Daily Archives: May 24, 2006

Something Was Bugging Her

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

An Athens, Alabama woman received a phone call at work from a neighbor. The helpful call was to alert the woman that her husband was, well, entertaining another woman at their apartment. Aren't small towns wonderful? So the woman, 26 … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Weird Stuff | 1 Comment

Murder Most Fowl

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

Boo Boo the chicken, who we first wrote about 'waaaaaay back in February (approximately five centuries in blog years) is dead. Boo Boo was the chicken who was saved from drowning by mouth-to-beak resuscitation when her owners found her floating … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird Stuff | 2 Comments

An Oxymoron

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

Liberal thought. Dennis Prager has a brilliant dissection of exactly what has been going wrong for the Democrats since the late 1960's. A descent from thinking about issues into feeling about issues. One-word put-downs of opponents' ideas and motives were … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Politics | 10 Comments

Immigration Reform Bills

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

An article in the Washington Post points out that reconciling the House and Senate versions of the immigration reform bills will be difficult. Blue Crab Boulevard has always maintained that the political reality is that if a fence is built … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration Reform, Politics | 10 Comments

Constitutional Issues

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

A number of senior Republicans in the Congress have complained that the search of Representative Jefferson's offices violated constitutional protections of the legislature from the executive branch. This one is likely going to end up in the Supreme Court from … Continue reading →

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Setting Borders

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

President Bush offered conditional support for Israel's unilateral actions in setting it's own borders. With concern rising over Iran's nuclear program, Mr. Bush reconfirmed the United States commitment to defend Israel against attack, and said that he, too, wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in War, World news | 7 Comments

Dissent Must Be Stifled

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

In a nightmarish, Rovian plot to suppress free speech, dissent must be crushed. The board members must never speak of disagreements. Nobody must know what goes on in the secret meetings. A cloak of darkness must be drawn tight over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Media | 5 Comments

This Tells You Something

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

The Senate Intelligence Committee strongly endorsed Michael Hayden to be the head of the CIA. Four Democrats joined all eight Republicans to vote for the candidate. The only no votes came from Russ Feingold, Even Bayh and Ron Wyden. Now, … Continue reading →

Posted in Left Wing, Media, Politics | 9 Comments

Udate On Iraqi Government Taking Control Of Security

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

Although I posted about British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and their joint news conference here, this report on the same event from the Washington Post deserves a look. Most of the coverage of the … Continue reading →

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The Disturbing Face Of American Empire

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Gaius

Iowahawk has the real MacBeth. No, not the one that English guy wrote about a long, long time ago when people dressed weird. And talked funny. No, he has the real truth, the gestalt as it were. And a very, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogosphere | 5 Comments