Archive for November, 2005
Friday, November 11th, 2005
I once read a story in Reader’s Digest about a soldier who had served in Viet Nam and was wounded terribly. Even though the story told about the soldier’s fight with his health upon return to America, the story was, I thought at the time, one of the most uplifting and inspirational I had ever [...]
By: Nick | Category History, Life, Military | Comments Off
Friday, November 11th, 2005
President Bush was in Pennsylvania today and gave a speech which laid waste to Democratic claims of doctored intelligence prior to the start of the War in Iraq: And our debate at home must also be fair-minded. One of the hallmarks of a free society and what makes our country strong is that our political [...]
By: Nick | Category Politics, War on Terror | Comments Off
Friday, November 11th, 2005
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I generally support Wal-Mart based upon their anti-union stance. Well, this week the retail giant did something stupid and got called on it by the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights: A Catholic advocacy group has launched a national [...]
By: Nick | Category Christmas, Political Correctness | Comments Off
Friday, November 11th, 2005
This is the “feel-good” story of the day: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – This will probably be the first time a dog’s memorial service is attended by 300 cats. A schnauzer-Siberian husky mix named Ginny will be eulogized Nov. 19 at the Westchester Cat Show, where she was named Cat of the Year in 1998 for [...]
By: Nick | Category Animals | Comments Off
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Laurence Simon of This Blog Is Full of Crap has jump started his holiday blog, Christmas Is Full of Crap. If all of the cheer and merriment starts to get to you, stop on over and read a few posts to find out what’s really happening at the North Pole.
By: Nick | Category Blog Announcements, Christmas | Comments Off
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Babs is off of her medicine again: If there was ever a time in history to impeach a President of the United States, it would be now. In my opinion, it is two years too late. We should have done this before the election to spare the country the misjudgment, the incompetence and the malfeasance [...]
By: Nick | Category Jerks (Celebrities), Politics | Comments Off
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
It seems that no one in San Francisco is intelligent enough to understand how the U.S. Constitution works: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Voters in famously liberal San Francisco overwhelmingly approved measures banning handguns and encouraging schools to keep military recruiters off campus, according to election results on Wednesday. With 100 percent of precincts reporting results [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Law, Politics | Comments Off
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
Do you really think that your computer does nothing at night when you’re asleep? Go here to get the lowdown on what is really going on.
By: Nick | Category Computers, Humor | Comments Off
Monday, November 7th, 2005
The rioting in France has spread to over 300 towns: Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight, and a 61-year- old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday. After sundown, rioters in the southern French [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Politics, Religion, World Opinion | Comments Off
Monday, November 7th, 2005
It seems that Jennifer Aniston has seven things she’d rather talk about than her problems with Bradd Pitt: 6. The state of the world. How about that indictment?! And why did it take so long to respond to the crisis in New Orleans? Everything is imploding. It all seems to lead back to our dear [...]
By: Nick | Category Jerks (Celebrities) | Comments Off
Friday, November 4th, 2005
Finally! Some common sense has somehow found its way into Washington, DC: House Republicans are looking closely at ending birthright citizenship and building a barrier along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as they search for solutions to illegal immigration. A task force of party leaders and members active on immigration has met since the summer to [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
Hypocrisy Department, Democrats are on line one: Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is a conservative Republican. Such attacks against the first black man to win a statewide election in Maryland include pelting him [...]
By: Nick | Category Politics | 4 Comments »