Archive for January, 2005

Tuesday, January 18th, 2005

Ashcroft Files Criminal Charges in Oil-For-Food

From CNN:

U.S. government sources said that Iraqi-American Samir Vincent was expected to plead guilty to tax violations and engaging in activities as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
Vincent runs Phoenix International, a northern Virginia firm that reportedly paid $162.2 million for 4.1 million barrels purchased between 1997 and 2000, according to studies by the […]

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Monday, January 17th, 2005

Miscellanea - With Friends Like These…Edition

Are you just salivating over the prospect of a new channel devoted to the views of our ‘ally’ France? Jacques Chirac thinks you are (hat tip to RealClearPolitics)…
As funny as it may seem, Hillary Clinton gets her kicks stomping on King’s dream…
Michelle Malkin with the story of a sad, pathetic excuse of a weatherman…
Beautiful […]

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Monday, January 17th, 2005

Looking in on the Lefties: Missing the Forest and the Trees

I’m contemplating a regular feature that focuses on what the ‘progressive’ community is wasting breath and paper over at any given time. I just don’t know if I can stand it. Case in point: Dave Zweifel at Common Dreams is STILL arguing that the Memogate documents may be authentic. Earth to Dave: hello?….Paid […]

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Monday, January 17th, 2005

Miscellanea - The CBS Anchor Search Edition

From Time Magazine, we get the latest handicapping on Dan Rather’s replacement. If this is the best they can do, God help us all. Katie Couric????!!!!! Couric is to serious journalism as James Carville is to handsome. CBS, I’m here to help. I’ll be the anchor of the new interactive version for a mere $100,000 […]

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Sunday, January 16th, 2005

Miscellanea - Can Conservatives Love the Simpsons? Edition

To the surprise of no one, radical extremists appear to be trying to nip any talk of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians in the bud before Abbas can even get used to his new position. Sharon should be careful to allow Abbas some room to save face, and above all, the Palestinian people must […]

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Sunday, January 16th, 2005

Memogate: Some Lessons and a Proposal

Now that the dust has settled somewhat, I think it makes sense to take a look back at Memogate and see what instruction it might give us. After all the gloating, not much good will have been done if we don’t learn the lessons before us. Here’s what I see:

Rather and Heyward won’t go unless […]

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Saturday, January 15th, 2005

Candidate Profile Eight - Joe Lieberman

If you’ve been reading this blog and paying any attention whatsoever (and if you haven’t, just browse around for a few minutes), you know I don’t have much use for the ‘progressive’ wing of the Democratic Party. I can’t imagine any set of circumstances that would have me on the same side as Howard Dean. […]

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Saturday, January 15th, 2005

Miscellanea - I’m a Menshevik Edition

By Power Line’s standards, I’m swimming against the Bolshevik tide…
A Small Victory is trying for a big victory over smoking (I quit June 8, 2004 - hang in there, it’s worth it)…
Was Abraham Lincoln gay? Not on the evidence before us (hat tip to the Volokh Conspiracy)…
Here’s the latest ’statement’ on former Weekly Jackass Barbra […]

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Saturday, January 15th, 2005

A Tortuous Debate, Part Two: Coercion and the Art of Interrogation

Torture is morally repugnant to Americans and most freedom-loving people. We reflexively recoil from the barbarism of it, and consider it beneath our dignity to even discuss. Consider it we must, however, for the enemy in the War on Terror will not meet us on the battlefield, where the odds are so heavily stacked in […]

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Saturday, January 15th, 2005

A Tortuous Debate, Part One: Stress Techniques and the War On Terror

Specialist Charles Graner, Jr., of the Army Reserves has been convicted and awaits sentencing; he was accused of being the ringleader of the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Based on the testimony I have seen, Graner is very much a sadist. Regardless of whether humiliating photographs and ‘posing’ of prisoners constitute torture, a broad debate is […]

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Friday, January 14th, 2005

Miscellanea - Long Weekend! Edition

A flurry of activity as bebere comes out swinging with a great group of posts (I have it on good authority that she hung the moon)…
A tip of the hat to Instapundit for this article on the new Ralph Nader…
OpinionJournal has this long, excellent article on some conservative footholds in academia…
Also at OpinionJournal, Peggy Noonan […]

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Friday, January 14th, 2005

Miscellanea - I’m Willing to Sell Out, But No One’s Buying Edition

Professor Bainbridge is having the same problem I am - no takers yet for me, either, Professor…
Commonwealth Conservative prefers to keep his integrity intact, while Wizbang names his price (hint: he’s taking the high road)…
Tim Blair sees a similarity between the Daily Kos and a certain multinational formerly headed by our Vice President…
Roger Simon is […]

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Thursday, January 13th, 2005

Miscellanea - Is ANOTHER UN Scandal Brewing? Edition

The ever-resourceful Claudia Rosett looks at the early audits released by Volcker and company and finds some troubling discrepencies in the UN Compensation Commission, yet another program with a budget of billions and lax oversight…
The Radical Left will be engaging in a ‘Bush Blackout’ on January 20th. Quoting from the website:

On January 20th, 2005, Millions […]

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Thursday, January 13th, 2005

It’s Official - No WMDs

The Washington Times puts its best spin on the story, saying we have confirmed that Saddam had the intent to make WMDs again, but let’s be honest, the lack of WMDs is a huge blow to our credibility. Count me as an enthusiastic supporter of the Bush Administration and the Iraq War, but don’t kid […]

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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

Miscellanea - Is Jennifer Aniston a Conservative? Edition

I’m not a celebrity worshiper, and I could care less about what starlet is dating what hunk, but I found this link intriguing, though I have my doubts. After all, this is the same Aniston who was quoted as calling Bush a f***ing idiot (in fairness, prior to 9/11)…
UPDATE 01/13/05 7:42 pm central: Upon further […]

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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

Weekly Jackass Number Six : Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo is a comedienne of considerable talent. I have been aware of her comedy for some time, and considered myself a fan. I watched her standup TV specials, laughed at her work on the Larry Sanders Show, and I even went to see her perform at the Paramount Theater in Austin a couple of […]

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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

Miscellanea - Pay Heed to Cosby Edition

Bill Cosby has taken heat from certain parts of the black community for ‘airing dirty laundry in public’. His message of personal responsibility and better parenting is dead on; here is a new editorial he has written in support of his stance (hat tip to RealClearPolitics for this story and the George Will column […]

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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

Miscellanea - Failing to Connect the Dots Edition

The Big Trunk at Power Line reaches a conclusion about the Thornburgh report that I can endorse: the individual elements of the report are devestating; it’s the conclusions that are too mild. The Big Trunk attributes this to a failure of nerve, since the cumulative effect of the evidence is an indictment of CBS News […]

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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

The Return of Wictory Wednesday

PoliPundit has Wictory Wednesday in gear again, so be sure and check out it here. This week, we’re looking for support for Progress for America and their television ad campaign for Social Security reform. Here’s a chance to be generous with your time and money and help enact the most important domestic agenda […]

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Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Miscellanea - Too Much of a Good Thing Edition

Links, links, links - I got your links here. Even a Weekly Jackass gets one right every once in a while…read what Andy Rooney had to say about Memogate at little green footballs…
Krugman is back, and guess what? He STILL doesn’t like Social Security reform…
The great Hitchens on the illegitimacy of the Iraqi […]

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