Archive for April, 2007

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NASA To Roskosmos, Thanks But No Thanks

Monday, April 30th, 2007

When trouble knocks on your door, don’t let it in.  So NASA says no thanks to Russia’s offer to pool resources to do a joint moon exploration project.  NASA is reportedly taking this project on without international partners.  Russia’s space agency head Anatoly Perminov said . . .
We were ready to cooperate but for unknown reasons, […]

Charges Dropped For Sen. Webb’s (D-Va) Aide

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

There are standards.  And in politics there are double standards.  Some might conclude there are even moving standards.  Such is the case with Phillip Thompson, aide to Virginia Senator Jim Webb (D-Va).  Thompson was arrested in Washington for gun violations.  He carried an unregistered firearm onto government property without a permit.  Two violations that really […]

Geniuses Abound In Our Time

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

We are lucky to be alive during a time when the earth can now be managed by man. Who would have thought?  Did you know we can do it by changing our work / living habits? Also, toilet paper usage is a big factor.  And, it is now possible to increase oil supply without drilling more […]

Time For Harry Reid To Go

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Which statement causes more harm to Americans; ‘nappy headed hos’ or ‘the war is lost?’ To answer this all one needs to do is look at who is affected and who is saying it. A basketball team of women who have accepted a radio DJ’s apology for an airing that reached (originally) only […]

House Passes Surrender/Pork Bill

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

The vote was 218-208; two Republicans voted in favor and 13 Democrats were opposed. The roll call is here.
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Surge Working In Baghdad

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

You have to listen real fast when the network news comes on the radio. At the top-of-the-hour news broadcast, this ABC story was about an al-Qaida double truck bomb attack on a U.S. patrol base in Diyala, a city northeast of Baghdad. They didn’t report the big news in this story. The […]

What Obey Tried To Pull Off

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

We know all about Nancy Pelosi’s admonition and promise to be an open government.  Well today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) decided this morning to pull television cameras out of today’s Iraq Supplemental Appropriations conference meeting.
Ultimately Obey relented and C-Span was back in.  The fact that he would attempt such a move is one of those red flags.  […]

Putin’s Russia, AINO, Ally In Name Only

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to squash freedom, yearning for those good old communist days.  This time it is the press and he gives them his template.  Portray the United States as an enemy.
MOSCOW, April 21 — At their first meeting with journalists since taking over Russia’s largest independent radio news network, the managers had […]

The Left’s Reaction To Reid’s “We’ve Lost” Statement

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

For reason’s I don’t quite know how to interpret, the KOS seems to be looking for excuses for  Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) ”the war is lost” statement instead of toasting with French champagne and blunts.
Some have questioned his rhetoric and his choice of words, calling it a gaffe. But what if Reid had carefully chosen […]

First Black GOP Chairman

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Meet Glenn McCall, the first black GOP chairman for York County, South Carolina. 
“People feel that just because I’m African-American, I should be a Democrat,” McCall, 52, said Monday, two days after being elected without opposition during the county party convention.
“I feel I need to stand on my own convictions and values.”McCall, currently the only black […]

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