“I am Iraqi”

Last Sunday, the Iraqi national soccer team defeated–astounded is more like it–Saudi Arabia by a score of 1-0, giving the people of this war torn country something it doesn’t get very often: something to smile about. But this is more than just a victory in a sporting event. It’s a victory for all those, especially [...]

Let me introduce myself….

Please don’t think from my following remarks I’m a Republican apologist. I’m a Democrat whose mother headed the Democratic Women’s Club in Austin, Texas for nearly a decade and whose father worked for LBJ for many years. They were hard line conservatives until the seventies and there was a decided swing left. Hell, I was [...]

The Daily Truth

From Rush Limbaugh.com…. RUSH: I have a great, great editorial cartoon here. I don’t know who did this, but you’ve seen the painting of the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia at Constitution Hall, drafting the Constitution, discussing it among themselves. Benjamin Franklin is in there, all these guys. “Gentlemen, I just came up with a brilliant [...]

Truth-boating the Hillary Campaign, part 2

Truth-boating, Updated More from the investigative FReeper, Doug from Upland….. In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters The New York Times ^ | July 28, 2007 | Mark Leibovich I’ve called Mark Leibovich to give him the rest of the story, but he hasn’t returned my call. From the above [...]

A Few Words From Newt, On Our Own Phoney War!

I am always impressed with his brilliant mind.

The Ring Thing

By now nothing that goes on in public schools should surprise me. We live in a through-the-looking-glass world where students are suspended for smoking cigarettes, but can get free condoms from the school nurse, where prayer is not allowed but t-shirts glorifying rap music and its odious messages are commonly worn, and where students graduate [...]

accidently… (on purpose)

Erika Engle, The Buzz THE call letters KUNT have landed at a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuku, Maui. Alarmingly similar to a word the dictionary says is obscene, the call letters were among a 15-page list of new call letters issued by the Federal Communications Commission and released this week. The same station [...]

Great moments in socialized medicine

“I could be dead by then.” Proponents of Hillary-Care, or fans of the propagandist movie “Sicko” would do well to study the actual day to day operation of socialized medicine before trying to impose it upon the United States. This is the story of Olive Beal: a retired London piano teacher and former activist in [...]

Flying pig moment

This may be THE Flying Pig Moment of 2007. The New York Times has published an editorial by MICHAEL E. O’HANLON and KENNETH M. POLLACK that reflects much of the cautious optimism that we’ve seen since the stabilization of Anbar and the ejection of AQI from Baqubah. Yes, you read that correctly. Here is an [...]

Monday Morning Jam!

Good for what ails ya’. Jaco Pastorius…he was special.

Sunday Nite Skynyrd

A little travelin’ music… Enjoy! Nite y’all

Truth-boating the Hillary Campaign

Doug from Upland provides the timeline (UPDATED), and numerous links to the Peter Paul — Hillary Clinton lawsuit, and campaign finance fraud on a historical level. You might want to bookmark this for further reading. It is well-researched and sourced. See also the Hillary Clinton Accountability Project link in the sidebar “roll”. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Truth-boating:  UPDATE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Feb. [...]

More on the Fox News advertiser kerfluffle

Yesterday’s entry about the claim by liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas that he had forced Lowe’s to abandon their advertising on FNC’s Bill O’Reilly show was proven to be just more hot air from the leftist-sphere. However, a link to Newshounds, provided by n2l, revealed the grand strategy of the left to threaten the advertisers on [...]

Against all odds

Iraq’s captain Younis Mahmoud (C) heads the ball past Saudi Arabia’s Yasse Al Mosailem (L) and Osama Hawsawi to score during their final match at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup football tournament at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, July 29, 2007. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen ———————————————————- Reuters: Iraq defied seemingly impossible odds to beat Saudi [...]

What I hate about the 21st Century

Nuke has invited me to play in his sandbox, and I couldn’t be more flattered and honored. So just to start things off, I thought I’d post this little ditty just so everyone knows where I’m coming from. I’m sure I’ll piss some people off, and hopefully I’ll make some people think. I’m delighted to [...]

RIP: Lowe’s

A few years ago, Lowe’s built a shiny new store less than a mile from my home. Oh yeah! Nuke’s Toy Store. Heh. Sunday afternoon strolls through the Home Improvement Section, checking out the power tools, shopping for landscaping junk in the Garden Center: Lowe’s is cool. Their prices aren’t spectacular, but the variety of [...]

Friday nite video

Ray Charles. Need I say more

WFFOT

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – An oral surgeon who played a practical joke on his assistant, and got sued for it, ended up getting the last laugh Thursday.Dr. Robert Woo, of Auburn, temporarily implanted fake boar tusks in his employee’s mouth while she was under anesthesia and took photos that later made the rounds. The employee [...]

nearlybouts friday open thread and free speech zone

Satriani and Timmons. Enjoy! nite y’all

Cautious Optimism

Ralph Peter’s column in the NY Post manages to capture many of the thoughts and ideas that we have discussed over the past few weeks regarding Iraq. Here are a few excerpts from Mr. Peters’ piece, Winning In Iraq (and losing in Washington). A trusted source in Baghdad confirmed several key developments that’ve gone largely [...]

Put on a happy face

This advertisement for Washlet™ gets to the bottom of the problem. Now I’ve seen everything.

Actions have consequences

File this story under a case of Substance over Style … Imagine the surprise of the Telluride, CO town council when the vacation cancellations began pouring in. Within hours of the council’s vote calling for impeachment of President Bush and VP Cheney, hundreds of ski vacationers showed their displeasure by voting with their dollars. Chaa-Ching…….. [...]

Midweek boogie

Ritchie Blackmore, circa 1980, Live in San Antonio….. (I think this must have been a bad hair decade ) Update:  Change of pace, gonna go with that little ole band from Texas instead.

A proper fisking

About 10 years ago, my business required a great deal more windshield time than it does now: time spent listening to a lot of talk radio. I recall a question that Rush Limbaugh posed to his audience, “Why did the Republicans lose the ’96 Presidential election?” Several callers attempted to answer the question, but no [...]

Bullet-Riddled Body of S. Korean Found

Religion of Peace™ Update: The bullet-riddled body of a South Korean hostage was found by police Wednesday in central Afghanistan after a purported Taliban spokesman said the militants had killed one of the captives. The male victim had 10 bullet holes in his head, chest and stomach, and was discovered in the Mushaki area of [...]

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