Month: May 2005

Senate committee sends John Bolton’s nomination to be U.N. ambassador to full Senate, but declines to endorse him.

What rule is that? Don’t mention the competition outright to the press.

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says Apple Computer Inc. shouldn’t get too comfortable atop the portable music playing world.

“I don’t think the success of the iPod can continue in the long term, however good Apple may be,” the chairman of Microsoft, the world’s biggest maker of computer software, was quoted as telling German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview published Thursday.

“I think you can draw parallels here with the computer — here, too, Apple was once extremely strong with its Macintosh and graphic user interface, like with the iPod today, and then lost its position.”

However true that statement may be, Gates is not one to talk about his competitors by name to the press. Usually, he’ll make sweeping statements about the ‘industry’ and certain ‘product categories’ and such, but he doesn’t typically paint an ‘us verses them’ picture like he’s done here.

Seems like someone in Cupertino, California is annoying someone in Redmond, Washington a bit more than usual. 

Via This is London:

Michael Jackson used his pet chimpanzees to clean Neverland ranch, his trial heard yesterday. The creatures would help the star by dusting, cleaning windows and brushing the toilets, the jury heard.

Oh, that’s it…I’ve heard enough now. The guy is guilty. GUILTY I SAY!

Puhleeze…can someone tell me what this has to do with anything relating to the charges against Jackson?

Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, the pivotal vote on a Senate committee, says he will vote to send the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador to the full Senate to decide.

Via Drudge

DEM CONGRESSMEN:
CONSERVATIVE VOICES ON PBS MAY BE ILLEGAL

Two congressional Democrats called Wednesday for an investigation into recent activities by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, suggesting that efforts by the Republican chairman of the private nonprofit to add more conservative programs onto PBS may violate federal law.

In a letter released Wednesday evening, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., and Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., asked CPB Inspector General Kenneth A. Konz to investigate the contracting, hiring and policies of the corporation, which distributes federal funds to public television stations. Both congressmen are ranking Democrats on committees that have oversight of public television.

They called recent actions taken by CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson “disturbing” and “extremely troubling.”

A CPB spokesman could not be reached for comment. But in a recent interview with the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Tomlinson defended his efforts to expand conservative perspectives on PBS, saying he merely wants to increase the network’s audience.

All the Democrats know is obstruction. They will lose in 2006. They’ll lose the presidency in 2008…someone over there has to wake up and understand that Americans don’t elect people who complain, who point fingers, and don’t have solutions. They want problem solvers. They want leaders. They want confidence.

There isn’t one Democrat anyone can point to who exhibits these traits. That’s bad news for the DNC.

I think I know…

  

Condoms Given To Middle-Schoolers At School Health Fair

Some Wisconsin middle-school students got to take home souvenirs from a health fair — condoms.

An AIDS education group was handing out the prophylactics at the health fair organized by North Central Health Care in Wausau. The idea was to educate the middle-schoolers on the dangers of alcohol and drugs.

School district official Roger Rindo said administrators didn’t know about the condom giveaway in advance. Organizers and teachers stopped the handouts once they realized what was happening.

District officials have sent a letter home to parents about the incident, and the AIDS education center has apologized.

The primary problem was admitted by the school district – THEY DIDN’T KNOW about the condom giveaway in advance. Why didn’t they know? Who was responsible for inviting the AIDS education group into the health fair? Why wasn’t the question asked, “what will you be handing out to attendees?”

This isn’t ignorance, it’s stupidity.

Apparently, apologies from Harry Reid aren’t worth squat.
(h/t Blogs for Bush)

The Republican National Committee released a great video yesterday called the “Party of No”. The video is set to the song “Nobody But Me” by Human Beinz (written by three of the Isley Brothers). Any reasonable person who watches this video will come away with the correct analysis that the Democrats have no plan, other than to obstruct anything and everything that has to do with conservatism, the Republicans, and our president. Do whatever you can to promote the truth in this video.

WASHINGTON (AP) White House and Capitol evacuated.

And Drudge has this…

SMALL PLANE ‘OFF COURSE’ CAUSES RAW ALARM IN WASHINGTON… WHITE HOUSE, CAPITOL WERE EVACUATED…VP CHENEY RACES OFF IN LIMO, STAFF RUNS FOR THEIR LIVES; A guard in the West Wing of the White House shouted at reporters, “Go down into the basement.” “Leave, run,” security officers shouted to staff and reporters at the Capitol. “This is not a drill,” guards shouted as they moved people away from the building…. location.

UPDATE: 9:27 AM PDT – All clear given.

MSNBC has details.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A small plane strayed within three miles of the White House on Wednesday, leading to frantic evacuation of the executive mansion and the Capitol with military jets scrambling to intercept the aircraft and firing flares to steer it away.

A pilot and student pilot, en route from Pennsylvania to an air show in North Carolina, were taken into custody after their flight sparked a frenzy of activity that tested the capital’s post-Sept. 11 response system. The government decided not to press charges.

“The two men in the plane have been interviewed, and it has been determined that the intrusion into restricted airspace appears to have been accidental. And no charges are being sought at this time,” said Homeland Security spokesman Brian Roehrkasse.