Archive for June, 2006
Library Boss Cancels NY Times
Friday, June 30th, 2006“Since no one elected the New York Times to determine national security policy, the only action I know to register protest for their irresponsible action (treason?) is to withdraw support of their operations by canceling our subscription as many others are doing,” Mendell D. Morgan Jr. wrote Wednesday in an e-mail to library staffers. [...]
Holiday Weekend Open Thread
Friday, June 30th, 2006Have a great Holiday weekend!!!!
Posting will probably be light by everyone until July 5, 2006.
Consider this an Open Thread.
Foolishness of Palestinian Leadership Continues
Friday, June 30th, 2006GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday demanded Israel halt a Gaza offensive if it wanted to free a captured soldier and said the Hamas-led government would not give way to force.
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JERUSALEM (CNN) — A doctor told Israeli TV on Friday that he has seen kidnapped 19-year-old army Cpl. Gilad Shalit and [...]
MN Election 2006
Friday, June 30th, 2006Rassmussan today released his latest sample in Minnesota’s race for governor. Tim Pawlenty(42%) is running 5 points behind DFL Attorney General Mike Hatch(47%) in the race.
The good news is the Senate race continues to be a toss up with Klobuchar (D 47%) and Kennedy (R 44%) polling in the margin of error. The [...]
Newspapers Battle
Friday, June 30th, 2006Sulzberger today fired back at the Wall Street Journal editorials today… Man I love it when papers snipe at one another.
NEW YORK – After remaining mum for the past week, even as controversy swirled around newspapers’ revealing the banking records surveillance program, the Wall Street Journal editoral page weighed in today. Although the Journal published [...]
Republicans Smash Democrats 12 – 1
Friday, June 30th, 2006What! We won another election?
No silly but we did kick their butts again, fourth time in a row in fact, in the annual Congressional Baseball game. So you’re thinking some soft pitch softball game at the local park right? Hell no they go all out and play at RFK stadium and play like [...]
Latest WA State SV Poll
Friday, June 30th, 2006Well Strategic Vision released another poll today, this one for Washington. Governor Gregoire 39% job approval is almost as bad as the president’s in that state though at 33% he did improve slightly.
In a hypothetical 2008 match-up between Gregoire and 2004 opponent, Dino Rossi, the poll found that 51% said they would vote for [...]
White House Uses Immigration Poll That Shows Majority Support To House Position
Friday, June 30th, 2006Well, the White House is touting a new poll performed on behalf of the “American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation” and sent a blast e mail titled “Overwhelming Support For Immigration Reform.”
I agree with that. I want the law finally enforced. I simply want an appropriation bill to build a fence and fund more border [...]
The Gregg Proposal
Friday, June 30th, 2006New Hampshire senator and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg has introduced the Stop Over Spending Act of 2006 (SOS). The bill outlines a hand full of budget process changes aimed driving the Senate to a balanced budget. Among many parts of the plan are returning to satatory caps, 2-year budgeting, and the [...]
You Can Only Bite the Hand that Feeds You So Often
Friday, June 30th, 2006I am in total agreement with this:
NEW YORK — Republicans in Congress moved yesterday to cut U.S. contributions to the United Nations budget just one day before the world body is scheduled to lift a budget cap imposed by the United States and other donors and to resume spending as usual.
At [...]
GA Strategic Vision Poll
Friday, June 30th, 2006The lasted SV poll in Georgia confirms most of what I’ve previously mentioned about the state races. There are some small changes that should be highlighted. I mentioned last week that Cathy Cox seems to have a slight advantage over Lt. Gov. Mark “the big guy” Taylor in the Democrat governor primary. This [...]
Weekly Reader Poll – Posts
Friday, June 30th, 2006Last week I asked readers to respond to a poll asking how the guest bloggers were doing. In short out of 340 voters about 80% said we’re doing a decent or better job, 10% think we’re not doing well, and 10% of you went with the “I voted for them before voting against them” [...]
Thanks Debbie
Friday, June 30th, 2006Do your part and thank Senator Debbie Stabenow.
ThanksDebbie.com is an interactive website which features information on Debbie Stabenow’s inability to deliver for the people of Michigan when it comes to the economy, Michigan’s roads, medical malpractice and immigration.
hat tip – NRSC
Play the game now (flash required) it’s hilarious.
It Depends On The Definition of 6,000
Friday, June 30th, 2006The Administration plan on May 15:
Bush’s plan for stemming illegal immigration by using National Guardsmen in a support role called for 2,500 troops to be on the border by June 30, and 6,000 by the end of July.
LTG Steven Blum, Chief National Guard Bureau on June 1, 2006:
We kick off tomorrow morning. We’ll [...]
Liberal Freak of the Weak III
Friday, June 30th, 2006Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Liberal Freak of the Weak, where we “salute” the Liberal(s) who made the most outlandish, out of touch, divorced from reality statements as only a Liberal can make them.
This was another week of more of the same from the Party of Surrender. Even our past 2 winners, [...]