Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
This year my wife and I are once again privileged to be spending the Christmas and New Years holidays with our family. I am so grateful to the entire family for their love and support in this time of my life. Many of the people I see at the dialysis center have no friends or [...]
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
In case you missed it, several Hispanic groups have become unhinged over the recent immigration sweeps which removed over 1,200 illegal aliens from their jobs: SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. Hispanic groups and activists on Thursday called for a moratorium on workplace raids to round up illegal immigrants, saying they were reminiscent of Nazi [...]
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
In an action which unfortunately happens far too often in today’s politically correct times, HEB Grocery Stores has removed Christmas music from their stores during the Christmas season. Jim at Smoke on the Water has the details: You see, H.E.B. has caved to the whiny pisstards of the “Politically Correct” element of society. At the [...]
By: Nick | Category Christmas, Culture War, Political Correctness | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 15th, 2006
The following article is of great interest to people like me who have suffered with Type 1 diabetes for close to thirty years: In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body’s nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential [...]
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Usually, our environmental wacko friends on the left try to limit their attempts to destroy the American way of life to one thing at a time. Australian Dr. John Reid is trying to destroy the entire thing all at once: Consider just a few examples of the measures people will have to accept: First and [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Environmental Wackos, Political Correctness, Science | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Alec Baldwin, noted Middle-East expert, has announced his brilliant plan to end the fighting in the Middle East and spread peace through-out the world: There is an answer to this problem. There is a way to defeat terrorism while building new and better alliances in the Arab world. It will be an enormously complex and [...]
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Well, if you are looking for a shinning example of what the Clinton Legacy will be, you need look no further than Supreme Court Justice and Clinton appointee Stephen Breyer: Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution’s text when necessary to ensure [...]
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
Recently, the White House held a reception for all of the newly-elected members of Congress. Following is an account of what transpired between the President and Jim Webb, newly-elected Democrat Senator from Virginia: At a private reception held at the White House with newly elected lawmakers shortly after the election, Bush asked Webb how his [...]
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