Daily Archives: October 1, 2006

This Is Funny

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Headline: "Slumping Fox News celebrating 1st decade". But the years of explosive growth have ended at Fox. Viewership over the first eight months of the year was down 5 percent compared to 2005, with a steeper 13 percent decline in … Continue reading →

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Everything Old Is New Again

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

My best friend for many years was Roy. Oddly, he was a couple of years older than I was and was actually a classmate of my older sister. Still, he and I were friends for years and years. I called … Continue reading →

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FBI Opens Criminal Investigation On Foley

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the conduct of former representative Mark Foley to see if he broke Federal law in his conduct. Said inquiry should also examine who knew what when if there were violations of Federal … Continue reading →

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The Enemies Of Free Speech

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

There is endless whining about the stifling of free speech in this country coming from the left. Tune in to almost any interview with someone from the left on the issue and they will be wailing. Endlessly. On television. But when … Continue reading →

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Scare Tactic

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Here's a real beauty. AFP of all outlets is carrying this little gem. The report says that US farmers, in California in particular, are facing a "crippling" labor shortage due to the illegal immigration crackdown. Farms across the United States … Continue reading →

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Iran Promises To Expand Nuclear Program

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Not only will they not stop uranium enrichment activities, they fully plan to expand the program according to Iranian president Ahmadinejad. Speaking to professors at Tehran University, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran hopefully will increase its enrichment program to produce … Continue reading →

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Hero

Posted on October 1, 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"> There was a gathering of a very exclusive club this week in Boston. Living members of that club are rare to begin with, since so many who … Continue reading →

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A Question Of Timing, Part Two

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Rick Moran is still asking questions as are a bunch of other people right now. Quite simply, what Foley did was worthy of immediate criminal investigation. If anyone sat on incriminating evidence that kept young people at risk for political … Continue reading →

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Bringing Back The Roadshow

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

The current administrator of NASA, Michael Griffin, gets it. He understands the reality that PR is enormously important for building public support for NASA and the space program in general. He's had a NASA roadshow developed using a large, expandable … Continue reading →

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Israel Completes Pullout

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Israel forces have completely exited from Lebanon. The last forces crossed the border around 2:30 am local time. Hezbollah allies immediately surveyed the former Israeli positions. That's just great, isn't it? Witnesses said the Israelis began moving tanks and armored … Continue reading →

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He Manages To Keep A Straight Face When He Says This

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

You have got to give him credit. Screamin' Howie Dean can pull off a statement like this without bursting out laughing. Great self control. When asked by AFP about Hugo Chavez's antics at the UN last week, Howie managed to … Continue reading →

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Dictator For Life

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Hugo Chavez appears to be laying all the groundwork to seize lifetime political control of Venezuela. His latest is to charge that a plot to assassinate him was broken up, then to allude that his presidential election rival that had … Continue reading →

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Important Distinction

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Jonathan Gurwitz has a piece in the San Antonio Express News that points out the fallacy of extending full Geneva Convention protections to illegal combatants. That actually undermines the Conventions and renders them increasingly meaningless. That doesn't mean, however, that … Continue reading →

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A Question Of Timing

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

Read what Rick Moran has to say about the ruckus surrounding the Foley matter. Pay particular attention to the second update. Read AllahPundit as well. Reportedly the St Pete Times had the same information in August 2005 and wrote nothing … Continue reading →

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Viciousness Continues

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Gaius

The Washington Post continues to flog away at Senator George Allen's campaign in the Virginia Senate race. Virtually every word being written out of that race is scrutiny of one form or another of Allen, with very little being said … Continue reading →

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