Happy Birthday SeeDubya

It was one year ago that SeeDubya hit rock bottom. He found himself flat busted, alone and scared, feeling both hopeless and powerless in a time and place that is familiar to anyone who has walked the twelve steps of Bill Wilson. It’s a scary place to be. And at the time, it seems like [...]

GTT – a new chapter is being written

One of the phrases that I recall from Mississippi history class, all those years ago, was the phrase “Gone to Texas.” In the era known as “Reconstruction,” thousands of Mississippians migrated to Texas for a new beginning, often leaving the letters “GTT” scrawled on the door of their abandoned homes. Steve Campbell, writing in the [...]

CDC: Over 100,000 Americans May Have Swine Flu

While the official tally of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases topped 4,700 on Friday, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate the true number of infections at more than 100,000 nationwide. [snip] In fact, “estimates of the confirmed and probable cases in the United States is probably not the best indicator [...]

Marine imposter busted

from the Denver Post Rick Strandlof, executive director of the Colorado Veterans Alliance and the man most colleagues knew as Rick Duncan, was front and center during the 2008 political campaigns in Colorado. He spoke at a Barack Obama veterans rally in front of the Capitol in July, co-hosted several events with then- congressional candidate [...]

Armed Forces Day 2009

“This is the day on which we have the welcome opportunity to pay special tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces … to all the individuals who are in the service of their country all over the world. Armed Forces Day won’t be a matter of parades and receptions for a good [...]

Pelosi: Liar or incompetent

Nancy Pelosi’s nationally televised press conference/meltdown this morning raised more questions than it answered. In our discussion that followed in the previous thread, Swampie asked an important question: Is Nancy Pelosi lying about the CIA briefings on enhanced interrogation techniques, or is she so dim that she really didn’t understand what was being said in [...]

Pelosi claims CIA “misled” her

In a yet another tortured explanation of what she knew, and when she knew it, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now claims that she was “misled” by the CIA regarding the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. “They misled us every step of the way.” In a just concluded press conference, Ms. Pelosi stopped short of calling [...]

Marco Rubio: The Republican wing of the Republican Party

NRO’s David Freddoso interviews Florida’s Marco Rubio, who is set to challenge Charlie Crist for the US Senate.  Here is an excerpt: FREDDOSO: Give me an example of that, showing a contrast between yourself and Governor Crist. RUBIO: Quite frankly, you could say it’s a contrast between myself and the direction of the national Republican [...]

The Right Decision

from WaPo … President Obama will oppose the release of several dozen photos depicting abuse of detainees held in U.S. military custody abroad, reversing his previous position on the grounds that the pictures could inflame anti-American sentiment and endanger U.S. troops. In announcing the shift today, the White House said in a statement that Obama [...]

Hillary tells another whopper

William Safire sized up Hillary Clinton some thirteen years ago as “a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation” … He also said she –”is a congenital liar.” Well, she’s at it again. This time it’s about her favorite subject — abortion. Hillary Clinton testified before Congress last [...]

Monday night Henny

A man is at the bar, drunk. I pick him up off the floor, and offer to take him home. On the way to my car, he falls down three times. When I get to his house, I help him out of the car, and on the way to the front door, he falls down [...]

Hard to swallow

Today, the White House revised their numbers for the budget deficit to an eye-popping $1.8 Trillion, representing a quadrupling of last year’s record deficit. I think this calls for a trip down memory lane, presented for your your consideration … Remember Obama’s debate performance when he railed about the “orgy of spending” and the “enormous [...]

Sunday Blues Traveler

But anyway.  Live version

New WP comment features

You may have already noticed one of the new features that WordPress rolled out recently.  In fact, the first time I saw it a couple of weeks ago, I thought WP was having a glitch.  But, it’s no glitch, and in fact, it’s pretty cool. Youtube videos can be embedded in the comment section. All [...]

FDIC Friday

Just one bank failure this week, the 33rd of 2009. Kitsap Bank, Port Orchard, Washington, Assumes All of the Deposits of Westsound Bank, Bremerton, Washington May 8, 2009

May 8, 1945

Happy V-E Day —– (photo credit: ex-snook) —– This is the World Famous Friday Open Thread: a free speech zone.  Track-backs welcome. WFFOT. To boldly go where no thread has gone before! Trackposted to The Pink Flamingo, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Leaning Straight Up, third world county, Allie is Wired, Right Voices, and The World According to [...]

Nancy Pelosi caught in waterboarding lie

Nancy Pelosi has known all along about enhanced interrogation techniques. In fact, she knew from the beginning.

Oprah’s Free chicken offer

Oprah Winfrey and KFC are offering a free chicken dinner at all US KFC locations. Free offer good for 2 pieces of Kentucky Grilled Chicken™ (manager’s choice) and two individual sides and a biscuit at participating KFC restaurants located in the U.S., while supplies last. Go here to print your coupon

Art for art’s sake

The current governor of a major U.S. southern state, the campaign manager of a U.S. president, a senior West Coast congressman, a former mayor of New York City, and others are among those outed in Kirby Dick’s “Outrage.” Charlie Crist, Ken Mehlman, David Dreier, and Ed Koch are supposedly “outed” in this rather indulgent piece [...]

I’ll buy that for a dollar

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2009 – In honor of National Military Appreciation Month, JetBlue is offering active duty military personnel $1 fares for domestic, nonstop flights, for a limited time, departing from the two JetBlue cities nearest to the nation’s capital: Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., and Richmond International Airport in Richmond, Va. The [...]

Obama pwned: DC Voucher program

“We voted for you, we walked, we went to the parade, we stood freezing. Why?…Can you get this tape over to Obama and have him answer our questions?

Level 6?

Remember the story of Felipe Solis? On April 16, “President Obama was received at Mexico’s anthropology museum in Mexico City by Felipe Solis, a distinguished archeologist who died the following day from symptoms similar to flu, Reforma newspaper reported.” link Well, Mexican authorities are now saying that Solis died of a heart attack,  not the [...]

Chrysler bondholders say threatened by White House

Update: Lauria on FNC —– Attorney Thomas Lauria, lead attorney for the Chrysler bondholders who have objected to the Obama restructuring plan, told ABC News that Obama car czar, Steve Rattner, suggested that officials of the Obama White House would embarrass the firm for opposing the Obama administration plan, which President Obama announced Thursday, and [...]

RIP Jack Kemp

from AP: Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described “bleeding-heart conservative” died Saturday. His spokeswoman Bona Park and longtime friend and former campaign adviser Edwin J. Feulner confirmed that Kemp died after a lengthy illness. Kemp had announced in January 2009 that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He said he was [...]

How Low Can He Go? CJ Garners TROP’s Dhimwit Of The Month!

Many of us have been witness to the various meltdowns at LGF, over the past four years. It seems they have been occurring with much more regularity, since late 2007, so much so, that the number of comments posted there are declining rapidly, and registered posters are banned for simple disagreements with CJ’s point of [...]

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