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Bush Aide Resigns After Admitting Plagiarism A longtime aide to President Bush who wrote occasional guest columns for his hometown newspaper resigned on Friday evening after admitting that he had repeatedly plagiarized from other writers. I won’t say the left went ape over this, but they are certainly cheering. Compare to the Ward Churchill plagiarism […]

Bush Had Toll Road Protesters Arrested…Oh, Wait, A Dem Had Them Arrested

Where are all the lefties out there complaining about protesters being arrested? Middle Township, New Jersey Police arrested two motorists on Saturday for speaking out at a public town hall meeting against Governor Jon S Corzine’s plans to increase the use of tolling i the Garden State. Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan had been standing […]

Ye Olde Stimulus(e) Package

Washington Times Congressional leaders struck a deal last night on an economic-stimulus plan that will give rebate checks of $300 to $1,200 to U.S. households and give tax breaks to businesses, an aide close to the negotiations said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California reached the accord in a phone call with Minority Leader John […]

Cold Cash Controverts In Court

I wonder when the Democrats will ask William Jefferson (D-La) to resign from the House? A Louisiana congressman accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes told a judge Thursday that FBI agents who interviewed him back in 2005 were so overbearing that they even followed him into the bathroom of his own […]

Virginia GOP Targets Those Who Won’t Learn English In Workplace

On first glance, I was actually a bit disturbed by what the Bill was attempting to do. Fire people because they do not speak English? Why were they hired in the first place? Reading on, though A Republican state senator from Fairfax County has introduced a proposal that would allow a boss to fire employees […]

California Looks To Restrict More Freedom

I wonder if the ACLU will comment on what seems to be a violation of civil rights if this passes on January 30th. They pitch a fit over electronic surveillence of foreign nationals talking to Al Qaeda members, so, what about government controlling our homes? The California Energy Commission has proposed requiring thermostats that allow […]

Haditha Marine Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

More on the Haditah case (h/t Hot Air) Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the accused leader in the 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, will face voluntary manslaughter charges but not more serious murder charges, the U.S. Marines said on Monday. “The charges referred against SSgt Wuterich are voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, dereliction […]

Jena 6 Kid Suing: Where’s The Media Feeding Frenzy?

Well, at least it made page A2 of the USA Today JENA, La. — The family of a white student allegedly beaten by six black classmates in rural Louisiana has filed a civil lawsuit against the teens’ parents, the adult teens, an additional student and the local school board. One teen, Mychal Bell, pleaded guilty […]

Writers Strike Working Wonders Plus Fox Porn

Aren’t unions wonderful? NBC put off the inevitable as long as it could, so it says. The network confirmed Friday that nearly 80 nonwriting members of The Tonight Show staff have been laid off, as NBC previously said would happen if no arrangement could be made to get either Jay Leno or a guest back […]

France: Day 3 Of The Riots

I’m sure day 4 should be starting in a few hours, since France is 7 hours ahead of the Eastern seaboard. I wonder if these riots are going to become the national sport of the immigrants to France, quite of few who are illegal and are Muslims from countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa. […]

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