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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
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Harry Reid and the Democrats: On the Wrong Train
Immersed in denial that they are still in the minority, Dems have hitched their cars to Dean’s locomotive of hate, with Reid as the conductor. Their position that no future Bush nominee to the right of O’Connor will be acceptable is a bra…
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Patterns of Analysis
I am beginning to think the kind of work reporters do (intelligence or media) inevitably leads them to paint the picture with the negative data points, since that’s what they see most, and most urgently.
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Last push for petition on ACLU fees — let’s stop the extortion racket
As I write this, the online petition to change federal law (specifically 42 USC section 1988) has 16,243 signatures. The petition is designed to encourage Congress to put an end to the abused and misused mechanism in the law as its been written since…
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Cindy Should Meet The President — Of Iraq
That’s right. Cindy Sheehan should go to Iraq.
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Katina vs. Rita: A Study In Contrasts
Katrina and Rita. Both Category 5 hurricanes. The Gulf Coast at risk in both cases. But, this time, there’s a big difference………
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Aid Refused
The UK’s Daily Mirror are running this story as an exclusive. Hundreds of tons of Nato ration packs donated by the British to feed Katrina victims have been deemed unfit for human consumption as they violate FDA regulations for imported food. The aid …
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Hurricane Rita and the race hustlers
As the race-grievance industry continues to hector the public about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, we’ve all by now heard the oft-repeated slander that the feds were slow…
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Sheehan’s Cover Still Safe
Metro section writer Petula Dvorak writes a nicely balanced story about military families and the war in Battle Lines Behind the Battle Lines on B1. But its hook is that families protesting the war or protesting the protesters are reacting
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The Easy Metrics are Failing Us
If you are looking for results, be sure to measure what you are looking for.
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What Can You Buy For $1,000,000,000?
Mayor Mike Bloomberg was offered the endorsement of the SEIU Local 1199 and it’s 200,000 members but turned it down. The head of the union wanted Bloomberg to add 25,000 home healthcare workers to the city’s payroll at a tax-payer cost of $1,000,000,…
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Abortion – The Battle Republicans Should Avoid.
The overturning of Roe vs. Wade would be a controversial turn in America’s short history. While few would disagree, there is one more point I have yet to hear voiced. A reversal could also serve as a massive turning point in America’s politics.
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Reid’s Confirmation Standards
From the Washington Post: Words That Will Haunt
IN ANNOUNCING his opposition yesterday to the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to be chief justice of the United States, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) made a remarkable statement…
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Unable To Use “Stupid”, Press Conference Breaks Up Early
As New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was holding a press conference on Tuesday to address the impending Hurricane Rita, it quickly became apparent that he was losing control to a panicked press corps. As things began to spiral downwards, Lt.
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Senators Find “No Evidence” Of 9/11 Commission
…But as key witnesses are being prevented from testifiying, and as accusations of whitewashing swirl on talk- radio and the blogosphere, initial reports from the Senate committee suggest that the existence of the 9/11 Commission itself is a claim t…
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Symantec: Firefox Less Secure
A Symantec report released Monday contends that Mozilla Web browsers are potentially more vulnerable to attack than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
“The fact that Mozilla browsers don’t need as many costly third-party add-ons such as what we sell f…
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SOS – The New Great Comeback
It’s going to catch on quickly. You’re going to hear it; first all over the right side of the blogosphere and soon at your office, school, or favorite hangout. It’s sure to be on Leno, Letterman, and the like before long. Who knows, it could be in …
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China Announces Clinton Condoms.
An Associated Press article titled Condoms Are Named for Clinton, Lewinsky
reports that a Chinese rubber company is now selling condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky, a couple noted for not using condoms, even when it would have been …
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we regret to inform you of your death
A Pennsylvania man learned of his untimely death by way of postcard. His bank had sent the postcard to his estate informing him that the Social Security Administration had withdrawn his most recent check due to his now ineligible status….
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Simon Wiesenthal dead at 96
The most famous Nazi-hunter and Holocaust memorial center founder has passed away at 96 years old. Wiesenthal will be very missed.
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Leadership and Honore: A Reverse Fisking of “Stuck on Stupid”
Lieutenant General Russel Honore gave a press conference today that will be long remembered and will become a part of media relations folklore. Your Business Blogger has been on both sides of the microphone at a few press conferences. Permit…
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