A new Newsweek poll shows Barack Obama slipping into striking range of John McCain, 44-41%. This is good news, first because it means that Obama may not become president after all, second because independent voters like me matter more in a close race, and third because he will be forced to further mis-cast himself as…
Month: July 2008
Proper Crime Reporting
The city of College Station, Texas knows how to properly report a crime – with a full description of the event and the suspect: On July 09, 2008 at approximately 1654 hours, Officers from the College Station Police Department were dispatched to the intersection of the Highway 6 and William D Fitch for an aggravated…
Obama not Black Enough?
That’s what Jesse Jackson seems to think, apology or no. Once again stealth journalism reveals the unpleasant truth about our so-called leaders. This is the Jesse Jackson we always knew was lurking just below the surface of his image. Gotta love it. Question: Will he be castigated as thoroughly as a honky would be for…
Telecom Immunity a Fact of Life
PBS says: The Senate approved a bill Wednesday overhauling the rules on government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telecom companies that assist with government-ordered communications monitoring. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 69-28. And the NY Times says that until now: …more than 40 lawsuits continued churning through federal courts, charging AT&T,…
Coming Soon: an Army of Atheists?
An army soldier who lost his faith while deployed in Iraq is now suing the U.S. Army because of the prevalence of Christian practices therein. CNN: Hall filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, among others. In the suit, Hall claims his rights to religious freedom…
Save Your Home from a Wildfire, go to Jail
Ross Curtis, along with family and friends, saved his Big Sur home from being destroyed by a wildfire. Moreover the backfire he set seems to have helped officials contain the blaze. His thanks? Curtis was arrested and changed with 2 misdemeanors for his trouble. As the fire closed in on three sides, Micah Curtis said,…
Citizenship Test
Take MSNBC’s modified version of the U.S. citizenship test and let me know how you scored. These are all basic questions that every American should be able to answer. FWIW, I got a 95. Missed the question about the number of amendments to the Constitution by changing my answer at the last second. Poor test-taking…
Environmentalists, Progress, and Fantasies
I enjoyed Jim’s letter to the Bryan/College Station Eagle so much I had to re-print it here: Power to the people The environmentalists claim the electric car is the answer to "saving our world." Let’s see, they have stopped construction of new coal fired plants for electric generation. Nuclear powered generation has been tied up…
Independence Day Lesson
Today’s lesson in why it is imperative for Americans to remember and fight for our way of life comes from England where two school boys were given detention after a teacher tried to force them to pray to Allah during a school exercise. Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to…
Obama Adjusts Abortion Position to the Good
In 2007, Barack Obama blasted the Supreme Court for enforcing the Bush administration’s ban on late-term abortions. Now he’s singing a different tune, one that people of good conscience should like better. Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother." Obama then added: "Now,…