebot has returned, this time to complain about the current state of the Main Stream Media: I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who [...]
By: Nick | Category Journalism, Politics | Comments Off
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
Originally found here, this is a hilarious parody of a news report from the battlefields of Iraq.
By: Nick | Category Humor, War on Terror | Comments Off
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
Ernie, the feline who owns my wife and me, was interviewed today by Lawrence over at This Blog Is Full Of Crap. Go check it out if you have a minute. If only I had a digital camera, I’d do more cat blogging. As I grow older and meet more and more people, I find [...]
By: Nick | Category Animals, Humor, Pictures | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
President Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court reminds me of a broken running play from a football game: The President went under center for second down to name a nominee to the Supreme Court, after having made a substantial gain on first down with Justice Roberts. Once the ball was snapped, the [...]
By: Nick | Category Law, Politics | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
Hillary Clinton and her Democratic pals want to make sure that illegal aliens receive all the government money they can get their hands on. Recently, Clinton, Reid, and other leading Senate Democrats sent a letter to DHS Secretary Chertoff pleading with him to promise illegal aliens that they would not be deported if they requested [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Politics | Comments Off
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
I guess it’s nice to see some new blood in the “Since I’m a celebrity who pretends to be a politician, I know all there is to know about world affairs and must grace you with my opinion” crowd: Choking back tears, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF star Donald Sutherland warned this week: President Bush “will destroy our lives!” [...]
By: Nick | Category Jerks (Celebrities), Politics | Comments Off
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
I received the following comment on my post entitled IFC Will Not Leave Ground Zero Without A Fight: So you see no validity in discussing representing what the attacks of spetember eleventh really should be percived as, an attack on the concepts of free market, equal rights, and the concepts of what makes America what [...]
By: Nick | Category War on Terror | Comments Off
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
I have returned from the land of the wretchedly ill, and I did not have a good time. It is bad enough when you have to visit someone in the hospital and you are feeling fine, but to have to actually get an ambulance ride to the hospital because you’re incapable of driving yourself is [...]
By: Nick | Category Health Stuff | Comments Off