Jan
31
Senator Clinton collapses
January 31, 2005 | 1 Comment
From the AP wires: Sen. Hillary Clinton collapsed during an appearance here Monday before delivering a speech on Social Security. Colleen DiPirro, president of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, told WBEN-AM radio that Clinton told the crowd she was feeling weak and had had a stomach virus. Clinton started to speak then collapsed, DiPirro told [...]
Jan
31
See ya, Sammy!
January 31, 2005 | Comments Off
It is with great joy and relief that I report the trade of Sammy Sosa . . . to the Baltimore Orioles. The Cubs traded their slugger for some toothpaste, a couple of jelly beans, and some flavored coffee. Or something like that. Actually, they received a fairly underrated player in Jerry Hairston and some [...]
Jan
30
A Great Day For Freedom
January 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Sitting here in the United States of America, the nation that gave crredence to the idea that people can rule themselves, a nation which has experienced over one hundred peaceful national elections – if one considers a Congressional election national in nature – and which has maintained a democratic order for some two centuries, it [...]
Jan
28
Gotcha . . .only not really
January 28, 2005 | Comments Off
A few days ago while tuning my radio to what I thought was DC’s other sports radio station, I discovered that it had become the home of “Progressive Radio,” which I assumed meant that Air America had found a station in DC. This later turned out to be accurate. So, being the fair minded gent [...]
Jan
28
Top ten albums of all time
January 28, 2005 | Comments Off
It’s the weekend, so time to kick back a little and enjoy my list of the top ten albums of all time. 10. Master of Puppets, by Metallica. This is the last album before the death of their original bassist, Cliff Burton. Metallica had already emerged as one of the major forces in heavy metal, [...]
Jan
28
Don’t just sit there . . .
January 28, 2005 | Comments Off
Seriously, don’t just sit there. Evidently doctors have discovered a new way to lose weight. THE quest for a slim figure need not involve a strict diet or hours in the gym: scientists have discovered that fidgeting can help to fight the flab. People who carry a few extra pounds sit still for longer periods [...]
Jan
27
Random Question
January 27, 2005 | Comments Off
There’s a great new blog out called The Conservative Philosopher that contains a number of, well, philosophically conservative bloggers discussing things from a more academic standpoint. Anyway, there’s a post on there called the Essence of Conservatism that’s well worth the read, though you have to scroll down a bit to find it because as [...]
Jan
26
Conservative environmentalism
January 26, 2005 | Comments Off
Andrew Sullivan links to a Slate piece on the conservative – or in this case, neoconservative – embrace of environmentalist policies. The Slate article takes the approach that this is more of a strategic tact, but Sullivan discusses the broader philosophical issue of conservative environmentalism. I’ve never understood why conservatives in principle oppose tougher fuel [...]
Jan
26
No blood for . . . ideals?
January 26, 2005 | Comments Off
David Ignatius offers some cautionary words regarding Bush’s foreign policy idealism. It’s about the seven millionth variant on the theme that has been published in the past six days. However there was something startling that showed up in the middle of the editorial. Here he quotes Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Bush’s idealism astonishes even Saakashvili. [...]
Jan
26
Social Security article
January 26, 2005 | Comments Off
The Washington Post runs this article about President Bush’s efforts to ease Republican concerns over Social Security. It’s a fairly run-of-the-mill analysis of some of the doubts that certain GOP lawmakes have over reform. But there were a few items in their that jumped out at me. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas [...]
Jan
25
Johnny Carson
January 25, 2005 | Comments Off
I had not planned on mentioning the passing of Johnny Carson, but something on Adult Swim before the beginning of Family Guy recalled my distant memories of the Tonight Show. Anyone familiar with Adult Swim (as the Cartoon Network’s late night programming is called) knows about their messages, so they had something tonight about being [...]
Jan
25
Blog roundup
January 25, 2005 | Comments Off
Most people are familiar with the bigger named blogs and read them on a regular basis, but I just wanted to point the way over the links on the side and highlight some of the less-populated – but well worth reading – blogs. Geek Soap Box is the platform of a high-school friend from New [...]
Jan
25
What’s at stake
January 25, 2005 | Comments Off
A half-century ago William Buckley observed that conservatives’ role in the political world is to stand athwart history yelling, “STOP!” Though conservatives have failed more than we would like to admit in stemming the rise of the state, the present situation offers us an opportunity to at least stop the activism of the Courts, an [...]
Jan
25
Confirm Them
January 25, 2005 | Comments Off
I wanted to take this time to announce a new blog project that I am fortunate enough to be a part of. It is called Confirm Them, and it is the latest project of the good folks at Red State. As Mike Krempasky’s intro states, “It will serve as a central clearinghouse for all the [...]
Jan
24
MNR
January 24, 2005 | Comments Off
Otter: So, buy me dinner tonight? Kate: Can’t. Busy. Otter (disbelieving): Busy? LAME. ———————————————————————————— The snow has fallen to the ground this fine winter’s night, but amazingly the city of Washington remains standing. Despite the gloomiest predictions of its citizens, the Washington Monument did not tumble to the ground, nor did massive fires break out [...]
Jan
24
Hypocrisy, or common sense?
January 24, 2005 | Comments Off
Marshall Whittman snarks about President Bush’s failure to appear in person at the pro-life rally today (courtesy of Matthew Yglesias Today is the annual anti-abortion march in Washington. Like past Republican Presidents, W. will likely deliver a phone message that will be broadcast to the marchers. It is interesting that “ardently” pro-life Presidents never appear [...]
Jan
24
Thoughts on . . . that speech
January 24, 2005 | Comments Off
Funny how a little ole speech can cause such a stir, but it looks like President Bush’s second inaugural has inspired hundreds of thousands of words of commentary in just a few short days. So what’s another couple of thousand? Let’s get this out of the way. I liked the speech. As I watched President [...]
Jan
24
It’s already over
January 24, 2005 | Comments Off
Tory political operatives are alrfeady suggesting that they have no hope of winning the general election in May, accoring to the Times MICHAEL HOWARD’S election guru has told him that the Conservatives have no hope of winning the next general election. The crushing blow from Lynton Crosby, the Australian campaign expert hired by Mr Howard [...]
Jan
23
It’s funny because it’s probably true
January 23, 2005 | Comments Off
From Scrappleface As the clock wound down to the Eagles first NFC championship in four consecutive attempts, confused Philadelphia fans began booing an incompetent food vendor who dropped a hotdog. “I felt sorry for the poor guy,” said one Conshohocken resident who witnessed the verbal assault. “Philadelphia fans are just so accustomed to booing at [...]
Jan
23
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
January 23, 2005 | Comments Off
I always seem to be stuck out in Crystal City when a snowstorm hits the area, and so it is this weekend. Though it doesn’t seem we were hit quite as hard as the rest of you folks up a little more north and east, there was the usual apocalytic paranoia that hits the DC [...]