Monthly Archives: August 2008

Barry Has His Own Presidential Chair On His Plane

Isn’t that cute? He’s playing president. Barry’s not too presumptuous, is he? Barack Obama’s new campaign plane is nothing short of grand. Well, for the candidate that is. His chair has his name and campaign logo embroidered on the back top — “Obama ‘08” on one line and “President” underneath. To one side is a […]

House GOP To Continue Floor Protest Today

From John Boehner’s webpage House Republicans will be back on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives again Monday to continue the unprecedented protest that began last Friday, when dozens of Republicans joined hundreds of American citizens on the House floor to protest Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) decision to send Congress home for the […]

Dragons Are Real!

Afternoon break from politics and such. Personally, I find this pretty cool Palaeontologists digging in a brickyard in southern Poland have discovered the fossilised remains of a dinosaur that they say is a previously unknown ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The predator dinosaur, given the working name “Dragon”, lived around 200 million years ago, team […]

Obama Retreats From Debates

Well, not that that is in any way a surprise. He wants to retreat in Iraq, pre-retreat from conflict with Iran (or, is that proactively surrender?), retreated from public campaign finance, retreated from his position on off-shore drilling, and retreats from so many of the people who support him (that whole ObamaBus issue) Democratic candidate […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another great day in America. Sun is out, birds are singing, bunnies are eating my grass. This pinup is by Bill Medcalf, with some help from Patriotic Pup. What is happening in ye olde Blogosphere? Who is Barry going to choose as his running mate? And Rightly So! has the answer Pick your […]

Stop War On Iran Protest: Iran Laughs

On Saturday, August 2nd, more fools attempted to get their pro-active pre-surrender message out. Their “emergency call to to action,” if you will. They did it in many cities around the country, including Raleigh A group protesting against a possible war with Iran demonstrated in Raleigh Saturday. The North Carolina Coalition to Stop War on […]

Sitemeter Issue With IE7. Update: Supposedly Fixed

For those who aren’t aware, Sitemeter changed its coding, and it is causing sites that use it to fail in Internet Explorer 7. If you want the full details, head to Hot Air and Little Green Footballs, who points out that Sitemeters site crashes in IE7 too What can you do? Well, until it is […]

AGW Today: Drugs, Fatties, And It Causes Everything

BOGOTA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday proposed that the anti-narcotics drive be added to the campaign against global warming, since drug traffickers destroyed jungles to make room for illegal plantations. This is the kind of thing that annoys the hell out of me with anthropogenic global warming. Why does saving […]

Ayman al-Zawahiri Hurt Or Killed?

If so, this would be big news. Osama is the figurehead and leader (and we want him dead), but Zawahiri is one of the guys who makes things happen. The other being KSM, who is currently in custody, and possibly the next guy the Left will be carrying signs saying “Free Khalid!” (CBS) Ayman al-Zawahiri – […]

Barry: Sure, We Can Have Limited Offshore Drilling. Peons

Change you find blowing in the breeze (cBS News) In a sudden and major shift, Democrat Barack Obama said he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that would help promote alternative energy sources, a proposal he has repeatedly blasted rival John McCain for supporting. If this was about McCain, the […]

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