UPI has the breaking news story of the day – France is implicated in oil-for-food program. Breaking news of course, if this story was published a year ago. But no, it came out today.
Someone should make a call to the UPI offices and confirm that people are still breathing over there.
Al Sharpton is on the move toward 2008.
On his first trip back to New Hampshire since losing in the 2004 primary, former presidential candidate Al Sharpton packed his schedule Thursday with school speeches, college visits, political meetings and a fundraiser for local Democrats.
I guess this proves that it is never too early to begin the race baiting, huh Al?
While reading an article from MSNBC’s National Affairs writer Tom Curry about the Democrats plan to continue their fight to block the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito, I ran across this little tidbit from Democratic Strategist Roger Hickey:
“I hope Democrats will mount a filibuster. On the one hand it will be a motivating factor for people to vote in November, but on the other hand, if Democrats wimp out and don’t follow up with a filibuster, there will many disappointed voters.”
Hickey said the Alito hearings showed voters that the result of the 2004 election was “it allowed Bush to appoint extremists to the bench.”
Asked whether Alito did in fact appear at the hearings as extremist, Hickey said, “He came across as a nice guy who has some very extreme views.”
But does Hickey quote Alito in an effort to prove he is an extremist? Nope, of course not. He’d have to use words if he did that, and words mean things. For Democrats, words don’t mean things, they are only a tool used to create certain feelings.
Another strategist working for a leftist group trying to defeat Alito spoke on condition of anonymity and said Thursday that opponents may have erred in scattering their fire against the nominee on several different charges, instead of focusing all their fire on Roe v. Wade and privacy rights. Even if they would have completely focused on abortion, there’s no there, there.
The biggest problem the Democrats have today is the perception that their fearless leader, Ted Kennedy made Samuel Alito’s wife cry. With that move, they lost points with women, a constituency they absolutely need if they have any hopes in winning seats come November.
Here’s just another example of how the Left in this country believes everything is Bush’s fault.
Congratulations Democrats! You’ve accomplished at least one thing in the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito. Led by that master of sensitivity, Sen. Ted Kennedy, you made Alito’s wife cry.
Thugs.
UPDATE: More thugs.
It’s likely that the US will refer Iran to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions relating to its nuclear programs.
Deja vu.
The United States, which has sought for more than a year to have Iran’s case handled by the world body’s top forum, said the threat of sanctions involved in such a referral could force Tehran to negotiate seriously over limiting its programs.
It’s Iran all over again. Hopefully this time there will be fewer Security Council resolutions and more action, but I doubt that.
iPod compatible Levi Jeans.
I don’t know why I’ve been listening to the Alito hearings because it’s driving me crazy. The Democrats just won’t stop on the issue of Samuel Alito’s membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. Apparently, Drudge was right, in that the Dems are attempting to attach controversial statements by members of CAP to Alito. So far though, it seems fruitless.
Meanwhile, the drama continues, as a report was just released stating that Alito’s wife Martha was so fed up with the questioning that she left the room in tears. The sessions have been gruelling.
One senior Republican in the hearing room said of the situation: “After three full days of attacks against her husband’s character, Mrs. Alito had enough. Democrat behavior during this hearing has not only been wrong, it’s been embarrassing. Ted Kennedy is nothing but a bully.”
A hiccuping bully, at that. S’pose he’s drunk?
The whole thing is a charade, and it’s unfortunate that this is what it takes to be confirmed as a Supreme Court judge today. Ruth Bader Ginsburg never faced this pressure.
So says Michael J. Totten.
It’s time for me to go to Iraq.
I am not going to embed with the military. While it sounds exciting (as well as terrifying), I’m only going to be there a few weeks. War correspondence isn’t something a person does for two weeks.
Instead I’m going to the part of Iraq most journalists ignore: the North. Erbil, Sulemaniya, Dohok, and Halabja – the city near the Iranian border where Saddam Hussein massacred thousands of people with chemical weapons.
Michael does a great job reporting from far away lands. A visit to his blog will give you a taste of some of the reports he’s filed over time. His mix of words and images bring places to life.
Seattle has had 23 consecutive days of rain, and I should know. The windshield wipers on my truck have been in the ‘on’ position for, yes, 23 days. But, we haven’t broken the record yet.
With more rain forecast over the next several days, Seattle could break a record set in 1953. The city saw 33 days in a row of measurable precipitation then _ the most since the National Weather Service office started tracking rainfall here in 1931.
“Usually we have a few days of rain and one or two days of cloudy and dreary days and then it rains again, and that’s the way it goes,” weather service meteorologist Johnny Burg said Monday. “We’re not getting our dry days in between – just having one system follow another.”
