The world’s first telegram was sent on May 24, 1844 by inventor Samuel Morse. The message, "What hath God wrought," was transmitted from Washington to Baltimore. Guess what? The telegram is now offically a thing of the past. After 145 of telegram service, Western Union (now mostly a fnancial services company) is no longer in the telegram business (for obvious … Read More
Rep. Bill Young (R-FL) – Man Of Principle
When Capitol Police dragged Rep. Young’s wife out of the SOTU because she was wearing a "Support Our Troops" T-shirt, Rep. Young was outraged. Even though Mrs. Young was not handcuffed, fingerprint, and thrown in jail (like Cindy Sheehan), Rep. Young took to the floor of the House and denounced the actions of the police. But later on, to reporters: … Read More
Respect And Reason
This conservative blogger ought to visit his own website. He pens a screed against Cindy Sheehan, writing: This is a time when our country should be emanating strength and unity of purpose, where intellectual differences are debated with respect and reason. And to the right of these words? An advertisement of Jonah Goldberg’s book: "Liberal Fascism". Complete with a picture … Read More
Milestones
I guess I should take note of a couple of milestones: (1) I passed by two-year blogging anniversary on January 21, 2006. Ironically, my first post was about the State Of the Union . . in 2004. (Although not really, because I was part of a group blog back in 2003. But whatever.) (2) My 2,000th post was written today. … Read More
Last Post About The SOTU, I Promise
The best thing about this clip (Quicktime) is that Bush thinks he is about to give a snappy retort to the Democratic outburst, and then he totally trips over his tongue.
Clintonism In MilInt
I’m a reasonably smart man, and I understand that the English is not an exact science, but this strikes me as utter bullshit. From Congressional Quarterly: “Contrary to popular belief, there is no absolute ban on [military] intelligence components collecting U.S. person information,” the U.S.Army’s top intelligence officer said in a 2001 memo that surfaced Tuesday. Not only that, military … Read More
Trick Question
MyDD commissioned a poll. One of the questions was this: Q14. Given events since the invasion, do you support the decision to maintain a U.S. combat force of over 100,000 troops in Iraq for the next few years? All Dem Rep … Read More
Et Tu, Grover?
Grover Norquist, father of the neo-conservative movement, leading anti-tax advocate, and extreme war-on-terror hawk, commented on Bush’s "terrorist surveillance program" vs. upholding civil liberties : "It’s not either/or. If the president thinks he needs different tools, pass a law to get them. Don’t break the existing laws." Ouch. Why does Norquist hate America? UPDATE: Guess what? This is my 2000th … Read More
As Emily Litella Said: “Never Mind”
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry: One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America’s dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn’t mean it literally. What the hell?
Cindy’s Story
As you probably know, Cindy Sheehan was arrested lat night just before Bush’s State of the Union speech. She blogged the full account here, but this is how it begins: This afternoon at the People’s State of the Union Address in DC where I was joined by Congresspersons Lynn Woolsey and John Conyers, Ann Wright, Malik Rahim and John Cavanagh, … Read More
Human-Animal Hybrid Blogswarm
Bush mentioned human-animal hybrids in the SOTU From Technorati, here are the number of blog posts that mentioning Human-animal Hybrids per day for the last 30 days.