Archive for December, 2006
Ding Dong Saddam is Dead
29 December 2006Iraqi TV reports that Saddam Hussein has been hanged. We have, of course, expected his execution before the weekend was out and there was speculation that he would be executed before the day was out. That speculation turns out to have been correct. One of Saddam’s lawyers has confirmed his death. Saddam was hanged shortly [...]
The Free Jack Idema Blogburst
27 December 2006One of the things that needs stressing about the case of illegally-imprisoned U.S. Special Forces soldier Jack Idema is his complete innocence. When this is pointed out, week after week, it’s important that readers don’t conclude this is simply a matter of those campaigning for Jack’s release claiming he’s an innocent man. No, Jack’s innocence [...]
Holiday Airport Security
25 December 2006If you are traveling by air over the holiday this Cox & Forkum cartoon may resonate with you. We should be doing better than this and we’re not. Why? Because it’s better to offend, harass and inconvenience everyone rather than those most likely to actually perpetrate terrorism. That hell of it is, this makes us [...]
Merry Christmas
24 December 2006With all the noise about retailers banning Christmas in their stores and stories about banned nativity scenes and Christmas trees being removed from airports, it is easy to forget what Christmas is all about. It isn’t about Christmas trees or creches or shopping or bell ringers or Santa Claus. Certainly all those things are a [...]
Iraq Study Group
23 December 2006I ran across this (H/T ConservaChick) and just had to pass it on. It is right on target.
The Free Jack Idema Blogburst
22 December 2006In less than a week’s time, illegally-imprisoned U.S. Special Forces soldier Jack Idema will be spending his third Christmas behind bars, this in spite of being declared completely innocent of all charges by the Afghan Appeals Court less than six months after his ‘conviction’ in September 2004. During that time, Jack has been: Subjected to [...]
FairTax Blogburst for December 20, 2006
20 December 2006by Jonathan of Publius Rendezvous I came across this article several weeks ago from one of my favorite columnists. Professor Williams has a very succinct way of conveying complicated topics and themes. If you are not a regular reader of his, you should at least check out his regular column at Townhall. In this piece, [...]
Democrat Interrogations
19 December 2006Every journalist who has visited Gitmo has seen the same thing, reasonable treatment of terrorists. And lest anyone think the keepers at Gitmo simply hide their aberrant behavior while journalists are there, it must be noted that journalists are always there. It would be quite impossible to hide what Democrats continue to claim is torture [...]
FairTax Blogburst for December 13, 2006
13 December 2006Why our Political Leaders Should Embrace the FairTax Plan by John DeJong of NotMeUSA.com The Fair Tax Plan (HR.25/S.25) has been out for well over a year now and yet there are still many people who have never even heard of it. One would think that a plan as bold and beneficial as this would [...]
Then and Now
8 December 2006Another great Cox and Forkum cartoon that illustrates one of my points in my last post.
