Yesterday, after noting the rapid economic growth and increase in jobs, Jay at Classless Warfare had this to say: Even as the economy had been improving over the last year, the fallback for the anti-Bushies was their favorite question: Where are the jobs? It became something heard so often that they started to remind of …
Archives for June 2004
The Boys of Bedford, Va.
This is my contribution to the MilBlogs And Friends Special Edition of the Sixtieth Anniversary of D-Day, organized by BlackFive and Greyhawk of the Mudville Gazette. Maybe it is because I grew up in a small town of 350 people, and I understand a little about the dynamics of the social fabric in small communities, …
Left Wing Hate Speech
Ok, Oliver. I will see you one fringe wing-nut and raise you the CHAIRMAN OF THE NAACP: In remarks to hundreds of cheering liberal activists Wednesday, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond singled out Republicans as enemies of black Americans and compared conservatives to the terrorist Taliban who once ruled Afghanistan. “Their idea of equal rights is …
Question…
Has anyone who has read this study (which is widely linked) bothered to ask whether or not his statistics might be off just a touch. Are the states he is using as the origin of the fatality actually the home state of the soldier/Marine killed, or is it the soldier/Marine’s duty station state. That could …
Please, Folks
A.) George Bush did not hire a lawyer. He consulted with one. B.) If hiring a private lawyer is a sign of guilt, shouldn’t Bill Clinton be on death row?
Brace Yourselves
Kevin Drum’s analysis of OPEC production seems to be spot on, although I have a few quibbles. Which makes me wonder- if he sees this so clearly,why is he so dead-set against increasing domestic production and refining capacity? Increasing CAFE standards and reducing consumption are just part of the equation.
Looky What Matt Found
Yankee Matt Yglesias notes: Down South, naturally enough, one sees more Confederate flag bumpers stickers than are evident in my more habitual environs (New York, Cambridge, Washington, Maine, Europe…I’m quite the liberal elitist) and they were often paired with exhortions to “support the troops” or some other such thing. This brought to mind something that …