Archive for August, 2006
Clap Off
Unless something radical happens, I’ll be back after Labor Day.
They Went the Wrong Way
A tragedy occurred today near Lexington, Kentucky. A jet carrying 50 people crashed after attempting to take off from a runway that was too short. The costly mistake killed 49 of the 50 onboard.
The plane, Comair Flight 5191, a CRJ-200 regional jet with 47 passengers and three crew members, crashed at 6:07 a.m. Sunday after [...]
Released
Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig are free today.
Militants freed two Fox News journalists on Sunday, ending a nearly two week hostage drama. One of the former captives said they were sometimes held face down in a dark garage, tied up in painful positions and forced at gunpoint to make videos and say they had converted [...]
9/11; Reloaded
I think this is a good thing.
CNN.com to Replay 9/11 Attacks Coverage
CNN will mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by replaying on the Internet the cable network’s coverage of that day’s events.
Viewers can watch how events unfolded starting at 8:30 a.m., minutes before the first reports of an airplane hitting the World [...]
A Great Drummer, Gone
I’ve played the drums since I was in 3rd grade, and over the years, a handful of drummers molded and shaped my style and technique. Guys like Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, Michael Derosier, John Bonham, and Bruce Gary helped me figure out that drummers don’t just bang loud. It’s all about the rhythm. These guys [...]
Nagin Should Fix That Hole in his Face
What an idiot.
Confronted by accusations that he’s taking too long to clean up his city after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin defended himself by remarking on New York City’s failure to rebuild Ground Zero.
On a tour of the decimated Ninth Ward, Nagin tells Pitts the city has removed most of the debris from [...]
McGavick and the DUI
Mike McGavick, the Republican Senate challenger in Washington State came clean today on a drunk driving incident from 1993.
In a wide-ranging interview, he also discussed his divorce, a political dirty trick and payroll slashing at his old insurance company.
The divorce, his regret over an earlier campaign tactic, and layoffs at Safeco Insurance Co. had all [...]
What’s Playin’ Right Now?
Reefer Head Woman – Aerosmith
Passenger Mutiny: Expect More of This
A couple of days ago several passengers aboard a Monarch Airlines flight refused to allow the plane to take off until two men they feared were terrorists were forcibly removed.
I’m all for that, by the way. And I’m for racial profiling too, which in this case, was meted out by passengers instead of the politically [...]
Lieberman Officially on the November Ballot
Joe Lieberman easily gathered the 7,500 signatures needed to continue his reelection campaign for Senate in Connecticut.
The certification means that Lieberman, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 and a presidential candidate in 2004, will run for re-election as part of the Connecticut for Lieberman party against Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger.
Secretary [...]
Group ID’s Themselves as Fox News Kidnappers
Although Steve Centanni and his cameraman Olaf Wiig are still being held against their will, at least now we know a little more about the terrorist thugs who took them.
A previously unheard of Palestinian group, the Holy Jihad Brigades, claimed responsibility on Wednesday for kidnapping a Fox News cameraman and correspondent, Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported.
American [...]
Don’t Believe a Stinkin’ Thing They Say
CNN, with their overly optimistic headline, can’t mask the real story – Iran is no different today than they were yesterday.
Iran says it’s willing to resume talks
The Iranian government has provided a detailed written response to a package of incentives offered by the United States and other Western nations for Tehran to roll back its [...]