Archive for June, 2006

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
The results of the last CD Poll are in:
Should Cynthia McKinney be indicted for her alleged assault on a Capitol Hill Police Officer?
Absolutely. You know if it were anyone else, they would already have been convicted.: 100% (17)
No, she should be allowed to make a deal with the prosecutor.: 0% (0)
Unfortunately, the DC Grand Jury [...]
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Monday, June 26th, 2006
The reporters at the NY Times recently did all they could to lengthen the Global War on Terror (GWT) and kill more American military personnel stationed overseas. They had help, of course, in the form of “anonymous sources”, a polite way of referring to treasonous bastards who have, in fact, broken the law they swore [...]
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Soldiers who had been missing for a couple of days in Iraq were found dead yesterday, and reports are that they were tortured and mutilated while still alive:
BAGHDAD, June 20 — Two U.S. soldiers, missing for three days since their abduction in an insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad, were found dead, a military spokesman said [...]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
Real life has taken me away from blogging for the past week or so. I’m beta testing Windows Vista at work, along with helping to bring two call centers in different parts of the country on line on the same day. Suffice to say, life is going faster and faster, leaving little time to reflect [...]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Zarqawi is Dead: The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq assumed room temperature last week when a couple of 500 pound bombs showed up at his safe house, courtesy of the United States Military. Remember when all of the Democrats were telling the public that there was no tie between al-Qaeda and Iraq, and we therefore [...]
By: Nick | Category Courts, Politics, War on Terror | Comments Off

Friday, June 9th, 2006
This weekend is my 25 Year High School Reunion (Class of ‘81), so blogging will be non-existent until Monday. I need a lot of time to fake a huge number of successful business transactions and for a hair transplant.
By: Nick | Category Blog Announcements | 1 Comment »

Thursday, June 8th, 2006
It’s been over four years since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, yet there is still no memorial and museum at Ground Zero. Now, it appears that there may never be:
The public has heard plenty about the “empty pit of Ground Zero,” but most do not know that the $2.8 billion allocated [...]
By: Nick | Category History, Political Correctness, Politics, War on Terror | Comments Off

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
The Deputy General of the United Nations gave a speech in New York today sharply criticizing the Bush Administration for withholding its dues until specific reform milestones have been met:
Secretary General Kofi Annan’s deputy assailed the United States on Tuesday for withholding support from the United Nations, encouraging its harshest detractors and undermining an [...]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
The results of the last CD Poll are in:
Should the FBI, after obtaining a Federal Search Warrant, be allowed to search the property of a sitting Member of Congress?
Yes, of course. They’re not above the law.: 94% (15)
No, it violates the separation of powers between the branches of government.: 6% (1)
I think everyone is pretty [...]
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Monday, June 5th, 2006
UPDATED AND CORRECTED 6/6/2006 (see below)
This has got to be the worst example of the abdication of personal responsibility I’ve ever seen.
The conservative politics of the Bush administration forced me to have an abortion I didn’t want. Well, not literally, but let me explain.
I am a 42-year-old happily married mother of two elementary-schoolers. My husband [...]
By: Nick | Category Conspiracy, Culture War, Health Stuff, Life, Politics | 2 Comments »

Friday, June 2nd, 2006
John Kerry, everyone’s favorite Vietnam veteran, is at it again in his attempt to position himself for another run at the Presidency in 2008:
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) harshly criticized the Bush administration for “disdaining diplomacy” in favor of a confrontational and unilateral foreign policy that has hurt the United States’ standing around the world and [...]
By: Nick | Category Military, Politics, War on Terror, World Opinion | 2 Comments »

Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Turns out that one of the reasons that the levees in New Orleans failed during the Katrina mess was because the land beneath them was sinking at the rate of 1 inch per year:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Everyone has known New Orleans is a sinking city. Now new research suggests parts of the city are sinking [...]
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