One of the things that irritates me the most is hearing liberals tell me how good it is to be European. “They have a better quality of life, shorter work weeks, paid vacation, socialized medicine, blah, blah, blah.” Here is the latest perk for the Eurotrash: Sexist or raunchy images on television or in advertising …
Archives for June 2003
This Will Help Sales
Someone needs a divorce and criminal lawyer: Police have arrested a Nashville-based Christian songwriter accused of being a peeping Tom. Andrew Gullahorn, 27, was accused of placing a video camera inside a bag and putting it underneath the door of two separate dressing rooms at Cool Springs Galleria last month. Dumb. Gullahorn is married to …
Powell v. Mugabe
Colin Powell has an excellent op-ed in the NY Times: A brave man recently met with me and described how life in his country has become unbearable. “There is too much fear in the country, fear of the unknown and fear of the known consequences if we act or speak out,” explained Pius Ncube, the …
Tough Crowd
Jeebus- another reason to avoid karaoke (as if there weren’t enough already): A 25-year-old Filipino man has been stabbed dead for singing a Frank Sinatra classic out of tune during a birthday party. Police officer Noel Albis said the victim, Casimiro Lagugad, was asked to sing Sinatra’s popular song My Way during the party in …
More Good News
More good news for the economy, bad news for Democrat political ambitions: Stocks held gains at midmorning on Tuesday after a better-than-expected report on U.S. consumer confidence in June helped soothe investor concerns about the economy’s ability to match expectations built into the market’s three-month rally. The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index …
NY Times On A Roll
Horrible news from Iraq, where six British soldiers were killed in an attack: Six British military personnel in Iraq were killed and eight were wounded today in two separate attacks near the southeastern city of Amara, a spokeswoman for Britain’s Ministry of Defense said. The deaths were the first among British troops by hostile fire …
Ooops
Via Drudge, one of the funniest unfortunate choices of words ever by a Presidential candidate: Dean was asked how he would win support of Democratic Party leaders given his frequent criticism of them and he responded that the leaders would come around once they got to know him. “It is a bit of a club …