Archive for January, 2006
State of the Union – Reaction
I was generally happy with the speech tonight. Bush definitely had his moments. Here’s a few of my favorites.
By allowing radical Islam to work its will – by leaving an assaulted world to fend for itself – we would signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals, or even in our [...]
A Lonely Guy
“Uh, I’m ready for an interview. Ahem. AAAAAA-HEMMMM!! Right over here, former candidate for president, that’s me. I’ll be right here, go ahead and form a line. Uh, whenever you’re ready.”
When Mecca Freezes Over!
Unpublished until now, Al-Jazeera reports that Al-Qaeda’s number two man Ayman al-Zawahiri has called upon President Bush to convert to Islam.
“If you obey, you will be a brother in religion and God will pardon the past,” she cited Zawahiri as saying in the tape broadcast on Monday.
Al-Jazeera did not broadcast excerpts of this passage from [...]
Rumor Patrol: Cindy Sheehan to Attend Bush Speech Tonight
According to reports about a report on CNN, Cindy Sheehan will be in the gallery tonight during Bush’s State of the Union speech. She’ll supposedly be the guess of Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). I’m doubtful of the truthfulness of this report. Wouldn’t she be considered a security risk? She’s been cavorting with enemies of the [...]
Congress Rewrites History
While many politicians attempt to rewrite history in the speeches they make from the halls of Congress and on the Sunday TV talk shows, some have taken a different approach.
Bush in Primetime
The State of the Union address will be delivered by President George W. Bush tonight at 9 PM EST. I’ll be away from a television during the speech so I won’t be live blogging. You can always go to Technorati to find out who’ll be providing the minute by minute commentary during the address. I’ll [...]
Alito Confirmed
The Senate voted 58 to 42 to confirm Samuel Alito as the 110th Supreme Court justice.
All but one of the Senate’s majority Republicans voted for his confirmation, while all but four of the Democrats voted against Alito.
That is the smallest number of senators in the president’s opposing party to support a Supreme Court justice in [...]
Woodruff and Vogt Photos
This is interesting. Chip at Finding Iraq posts’the following’two photos showing ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt about 30 minutes before the IED incident.
As you can see, Vogt’is wearing body armor and a helmet, which might protect him from sniper bullets but’seems relatively useless against an Improvised Explosive Device. Now, take [...]
Senators Turn Back Filibuster Attempt
It’s over.
WaPo – The Senate, overcoming a symbolic filibuster attempt by Massacusetts Democrats Sens. Robert F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy, voted to end debate on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sixty votes were required to end discussion.
A vote by simple majority to confirm in the full Senate is expected [...]
DNC to Dean: Show Us the Money
What happens when you put a lunatic like Howard Dean in charge of millions of dollars of donations to the Democratic National Committee?
He spends, and spends, and spends, but buys nothing.
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising [...]
Al-Zawahri: Alive and Angry
Al-Qaida’s number two man showed up on video today a bit more animated than in the past. Why? Because we got close, perhaps a bit too close for Ayman’s comfort.
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri said in a videotape aired Monday that President Bush was a “butcher” and a “failure” because of a deadly U.S. airstrike [...]