Category Archives: New World Happenings

More on Gannon/Guckert

While most Right wing bloggers have ignored the Gannon story, Poliblog takes a shot at it, and says the same thing I did yesterday: it is a non story: The Gannon thing (some background here if you have no idea what I’m talking about) strikes me as largely a non-story insofar as I already was […]

What’s Your Point, Grey Lady?

From the New York Times (reg req’d), comes a long, bloviating article on Bernard Kerik’s involvement with several security and armament corporations, making him tons of money. What is the point of the article? Just five years ago, Bernard B. Kerik was facing lawsuits from a condominium association and bank over delinquent payments owed on […]

The Intel Reform Bill is Good

Jeremy of American Warmonger has said that the doors will close if someone doesn’t blog something good on S. 2845, which John Kerry did vote for. See this post. We don’t want the doors closing, so, here goes. This is a good thing. Folks seemed to be expecting some vast, all inclusive, Bill, but, since […]

Day of Infamy

Perhaps it is serendipitous that I am reading Harry Turtledoves Days Of Infamy at this time. Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace […]

Rambo for Homeland Security

Seriously. The BBC’s link to a profile on Bernard Kerik is entitled "Bush’s New Rambo." That title aside, it is a rather good, and impartial, profile on Mr. Kerik. What it comes down to is that Kerik is a great choice for the position. As a former top cop, and one who has won the […]

Christmas Removed

Macy’s boycotted: Immortalized in a 1947 Christmas movie classic, Macy’s is now the focus of a boycott campaign protesting the department-store chain’s replacement of "Merry Christmas" with politically correct greetings. A group called the Committee to Save Merry Christmas says Macy’s and its umbrella Federated Department Stores have ignored several requests that "Merry Christmas" signs […]

I Cannot Wait For My Next Flight

I’m glad the Transportation Security Administration is doing their best to make flying and pre-screening fun again. My flight on December 24th seems a long time away.

No God Allowed

On the heals of my previous post about religion in Government, we have this: ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland public school students are free to thank anyone they want while learning about the 17th century celebration of Thanksgiving — as long as it’s not God.       And that is how it should be, administrators […]

The Law is da Law

I apologize if others have seen this email that is going around, but I think it is worth a post. If you like it, email it out. And, by all means, feel free to copy it, and link me :) So.. if the US government determines that it is against the law for the words […]

Generosity Index

The Bitch Girls (I love that name!) have a little thing on what states give most.  North Carolina is #16. The first Blue State is New York, at #26. Massachusetts? #49.

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