Monthly Archives: April 2008

More GOP Attack Ads Out There

LA Times As they promote their candidates and try to pave the way for GOP victories this year, Republicans have begun making their case to voters in advertisements featuring a new star: Barack Obama. In North Carolina, a TV ad shows Obama’s former pastor making racially charged comments. An Internet ad attacks a Pennsylvania congressman […]

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Guess That Politician? Houston Chronicle Plays Fair

Amazing! Local criminal defense attorney and former U.S. Congressman Craig Washington was indicted Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault in connection with a New Year’s Day shooting incident outside his law office. Washington, who was out of town when the indictment was unsealed, is accused of firing at Taylor Brooks, an 18-year-old senior at […]

Times Online Goes There Own Way On Iraq

Apparently, the Times Online has decided it is going to break from the pack and cover the good news from Iraq, starting with this story yesterday Llewellyn Werner admits he is facing obstacles most amusement park developers never have to deal with – insurgent attacks and looting. When you are building an amusement park in […]

Surrender Monkey Friday: Just Get Over It

This is making Surrendie nuts, and is sure to make the Nutroots even nuttier People who believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision giving the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush was politically motivated should just get over it, says Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia denies that the controversial decision was political and discusses other aspects […]

Drug Smuggler In Ramos And Compean Case Convicted

H/t Cassie Fiano at Wizbang The Mexican national who was the star witness in a controversial prosecution that resulted in the sentencing of two Border Patrol agents to more than a decade in prison pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges in federal court Thursday. On Feb. 17, 2005, Osvaldo Aldrete Davila attempted to smuggle more […]

Local Raleigh TV Station Wimps On NC GOP Ad

I’ll remember this for when it is McCain vs. the Obamessiah for the general election, and see if WRAL rejects any of the hard left commercials (of course, to be honest, about the only time I turn on any of the networks around here – WRAL is cBS – is when I watch Lost, which […]

Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Pirates

Pillage then burn. Never turn your back on an enemy. Do unto others. Don’t be afraid to be the first to resort to violence. Enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy, no more, no less. A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you’ll go. Only cheaters prosper. Heh […]

NY Times Says Indiana Doesn’t Like Change

Perhaps I am reading too much in, but, knowing the liberal biases of the Grey Lady, I can almost here them sneering at the people of Indiana as hicks and inbred rubes  With all the talk among the Democratic presidential hopefuls about change, they may wish to consider this as they wander Indiana: People here […]

Media Matters: Typical Liberals Acting Queer

Media Matters is having a non-factual hissy fit over the Jamil Hussein issue, which I personally never covered. If you want to get to the heart of the matter, visit Wizbang, Confederate Yankee, and Little Green Footballs, none of whom Media Matters directly links to. Instead they link those three, and every other conservative blogger […]

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