Month: January 2005

East Meets West

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From Bollywood to Hollywood The reigning queen of Indian cinema and former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai is making the jump from Bollywood to Hollywood.

Tax Cutting Presidents

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From the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council weekly newsletter…

Not a Bad Week at "The GP"

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Thanks to Lori at the always great Polipundit blog and the brilliant Michelle Malkin at her blog for linking to two different articles on “The GP” my hits went through the roof this week.

Oil and Water

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What a night at the People’s Choice Awards!

Spicoli Reflects

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Classless in Hollywood Sean Penn (Spicoli) has taken time to “reflect” on his two recent trips to Iraq, one before the war and one after the liberation of the Iraqis from the Saddam Regime.

Tsunami Video

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A new video from Aceh shows tsunami after the earthquake’s great destruction.

Navy Rescue

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This is a truly wonderful story about our military from the AP: Zulfahmi was about to be airlifted to a hospital for treatment of a leg that was gashed to the bone as he was swept up in the Dec.

UN Flailing

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While the UN convenes, the Malasian navy delivers relief.

Disaster Facts

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So how does the 2004 underwater earthquake and tsunami rank in the all time list of natural disasters?

Dinner with Ann

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During the holidays George Gurley from the New York Observer had dinner with Ann Coulter in New York.

One Front

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The MSM and the Terrorists Although, the MSM is doing all it can to protect the “insurgents”, or, “minute men” , depending on who you are talking to.

A Kofi Mood

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Mad Kofi, Sad Kofi, Glad Kofi A day with the Sensitive Leader of the Oil- for Food, for Palaces, for Torture, for Kickbacks, for Weapons, for Terror -Organization Mad Kofi…

Inauguration Blues

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Barbara Boxer is not the only one crying about the Big Kerry Loss: Michael Newdow, America’s most notorious and intolerant atheist, who sued because he did not want his young daughter exposed to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, has filed a suit to bar the saying of a prayer at President Bush’s inauguration.

Death and Silence

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No Help for the Suffering The silence continues from Burma.

Appease!

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While Americans and Brits lead with “Charge!” the rest of the Europeans run down hill screaming “Retreat!” This is from Front Page Magazine today on The Appeasing Europeans: Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives as England and France, allies at the time, negotiated and hesitated too long before they noticed that Hitler had to be fought, not bound to agreements.

Fruits and Nuts

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When New Jersey declared itself the Garden State it was not anticipating the produce of today…

Sea Gypsies and Savages

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Tsunami Survivors from the Jarawa Tribe The extent of the Christmas tsunami destruction may never be certain due to a number of reasons.

Torture and Conscience

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Here is a great article defining the torture issue and the confirmation hearings of Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales.

More About Those Stingy Americans

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Charles Krauthammer from Fox news Sunday as quoted by New England Republican: “We are six percent or less of the world’s population, yet we give almost half.

Float Trip

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Riding the High Seas Rizal Shahputra, 23, an Indonesian man has been found floating on tree branches 100 miles out in the Indian Ocean, eight days after a devastating tsunami struck the region.

Tsunami Sheik

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Tsunami Reactions – Saudi Professor Sheik Fawzan Fawzan: Allah Punishes for Homosexuality and Fornication at Christmas: “We know that at these resorts, which unfortunately exist in Islamic and other countries in South Asia, and especially at Christmas, fornication and sexual perversion of all kinds are rampant.

59!

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Hiding the Dead?

Small Business Top 10

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The Top 10 Economic & Policy Highlights for Entrepreneurs in 2004 look pretty good.

Burma Suffering

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Military Government Covers Up Losses You can see from the path of the tsunami that Burma (Myanmar) was more of a direct hit than Thailand yet the government is reporting very low casualties (59).

Surprise Party

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The Democrats look at the Republicans as the “Surprise Party”.

"Every Vote is More Precious than Gold"

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From Chrenkoff’s Good News from Iraq describing election preparations: “The white bed sheet, punctured and strung between a tree and a utility pole, carries just a few words of hand-painted Arabic script.

An Iraqi's View of the Left

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Reading this article I could feel the utter frustration of talking to a brain-washed liberal.

More Dead People Voting Democrat

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There’s an old saying that “dead people vote democrat over republican 10 to 1” and there is more proof of this in the King County results.

Sluggish Economy?

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This is the most complete article comparing our robust current economic growth to historical and international standards.

Logan

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This was posted this week at Iraq the Model: MOSUL, Iraq – If the Army had an adopt-a-child program, Logan would be the poster child.

Support Our Troops

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Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina delivered the Democrats’ weekly radio address stating, “President Bush and this new Congress must resolve to adequately equip our fighting men and women.

UN Takes Credit

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The UN is taking credit for things that hard-working, street savvy USAID folks have done.

Sleazy in Seattle

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Looks like the democrats “may” get caught in their Washington vote manipulation: …there were 3,539 more ballots counted in King County than voters who cast them.

BBC Starts the '05 Bias

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In 2004, Iraq went badly wrong – except for supporters of the insurgency, in which case it went grimly well.