Year: 2004

Belgium Bans Democracy

Yet another strike against the European Union. One begins to get the impression that Europeans horrified by the re-election of President Bush are not just horrified at the U.S. vote tally, but that George W. Bush was allowed to run ...

Boehner v. McDermott Phone Tape Case Apparently Resolved

I missed this when it was announced October 29, and suspect others who followed this case (which received a lot of attention from conservative talk radio) may have as well. Roll Call, October 29, 2004 (excerpt): Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) ...

Twins Named Yasser and Arafat

Good thinking, Mrs. Hassan, new mom of twins named "Yasser" and "Arafat." Maybe one will grow up to be a mass murderer, and the other, a thief. Just warms your heart, doesn't it? ...

Fighting Theophobia*

From a Morton Kondrake column in the November 8 Roll Call (excerpt): "...Democrats need to understand where Evangelicals are coming from, what George Bush's faith is all about and stop being either terrified by or (often) bigoted against what they ...

Born Again Christians Shouldn’t Vote and More

From Power Line: Garrison Keillor "jokes" that born-again Christians should not be allowed to vote, while the New York Times runs a piece ruminating on the implications of assassinating President Bush. I know this is the silly season, but I ...

Ronald Reagan Postage Stamp

Little Red Blog has a picture of the new Ronald Reagan commemorative postage stamp ...

From Mrs Suha Arafat

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From Mrs Suha Arafat Good Day I know that this mail might be a surpriseing to you but do consider it as an emergency. In a nut shell, My name is Mrs Suha Arafat, soon-to-be widow of the late leader ...

Macedonia: A Rose By Any Other Name

I've said before on this blog that I believe the creation of the European Union was unwise: "...a continent full of nations that have spent hundreds of years killing each other's citizens on the slightest of pretexts cannot repair their ...

Jane Smiley: A Thousand Slurs

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After reading this essay on Who Moved My Truth? about an article posted on Slate by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley, I checked out Smiley's piece. Wow. She really, really hates conservatives. According to Smiley, we conservatives are evil. ("They ...

Blackfive: Someone You Should Know

Blackfive regrets that this story isn't likely to told by the mainstream media. Me, too. I find it very refreshing to read about Americans like this. It is good to be reminded that Jane Smiley types are the exception, not ...

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