Posted on May 21, 2007 by nuke
THREAD UPDATED FROM 5/20/07 Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), was booed at his state party’s convention this weekend over his support for the Kennedy-McCain immigration reform bill. Apparently, the disapproval didn’t register with the former Jag lawyer, as evidenced by his combative performance on “FOX News Sunday.” “To my colleagues who have come on the [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2007 by nuke
WASHINGTON – Senate leaders agreed Monday that they would wait until June to take final action on a bipartisan plan to give millions of unlawful immigrants legal status. [...] “It would be to the best interests of the Senate … that we not try to finish this bill this week,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2007 by nuke
Dear Senator: In your website message dated June 1, 2006, you got it right. The only difference between then and now is 354 days, and two miles of completed fence. This morning, the radio station (Newstalk 1180) played some of your comments from the SC state convention. Those comments sounded a lot like you’ve decided [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2007 by no2liberals
With so many important issues being faced by our nation, and our way of life, we might as well sing about it, and have an open thread to share links for what should be volumes of new material.
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Posted on May 20, 2007 by nuke
Times are hard in Gaza. At one time, Hamas members who wore a beard ran the risk of being easily identified and arrested by the IDF. But, Israel pulled out of Gaza, and the Palestinian arabs proceeded to turn it into a Hell hole in just over a year. So now, instead of arrest, they [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2007 by nuke
In case you’re wondering, the McCain button in the sidebar is on temporary hiatus, and de-linked. The immigration reform bill has caused me to re-think my endorsement of Senator McCain’s candidacy.
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Posted on May 20, 2007 by nuke
by MyLinh Shattan “If we don’t finish this, it will follow us home,” Command Sgt. Major Neil Ciotola says about the mission in Iraq. As the senior enlisted leader for the Multi-National Corps – Iraq, he oversees more than 158,000 service members and serves as the principal enlisted advisor to the commanding general, Lt. Gen. [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2007 by nuke
Caracas, Venezuela. Friday evening, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez asked Pope Benedict XVI to apologise to Amerindians. During his official visit to Brazil last week, the Pontiff said colonization of the Americas involved no transgression to local Amerindians and their culture. Claiming his Amerindian origins, President Chávez took offence and compared colonization to the Holocaust. (h/t [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2007 by vimto1
Posted on May 18, 2007 by vimto1
Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Perri Nelson’s Website, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, A Blog For All, The Random Yak, DeMediacratic Nation, Adam’s Blog, Webloggin, Leaning Straight Up, The Bullwinkle Blog, Phastidio.net, , Jo’s Cafe, Conservative Cat, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, Woman Honor Thyself, Wake Up America, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, , stikNstein… has [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2007 by nuke
Monkeys waving white flags joined protesters outside the district office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco today to speak out against the Democratic leader’s support for measures that organizers say undercuts the mission of the troops in Iraq. The “surrender monkeys” also appeared outside Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s district offices in Las [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2007 by vimto1
Posted on May 17, 2007 by nuke
Water added to aluminum mixed with Gallium can produce hydrogen on demand. As a catalyst, the Gallium is not consumed. The oxidized aluminum can be recycled. The process is close to being cost competitive with gasoline. A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2007 by no2liberals
egocentric-self-centered; preoccupied with one’s own interests and needs; lacking concern for others. Marked by extreme concentration of attention upon oneself; self-centered. With that definiton, I bring you an article from Arab News. ‘Islamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism’, reports on a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The ministers described Islamophobia as a deliberate [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2007 by nuke
Tanker truck explosions have occured within days of each other at major highway intersections in San Francisco/Oakland, Houston, New Jersey, and Tampa-St. Petersburg. I was aware of the Bay Bridge crash, mostly because of the reality check (or comic relief) that it provided for the 911 Truthers (“fire cannot burn hot enough to melt steel, [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2007 by no2liberals
New York Slimes By JEFF ZELENY and CARL HULSE Published: May 16, 2007 Democrats Signal End to Impasse on War Spending. After the vote, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader and a co-sponsor of the Feingold plan, said he was committed to delivering legislation acceptable to Mr. Bush by the end of next [...]
Filed under: 'War on Terrorism', iraq, liberal agenda, Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, military, n2l, News and politics | 6 Comments »
Posted on May 16, 2007 by nuke
Try as they will to minimize the true intent and purpose of the mullahs, apologists for the iranian regime have long sought to downplay ahmadinejad’s infamous statement about wiping Israel off the map. “Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to wipe Israel off the map because no such idiom exists in Persian,” remarked Juan [...]
Filed under: iran, Islam, News and politics | 17 Comments »
Posted on May 16, 2007 by no2liberals
From the Palestinian Media Watch, the latest on the ‘terror mouse’ of Al Aqsa TV. Al-Sha’arawi said in yesterday’s interview that he wants to raise Palestinian children so that they can achieve “Islam’s natural place” of world rule – in essence saying that although the Christians and Jews do not understand this yet, Islamic world [...]
Filed under: 'War on Terrorism', Islam, muslim, n2l | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
Here’s how I scored the debate. McCain –B- Romney — B- Guliani — B+ Huckabee — A- Hunter — B- Brownback — C- Tancredo — D Paul — F Gilmore — F Thompson — F It’s time for the bottom 3 or 4 to fold their tents and go on home. Best line of the [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
from AHN: Mahmudiya, Iraq (AHN) – Backed by sniffer dogs and helicopters, U.S. forces in Iraq searching for three soldiers captured by an Al-Qaeda gang on Saturday have said the group is cornered in an area of farmland near Baghdad. The three soldiers from Fort Drum’s 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
Sources within the DNC are saying that the January 29 Democrat Primary may not count. Instead party activists and insiders would decide on some later date how to divvy up the state’s more than 200 delegates to the Democratic national convention. “I think it’s much higher than 50-50 that we will make Jan. 29 a [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
In an eminent domain move that would make David Souter blush, the Chinese government is relocating some 250,000 Tibetans from their remote Himalayan villages to new “socialist villages.” The project, which got under way last year, is formally titled the “comfortable housing program,” and although the villagers are being moved without their consent and having [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
You’ve just become the next contestant on….“Do conceal carry laws really work?” Deonte was arraigned Friday on assault with intent to do great bodily harm and carjacking. source Ninety-one year old Leonard Sims was outside his car in the store parking lot about 8:30 p.m. when a man walked up and asked for a light [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
BREAKING: Jerry Falwell arrived at Lynchburg General Hospital today around noon after being found unresponsive in his office. Ron Godwin, the executive vice president of Liberty University, confirmed that Falwell was found unconscious in his office after missing an appointment this morning. Update: He’s dead, Jim. from wsj: Mr. Falwell devoted much of his time [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2007 by nuke
From Hot Air …the false parallel from Muslims to Christians as though they’re two sides of the same coin when they’re not. [snip] It’s a pity that five years into this war, or nearly 30 if you’re dating its beginning to the Islamic Revolution in Iran, so few people actually understand this. Most of our [...]
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