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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Fred Thompson’s New Iowa Ad
I’ve received a few emails alerting me to the fact that the blogburst for Fred Thompson was a success (congratulations to Rick Moran for spearheading that), and as a result, the following commercial “Substance” will be airing in Iowa: If … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign ad, contribute, Election 2008, Fred Thompson, Iowa caucuses, Substance
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Somebody’s Gearing Up For A HUGE Party
Someone in Georgia is apparently planning on hosting a kegger for a small division [HT: my wife]. Thieves took tractor-trailers loaded with beer and swiped the suds twice within the past week, authorities said. Dougherty County authorities are investigating a … Continue reading
McQ On The Depletion Of The Officer Corp
Over at QandO, McQ offers his take on a thoughtful article by Andrew Tilghman entitled “The Army’s Other Crisis: Why the Best and Brightest Young Officers are Leaving.” Here are the nut graphs from McQ: So we should certainly be … Continue reading
Top Al Qaeda Operative Nabbed In Iraq, and Other Good News
Bill Roggio has the scoop at Long War Journal: The Iraqi Army claimed to have captured the minister of defense of the Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda’s political front organization. Ahmed Turki Abbas was captured after being wounded in … Continue reading
Comments Are In Limbo
Just so people know, the recent update of WordPress on our site has a number of places generating errors. Comments are one area, so if you can’t comment, it’s not just you. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
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Fred Thompson Picks Up Another Endorsement
Freddy-come-lately is gaining some steam in Iowa, picking up an endorsement from the Ottumwa Courier this week: Thompson is unapologetic on his views and is a straight-shooter. “These are clearly challenging times. I don’t think we’ve fully come to terms … Continue reading
You Say You Want a Revolution
These are the events that can kick off revolutions, civil wars, and even God forbid world wars… Let’s hope and pray this will be a more bloodless revolution. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318510,00.html Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a homicide … Continue reading
“XMas” Origins
Jon Henke posts an interesting history lesson concerning the origins of the well-known abbreviation for Christmas: Growing up, I sometimes heard – in church and from various religious scolds – that XMas was a secular attempt to “take Christ out … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, MichaelW's Page, Religion and theology, Society
Tagged Bible, Book of Kells, Chi Rho, Christmas, Xmas
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the the ASHC crew. We’ll be taking a bit of a break from the blogging, but be sure to check back after the New Year. Until then, best wishes to you and yours.
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Fred’s Interview With The Waverly Democrat
Although the Silly Hat story seems to have died on the vine (thanks to bloggers jumping on it quickly, I might add), the reporting of Roger Simon (sans-L) is still under scrutiny. Bob Owens examined some of the discrepancies between … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Election 2008, Fred Thompson, interview, Iowa, Roger Simon, Waverly, Waverly Democrat
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Senate Committee Issues Climate-Consensus Busting Report
According to the press release (my emphasis): Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called “consensus” on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom are current and … Continue reading
The Trouble With Being Roger Simon
In all the kerfuffle yesterday over just what transpired in Silly-Hat-Gate, I somehow neglected to mention that the author of the Politico post, Roger Simon, is not the same as the PJM Editor, Roger L. Simon, who has this to … Continue reading
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We’re All Teen Girls Now
“Teen pregnancy can happen to everybody.” Bill Albert, Deputy Director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, commenting on the recent revelation that 16 y.o. Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant. I’m guessing that I don’t need to … Continue reading
Posted in Media, MichaelW's Page, Society
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Fred Thompson’s “Silly Hat Rule” (UPDATED)
Via Allahpundit at Hot Air, it seems that Politico is a little down on Fred’s campaign visit to Waverly, Iowa: Thompson rode four blocks to the local fire station. Local fire stations always have captive audiences (unless there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
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Romney Calls For New Government Program
One big problem with that. It already exists: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney suggested there was no way a landscaping company that worked for him could have known its employees were illegal aliens even though the federal government has an … Continue reading
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Libertarian Timeline
As told by Mother Jones … so yeah, it’s a little, umm, “slanted.” My favorite distortion: 1977: The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is founded in San Francisco with funding from oil baron Charles G. Koch. The name comes … Continue reading
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Thompson: A Real Bartlet Man
Speaking of Thompson, his sense of humor (which seemed absent after wonderfully wicked pre-campaign bits such as this) is really starting to come out. I love his response to the AP’s question about the candidates favorite President from the other … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
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Pining Away For Jihad Johnny
The aptly named Unqualified Offerings has had its share of troubles lately, and I’m not usually one to pile on, but this is simply beyond the pale (emphasis added): Have We Given Justice to Lindh? By Mona American citizen John … Continue reading
The Thompson Surge!-Updated
According to Matt Lewis: Anyone watching Iowa had better not write Fred Thompson off just yet … Why? Matt points me to this column: But after a sluggish start, Thompson has sensed an opening in Iowa, and he’s moving decisively … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
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Give Up on Giving Up, Senator Reid
When members of your own party are positive about changes they are seeing first hand in Iraq, maybe it’s time to give up on giving up. “I feel we’ve made progress, and the other part is I feel we can … Continue reading
Hugo Chavez: Gravedigger
Apparently Hugo Chavez takes the resurrection of historical idols quite seriously. And much too literally [HT: Dave In Texas]: President Hugo Chavez said Monday that Venezuela should open the coffin of independence hero Simon Bolivar to examine the bones, saying … Continue reading
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The Bolivian Secession (Update)
It seems that Hugo Chavez is not the only one having trouble instituting his Bolivarian dream state. Evo Morales is facing troubles in Bolivia as well: Since the election of avowed socialist Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia, some … Continue reading
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Leadership
I was sent this via my brother from my uncle Pat, a Green Beret (COL Rtd., Army S.F.) It is from the Superintendent of West Point, sent to all cadets following the Army Navy game this year: I will always … Continue reading
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Firefox Tip
This seems to have really improved the speed at which I browse: Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection, you can speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Technology
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Bad Santa
Thaddeus Tremayne sees potential legal troubles for St. Nick in the UK: A frosty reception awaits Santa Claus in Britain this year. It seems that the much-loved benefactor of children everywhere is, in fact, suspected of being guilty of a … Continue reading
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Taxation Myths
To hear many a commenter talk or write one would believe that over the last thirty years, and especially the last seven, the tax burden has become increasingly tilted in favor of the wealthy. Greg Mankiw begs to differ, and … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
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Media Arrogance On Display
In case you haven’t already seen it, go ahead and read this journalism professor’s condescending look at blogging. Prepare to wretch. Supporters of “citizen journalism” argue it provides independent, accurate, reliable information that the traditional media don’t provide. While it … Continue reading
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Blast From The Fashion Past
The linked post is a couple of months old, but the thoughts are yours to treasure for a lifetime. Remembering the ’70′s: Last weekend I put an exhaust fan in the ceiling for my wife’s grandfather. After a bunch of … Continue reading
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Our Arrogant Overlords
As a few of you may be aware, we fans of the LSU Tigers have been blessed with our second chance this decade to watch our beloved football team compete for the BCS Championship. This has led to an enormous … Continue reading
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The Campaign Really Begins: Real heavyweights have entered the building
Thank’s Billy! [youtube 7M-cmNdiFuI] [tags] politics, election 2008, presidential election, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, political ads [/tags]
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None of your business
McQ discusses Krauthammer’s disgust over the Republican Party and its candidates stooping before those demanding a declaration of religious faith to become President. From Krauthammer: I’d thought that the limits of professed public piety had already been achieved during the … Continue reading
A Geography Test
I have pulled myself out of my work and other issues and feel I need to post something. So I found this fun. Only tried it once so far, but let me know how you do.
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Nothing to See Here, Move Along
This is interesting: The “Key Judgments” released by the intelligence community last week begin with a dramatic assertion: “We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.” This sentence was widely interpreted as a … Continue reading
Sarajevo War Criminal Sentenced
While this is welcome news, it can hardly be called justice. A just society would have stopped this guy in his tracks, long before 10,000 people were killed during the seige of Sarajevo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071212/wl_nm/warcrimes_bosnia_dc_4;_ylt=Atb4Bpre3V1KJ4H.g7llWfkE1vAI The U.N. war crimes tribunal sentenced … Continue reading
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Halliburton/KBR and U.S. Government Accused of Covering Up a Gang-Rape (UPDATED)
This is one of the most bizarre and disgusting stories I’ve heard in quite a while: A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Law, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
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News Brief, It’s Happening Edition
So I mentioned before I might not continue doing these into the New Year. I am approaching one solid, eventful year of trying to summarize the important, and possibly ignored, stories of the day. I’m not quite burned out, but … Continue reading
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Chavez vs. The Venezuelan Electorate
In the wake of the Venezuelan electorate issuing Hugo Chavez a defeat (his first) at the ballot box last week, there was much speculation from blogospheric skeptics about the actual tally of the votes, and about whether or not Chavez … Continue reading
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Christmas Cards For “Any” Wounded Soldier – UPDATE
This is a follow-up post including new information for those who wish to send mail, gifts, care packages, etc. to wounded and covering soldiers. About a month ago Keith drew our attention to a popular, yet erroneous, email floating around … Continue reading
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Christmas Gifts For Congress
Radley Balko has just the thing for your regulation-loving Congressman or woman. Also, Katherine Mangu-Ward finds a great vintage gift that working stiff who’s just tired of it all: Are you stuck in the “working man’s rut”? Would you rather … Continue reading
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A new Submission!
To Glenn Greenwald’s Carnival of Fisking. Courtesy of Dan Collins you can amuse yourself here. Hat tip: Frequent commenter, ChrisB.
Death Has Never Been So Sexy
I learned in Shakespeare 101 that many mentions of “death” were really a wink and a nod to the peanut gallery alluding to an orgasm (from the French le petit mort). Consequently, the actor on stage could be professing his … Continue reading
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News Brief, You Don’t Have to Be Afraid Edition
Cross-posted at The Conjecturer. Did you know the calm in Iraq is actually very fragile, which is what happens when you buy off competing factions in a civil war? I can’t imagine why—after all, the bands of roving, independent Sunni … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Military Matters
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Germany Warned About Minimum Wage Laws
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, called them a “brake on employment”: The warning came after several competitors to Deutsche Post, the former state monopoly, announced redundancies and the cancellation of investments in response to Berlin’s decision … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page, regulation
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It’s Time To Chase The Donuts!
Drunk driving isn’t funny. That is unless your name is Warren G. Whitelightning, you’re drunk, you’ve stolen eight giant red hot pickled sausages from a convenience store, and then you decide to take a Krispy Kreme truck for a joy … Continue reading
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“I don’t like other people telling me what to do.”
Amen. One of the reasons I abhor communitarianism (and tend to see my political philosophy as the opposite of that) is because it vests communitarian thinkers with the self appointed power to tell me (and others) what to do. Provided, … Continue reading
Happy Repeal Day!
For information on Repeal Day you can visit www.repealday.org: The turn of the twentieth century was a dark time in America. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Lance's Page, Law, Libertarianism, Society
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Terror in Our Backyard – UPDATED
These are the headlines on the drudgereport right now. ABC NEWS: HOSTAGE TAKER A WELL-KNOWN LOCAL RESIDENT WITH HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS… Developing… ‘TROY STANLEY’: WITNESS NAMES ALLEGED PERP… SEN. CLINTON CANCELS DNC TALK… SHUTS ALL IOWA CAMPAIGN OFFICES… OBAMA, … Continue reading
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News Brief, In Prose Edition
It’s a different format I’m playing with, but still done first over at The Conjecturer. David Axe keeps bringing the crazy in Mogadishu. He tells a neato story: While regular Somalia is a dirty basket case, Somaliland—the quasi-independent territory further … Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez: Genius!
From E. Frank Stephenson: From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez thinks it’s curtains for America as a world power. “By the crash of the dollar,” he says, “America’s empire will crash.”Tyler Cowen’s suggestion that currencies are not … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Humor, Lance's Page
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