Month: January 2005

A Brits Perspective

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From the Times of London Gerald Baker writes “America’s decline and fall is a long way off yet”…

Iraq Media Bias

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Chrenkoff who writes the acclaimed series “Good News From Iraq” does a Google count on a typical day of news coverage from Iraq.

Creative Coalition

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Goldwyn: Educating and Mobilizing Members of the Arts Community The Party after the Party Members of the Creative Coalition counseled Thursday night at the ball after the Inauguration Ball, “With so much in this country at stake, now is the time to forget partisan differences and reach across party lines to make a difference during the next four years” said the Hollywood entertainers appearing in Washington, D.C.

Iraq the Model Responds

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After Sarah Boxer’s hit piece against the “Iraq the Model” brothers, Mohammed responds: One short look at the “article” shows how naïve the writer was and how old the methods used in writing this post are.

American Hero

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Casey Owens Salutes the Commander in Chief Cpl Casey Owens, 22, of Houston, Texas salutes the Commander in Chief at the Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies.

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George W.

Explaining the Exit Polls

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It looks like they are making some progress on the exit poll inaccuracies: Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported Wednesday that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that overstated John Kerry’s share of the vote.

Oprah Inaugurates Obama

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As the rest of the country gets ready for the Bush Presidential Inauguration today Oprah cannonized Barak Obama.

Repeat After Me- Propaganda Film

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In the spring of 2004 Michael Moore released “Fahrenheit 911” a film designed to influence the 2004 presidential election.

Wictory Wednesday

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Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) has been one of the most steadfast members of the Senate Republican leadership.

Boxer's Rebellion

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Are there any words to describe the allegations of Barbara Boxer at todays confirmation hearings of Condoleezza Rice?

More Hazing

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I would not make light of this if I truly thought that this was serious torture…

Trust in Media

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From the looks of this latest Harris Poll the culture is ripe for dependable bloggers: American attitudes toward the press, radio and television were much more negative than European attitudes.

Arkansas Uprising

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From Winds of Change we see the quagmire that has developed in New Orleans and Pine Bluff, Arkansas: According to the FBI, they had rates of murder and non-negligent manslaughter comparable to the estimated rates in Iraq right now (14 – 20/100,000 population per year – from Strategypage, with a hat tip to Outside The Beltway).

Iraqi Bloggers Attacked

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Sarah Boxer at the New York Times does an absolutely awful and dangerous piece about the Iraqi bloggers at Iraq the Model.

Replacing Victimology

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Anthony Bradley at the Acton Institute has an absolutely superb article about how MLK’s Dream does not jive with the messages from todays black leaders: Expecting the best of blacks is futile in this line of thinking.

Roe verses Roe

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The woman known as “Roe” in the landmark case that struck down all state laws restricting abortion is appealing to the U.S.

Now Prayer is OK

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The infamous intolerant Michael Newdow was turned down in court this week when he tried to get prayer excluded from the Inauguration Ceremonies.

Party Poopers

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Reuters News Service today continues the propaganda campaign against George Bush.

The Right Woman at the Right Time

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This article (posted at Polipundit) is a stunning tribute to Condoleezza Rice who will be taking the baton from another Great Black American and Hero, Colin Powell…

Celebrating the Holiday with Blame

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You can bet that Jesse Jackson had his blame speech rearing to go for this year’s King Holiday: …at Dixon Grove Baptist Church in Jonesboro, south of King’s native Atlanta, Jackson assailed the war in Iraq and insisted the gap between rich and poor in America is widening despite King’s message of peace and equality.

Heroes to March at Inauguration

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Marching to Show Support Members of Chapter 2222 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart said they will be in the parade to show their unconditional support for America’s soldiers.

Why They Hate Bush

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Tonight, Brit Hume from Fox News gave a special report on President Bush’s first term.

Passing the Bias Baton

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CBS is looking for a replacement for Dan Rather after bloggers backed him into a corner over his bogus National Guard documents.

No Place for Hatred Messages

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From Omar at Iraq the Model …posters and signs for the political parties and individual candidates are covering almost every single wall on the streets of Baghdad, leaving no place for the terrorists to write their hatred messages (which are by the way full of stupid typos!

Make My Day

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But Not Without an Invite Good for Clint Eastwood.

The Rathergate Felons

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This article at Human Events is the best piece I have seen about the Rathergate Conspiracy.

Vote or Die IV

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Iraqis are not just excited about the coming elections: “It’s one of my wishes to die at the gate of the polling station,” he said, a gesture that was self-consciously dramatic.

Vote or Die III

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Some of the people took Puff Daddy seriously.

Sex, Lies & Lincoln

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An article on the Weekly Standard online last week discussed a new book being released about Abraham Lincoln’s sex life.

Struggle & Iraq

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The BBC has a whole section titled “Struggle for Iraq” in typical western reporting fashion as if there is a civil war going on in the violent country between two equally backed sides.

People Want a Revote

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According to an MSNBC Poll a majority (62%) of Washington Stater’s want a revote for governor.

Still Waiting…and Waiting…and Waiting…

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From the Diplomad: The UN’s performance in this disaster has been a disgrace of epic proportions; it’s vastly overfunded and overstaffed agencies, allegedly established to deal with precisely this type of event, are MIA.

Mideast Boom

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No, I’m not talking about the terrorist attacks…

Rodeo Ruckus

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Gangsta Wannabe Ali G What may pass as humor in the UK was not funny to the folks at a Virginia rodeo: British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen escaped a near-riot at an American rodeo while filming his satirical “Da Ali G Show.” According to a report in the Roanoke (Virginia) Times, a man who was introduced as Boraq Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan — in reality a Cohen character named Borat — appeared at the rodeo over the weekend after organizers agreed to have him sing the national anthem.

The End of Human Rights Watch

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The America-hating leftist Human Rights Watch came out with a “study” today reported on the BBC where (Surprise!) they are still complaining about the pyramidal pranks of the Abu Ghraib photo scandal.

Endangered Species

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Recent history has witnessed the endangerment of two unique world cultures, the sea gypsies and the Christian Democrats.

The Sunni Situation

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With the Iraq elections only a couple of weeks away it is comforting to get some perspective on the situation from the people living in this rapidly changing nation.

VDH Interview

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John Hawkins from Right Wing News has the priveledge of interviewing Victor Davis Hanson.

Tear Down This Fence!

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Demanding Damages The UN continues to sink lower and lower on the scale of relevance as it is now looking at how to register Palestinians who want to claim damages stemming from the construction of Israel’s security barrier in the West Bank.

Rathergate Smoking Gun

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The Thornburgh Report came out this week at CBS and concluded: “The Panel does not find a basis to accuse those who investigated, produced, vetted or aired the segment of having a political bias.” The Powerline boys built a strong argument as to how the CBS News organization did in fact have a vendetta against George W.

The UN Solution

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From Davids Miedienkritik on the real purpose of the UN: If the UN is the “solution”, what is the problem?

Give That Man a Job!

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Ari Afrizal’s Ark Another Tsunami Survivor found drifting at Sea.

Border Block

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Last year the US Border Patrol Agents: – Apprehended 1.15 million illegal aliens trying to sneak into the United States between the nation’s land ports of entry (a 24 percent increase over the year before).

Paging Phil

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Pat Sajak gives some hilarious advice to political junkies.

UFO's Spotted

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The “real” cause of the tsunami in Asia was of course the UFO’s that were spotted before the massive waves of destruction.

Send in the Goons

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Unimpeachable Source?  Someone needs to tell Dan Rather to look for the humor in all of this.

Converting Apes and Pigs

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Here is another sensitive Muslim Cleric lecturing to his flock on conversion: Al-Qarni: The Prophet Muhammad, as is said in the Hadith, sent Ali to the Jews – to the Jews, the brothers of apes and pigs, to fight them.

Brick House

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The winters can get pretty long here in the midwest.

Rather Sorry

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CBS Releases Rathergate Findings Another crappy AP article about the biggest blog discovery ever: Four CBS News staffers were fired Monday following the release of an independent investigation that said a “myopic zeal” led to a “60 Minutes Wednesday” story about President Bush’s military service that relied on allegedly (???) forged documents.