The 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists Announced

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off

Well, the finalist have been announced and it looks like I made the cut in the Best of the Top 250 Blogs. I see that several of my friends made it in other categories. Whenever they open the polls up I will be begging you all for daily votes. Go check out [...]

The Indiana Jones Solution

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 10 Comments

[cross-posted at CourtZero]
I have a proposal, a very possible solution to many of the Establishment Clause cases and the countless lawsuits brought by the ACLU and other groups over religious iconography. You will think I’m kidding, but I’m not.
Readers of this site are well aware that litigation has been going on for decades, with no [...]

“Six” versus the 100th

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Six, that is the number of fluent Arabic speakers employed by the FBI:
the FBI is working hard to increase its pool of six fluent, Arabic-speaking agents.
During World War II, while their own families were interned, Japanese Americans filled the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, and fought to defeat the Axis Powers:
These Japanese American units suffered an [...]

Baby Jesus Back By Popular Demand In West Virginia

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Hat tip: Don Surber via Daily Mail
Baby Jesus now appears in a manger scene at the St. Albans Festival of Lights.
He was added over the weekend at the request of the St. Albans mayor.
“We do have a baby Jesus there,” Mayor Dick Callaway said. “Since this has become a focal issue, we put a baby [...]

New York City to Ban Trans Fats at Restaurants

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Is there some kind of group that can protect our freedoms to eat what we want? This is insane! The politically correct steal more freedom from Americans.
The Board of Health voted Tuesday to make New York the nation’s first city to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants - from the corner pizzeria [...]

NBC’s Richard Engel Justifies Green Zone Reporting

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

NewsBusters has the story. NBC correspondent Richard Engel, who last week told the Nightly News audience that Iraq had “collapsed,” complained to Howard Kurtz on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” that reporters were endangering themselves because of conservative critics:
Howard Kurtz: “Richard Engel, top administration officials, as you well know, have repeatedly criticized correspondents like you for painting [...]

Behind The Curtain (Iraq Study Group)

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In trying to determine if the new Secretary of Defense had been on the ground in Iraq, I ran across this interesting article, “The Story Behind The Iraq Study Group.” Some notable excerpts:
The group has taken on greater relevance after midterm elections marked by widespread voter dissatisfaction with Iraq, and it will play a decisive [...]

A “Boost For Morale” From The New Secretary Of Defense

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This is going to be real good for morale in SW Asia: /sarcasm off
Asked point-blank by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., whether the U.S. is winning in Iraq, Gates replied, “No, sir.”
Strike One…..
Update:How would Oak Leaf have had answered that question or any of my recent students (at least I hope they would have had answered [...]

Young Conservatives Of Texas Display ACLU Nativity (Photo)

Posted on December 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 8 Comments

(Click image to see larger version)
Thanks to Right on the Right for hosting the image due to my tech issues.
Lots more photos here.
This News Video report says the ACLU supports the Conservatives right to do this, but that it is grossly inaccurate of their positions. The Young Conservatives say that each item is a [...]

Will Saddam Hussein Cheat Death?

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According to NewsMax, Iraqi law prohibits the execution of anyone over the age of 70. Saddam’s 70th birthday is April 28th. NewsMax theorizes that this is why the dictator’s attorneys waited until the very last minute to file his appeal:
The case now goes to a higher court. But there is no time limit for the [...]