Monthly Archives: April 2004

French Could Protect UN

Posted by on 4/30/2004 3 comments

French troops could protect UN personnel in Iraq US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that French troops could be used to provide security for United Nations officials who are likely to oversee the electoral process in war-torn …

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Happy Birthday, Lisa

Posted by on 4/30/2004 12 comments

This is off topic, but I couldn’t let today go by without wishing Lisa a very happy birthday – – drop a comment and wish her one too!

Affiliates Pull Out

Posted by on 4/29/2004 21 comments

Sinclair to Preempt `Nightline’ on ABC Stations, Cites Politics Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. ordered its ABC affiliates to preempt tomorrow’s broadcast of “Nightline,” which will air the names and photos of U.S. military personnel who have died in combat in …

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The Commission

Posted by on 4/29/2004 4 comments

If they aren’t going to take their job seriously – then how is anyone else going to?

Text of Bush News Conference

Posted by on 4/29/2004 6 comments

Text of Bush News Conference Text of President Bush’s exchange with reporters at the White House on Thursday, April 29, 2004, after he and Vice President Dick Cheney met with members of the Sept. 11 commission, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks …

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News to Snooze by

Posted by on 4/29/2004 3 comments

Hussein’s Agents Are Behind Attacks in Iraq, Pentagon Finds A Pentagon intelligence report has concluded that many bombings against Americans and their allies in Iraq, and the more sophisticated of the guerrilla attacks in Falluja, are organized and often carried …

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Spirit of America – Last Day

Posted by on 4/29/2004 3 comments

It’s not often that I put things up here that asks for donations from the readers. Don’t get me wrong – this isn’t a donation to Right Voices or anything of the sort. It’s a donation to the Spirit of …

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More On Those Feminists

Posted by on 4/29/2004 6 comments

Hillary’s America The recent “Pro-choice” rally in the nation’s capital gave America and the rest of the world a good view of what life would be like in this country if Hillary Clinton were president. There she was, the potential …

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It’s UN-animous

Posted by on 4/29/2004 9 comments

UN bans WMD sales to terrorists The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution aimed at keeping weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists. It means all UN member states will have to pass laws …

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Rolling Spain

Posted by on 4/28/2004 17 comments

Spain Completes Troop Pull Out From Iraq Spain has completed the withdrawal of its peacekeeping troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Tuesday. “No Spanish member of the Plus Ultra II brigade remains in Iraq,” Zapatero told …

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Taking Chance Home

Posted by on 4/28/2004 1 comment

The following is United States Marine Lieutenant Colonel Strobl’s account of escorting the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps to his home and family. It’s a long read, but one that is important and more than a little emotional (at …

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Bring Out The Dead

Posted by on 4/27/2004 14 comments

”Nightline” devotes show to reading war dead names A U.S. television news program is to dedicate an entire broadcast to a reading of the names of American servicemen and women killed in action in Iraq. Ted Koppel will read aloud …

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Turning 9/11 Commission Into Comedy Central

Posted by on 4/27/2004 8 comments

Blunt: ’9-11 Commission Turning Into Comedy Central’ Partial transcript of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”: Jon Stewart: “Can you give us the first question? Listen, I’m Cheney… hit me, hit me … what have you got?” Bob Kerrey: “I …

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“My Life”

Posted by on 4/27/2004 7 comments

Bill Clinton’s memoir ‘My Life’ is said to cover his peaks and valleys. The former president’s much-awaited memoir will be introduced by Random House’s Knopf imprint in late June with a first printing of 1.5 million copies. In announcing publication …

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Poison Gas Plot

Posted by on 4/27/2004 8 comments

Azmi al-Jayousi Diabolical al Qaeda terrorists confessed yesterday to plotting to attack the U.S. Embassy and other targets in Jordan with sophisticated chemical bombs that could have wiped out 80,000 people. Azmi al-Jayousi, leader of the terror cell, said the …

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