Judge Rules That Paper Money Is Unfair To The Blind
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under News | 8 Comments
The person that sent this tip noted that this is a Clinton appointee. Judge Robertson is the same judge who resigned without explanantion from the FISA Court one year ago. They seemed to think this was “unreal”, but I don’t really see that it is that big of a deal. The government [...]
Read More..>>A Fallen Hero Is Honored
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Kim Priestap and her husband Steve received some very sad news Thanksgiving evening. Steve’s cousin, Army Sgt.1st Class James Priestap, was shot and killed by a terrorist sniper while working at a checkpoint near Baghdad. He was wearing body armor, but he hit was in the shoulder, and the bullet went into his heart killing [...]
Read More..>>Alcee Hastings Drops Bid For Chair Intel Committee
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Hat tip: Hot Air via The State:
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., will not be the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, a Democratic aide confirmed Tuesday as Hastings left a private meeting with Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Still unclear was whether Pelosi intends to surprise lawmakers by tapping the panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Jane Harman of [...]
An Oak Leaf’s Note Pad
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under War On Terror | Comments Off
Starting early last week, I have been in a number of formal and informal staff meetings in a number of areas. Some of the “raw” personal (not operational) notes that I jotted down follow. They give you some insight as to where we would hope we are, where we hope have been and where we [...]
Read More..>>City of Chicago: “Christianity is a Cancer on the Soul of the City and We Will Have it Out!”
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 4 Comments
The Associated Press is reporting that the City of Chicago has threatened the organizers of an annual German festival, Christkindlmarket, over one of their sponsors. This sponsor, according to the City of Chicago, would be “insensitive to the many people of different faiths… [and] contrary to acceptable advertising standards…”
Was this sponsor the KKK? The World [...]
The Forbidden Mojave Desert Cross
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Activist Judges, Church And State | 9 Comments
I was in Las Vegas at the end of September and called into Jay at his e-radio show on WideAwakesRadio. I mentioned that I was going to go searching in the Mojave Desert to find a small cross that I’d read about that had been ordered removed by a federal judge after the ACLU [...]
Read More..>>ACLU Loses on “Choose Life” Plate in TN
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Abortion, News | 3 Comments
Independent Conservative sends the good news that the ACLU loses one in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee drivers wanting a “Choose Life” anti-abortion license plate will now be able to get one at county clerk offices beginning Friday.
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The ACLU of Tennessee challenged the license plates on free speech grounds, but eventually lost its case.
Sixteen states, including Tennessee, [...]
The Pope Calls For Brotherhood In Turkey
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 2 Comments
breitbart
He began his first visit to a Muslim country Tuesday with a message of dialogue and “brotherhood” between faiths, and Turkey’s chief Islamic cleric said at a joint appearance that growing “Islamophobia” hurts all Muslims…
… The pope is expected to call for greater rights and protections for Christian minorities in the Muslim world, including the [...]
Bush Says U.S. Won’t Pull Out of Iraq
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Despite all the excitement from the left calling for withdrawal and surrender in Iraq, it looks like President Bush is determined to stick to his guns. All the surrender talk has surely emboldened Iran to up their rhetoric and join the chorus. But it looks like Bush is resisting all the cut and [...]
Read More..>>The Grounded Imams; Stranger Behavior Than Prayers
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News, War On Terror | 5 Comments
Remember the Imams that CAIR was so quick to defend after they were booted from a Minneapolis flight last week? Remember how they claimed they were only praying and how humiliated they were by our reactions? They’ve been staging protests and making as much noise as possible over all of this ever since.
Well, [...]
Bogus Source Cited in NBC ‘Civil War’ Decision
Posted on November 28, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 1 Comment
A transcript posted at the blog Think Progress quotes NBC as factoring in a story from now-discredited source Jamil Hussein about Sunni worshippers being burned alive as a major factor in NBC’s decision to declare a “civil war” in Iraq [emphasis added]:
The news from Iraq is becoming grimmer every day. Over the long holiday weekend [...]
The Nativity is not Welcome in the City of Chicago
Posted on November 27, 2006 - Filed Under Christmas, Church And State, News | 1 Comment
Kim Preistap reports on the details. In a nutshell:
the city of Chicago has supported the Christkindlemarket Chicago, a traditional German American market and festival that lasts 4 weeks long and offers shopping, music, traditional German American food and drink, and entertainment. It’s a free family friendly celebration of the Christmas season that hosts over [...]
American Legion to Congressman Rangel: Apologize Now!
Posted on November 27, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 2 Comments
What can I say about this other than I second the call? All those that say aye?
The National Commander of The American Legion called on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to apologize for suggesting that American troops would not choose to fight in Iraq if they had other employment options.
“Our military is the most skilled, [...]
Supreme Court Rejects NY Times On Leak Probe
Posted on November 27, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 2 Comments
Via AP
The Supreme Court ruled against The New York Times on Monday, refusing to block the government from reviewing the phone records of two Times reporters in a leak investigation of a terrorism-funding probe.
The one-sentence order came in a First Amendment battle that involves stories written in 2001 by Times reporters Judith Miller and Philip [...]
Lincoln Memorial Closed After Anthrax Note and Bomb Threat
Posted on November 27, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 7 Comments
AP:
Authorities closed the Lincoln Memorial on Monday after finding suspicious bottles in a restroom and a note reading “Do you know what anthrax is?” and “Do you know what a bomb is?”, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Authorities found a bottle appearing to contain a liquid in a basement ladies’ rest room, along [...]
