Commentary Appropriate For Today’s Changing World

Hate/Love

August 31, 2004 - Comments Off

I’ve been looking for a succinct way to sum up the content of last night’s Republican fest. Deacon, at Powerline found it for me. Read his and all the other guys at Powerline. They’re all over it. What great coverage.


8636

August 28, 2004 - Comments Off

Tyroblog has launched a one man frontal assault on Amendment 36. Be sure to visit his new sight, 86 Amendment 36. Join this patriot as he sounds the alarm on what would surely be a disaster for the state of Colorado.


Military Friday

August 27, 2004 - Comments Off

Modern Military Terms:
Engage the Enemy means “to blow something up.”
Surgical Strike means “to blow up something small.”
Decapitate means “to blow up their leaders.”
Collateral Damage means “to accidentally blow up something of theirs.”
Friendly Fire means “to accidentally blow up something of ours.”
Target of Opportunity means “to blow something up on a whim”
Kinetic Targeting means “to blow […]


Job Creation vs. Job Welfare

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I’m worn out today and don’t have the energy or patience to tackle this article by Mark Couch. This “hit piece”, masquerading as a news story, is so blatantly obvious in it’s intent as to be laughable. However, the most telling of the quotes from the piece is as follows:
The numbers tell the story of […]


Weight Watchers

August 26, 2004 - Comments Off

What’s next…tofu?
Forget lugging chocolate cupcakes to school on your first-grader’s birthday. Bad snacks have been banished.
How about sending a fruit bowl instead?
Food service employees and vendors have been preparing for months for new state restrictions in school fare that began this school year. But for principals and PTAs, the realities of refusing traditional […]


August 25, 2004 - Number of Comments » 0

Pardon me while I indulge myself with some primal scream therapy……….Okay, there, that’s better…but not much. What on earth is the Bush campaign and Karl Rove up to?Um…let me say that again. What on earth is going on?
During a rally in Davenport, Iowa on Tuesday, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked by a woman “What […]


Double Standard

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It looks as if Ken Salazar is taking a play from Senator Kerry’s playbook.
U.S. Senate candidate Ken Salazar challenged his opponent, Pete Coors, to have the “guts” to stand up to a secretly funded political group that launched a television attack ad targeting the state attorney general Tuesday.
In an attempt to stifle free speech, Salazar […]


Battle Fatigue

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This morning on Fox and Friends I watched as Eleanor Clift, normally a stout-hearted Democratic defender-of-the-realm, squared off against Mike Gallagher in another no holds barred slugfest concerning Senator Kerry’s Vietnam service. The content of the debate was not near so important as was Eleanor’s demeanor. There was a term used to describe Marines in […]


Over The Hill

August 24, 2004 - Comments Off

Oops! If I’m John Kerry and I read something like this from a guy who would normally be in my camp, I begin to get a bit twitchy.
I have reservations about voting for George W. Bush. But I have no reservations about voting against John Kerry. And I’m not alone.
Hat Tip: Michelle


Rude Awakening

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Okay, it’s five-thirty in the morning. Barely awake, not having had my first cup of coffee, I turn on Channel 9 KUSA for the local weather forecast and am greeted by an ad in which a black lady is proclaiming discrimination. She speaks of her educational qualifications, her hard work, and her professional qualifications. She […]