Or is that bazaar? Intrigingly, I didn’t see any mention of these being the fault of the demonic, anti-Islamic American regime of Satan. Perhaps the AP filtered that bit out to keep my head from spinning ’round. Or perhaps the Pakistanis realize it’s a home-grown problem. Is it true that in the once-and-future home of…
Month: November 2006
Where Are Schoolboy Sex Offenders?
The Houston Chronicle says that “no single authority knows how many registered sex offenders are high school students”. At least some of them are re-offending, of course, as discussed last month. Is the fact that these creeps aren’t on peoples’ radars screen due to government incompetence, the default, or because of juvenile shielding? Shari Julian,…
Life Under Democrats
Let’s hope the Washington Post is right about Rahm Emanuel and his influence: Top Democrats such as Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) see these middle-of-the-road lawmakers as the future of the party in a nation that leans slightly right of center.In private talks before the election, Emanuel and other top Democrats told their members they cannot…
Bush (41) vs. Bush (43)
David Broussard writes, regarding the situation in Iraq, that: How would things have been different in 1991 if President Bush (41) had decided to “stay the course” and “finish the job” and rolled the 600K coalition troops right into Baghdad? We will never know for certain. Likely we would have spent years rebuilding the country,…
A Full Dem Congress
Even yesterday I thought this was impossible; today it seems inevitable. The change is exciting. And scary. What are they going to do? Not much, probably. In ’92 the Gingrich Revolution fizzled into nothingness. This year’s Pelosi Parade will probably do the same. But not until W gets his face rubbed in a dish of…
The Hated (by me) Incumbents
According to CNN, when asked if they approved of how Congress is handling its job, 62 percent of Americans said they did not, while just 36 percent said they did. Why then, as of 10 PM Central time, has every one of the incumbent Democrats been re-elected? Various reasons, mainly Iraq. Bush’s handling of domestic…
Election Night
Donkeys Have No Brooms Looks like the Democratic Sweep isn’t going to happen, not like so many of the lefties wanted. I don’t think they’ll have a majority in the Senate and their margin in the house will thin, if even that comes to fruition. Is this the voice of moderate America gently rebuking the…
“Getting Out” the Vote
This’ll discourage ’em: In Louisville, poll worker Jeffery Steitz was arrested and charged with assault and interfering with an election for allegedly choking a voter and pushing him out the door after the man said that he didn’t want to vote in a judicial election because he didn’t know enough about the candidates. Lt. Col….
Ortega Redux!
Evidently democracy can’t be forced after all… This is hilarious on one level and telling on another. All signs point to a declining American influence abroad. Can we blame them for not listening?
NeoCon Visions
I read Polimom’s blog every day thanks to the miracle of RSS. Yesterday she wrote a bit of a rant against the so-called NeoCons’ vision of “democracy in unlikely places” that bothers me. After years of being angry at the neocons, I finally understand them. I’m still afraid of their hands in our government (and…