Daily Archives: September 22, 2004

Are you KIDDING me?!

BTW, just in case y’all didn’t know, I live in Raleigh, NC. Have lived through multiple hurricanes and tropical systems here. By my count, NC is now 6 for 12, with the possiblity of Ivan sliding back up, and Jeanne hitting full on.

Porter Goss nominated by Senate critters

Smart move by the Senate. Goss was nominated by a vote of 77-17. (Love the name, BTW, same as my real one). By my math, that is 94 people voting, 6 not. Neither Kerry nor his running mate, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., voted on the confirmation. Yup. Neither of them voted. No record of who […]

Can you believe this?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The remnants of Hurricane Ivan swung back into the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to develop into a tropical storm on a path westward toward southwest Louisiana and Texas. A hurricane hunter airplane was flying into the storm Wednesday to gather data on the possibility of strengthening, said Krissy Williams, a […]

Thought of the Day

If Kerry’s position on the war is that it is the “wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time,” how does he expect to get international cooperation (read France and Germany, of course)? (Thought courtesy of a poster on a forum, BushBotNov3)

Pirate's Cove