Monthly Archives: December 2008

A Star Wars Christmas

Heh. Cracked. Worst. Christmas. Ever.

ACLU Whining About Gov’t Charging Jihadi Involved In USS Cole Bombing

I ended up at ye olde ACLU’s webpage after reading this post at Hot Air regarding an “annoyance law” in Michigan, to see if ye olde ACLU would decry the law. Instead, I found GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba – In one of its final moves at the Guantánamo military commissions, the Bush administration referred charges in […]

Jerry Brown Says “Thwart The Will Of Californians”

So, the Democrat mantra is “count every vote! Direct Democracy!” But, doesn’t mean they actually will implement the will of the voters California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state’s new same-sex marriage ban Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal […]

Santa In Iraq

Spreading the holiday cheer Santa brought some Christmas cheer to the lives of Iraqi children gathered at Baghdad’s International Zone on Friday, handing out presents and posing for photographs. Dozens of Christian and Muslim children came together for the occasion which appeared to be well received by all. Bill Shober who dressed up as Santa […]

Christmas Gift For Iraq Veteran

A special Christmas LA MARQUE (Texas) — David Trejo, 1, and his sister, Trinity, 3, got to open some of their Christmas gifts early. So did their parents, only they didn’t open gifts of a firetruck or a stuffed dog. Rather, they were given keys to a new house. Former U.S. Army Spc. Sergio Trejo […]

Aside: What Does Congress Do During A Recession?

Cassy Fiano: What Does Congress do during a recession?

US Postal Service: Suck It, Santa Helpers!

OK, we had the good Christmas story earlier, now comes this @*&@Φ story For decades of Christmases, it had been a gratifying way to function as a substitute Santa Claus. Every holiday season, thousands of New Yorkers trooped to Manhattan’s main post office and sifted through heaps of dream-encased letters that children had scribbled to […]

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Dead at 76

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and an actress whose longtime association with the “Star Trek” franchise included playing Nurse Christine Chapel in the original series, died early Thursday morning. She was 76. When it comes down to it, she was one of the most intregal people in the whole […]

Christmas Comes Early For Soldier’s Family

I like these types of stories much better then the ones about people, groups, and government whining about Christmas displays, don’t you? Get the hanky out Christmas came early for a North Little Rock family. Captain Tanya Phillips was in Iraq for nine months. Her three sons thought they wouldn’t see her until early next year, […]

Barry Picking AGW Climahysterics For Key Positions

Get ready to welcome crazy regulations and higher energy prices, folks: Advocates for Action on Global Warming Chosen as Obama’s Top Science Advisers President-elect Barack Obama has selected two of the nation’s most prominent scientific advocates for a vigorous response to climate change to serve in his administration’s top ranks, according to sources, sending the […]

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