Year: 2004

Not that it’s a surprise, but Useful Idiot/SpanishPrime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is making good on his campaign pledge to withdraw Spain’s combat forces…

I received this pointer to a “letter to the editor” via a Southern Heritage mailing list. Interesting reading for those who value accuracy in their…

If you’re one of the 4 regular readers of the blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t been to active lately. First, I’ve been thinking about…

There are a lot of people who want to say that money spent on the US space program is wasted, that it could better be…

Today, I came across this jewel on the continuing investigation of last August’s blackout in the Northeast US and Southeast Canada. This is worth noting…

I’m not too sure I like this idea of our troops taking a break during an operation, especially when it will allow the bad guys…

Jerry Pournelle has some interesting thoughts on the position of National Security Advisor and its relationship to the war on terrorists. Pournelle, being Pournelle (hey,…

The Smallest Minority brings us these thoughts on the courts an whether or not we can rely on them as the guardians of liberty. I…

In the continuing coverage of Operation Vigilant Resolve, Fox News notes: The California-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force assumed responsibility for Fallujah, 30 miles west of…

Since I have been p & m’ing for several days on the subject of Retribution in Iraq, I think I need to note Operation Vigilant…

We’re still waiting. But our enemies aren’t. I understand that a military op isn’t usually planned in a day. But they can be if the…

Driving Down Unknown Roads: The Feminization Of America by Fred Reed Women, Teasing, Tests, One-itis, and Hope by John Ross Understanding Women & “The Rules”…

(Via Wolfesblog) If you use much electricity and put out your trash, you may just find the cops calling on you, bearing search warrants. No…

Since my last post, I’ve totally held my silence on the subject of Iraq and retribution–waiting. Waiting for our military, our country, to whack the…

But the UN must think that we all are citizens of the UN. The World Court (*snort*) has declared, while issuing a ruling about how…

We’ll start the morning’s harvest with this from Fox about the killing and mutilation of some of our soldiers in Iraq. IIRC, the last time…

(Via WorldNet Daily) At North Carolina’s flagship public university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we have yet another noteworthy incident of the…

While we’re on the “This isn’t the country I grew up in” theme, we have this lovely decision by the 5th US Circuit Court of…

I despair at the state of this country. Truly I do. We have here the classic Good Samaritan, arrested for adopting a stray chicken. I…

Sometimes I get behind in my reading. This absolutely stunning opinion piece, written by humorist Larry Miller nearly 2 years ago, was called to my…

(Via WorldNet Daily) The San Jose Mercury News brings us this story on Contra Costa County’s desire to ban .50 caliber weapons. They’re afraid some…

I was following links from blog to blog, sort of bored and just exploring. But I found An Unsealed Room, and it might just be…

(Via WorldNet Daily) A few days ago I mentioned this bit of genius. So now the redoubtable Professor Dunn has been put on paid leave…

If you value your Constitutional rights, you should watch this. Brought to you by the fine folks at Keep and Bear Arms.

The true hero of the ambush of the 507th Army Maintenance Company receives his due (second item on the page). Sgt. Donald Walters died a…

It’s been sort of lost in the noise generated by the War on Terror, but does anyone remember the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing? You remember–the…

According to Reuters, 75% of Americans have access to the Internet. I suspect the other 25% don’t want access. If true, maybe they’re the smart…

(Via WorldNet Daily) I love this one. Apparently this “professor”–one must wonder exactly what she professes–decided that to make her point about “hate speech” (spit)…

My comment about the recent Spanish election was “I wonder if they realize they’ve just painted a big ol’ bullseye on their chests?” It would…

(Via The Federalist) How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose…