Monthly Archives: August 2007

Open Thread

What are your plans for the holiday weekend? I am going to the lake for the last days of summer fun… I hope all of you have a wonderful, safe and relaxing time.

Is Bush Bailing Out The Housing Market?

Bush Moves to Aid Homeowners, is featured at WSJ, while MM has Bush pulls a Hillary on housing??? Read both and you decide. I am not seeing this as anything but a smart move. We either take care of the …

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The Washington Post and the GAO try to mislead on Iraq.

The Washington Post, working hand-in-glove with Democrats in Congress, has gotten out front in preparing the domestic battlefield for September’s fight over the war in Iraq. The Post led today’s paper with an account of a leaked draft report from …

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This Is Why I Hate Spiders

Monster spider web spun in Texas

Judge Strikes Down Iowa’s Ban On Gay Marriage

I must say I chuckled giventhe situation with Craig, but this is no joke. A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage. ” The ruling by Judge Robert Hanson concluded that the state’s prohibition on …

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Anger Mounts Within Party Over Inaction on Bush Tactics

Say it ain’t so! “I don’t think it’s that we’re reluctant to take on Bush,” said Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (Fla.), a senior member of the House intelligence committee. “I think it’s we are reluctant to take on each other. …

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Today the left insists on defeat in Iraq.

Did they learn nothing from Vietnam? For most Americans, positive developments in Iraq are very welcome. But good news is bad news for the Democratic left, where opposition to the war has become an emotional investment in defeat. House majority …

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UPDATE:HILLARY TO GIVE BACK CASH FROM FUGITIVE FUNDRAISER.. Clinton +Chinese Swindler=Illegal Campaign Contibutions

UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will give to charity the $23,000 in donations she has received from a fundraiser who is wanted in California for failing to appear for sentencing on a 1991 grand theft …

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Slate editors squabble about the Idaho senator’s bathroom arrest

Will Saletan: “Craig tapped his toes several times and moved his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly.” Is moving your foot up and down a signal of encouragement? Somebody must have a web …

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Soros-linked group hit with huge fine

By: Kenneth P. Vogel The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated cash to boost Democratic candidates during the 2004 elections. America Coming Together (ACT) raised $137 million for its …

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No Joke: Farm Substities For People On Park Avenue….

Down on the Farm [Yuval Levin] Have a look at the map of Manhattan above(used recently by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in a speech). The red dots indicate people who live in Manhattan (and so clearly are neither hurting for …

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Biden Claims Bush Wants Blood On Dems Hands

Another investigation to be launched

“If the Iranian missiles strike Israel, by Allah, I will go to Trafalgar Square and dance with delight.”

If things don’t work out, I bet this guy could get a job at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, CNBS, MSNBC, NYT’s, WaPo, Boston Globe, LA Times, or USA Today Trackposted to Right Pundits, Outside the Beltway, Perri Nelson’s Website, The …

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Uh Oh! 20 million risky condoms recalled

Yikes

What Would Janet Reno Do?

Florida Court to Decide Fate of Cuban Girl in ‘Elian II’ Case