Monthly Archives: October 2005

Should Detroit Hold The November Election?

Posted by on 10/31/2005 6 comments

According to TheDetroit News, there are major problems in Motown and they point to Madame Currie! Currie has been accused of irregular election practices in several lawsuits, and a review of election results, property records and databases of registered voters …

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Bush Nominates N.J. Judge Alito

Posted by on 10/31/2005 26 comments

Bush Picks N.J. Judge Alito President Bush is nominating Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, rebounding from a stinging rebuke over his first choice by tapping a conservative federal judge to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a moderate. A …

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I am sure they would love for him to resign!

Posted by on 10/30/2005 25 comments

My Way The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President Bush needs “new blood” in his White House. …

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No Joy Ride

Posted by on 10/30/2005 16 comments

Don’t Expect Scoot To Have A Joy Ride The “Ding Dong, the Bush Is Dead” fever rages on, disappointments notwithstanding. Hurricane Katrina was, politically, a wash. And say what you like about Harriet Miers, but at least the disaffected right …

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Prince Charles

Posted by on 10/30/2005 2 comments

He’s Coming To America With A Message The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion …

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Tick Tock

Posted by on 10/30/2005 3 comments

Just a reminder that it’s time to mess up our sleep schedules and set our clocks back. Also don’t forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

Liberal Fascism : The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton

Posted by on 10/29/2005 8 comments

As York observes, It’s not just the intellectual poltroons of the Internet who feign bravery by loudly saying what is patently stupid so that people a fraction dumber than them might mistake it for boldness and conviction. It’s not just …

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Halloween banned in Newton, MA school

Posted by on 10/29/2005 1 comment

CBS4 A Halloween controversy is brewing in Newton, where one elementary school has banned all traditional Halloween activities. The principal of Underwood Elementary School says it has come to the school’s attention that Halloween traditions are offensive to some people’s …

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“reprehensible”

Posted by on 10/29/2005 29 comments

I got a charge out of these quotes from Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer. Moments after Lewis (Scooter) Libby was indicted on charges of lying to a grand jury about the unmasking of CIA agent Valerie Plame, Sen. Hillary Clinton …

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Obstruction for What?

Posted by on 10/29/2005 10 comments

Libby Indicted For Contradictions – – Not For Anything Else Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation took nearly two years, sent a reporter to jail, cost millions of dollars, and preoccupied some of the White House’s senior officials. The fruit it has now …

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Hmmm – Maple Syrup?

Posted by on 10/29/2005 1 comment

Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan Residents from the southern tip of Manhattan to the Upper West Side nearly 10 miles north called a city hot line to report a strong odor Thursday night that most compared to maple syrup, …

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Arnold vs Unions

Posted by on 10/29/2005 3 comments

According to an AP article, Govenor Schwarzenegger is promoting a special election ballot, which has raised the ire of Democrats, who see this as a means to weaken the political clout of public employee unions. The initiative would require the …

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Per the Office of Patrick J. Fitzgerald

Posted by on 10/28/2005 Comments Off

You can view the press release here and the copy of the indictment here Mr. Fitzgerald’s website is here

Echoes of Kelo…

Posted by on 10/28/2005 1 comment

From Reason Online: You can count on your constitutional due process rights if you are a thief, a rapist, or a murderer. But if you’re accused of committing a crime against the environment, you may as well tear up the …

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Controlling the Net

Posted by on 10/28/2005 3 comments

The Internet, in John Perry Barlow’s famously purple description, is a happy anarchy “naturally independent” of government; it is an “act of nature and it grows itself through our collective actions.” That was always, alas, a slightly starry-eyed description of …

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