Archive for November, 2004

http://showcase.mu.nu/archives/056823.php Showcase is a place where new blogs can post entries to get some visibility, today I was showcased. In an egregarious oversite I forgot to linkback last night, I apologize to the dishonor I bring upon myself and my house. »

The new NBC anchor Brian Williams doesn’t seem to like us bloggers very much, or think we serve any useful purpose. What would you expect from someone working for a fossilized network news show? Williams, 45, is capable of showing good humor and a dry wit in public. When Time magazine held a lunch to... »

Dan Rather, quoted in the Hollywood Reporter: “Ed Murrow’s ghost is here. I’ve seen him and talked to him on the third floor of this building many times late at night. And I can tell you that he’s watching over us.” Dan must be loopy on phony document printing press fumes. I have it on good... »

People who have installed Desktop Google have found something unexpected in their computer – security holes. Google’s not doing anything wrong. Its software is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do – finding files. The fault lies with the parts of the operating system that do a bad job of securing files they’re... »

When someone follows you for miles as you drive down the road some lonely night, it might be because you have a conservative bumper sticker on your car. “Did you guys hear?” one of them laughed. “John tailed some idiot with a Bush-Cheney sticker on his car all the way here.” The story got a... »

John Bogert writes, in the Daily Breeze from the Left Coast, on how offended women are at having to be searched as part of airport security. They are (*gasp!*) subjected to being touched, and – HORRORS! – inconvenienced – in the name of normal searches. This leaves them”hurt” and “angry” and “feeling... »

David Ignatius notes that the CIA has been the object of a lot of “bashing”. (Scare quotes deliberate – is it “bashing” if the criticisms are true?) Driving past the George Bush Center for Intelligence, as the CIA headquarters is officially known, you can’t help wondering how on earth America’s spy service has become... »

The “60 Minutes” curmudgeon, Andy Rooney, has been making a bigger fool of himself lately by calling conservative Christians uneducated and ignorant. When the sports commentator Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder disparaged blacks in 1988, Dan Rather aired video of the remarks, which led to Mr. Snyde being fired by CBS management. That Mr. Rooney... »

Have you ever listened to Glenn Beck (http://GlennBeck.com) on AM talk radio? I think he’s one of the most-talented guys on radio, and I share his conservative bent. He always makes me think, and I appreciate the energy he puts into his program. When it comes to women, Glenn is blind. He believes women are... »

Here may be found a letter of apology. I have a few items to add. I’m sorry we suck up 80% of the world’s resources, in exchange for 80% of the money the rest of the world receives. I’m sorry we use those resources to produce more than 80% of the world’s goods and services, including life-saving... »

When Jesse Jackson shows up, you know you can rest easy, because everything will be made fair. Okay, with that laugh out of the way… The Reverend-who-should-read-the-Ten-Commandments-more-often is disputing the counting of votes in Ohio because it must have been crooked. The reason? Kerry lost. Yep, we’re back to the “disenfranchised voter” thing, which basically ends... »

Former WA senator and governor Daniel Evans explains why hand recounts are not accurate, and why one should not be done in the still undecided Washington governor’s race. First, with the advances in our procedures and training, the system we just used (combination hand/machine count) is more accurate than a pure hand count would... »

I’m not at all convinced that this is a victory for gay marriage, as the media and gay marriage groups seem to be spinning it. What this decision does is allow the individual states to decide for themselves whether or not to allow gay marriage. The majority of Americans are opposed to it, and... »

So Iran has finally admitted what anybody with any common sense already knew. They have no intention of permanently ceasing their atomic weapons program. Since they’ve stated they were only halting uranium enrichment while “negotiations” were ongoing, there is no need for those talks to continue. The next step should be to devise and... »

Well, it looks like the director of the New Hamshire Commission for men is up for a judgeship, and the feminasties are looking to apply some political payback. It’s an uphill battle. Especially for those of you in NH, it’s time to throw your support behind this man. »

(Hat tip: The Captain again.) In a report to be unveiled on Thursday, seen in part by The Telegraph, a panel appointed to reform the UN said it must send “an unequivocal message that terrorism is never an acceptable tactic, even for the most defensible of causes”. Quoth the Captain: If the UN cannot even bring itself... »

(Hat tip: Captain’s Quarters) I’ve quit watching the O-Reilly factor, and have pretty much never tuned in to his show. I may skim an editorial, simply because I have a hard time not reading any English text that happens to find itself in front of me. My reason for tuning out is confirmed in his... »

(Hat tip: Captain’s Quarters) I’ve quit watching the O-Reilly factor, and have pretty much never tuned in to his show. I may skim an editorial, simply because I have a hard time not reading any English text that happens to find itself in front of me. My reason for tuning out is confirmed in his... »

We have heard rumblings today of an effective AIDS vaccine, one which can reverse the progress of the disease even in an infected person. Wonder why it is grabbing no headlines? Perchance, could it be the the left is gloomy that one of their fave things to bitch about is going away? And that the... »

LEFTISTS: PRO-DARWIN OR ANTI-DARWIN? Whichever suits at the time, of course The recent success of Christians in getting school textbooks to point out that evolution is merely a scientific theory — not something totally grounded in replicable fact — has enraged Leftists no end. As far as I can gather, the tiny success that... »