Check out the latest bit of extremism from another unviable candidate:
Democrat Wesley Clark said yesterday he would never appoint a pro-life judge to the federal bench because the judge
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Check out the latest bit of extremism from another unviable candidate:
Democrat Wesley Clark said yesterday he would never appoint a pro-life judge to the federal bench because the judge
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Go check out this must read entry from the normally mild-mannered Jay Caruso.
It really is amazing, though. Do Democrats really think Republicans are evil and the enemy? I thought we shared the same general goals, we just have different routes to achieve those goals. Guess not.
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I have to admit- I am as surprised as Michael Demmons that my political doppelganger, Matt Stinson, was a part of the creation of a Bush/Hitler ad. I just don’t know what to think.
And I thought I knew Matt, as we talk almost every day. I wonder what other evil he and his brother Michael are up to.
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I would never have predicted this:
Joe Gibbs will return to coach the Washington Redskins, a team he led to three Super Bowl victories before retiring from football to focus on his Nascar team, according to a statement posted on his race team’s Web site.
Gibbs will be the sixth coach in 12 years for the floundering Redskins, who ended the season this year with a 5-11 record, missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. He replaces Steve Spurrier, who resigned on Dec. 30 after two losing seasons and three years left on his contract.
Predictably, Oliver is besides himself with joy. He has a right to be on this one, methinks. My only fear is that Gibbs will put himself in an early grave- he almost killed himself the last time around.
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Who says politics can’t be entertaining:
Federal spending was the topic and Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich came prepared with a pie chart to argue his point about a bloated Pentagon budget.
But although many listened to Tuesday’s presidential debate, few could see the Ohio congressman’s prop.
The debate was broadcast only on National Public Radio.
As Kucinich challenged Democratic front-runner Howard Dean for refusing to acknowledge that the Pentagon budget needs to be cut, debate moderator Neal Conan of NPR interrupted.
“Congressman Kucinich is holding up a pie chart, which is not truly effective on radio,” Conan told his listeners.
Kucinich was not deterred.
“Well, it’s effective if Howard can see it,” he replied.
(via Hanks)
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Remember the Texas redistricting that the Democrats tried to stop by fleeing the state, leaving an inadequate number of legislators necessary available for a quorum? It is now over:
A three-judge federal panel Tuesday upheld a new congressional map for Texas that the Republicans pushed through the Legislature after months of turmoil and two walkouts by the Democrats.
The decision followed a December trial on the heated redistricting issue.
Democrats currently hold a 17-15 advantage in Texas’ congressional delegation, but the new map could give the GOP as many as seven new seats.
Democrats alleged that the map weakened minority voting strength in districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in South Texas.
In its ruling, the judges said Democrats “failed to prove” the plan violates the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voters.
This now belongs in the dustbin of history.
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I wonder if Oliver and Kevin will take the time to issue an apology to Halliburton, KB&R, Dick Cheney, and all of the good people who work for those vital corporations:
Halliburton Co. has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery contract that Pentagon auditors allege overcharged the U.S. government by more than $100 million, according to a published report Tuesday.
The head of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, said Halliburton’s Kellogg Brown & Root unit will not need to provide “any cost and pricing data” relating to a contract to deliver millions of gallons of gasoline from Kuwait to Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a previously undisclosed Dec. 19 ruling.
The paper said Flowers’ ruling came after lower-level Army Corps officials concluded that KBR had provided enough information to show it had bought the fuel and its delivery to Iraq at a “fair and reasonable price.”
In other words, you Democrats owe them an apology for calling them war profiteers.
One other quick thing- I noticed a striking difference in the description of Halliburton and KB&R in these latest stories that clear them of any wrongdoing. Let’s look at the current stories:
Halliburton Co. has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery contract that Pentagon auditors allege overcharged the U.S. government by more than $100 million, according to a published report Tuesday.
The Army apparently has sided with Halliburton in a dispute over the company’s charges for fuel delivered to Iraq.
The U.S. Army said on Tuesday it had granted Halliburton (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) a special waiver to bring fuel into Iraq under a no-bid deal with a Kuwaiti supplier despite a draft Pentagon audit that found evidence of overcharging for fuel.
BBC–
A senior US army officer has cleared the American engineering company Halliburton of any wrongdoing in relation to a contract to deliver fuel from Kuwait to Iraq, according to a newspaper report.
Very interesting- what seems to be missing? Let’s look at the accusations as they were being leveled by these same news agencies. From a few weekws ago, when facts didn’t matter:
CNN–
President Bush Friday said if any company involved in Iraqi reconstruction has overcharged the government, it will have to repay the extra funds. “If there’s an overcharge, like we think there is, we expect that money to be repaid,” the president said when asked by a reporter about a Pentagon audit that may have uncovered a potential overcharge by Halliburton, the oil services company once run by Vice President Dick Cheney.
A Pentagon audit has found Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company may have overcharged the Army by $1.09 per gallon for nearly 57 million gallons of gasoline delivered to citizens in Iraq, senior defense officials say.
A Pentagon audit of Halliburton, the oil services firm once run by Vice President Dick Cheney, has found evidence the company may have overcharged for fuel it brought into Iraq from Kuwait, military sources said on Thursday.
BBC–
US President George W Bush says he expects an oil company once run by his vice-president to return money if it has overcharged for services in Iraq. Dick Cheney used to head Halliburton, which is under contract to deliver fuel to the US military in Iraq.
Hey Mr. Alterman- THAT liberal media. When there is an unsubstantiated and ill-informed charge of wrongdoing, every lead sentence has Cheney mentioned. When Halliburton is cleared of wrongdoing, it magically becomes Halliburton, rather than ‘the company once run by Vice President Dick Cheney.’
You don’t even have to try hard to find this stuff.
*** Update ***
CNN Money is changing their stories, causing my left wing friends to call me a hack (incorrectly) in the comments section. No worries. I have a paratrooper on my side. Thanks, BlackFive.
Also, go read this Charles Austin post.
*** Update #2 ***
Dead Parrot says I am all washed up. He misrepresents two points- one general, one specific.
In general, I do not dislike the media- nor do most bloggers. In fact, without the media, what would I blog about?
In specific, I did not go looking for certain information- I compared the accusations from last month with the coverage in what he calls the ‘breaking’ stories. While I understand his larger point about the evolving process of re-writes in news stories, with each re-write holding (hopefully) more accurate, more detailed information. However, I still stand by my original assertion that the media, when offering negative information or possible allegations about Halliburton, the inclination is to immediately attach Cheney’s name to the story. No such inclination has been demonstrated when the reverse is true.