Daily Archives: September 20, 2006

And BINGO!

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

David Broder reveals why – exactly – John McCain made his "highly principled" stand against the request from the White House for some clarification on how to treat terrorist thugs. You know, the "highly principled" stand he bragged about to … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 4 Comments

The Netherlands Loss. Our Gain.

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an exile yet again has finally come home. At least to her spiritual home, according to George Will. She has left the Netherlands and is now living in the United States, working at the American Enterprise Institute. … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations | 8 Comments

Questioning Techniques

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Allah has video of Brian Ross from ABC News making an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor. Ross confirms that the harsh questioning technique called "waterboarding" did, with absolute certainty according to Ross, produce detailed information that saved lives. Ross said … Continue reading →

Posted in War | 10 Comments

Arms Race – Update

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Earlier today I linked an article that described remarks made by the son of Hosni Mubarak, Gamal, about Egypt wanting to pursue nuclear power – a euphemism for pursuing nuclear weapons. To all but the totally dim, that is. Well … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, War | 4 Comments

One Chicken, Two Chickens, …..

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

The real problem the Democrats have is that they really are fundamentally out of touch with the people they claim to represent. Take an example from sports. Most fans, even strong fans, of any team like their players to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 2 Comments

House Passes Voter ID Requirement

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Georgia's law requiring positive voter ID law was struck down by a state judge earlier. He will not get a chance to strike this one down. The US House of Representatives today approved a bill that would require voters to … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration Reform, Politics | 6 Comments

When Moral Compasses Fail

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Flopping Aces has the details on Arizona's "9/11 memorial". You will not be amused. I wasn't. As Curt says, moral relativism at its very worst. Tweet

Posted in Insanity, Left Wing | 2 Comments

Another Reason To Build A Fence

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

You know, we have enough of a problem with our own home-grown criminals here in the US. We simply do not need people like this sneaking into the country. It seems that the utterly horrible murder that was committed in … Continue reading →

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About Fear

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Confederate Yankee has some of the things Mad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had to say at the UN that are not being covered by the media. He points out that if they publish these quotes most of their carefully constructed narrative on … Continue reading →

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Chavez Reveals The Secret To His Success

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

I don't think he's caught on yet that Mad Mahmoud considers Venezuela a province now. UPDATE: A few others with thoughts about Hugo Chavez: Neo-Neocon, Say Anything, Right Truth, Ankle Biting Pundits, Hyscience, Freeman Hunt, Liberty and Justice, Political Pit Bull, … Continue reading →

Posted in Foto Phun | 6 Comments

Tactical Outrage

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Jonah Goldberg has a post up about the Muslim "outrage" that most recently popped up over the remarks made by Pope Benedict XVI in Germany. But said "outrage" is spun up more and more frequently and for ever more trivial … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogosphere, World news | 1 Comment

The Revolution Will Be Live Blogged

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> One of my long-time commenters here at Blue Crab Boulevard, Roland Hesz, happens to live in Budapest, Hungary. With the reports of demonstrations and whatnot, I offered to … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Correspondence, World news | 4 Comments

Frist Goes On Offense On Border Fence

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has gone on offense on the "fence only" border control bill that he has brought to the Senate floor. He's making sure that the word is getting out on the bill and why he thinks … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration Reform | 1 Comment

Deals?

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

The Associated Press is reporting that there may be deals in the works that will move the two anti-terror bills currently held up in the Senate forward. There are no details yet, just some changes in tone and rhetoric. But … Continue reading →

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NASA Clears Atlantis For Thursday Landing

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Gaius

NASA has completed a second inspection of the heat shield on Atlantis and has cleared the craft for a Thursday landing. No damage was detected, despite the mystery objects that the crew spotted. Atlantis' six astronauts completed two inspections of … Continue reading →

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