Yeah, Right. Pull the Other One.

Posted on May 18, 2006 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security | 6 Comments

The LA Times is really reaching today:
Cyndi Smallwood is looking for a few strong men for her landscaping company. Guys with no fear of a hot sun, who can shovel dirt all day long. She’ll pay as much as $34 an hour.
She can’t find them.
Maybe potential employees don’t know about her tiny Riverside firm. Maybe [...]

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General Hayden’s Confirmation Hearing Begins

Posted on May 18, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 1 Comment

You can watch it here.
He seems to be a tough talker. Looks to me like the man for the job.
Hayden is at the center of the debate over the Bush administration’s controversial domestic surveillance programs, which allowed the National Security Agency under Hayden’s leadership to eavesdrop without warrants on telephone calls when one party [...]

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Peace Talks With North Korea?

Posted on May 18, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | Comments Off

The NY Times are running this front page news.
President Bush’s top advisers have recommended a broad new approach to dealing with North Korea that would include beginning negotiations on a peace treaty, even while efforts to dismantle the country’s nuclear program are still under way, senior administration officials and Asian diplomats say.
Aides say Mr. Bush [...]

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Murtha: Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’

Posted on May 18, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 2 Comments

This has gotten quite a few people talking this morning.

Rep. John Murtha, an influential Pennsylvania lawmaker and outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, said today Marines had “killed innocent civilians in cold blood” after allegedly responding to a roadside bomb ambush that killed a Marine during a patrol in Haditha, Iraq, Nov. 19.
The incident [...]

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The ACLU is Wrong Again (BlogBurst)

Posted on May 18, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | Comments Off

Kender here, and I have wrested control of the blogburst from the hardy band of patriots that get it out every week because I am furious and THIS is a rant.
Our erstwhile and dearly beloved President Bush, having found one of his testicles behind the couch, FINALLY gets around to attempting to begin to consider [...]

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