January 30, 2009 – 4:43 pm
Unsurprisingly, CNN only found this to be a minor sidebar story, part of their Political Ticker, encompassing a whopping 6 paragraphs Members of the Republican National Committee elected their first-ever African-American party chief on Friday, choosing former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele to chair the organization after six rounds of tumultuous balloting. I roused myself […]
January 27, 2009 – 10:04 am
Aren’t you just thrilled that the ACLU assigns American rights to non-US citizens captured on the battlefields around the world fighting and wearing no uniforms? Politicians in Colorado are split over the chance detainees from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, could be imprisoned at the Supermaxfederal detention facility in Florence. Some say Supermax can handle Gitmo suspects […]
January 26, 2009 – 8:54 am
Let’s see: last week, cBS news had a storystating that Republicans were almost apoplectic in trying to make sure that the Guantanamo detainees were not brought to domestic soil. Yet, when it is Nancy Pelosi, what does cBS news do? Well, not bother covering the story, which was ignored by most major media outlets. Have […]
January 20, 2009 – 8:27 am
How sad is this? DemocratSinceBirth (that’s pretty sad to start with) I’m Wondering If I Should Go See The Inauguration At The Daytona Beach Bandshell They will have a jumbotron there. It’s a historical place. It’s about forty five minutes from my home. The last time I saw an event there was 92 when Bill […]
January 19, 2009 – 8:00 am
So says Axelrod Incoming White House senior adviser David Axelrod said this morning that President-elect Barack Obama will fulfill his campaign promise and begin on Wednesday the process of withdrawing America forces from Iraq within 16 months. “He believes that that is a reasonable timetable. We’ve moved a great distance from the time he started […]
January 18, 2009 – 6:19 pm
Just when you were starting to believe that Liberals were compassionate, mostly because they tell you this non-stop to brainwash you, well, not so much CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien wants this dog gone. The newswoman and other members of a Chelsea co-op board are trying to evict a beloved family pet from a swanky loft […]
January 12, 2009 – 7:55 am
It’s stories like this that make those on the Right wonder whoseside the Left is on: America’s or the terrorists? Of course, it is usually a retorical question, since we know the answer is pretty much the latter In an interview with Brit Hume that aired today on Fox News Sunday, President Bush admitted that […]
January 9, 2009 – 9:07 am
You just may be more racist then you thought, you racist bastiches! Would you get upset if you witnessed an act of racism? A new study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests many people unconsciously harbor racist attitudes, even though they see themselves as tolerant and egalitarian. “This study, and a lot of research […]
January 8, 2009 – 5:30 pm
Gotta love them NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a rural North Carolina school system that barred a peace activist from talking to high school students about alternatives to joining the military. The lawsuit, filed Monday, says the Wilkes County school district and its superintendent violated […]
January 7, 2009 – 8:07 am
France? Germany? Egypt? Nope The number of anti-Semitic attacks in London has risen sharply following Israel’s land assault on Gaza, Jewish community groups said today. Their leaders have compiled a dossier of attacks against Jews which will be handed to seniors officers in the Metropolitan police. The attacks include claims of: An attempt to burn […]