Credit where credit is due- this statement from the FRC is a touch more appropriate than Dobson’s declaration yesterday: Family Research Council thanks Justice O’Connor, the first woman on the United States Supreme Court, for her nearly twenty-four years of public service. “The Family Research Council often found itself on the opposite side of her …
Archives for July 2005
Gotta Love Indymedia
What a bunch of assholes: This July 4th is Flag Burning Day! Every summer good Americans don their best red white and blue, and gorge themselves on beer and hotdogs to celebrate our independence from England, but from its very beginnings this country has been built on illegitimacies. The Indians helped the first few pilgrims …
Oddly Enough, It Does
Teresa Nielsen-Hayden: Anybody else notice (this is Patrick
The Plame Game
It seems this story is sending chills through the left wing of the blogosphere: Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to …
O’Connor Hysteria
Captina Ed has a rundown of some of the more hysterical proclamations from Democratic Senators, including this from Chuck Schumer: Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat and a member of the committee, told reporters it would be “a shame” if Mr. Bush makes his nomination “without real face-to-face, back-and-forth consultation.” Democrats argue that this …
Hunh?
What was the point of including this in a story about the oldest living woman in the world: AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch woman who swears by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life celebrated her 115th birthday on Wednesday as the oldest living person on record. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework …
Not Getting It
Either the folks at Kos aren’t getting it, or they are just trying to keep hope alive: In 1993, when Justice Byron White retired from the bench, President Clinton was thinking of nominating Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, who was not necessarily the most popular choice, to fill the seat. Did Clinton try to …