So says Katrina van den Heuvel: Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat’s reply to Bush’s State of the Union? There’s been fury in the blogosphere about everything from Kaine’s looks, style, obscurity, his open talk about his faith and his inexperience …
Archives for January 2006
This Seems Odd
I don’t understand this: Fewer than 70 service members have sought reimbursement for the cost of combat equipment they bought for use in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a program that the Pentagon originally opposed. Pentagon officials had said the reimbursement program would be a strain on its budget and could undermine the accountability …
Priorities
Glad Hamas has got their priorities set when taking over as the ruling party responsible for the delivery of services to their people: Shortly after making his comments about the Hamas, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said from Gaza that Israel must change its flag. “Israel must remove the two blue stripes from its national flag”, …
Richard Paey on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes covered the outrageous case of Richard Paey (discussed previously here and here), a chronic pain sufferer imprisoned for 25 to life. At one point, when the Florida State Prosecutor Scott Andringa said they threw the book at him because he wouldn’t accept a plea, I almost had a stroke I got so angry. …
Frist Felt the Schiavo Burn
Looks like Sen. Frist felt the pain after the Senate meddled in a personal tragedy: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who took a leading role in the Terry Schiavo case, said Sunday it taught him that Americans do not want the government involved in such end-of-life decisions. Frist, considered a presidential hopeful for 2008, defended …
Congrats
Tom Watson is celebrating the second anniversary of his blog.
Open Thread
To be brutally honest, I am in no mood to blog today. Consider this an open thread.