Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Compelling
LILEKS (James) Screedblog: "As for the trust issue, well, wanting port control to remain in American hands is not a matter of Arabiaphobia, any more than selling Boeing to China means you harbor deep hatred of Asians. Some things ought to be left in local hands. It seems absurd to have to make that argument in the first place."
Why do Democrats support this?
FOXNews.com - Politics News - Pa. Gov. Rendell Plans to Veto Voter ID Bill: "Gov. Ed Rendell says he will veto a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls because he believes it would disenfranchise some of the state's most vulnerable residents. "
You've got to show ID to buy beer but not to vote? This is idiocy!
You've got to show ID to buy beer but not to vote? This is idiocy!
Calling in sick.
WZZM13.com - Governor's visit with Delphi Workers Cancelled: "The governor's office says Granholm isn't feeling well"
How can anyone have a problem with this?
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Battle brews over bill that would make English the official language of Michigan: "'The city of Grand Rapids got up on its bully pulpit and said stop this nonsense,' says Grand Rapids City Commissioner Rick Tormala.
The so called 'nonsense' to which Tormala referred to is a bill currently in committee in the state house that would make English the official language of the State of Michigan."
Isn't knowing the language of their new country one of the greatest gifts a new immigrant can earn?
Arab ports issue
FT.com / Comment & analysis / Editorial comment - Paranoia about Dubai ports deal is needless: "First, the deal has been vetted by an inter-agency committee. And ports, in any case, are in one of the most highly regulated sectors in the US. What matters is how they are managed, not who owns them."
The best article about the "PORTS" I've read yet.
The best article about the "PORTS" I've read yet.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Vewy scawy....
MiamiHerald.com | 02/21/2006 | Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations deal: "Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations dealFormer President Jimmy Carter downplayed criticism of White House "
Doh!
My Way - Sports News: "Illini Back on Track, Try to Extend Dominance Over Michigan
Now that Illinois has recovered from a brief slump, it can focus on extending a streak which spans six years and three head coaches.
The eighth-ranked Fighting Illini (22-4, 8-4 Big Ten) try to defeat Michigan for the 12th consecutive time when the conference rivals meet at Ann Arbor. "
Not so fast my friend...
Now that Illinois has recovered from a brief slump, it can focus on extending a streak which spans six years and three head coaches.
The eighth-ranked Fighting Illini (22-4, 8-4 Big Ten) try to defeat Michigan for the 12th consecutive time when the conference rivals meet at Ann Arbor. "
Not so fast my friend...
This whole deal is about an "interest" prohibition?
Michelle Malkin: "I work as a corporate lawyer at a large law firm that has a speciality in Islamic finance. The real reason Dubai Ports World is undergoing the transaction is because of an Islamic finance vehicle called the sukuk. The sukuk is essentially a commerical paper type of Islamic financle vehicle--it is essentially a 'fake' bond to work around the Muslim prohibition on interest"
Walking on the beach is OK!
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Supreme Court decides not to take up Michigan beach walking case: "AP-Traverse City, February 21, 2006, 11:07 a.m.) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider whether people have a right to stroll along private property aligning Great Lakes beaches in Michigan.
Justices left undisturbed a state Supreme Court ruling last year that found beach walking is a right"
Zillow.com - Your Edge in Real Estate
Zillow.com - Your Edge in Real Estate
This is a nifty site. I got it from kim Komando's tips@komando.com "Cool site of the Day". Find out the value of any house in the USA!
This is a nifty site. I got it from kim Komando's tips@komando.com "Cool site of the Day". Find out the value of any house in the USA!
More Summer Celebration and AirFair info!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Austin Tanya Gonzalez (231) 722-6520
www.summercelebration.com info@summercelebration.com
www.muskegonairfair.com info@muskegonairfair.com
Several new acts to appear at both events
MUSKEGON, MI, February 21, 2006 - The Muskegon Summer Celebration, The BIG Party, and the Muskegon Air Fair, Michigan’s largest air show, announce the first round of acts appearing at each event this summer. At the Muskegon Summer Celebration the following Miller Lite Headline Artists will appear on the Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge Main Stage during the 2006 festival, June 29 - July 9: Smash Mouth, Sugarland, and The Steve Miller Band. In addition there will be a new Community Concert Saturday afternoon, July 8, featuring Raven Symone. Chair Bryon Mazade is pleased with the initial list. “While it’s just a start, landing two classic rock icons like Alice Cooper and The Steve Miller Band is a real coup. Add Sugarland and Smashmouth, and I think we’re on the way to a very solid line up this year.”
Appearing at the Muskegon Air Fair, July 21 – 23, will be the US Army’s Golden Knights, Derric Lee’s Red Tail Aerobatics, Squadron 17 Jet Airshows, and the Sky Soldiers-A Tribute to Patriots. Event organizers are pleased with the first few acts. “We definitely have some new acts and that’s what our patrons have been asking for,” Chair Chris Kelly commented. “We think the Sky Soldiers will be one of the most unique and well received acts ever to perform at the Air Fair.”
On the Tuesday, July 4 alternative pop/rock band, Smash Mouth, hits the stage. Formed in 1994 in San Jose, California by vocalist Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth decided to record their first album, Fush Yu Mang, after playing a summer festival with No Doubt and Beck.
Sugarland appears on Wednesday, July 5. This trio of singer/songwriters from Atlanta is starting to make a lot of noise on the country music scene.
One of the most requested acts for Summer Celebration will rock Muskegon on Saturday, July 8, when The Steve Miller Band comes to town. With a recording career spanning four decades, the 1970’s proved to be the springboard for The Steve Miller Band’s success and continued popularity. The Joker and Fly Like an Eagle were the two huge albums that put the band over the top.
For the first time at the Summer Celebration, there will be a special Community Concert on Saturday, July 8, featuring Raven Symone.
Appearing at the Air Fair for the first time will be Derric Lee with his Russian built E-3 plane, a plane that is capable of pulling more G-force than an F-16 fighter jet.
Returning to the Air Fair this year are crowd favorites, the US Army Golden Knights.
Another newcomer to the Air Fair will be Navy fighter pilot, David Burdine, with his MiG 17. Get ready, Muskegon, the MiG 17 is fast, loud, and exciting!
Sky Soldiers-A Tribute to Patriots, will be one of the feature shows at this year’s Air Fair. This show will be very unique to the Air Fair as it will incorporate soldiers, special pyrotechnic effects, and Huey and Cobra helicopters along with other aircraft to reenact a battle from the Vietnam War.
In addition the Sky Soldiers-A Tribute to Patriots will be offering a Huey Helicopter ride program available to the public. Prices will be announced in later releases.
Sappi 11-Day Pass. The passes will first be available at the Sappi 11-Day Pass Party on Friday, May 19, at a new location, Great Lakes Downs. The price will remain at $80 for adults and $40 for youth, ages 6-12, but only for that day. Beginning Saturday, May 20, the adult price increases to $90 for adults and $45 for youth. As always there will be a limit of SIX adult passes per person and only cash and credit cards will be accepted.
Individual tickets will be available for the shows announced today, except Raven Symone, beginning Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM at all Star Tickets PLUS outlets. Star Tickets PLUS locations include most Michigan Meijer Stores and the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are also available on-line at www.starticketsplus.net or by calling (616) 222-4000 (in Grand Rapids) or toll free at 1-800-585-3737. Ticket information for the Community Concert featuring Raven Symone on Saturday afternoon, July 8, will be announced in the coming weeks. Prices for the individual tickets follow.
The Air Fair is also announcing today that food vending will be handled by local and regional concessionaires rather than a national concession company. In addition all concessionaires will be required to sell 20 oz. bottled water for $1.
Fireworks Alert!
BREITBART.COM - Justices to Weigh Late-Term Abortion Ban: "The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider the constitutionality of banning a type of late-term abortion, teeing up a contentious issue for a newly-constituted court already in a state of flux over privacy rights. " I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect the MSM reaction will be to obscure the legal issue and demonize BusHitler.
Fuel costs ignite rise in ferry's ticket prices
Fuel costs ignite rise in ferry's ticket prices: A spike in diesel fuel prices has led to a nearly 12 percent hike in 2006 adult round-trip fares for the Lake Express high-speed ferry service between Muskegon and Milwaukee. "
Not the best news but still really worth the trip.
New acts for AirFair 2006
There will be new acts in the air: "Another newcomer to the Air Fair will be U.S. Navy fighter pilot David Burdine, with his MiG-17. He knows how to handle the Vietnam-era Soviet Union fighter because he was trained to fight against them. "
Sounds like a good show.
No zoo? Fans roar back in disbelief
WZZM13.com - Area Cracker Barrel Closes Without Warning
WZZM13.com - Area Cracker Barrel Closes Without Warning: "Area Cracker Barrel Closes Without Warning
Walker - The Cracker Barrel on Alpine Avenue is boarded up this morning. A manager says the restaurant closed for good last night."
Kind of surprising that any are still operating.
Walker - The Cracker Barrel on Alpine Avenue is boarded up this morning. A manager says the restaurant closed for good last night."
Kind of surprising that any are still operating.
Monday, February 20, 2006
More academic idiocy
Michelle Malkin: THE FIGHT OVER PAPPY BOYINGTON:
How does one respond to this?
"The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington of 'Black Sheep Squadron' fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school.
Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she 'didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce.'
Ashley Miller, another senator, argued 'many monuments at UW already commemorate rich white men.'"
Daley wants security cameras at bars
USATODAY.com - Daley wants security cameras at bars:
Double standard alert! Imagine the press reaction if Clinton had begun terrorist phone listening (oops, he did!)and imagine if Daley was a Republican. Where's the MSM outrage when a Demo brings 1984 into our lives?
"Mayor Richard Daley wants to require bars open until 4 a.m. to install security cameras that can identify people entering and leaving the building. Other businesses open longer than 12 hours a day, including convenience stores, eventually would have to do the same."
Alarming!
Heh!
Results of New CDC Study . .
Doctors:
(A) The number of doctors in the US is 700,000
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%
Statistics courtesy of the US Dept. of Health &Human Services
Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes that's 80
million)
(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is
1,500.
(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%
Statistics courtesy of the FBI
So statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.
FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS A DOCTOR.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We should ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!
Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
Another example of cowardice and..
SOXBLOG: 02/01/2006 - 02/28/2006
...repression in academia. This time at U of Illinois.
...repression in academia. This time at U of Illinois.
Able Danger
MediaChannel.org - Monitoring TV News Coverage of the Cindy Sheehan Arrest:
Why is the MSM ignoring this?
"MediaChannel.org used the powerful new MediaVision tool to monitor television news coverage of the Able Danger Congressional hearings. To our astonishment CNN's 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' was the only news show to give Able Danger any significant coverage. "
Why is the MSM ignoring this?
"MediaChannel.org used the powerful new MediaVision tool to monitor television news coverage of the Able Danger Congressional hearings. To our astonishment CNN's 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' was the only news show to give Able Danger any significant coverage. "
YouTube - A fighter jet is taken down by a bird
YouTube - A fighter jet is taken down by a bird
Amazing video and cool reaction by the pilots. Thanks to Tigertown87 on the MLive forum for this excellent site.
Petitions seek $6.85 minimum wage
Interesting that their real goal is to increase democrat voter turnout rather than any concern for the poor. Just another means to an end.
Petitions seek $6.85 minimum wage: "Ed Sarpolus, who conducted the Michigan poll, said Friday the issue especially stirs passions among Democratic voters, enough to possibly increase their turnout on Election Day by 4 to 5 percentage points, particularly in cities like Detroit.
'The ballot issue is more about increasing election turnout than it is about the issue of wages,' Sarpolus said."
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Politics: The Shot Heard Round the World - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com
Politics: The Shot Heard Round the World - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com: "The Shot Heard Round the World"
This is from Newsweek. Do these guys have so much hate that they can't tell the difference between one of the most patriotic moments of our American history at Lexington in 1775 and a simple hunting accident? Or are they so consumed with Bushatred that they will stoop to any level to distort the truth?I guess their front page in tomorrow's issue tells their position. Sad.
MSM cowardice
Captain's Quarters:
The field reporters are brave. The sit-at-home editors are cowards.
"Editors and publishers are afraid the thugs will target them as they targeted Danny Pearl and Theo van Gogh; afraid the mob will firebomb their newsrooms as it has firebombed Danish embassies"
The field reporters are brave. The sit-at-home editors are cowards.
"Editors and publishers are afraid the thugs will target them as they targeted Danny Pearl and Theo van Gogh; afraid the mob will firebomb their newsrooms as it has firebombed Danish embassies"
Attack of the buns?
"A 63-year-old Ann Arbor man reported to police that someone has been leaving bread buns in his yard, attracting a slew of animals, and he feared a skunk may attack him, city police reported."
Does anyone think of Jimmah Carter here........
What kind of American...
... would be against airing these ads? I sure hope the word gets out.Power Line: A case study
More leftist perfidy. Fascinating how the left unmasks itself as the party of repression. Click the links to the ads the demos don't want you to see. How can anyone defend this?
More leftist perfidy. Fascinating how the left unmasks itself as the party of repression. Click the links to the ads the demos don't want you to see. How can anyone defend this?
Despicable media bias!
TCS Daily - Strong Economy, Weak Coverage: "Is it any wonder than that a November poll by the American Research Group, a non-partisan polling organization that has conducted monthly economic surveys since 1985, showed 43 percent of Americans thought the economy was in a recession? "
Pew Research Center: Are We Happy Yet?
Pew Research Center: Are We Happy Yet?:
No big surprise here.
"Some 45% of all Republicans report being very happy, compared with just 30% of Democrats and 29% of independents"
No big surprise here.
"Some 45% of all Republicans report being very happy, compared with just 30% of Democrats and 29% of independents"
Cheney to resign?
Another lefty pipedream. Honestly, I'm loving this. The PR wasn't bungled. I'm thinking Rove is behind this whole thing. For the record: I think this entire episode was handled brilliantly by Cheney and his staff. Except for the little deal with shooting his friend. Bummer about that.
Face it. Rove wants to discredit the MSM but can't get it done on his own. Why not hatch a plot to entice the MSM into self immolating on their own, right in front of all the swing voters, just 6 months before an election. Brilliant!
But ya gotta hep me here. Why on earth do the demos want Cheney to quit? If he does, Bush will replace him with the, likely, next GOP President. It seems to me that this is another bozo move by the demos and their MSM allies. Demonize Cheney and he stays...who cares, he's not gonna run for another office. Demonize Cheney and he quits and the dumbo-demos have just given a big help to the next GOPer Presidenttial candidate. It kinda reminds me of all the dumbo-Demo celebrating after Clinton escaped impeachment, making Gore the President. They forgot that us GOPers were celebrating even more. The celebration continues today....... ah life is good.
Oh yeah, and now the Bushies have broken the stranglehold of giving the liberal-MSM sole control of interviews and info. Watch the little guys and FOX carry the breaking news from now on. Brilliant!
More on the media idocy from Drudge:
Admitting he hadn't seen the interview, at about 4:15pm EST Wednesday
on CNN's The Situation Room, Jack Cafferty charged that "it didn't exactly
represent a profile in courage for the Vice President to wander over there
to the F-word network for a sit-down with Brit Hume. I mean, that's a
little like Bonnie interviewing Clyde, ain't it?" MSNBC's Keith Olbermann
castigated Cheney for choosing the "more malleable cameras of Fox News" in
place of a press conference. Over on the broadcast network evening
newscasts, NBC's David Gregory, the most aggressive reporter in the White
House press briefings, fired back at Hume, suggesting Cheney chose him
because of his condemnation of the press corps: "Speaking out for the
first time, the Vice President chose to speak with Fox anchor Brit Hume, a
former White House correspondent, he has been outspoken in his criticism
of the White House press corps' coverage of this story." CBS correspondent
Jim Axelrod characterized FNC as a "friendly" venue: "The Vice President
chose to make his first public comments on Fox News Channel's Special
Report, a broadcast Mr. Cheney sees as friendly, and has turned to
before." One doubts reporters presumed Vice President Al Gore was going to
friendly media when he sat down with ABC, CBS, NBC or CNN.
Chronicle editors, please read this!
Half the truth is often a great lie. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author,
and inventor (1706-1790)
and inventor (1706-1790)
Kinda pathetic?
Threads2: "New Orleans - Actor Steven Seagal will reign as this year's celebrity monarch for the Krewe of Orpheus, the lavish parade group started by musician and New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr. Seagal will be celebrity spokesman for Rebuilding Together, the nation's largest volunteer home rehabilitation group "
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Michigan Mayhem suffer second straight road loss
When will the misery end....for them and Muskegon.Michigan Mayhem suffer second straight road loss: "The Mayhem are off until Feb. 23, when they play at Albany, before returning home on Feb. 24 to host Rockford. "
Slice of life....
I had a friend whose name was John Titsworth, a somewhat higherclass name in England but he lived in Michigan. He married a jewish girl but her parents made them change their last name to Smith. The marriage didn't last long. Bummer.
I always wondered if he rechanged his name back to Titsworth.
I always wondered if he rechanged his name back to Titsworth.
2 good ones!
Sometimes Tracy misses the net. Today he SCORES! Twice, as a matter of fact.
Sorta amazing The Chronicle politbureau wouldn't print the first.
Read 'em both.
Lorenz at Large: "Two-fer
I had to write two columns this week, the first one they wouldn't print. I've included them both, I had about a half an hour to write the second column (about the Olympics) so keep that in mind."
Sorta amazing The Chronicle politbureau wouldn't print the first.
Read 'em both.
Lorenz at Large: "Two-fer
I had to write two columns this week, the first one they wouldn't print. I've included them both, I had about a half an hour to write the second column (about the Olympics) so keep that in mind."
This should be funny....
But it sounds soooo much like the "entitlement left" of our Country, and their leaders....
Subject: Bush Fails To Prevent East Coast BlizzardMinorities Hit Hardestby Brian Williams NBC 02/12/06As President Bush and his staff cowered in the White House, the snowcontinued to pile up on the many poor and African Amercian victims whocould not afford to get out of town or to safety in Florida. Crucial suppliesof blankets, hot cocoa, popcorn and dark rum - so essential to survivingthe stress of any major snowstorm - lay in stores undelivered."Where is the government? I need my sidewalk shovelled so I can get outto buy my danged lottery tickets!" said one D.C. resident from his livingroom. "Why are we wasting money in Iraq wh! en we could be spending it here on me?"Progressive blogs blasted the President for his inaction. "We find thetiming terribly suspicious - just as the Domestic Spying hearings kickinto high gear, what happens? A major northeast Blizzard. Why now?" wrote one blogger.Hearings into the Blizzards' effect on hearings are almost a certainty.Howard Dean has suggested he will call for an investigation once his newmedications kick in and John Kerry took a break from the sportingactivities of the glamourous super-rich in some exotic locale (random choice: Ice Sailing in Finland) to call for new legislation outlawing snowstorms."The Republican Congress has dropped the ball once again. I have always been a staunch supporter of anti-snow legislation, except for certain locations where I ski. Snow has no business on our roads and the President and Congress knows that."Calls for impeachment over "SnowGate" as some are calling it already aremounting! as deeply as the snow itself, and what will be discoveredunderneath will prove to have a truly chilling effect on theRepublicans, as the inevitable thaw proceeds. Or something like that.More breaking news......Al Sharpton wants an investigation as to why snow is ALWAYS white.Cheney has stock in Tru-Value Hardware.Do you have any idea how many SNOW SHOVELS they sold today to theunsuspecting consumer?I demand to know why FEMA has been so late in reacting to this storm.THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING! And yet they failed to have crews in place to fix the electricity as soon as it went off. It just shows that Bush and theRepublicans just don't care about the people in the N.E. The Senateneeds to investigate this with administration people under oath.I'll bet that the great junior senator from N.Y. has opened the doors ofher home to all of the heatless poor of her neighborhood and is busy bakingcookies for them! while her husband applies body heat to the nearlyfrozen teen-aged girls.
Subject: Bush Fails To Prevent East Coast BlizzardMinorities Hit Hardestby Brian Williams NBC 02/12/06As President Bush and his staff cowered in the White House, the snowcontinued to pile up on the many poor and African Amercian victims whocould not afford to get out of town or to safety in Florida. Crucial suppliesof blankets, hot cocoa, popcorn and dark rum - so essential to survivingthe stress of any major snowstorm - lay in stores undelivered."Where is the government? I need my sidewalk shovelled so I can get outto buy my danged lottery tickets!" said one D.C. resident from his livingroom. "Why are we wasting money in Iraq wh! en we could be spending it here on me?"Progressive blogs blasted the President for his inaction. "We find thetiming terribly suspicious - just as the Domestic Spying hearings kickinto high gear, what happens? A major northeast Blizzard. Why now?" wrote one blogger.Hearings into the Blizzards' effect on hearings are almost a certainty.Howard Dean has suggested he will call for an investigation once his newmedications kick in and John Kerry took a break from the sportingactivities of the glamourous super-rich in some exotic locale (random choice: Ice Sailing in Finland) to call for new legislation outlawing snowstorms."The Republican Congress has dropped the ball once again. I have always been a staunch supporter of anti-snow legislation, except for certain locations where I ski. Snow has no business on our roads and the President and Congress knows that."Calls for impeachment over "SnowGate" as some are calling it already aremounting! as deeply as the snow itself, and what will be discoveredunderneath will prove to have a truly chilling effect on theRepublicans, as the inevitable thaw proceeds. Or something like that.More breaking news......Al Sharpton wants an investigation as to why snow is ALWAYS white.Cheney has stock in Tru-Value Hardware.Do you have any idea how many SNOW SHOVELS they sold today to theunsuspecting consumer?I demand to know why FEMA has been so late in reacting to this storm.THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING! And yet they failed to have crews in place to fix the electricity as soon as it went off. It just shows that Bush and theRepublicans just don't care about the people in the N.E. The Senateneeds to investigate this with administration people under oath.I'll bet that the great junior senator from N.Y. has opened the doors ofher home to all of the heatless poor of her neighborhood and is busy bakingcookies for them! while her husband applies body heat to the nearlyfrozen teen-aged girls.
Remember when you first saw a F-14 at the AirFair?
Amazing how time flies....
WZZM13 GRAND RAPIDS Saturday, February 18, 2006:
"Navy's F-14 fighter jet flies its final mission
By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON - The F-14 Tomcat, the fighter jet that soared into the national imagination in the movie Top Gun, has flown into the danger zone for the last time.
The Navy announced Thursday that the last F-14 combat mission was completed Feb. 8, when a pair of Tomcats landed aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt after one dropped a bomb in Iraq.
Amazing comment
My gosh! Liberals of all stripes, blacks, the media of all sorts and most Democrats talk about "racism" ALL the time. What a moronic quote...
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - News - Local:
"Most people would rather not talk about racism at all. What do people say behind closed doors? How do those "
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - News - Local:
"Most people would rather not talk about racism at all. What do people say behind closed doors? How do those "
NWA strike in our future!
Doubly bad for Detroit as they sold most of their gates to NWA years ago. Remember the idiocy of the past and don't repeat.....
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Northwest pilots plan informational picketing Friday: "(Romulus-AP, February 17, 2006, 12:01 p.m.) Northwest Airlines pilots are conducting informational picketing at airports in Detroit, Minneapolis, Memphis and Anchorage.
The pilots union says its members are frustrated with Northwest for demanding what the union considers excessive and unreasonable concessions."
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Northwest pilots plan informational picketing Friday: "(Romulus-AP, February 17, 2006, 12:01 p.m.) Northwest Airlines pilots are conducting informational picketing at airports in Detroit, Minneapolis, Memphis and Anchorage.
The pilots union says its members are frustrated with Northwest for demanding what the union considers excessive and unreasonable concessions."
Kalamazoo police search for suspects who impersonated officers
This is kinda scary.
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Kalamazoo police search for suspects who impersonated officers: "Kalamazoo police are looking for two people who passed themselves off as officers to commit a robbery.
Authorities say a man and a woman showed a badge to a resident and said they were investigating a bank robbery where an officer was shot.
The resident let them in and showed them a handgun, which the fake officers said they were taking as evidence. The suspects then stole money from the resident. "
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Kalamazoo police search for suspects who impersonated officers: "Kalamazoo police are looking for two people who passed themselves off as officers to commit a robbery.
Authorities say a man and a woman showed a badge to a resident and said they were investigating a bank robbery where an officer was shot.
The resident let them in and showed them a handgun, which the fake officers said they were taking as evidence. The suspects then stole money from the resident. "
Area mall gets back to business following power outage
WOOD forgot to mention that Menards kept open because they had generator back up. I guess they didn't need FEMA or some other incompetant beaurocrat to get the job done. Didn't that used to be called "the American Way"?
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Area mall gets back to business following power outage: "The icy weather gave shoppers the cold shoulder Friday morning as stores at Lakes Mall in Fruitport Township closed due to darkness. "
WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Area mall gets back to business following power outage: "The icy weather gave shoppers the cold shoulder Friday morning as stores at Lakes Mall in Fruitport Township closed due to darkness. "
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Retirement age 'should reach 85'
When will our "brave" democrats attend to this reality. At least Bush gave it a try.
BBC NEWS Science/Nature Retirement age 'should reach 85':
"Retirement age 'should reach 85'
By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter, St Louis
A longer life could mean a longer working life
The age of retirement should be raised to 85 by 2050 because of trends in life expectancy, a US biologist has said.
Shripad Tuljapurkar of Stanford University says anti-ageing advances could raise life expectancy by a year each year over the next two decades. "
BBC NEWS Science/Nature Retirement age 'should reach 85':
"Retirement age 'should reach 85'
By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter, St Louis
A longer life could mean a longer working life
The age of retirement should be raised to 85 by 2050 because of trends in life expectancy, a US biologist has said.
Shripad Tuljapurkar of Stanford University says anti-ageing advances could raise life expectancy by a year each year over the next two decades. "
Best political ad EVER!
Nifty radio ad in Milwaukee fighting the democrat/teacher union bosses attempts to shut down school choice for poor black and hispanic children. Have they no shame?
Why does the political left hate the thought of educated blacks? From Sykes in Milwaukee.
THE NAACP SPEAKS
The local chapter of the NAACP..... held a press conference Wednesday specifically to denounce this ad.
http://www.620wtmj.com/audio/sykes/School_Choice_ad.mp3
Why does the political left hate the thought of educated blacks? From Sykes in Milwaukee.
THE NAACP SPEAKS
The local chapter of the NAACP..... held a press conference Wednesday specifically to denounce this ad.
http://www.620wtmj.com/audio/sykes/School_Choice_ad.mp3
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Dumber than Dan Quayle?
DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2004�: "KERRY CLAIMS: ONLY 53% OF CHILDREN GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Wed Feb 01 2006 10:43:40 ET
Sen. John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that only 53% of America's children graduate from high school -- a claim that raised eyebrows in the NBC control room, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
Kerry made the comments after host Katie Couric asked the former presidential candidate about the Bush's State of the Union call to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.
COURIC: He wanted to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.
KERRY: That's terrific. But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school. Kids don't have after-school programs... He didn't ask America to sacrifice anything to achieve great goals and the biggest example is making the tax cut permanent for the wealthiest people in America. The average American struggles to find time to take carry of families, working two or three jobs... It's a disgrace. He did not tell the real state of the union.
Kerry's 53% claim conflicts with a recent press release from the U.S. Census Bureau: 'High School Graduation Rates Reach All-Time High'
And the Census Bureau's own website states: 85.9 Percent Of Americans Aged 20-24 Are High School Graduates. (U.S. Census Bureau Website, www.census.gov , Accessed 2/1/06)
END"
Wed Feb 01 2006 10:43:40 ET
Sen. John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that only 53% of America's children graduate from high school -- a claim that raised eyebrows in the NBC control room, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
Kerry made the comments after host Katie Couric asked the former presidential candidate about the Bush's State of the Union call to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.
COURIC: He wanted to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.
KERRY: That's terrific. But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from high school. Kids don't have after-school programs... He didn't ask America to sacrifice anything to achieve great goals and the biggest example is making the tax cut permanent for the wealthiest people in America. The average American struggles to find time to take carry of families, working two or three jobs... It's a disgrace. He did not tell the real state of the union.
Kerry's 53% claim conflicts with a recent press release from the U.S. Census Bureau: 'High School Graduation Rates Reach All-Time High'
And the Census Bureau's own website states: 85.9 Percent Of Americans Aged 20-24 Are High School Graduates. (U.S. Census Bureau Website, www.census.gov , Accessed 2/1/06)
END"
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Remember me?
Remember Me ? My name is Mary Jo Kopechne. I would have been 65 years of age this year. Read about me and my killer below: When Sen. Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat, bloating on Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past. But now that he's become a leading attack dog against anything Republican or conservative, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over.
It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why this chief Democratic spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in 1980 --- time to say the words "Mary Jo Kopechne" out loud.As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this "Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath Edgartown Bridge in July 1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young, blonde campaign worker. But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin, Joe Garghan, to say he was behind the wheel. Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of.Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish final.
Or why the US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests. As they listen to the Democrats' "Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House. And if the Republican Party doesn't, let's do it ourselves by passing this forgotten disgrace around the Internet to wake up memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is. The Democratic Party should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as their spokesman.
It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why this chief Democratic spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in 1980 --- time to say the words "Mary Jo Kopechne" out loud.As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this "Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath Edgartown Bridge in July 1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young, blonde campaign worker. But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin, Joe Garghan, to say he was behind the wheel. Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of.Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish final.
Or why the US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests. As they listen to the Democrats' "Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House. And if the Republican Party doesn't, let's do it ourselves by passing this forgotten disgrace around the Internet to wake up memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is. The Democratic Party should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as their spokesman.
TARA REID - YELLOW T-SHIRT
I have no idea who Tara Reid is but I think more gals oughta wear similar T-shirts.
TARA REID - YELLOW T-SHIRT
TARA REID - YELLOW T-SHIRT
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Newsday.com: Clinton: Climate change is the world's biggest worry
This guy was President? My gosh, there is a world war going on with hundreds of thousands killed every year and "the Squirter" is worried that the US economy is causing a scientifically unproven global change? Oh, and ya gotta love "global inequality" as number 2.
Newsday.com: Clinton: Climate change is the world's biggest worry: "Clinton: Climate change is the world's biggest worry
By DAN PERRY
Associated Press Writer
January 28, 2006, 2:00 PM EST
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told corporate chieftains and political bigwigs Saturday that climate change was the world's biggest problem _ followed by global inequality and the 'apparently irreconcilable' religious and cultural differences behind terrorism.
Clinton's comments provided something a freewheeling and philosophical finale _ ahead of Sunday's formal wrap-up _ to several days of high-powered discourse on the state of the world, and the mostly admiring audience seemed to hang on his every word.
'First, I worry about climate change,' Clinton said in an onstage conversation with the founder of the World Economic Forum. 'It's the only thing that I believe has the power to fundamentally end the march of civilization as we know it, and make a lot of the other efforts that we're making irrelevant and impossible.' "
Newsday.com: Clinton: Climate change is the world's biggest worry: "Clinton: Climate change is the world's biggest worry
By DAN PERRY
Associated Press Writer
January 28, 2006, 2:00 PM EST
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told corporate chieftains and political bigwigs Saturday that climate change was the world's biggest problem _ followed by global inequality and the 'apparently irreconcilable' religious and cultural differences behind terrorism.
Clinton's comments provided something a freewheeling and philosophical finale _ ahead of Sunday's formal wrap-up _ to several days of high-powered discourse on the state of the world, and the mostly admiring audience seemed to hang on his every word.
'First, I worry about climate change,' Clinton said in an onstage conversation with the founder of the World Economic Forum. 'It's the only thing that I believe has the power to fundamentally end the march of civilization as we know it, and make a lot of the other efforts that we're making irrelevant and impossible.' "
Friday, January 27, 2006
How long do burned CD-Rs and CD-RWs last? - CNET Community Newsletter: Q&A Forums
Interesting if you want to save your CD/DVD photos etc.
1/27/06 How long do burned CD-Rs and CD-RWs last? - CNET Community Newsletter: Q&A Forums
1/27/06 How long do burned CD-Rs and CD-RWs last? - CNET Community Newsletter: Q&A Forums
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Monday, January 16, 2006
Michelle Malkin: THE MILWAUKEE 5 ON TRIAL
Michelle Malkin: THE MILWAUKEE 5 ON TRIAL
Don't be surprised you hadn't heard about this outrage.
Imagine how the "unbiased" MSM if a Republican Congressman's son had been involved in criminally keeping people from voting!
Don't be surprised you hadn't heard about this outrage.
Imagine how the "unbiased" MSM if a Republican Congressman's son had been involved in criminally keeping people from voting!
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Belafonte Calls Bush 'Greatest Terrorist' - Yahoo! News
Remember those who support this murderous dictator.
Belafonte Calls Bush 'Greatest Terrorist' - Yahoo! News:
"By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer
CARACAS, Venezuela - The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush 'the greatest terrorist in the world' on Sunday and said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
Belafonte led a delegation of Americans including the actor Danny Glover and the Princeton University scholar Cornel West that met the Venezuelan president for more than six hours late Saturday. Some in the group attended Chavez's television and radio broadcast Sunday.
'No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people ... support your revolution,' Belafonte told Chavez during the broadcast."
Belafonte Calls Bush 'Greatest Terrorist' - Yahoo! News:
"By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer
CARACAS, Venezuela - The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush 'the greatest terrorist in the world' on Sunday and said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
Belafonte led a delegation of Americans including the actor Danny Glover and the Princeton University scholar Cornel West that met the Venezuelan president for more than six hours late Saturday. Some in the group attended Chavez's television and radio broadcast Sunday.
'No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people ... support your revolution,' Belafonte told Chavez during the broadcast."
Does the MSM revere miners more than soldiers?
My Way - My Page: " My News
Top News - APJan 8, 8:59 pm ET
� U.S. Copter Down in Iraq; 12 Believed Dead
� Mourners Grieve Privately for 12 Miners"
Top News - APJan 8, 8:59 pm ET
� U.S. Copter Down in Iraq; 12 Believed Dead
� Mourners Grieve Privately for 12 Miners"
Falling birth rates not just a problem in Europe
The future?
Falling birth rates not just a problem in Europe: "In advanced Western society, we don't have to worry about that; we automatically have someone to provide for us in our old age: the state.
But the state -- at least in its modern social-democratic welfare incarnation -- needs children..... And the problem with much of the advanced world is that...... it is collectively barren...... Individually, it's made up of millions of fertile women, who voluntarily opt for no children at all or one designer kid at 39. In Italy, the home of the Church, the birth rate's down to 1.2 children per couple -- or about half ''replacement rate.'' You can't buck that kind of arithmetic."
Falling birth rates not just a problem in Europe: "In advanced Western society, we don't have to worry about that; we automatically have someone to provide for us in our old age: the state.
But the state -- at least in its modern social-democratic welfare incarnation -- needs children..... And the problem with much of the advanced world is that...... it is collectively barren...... Individually, it's made up of millions of fertile women, who voluntarily opt for no children at all or one designer kid at 39. In Italy, the home of the Church, the birth rate's down to 1.2 children per couple -- or about half ''replacement rate.'' You can't buck that kind of arithmetic."
from a soldier
MURTHA THE TURNCOAT
By KIERAN MICHAEL LALOR
LAST spring, I dropped by an anti-war rally in White Plains. When I made it clear that I was an Iraq vet who supported the war, the insults began to fly. Most slurs were boilerplate anti-war clichés, but one man struck a nerve: He marched up to me, looked me straight in the eye to ask, "You joined the military?" — and when I proudly answered "yes," responded, with utter disgust, "You are a sucker."
I felt the same rage last weekend just watching Rep. Jack Murtha declare on TV that, were he younger, he wouldn't join today's military.
I expect that kind of rhetoric from the washed-up anti-war rabble that congregate on street corners to relive their glory days — not from retired Marine colonels.
Murtha's call last year for a cut-and-run strategy in Iraq was one thing — irresponsible and unwise, but basically just stating a policy position. This is different.
What a nice New Year's treat for the beheaders and suicide bombers to know that a decorated Marine and lawmaker thinks the U.S. military is not only "broken" but not worth joining. Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will no doubt use Murtha's words to inspire his band of thugs to hold out longer and kill a few more Americans assuring them that ultimately we will wilt like Murtha.
Why would Murtha not want to be part of a military that in the past four years has liberated 50 million souls and heroically brought aid to tsunami and earthquake victims, saving untold lives? Surely he knows that all was chaos in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina until Gen. Russell Honore's 1st Army and the 82nd Airborne came to town and provided relief and a security presence.
Evidently, Murtha doesn't think this is noble work.
Or, rather, the congressman doesn't like the way Iraq is going, so he disparaged the entire military — forgetting about our sailors working tirelessly to keep the seas open, Marines bravely guarding our embassies and soldiers standing watch in Korea and elsewhere to protect the democratic from the despotic.
Thirty-seven years in the Marine Corps should have taught Murtha that our military has historically been and continues to be the world's greatest meritocracy. No other institution has allowed people to climb the ranks and reach their potential regardless of their socioeconomic status like the U.S. military.
Similarly, Jack Murtha should know that millions of men and women have personally benefited from the discipline, training and structure of the military and used the traits learned in uniform to make countless contributions to civil society after their service.
If Murtha wouldn't want to be a part of a military that did in Afghanistan in three months what the Red Army couldn't do in seven years and that put genocidal maniac Saddam Hussein behind bars and his brutal sociopath sons in the ground, I am glad he is not.
But he's surely undermined military recruiting. Think he'll resign his committee assignments relevant to the military?
Last year, despite a media that overemphasizes the negative aspects of the war and an organized anti-recruitment effort, the Marine Corps exceeded its recruiting goals by 2 percent. The Navy and Air Force met their goals. The Army, which fell short of expectations last year, is exceeding them in Fiscal Year 2006 (which started in October).
Fortunately for the United States, a turncoat blowhard like Murtha won't stop the tens of thousands of good men and women inspired to serve this great nation.
Kieran Michael Lalor is the founder of Eternal Vigilance Society (eternalvigilancesociety.org), an independent organization supporting leaders who put protecting the nation ahead of politics.
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: "MURTHA THE TURNCOAT
By KIERAN MICHAEL LALOR
LAST spring, I dropped by an anti-war rally in White Plains. When I made it clear that I was an Iraq vet who supported the war, the insults began to fly. Most slurs were boilerplate anti-war clich�s, but one man struck a nerve: He marched up to me, looked me straight in the eye to ask, 'You joined the military?' � and when I proudly answered 'yes,' responded, with utter disgust, 'You are a sucker.'
I felt the same rage last weekend just watching Rep. Jack Murtha declare on TV that, were he younger, he wouldn't join today's military.
I expect that kind of rhetoric from the washed-up anti-war rabble that congregate on street corners to relive their glory days � not from retired Marine colonels.
Murtha's call last year for a cut-and-run strategy in Iraq was one thing � irresponsible and unwise, but basically just stating a policy position. This is different.
What a nice New Year's treat for the beheaders and suicide bombers to know that a decorated Marine and lawmaker thinks the U.S. military is not only 'broken' but not worth joining. Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will no doubt use Murtha's words to inspire his band of thugs to hold out longer and kill a few more Americans assuring them that ultimately we will wilt like Murtha.
Why would Murtha not want to be part of a military that in the past four years has liberated 50 million souls and heroically brought aid to tsunami and earthquake victims, saving untold lives? Surely he knows that all was chaos in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina until Gen. Russell Honore's 1st Army and the 82nd Airborne came to town and provided relief and a security presence.
Evidently, Murtha doesn't think this is noble work.
Or, rather, the congressman doesn't like the way Iraq is going, so he disparaged the en"
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Demos rig polls again!
Another reason to despise the MSM and their Democrat handlers. Read the last sentance.
Ankle Biting Pundits - How To Rig A Poll (or, Breaking Down The Latest AP/Ipsos Poll): " How To Rig A Poll (or, Breaking Down The Latest AP/Ipsos Poll)
Posted by bulldogpundit on Friday, 06 January 2006 (17:07:43) EST
You'll likely be hearing orgasmic Democrats and the MSM crowing about this AP Ipsos poll which has the headline 'Voters Seem More Ready To End GOP Control Of Congress'. The poll shows the following:Quote:
Who Do You Want To Control Congress - 49% - Democrats/36%- Republicans
Sounds bad, huh? Well, as we've said before you (and the GOP leaders) shouldn't use these polls as any kind of indicator as to what could happen in 2006, which is certainly how the MSM will spin it.
But here's what you won't see in the news stories. - the demography of the poll respondents
First, only 81% of respondents were even eligible to vote, and there's no indication of how many of them actually went to the polls in 2004..
1. Party Leanings - The poll is slanted 52-40% towards Democrats, even though the voters in the 2004 election were split evenly at 37% between Republicans and Democrats."
Ankle Biting Pundits - How To Rig A Poll (or, Breaking Down The Latest AP/Ipsos Poll): " How To Rig A Poll (or, Breaking Down The Latest AP/Ipsos Poll)
Posted by bulldogpundit on Friday, 06 January 2006 (17:07:43) EST
You'll likely be hearing orgasmic Democrats and the MSM crowing about this AP Ipsos poll which has the headline 'Voters Seem More Ready To End GOP Control Of Congress'. The poll shows the following:Quote:
Who Do You Want To Control Congress - 49% - Democrats/36%- Republicans
Sounds bad, huh? Well, as we've said before you (and the GOP leaders) shouldn't use these polls as any kind of indicator as to what could happen in 2006, which is certainly how the MSM will spin it.
But here's what you won't see in the news stories. - the demography of the poll respondents
First, only 81% of respondents were even eligible to vote, and there's no indication of how many of them actually went to the polls in 2004..
1. Party Leanings - The poll is slanted 52-40% towards Democrats, even though the voters in the 2004 election were split evenly at 37% between Republicans and Democrats."
Just the Facts
Just the Facts: "IT'S CONVENTIONAL WISDOM. In fact, it's more than conventional wisdom. It's an article of faith among the enlightened: There was no connection, at least no significant connection, between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
Senate minority leader Harry Reid put it this way: 'There was [sic] no terrorists in Iraq.' His colleague, Carl Levin, member of both the Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee, says Iraq's relationship with al Qaeda was 'nonexistent.'
Senators Reid and Levin are Democrats, to be sure. But few prominent Republicans have challenged these assertions. And the Bush administration has been as quiet as a mouse--and just as meek. So the conventional wisdom reigns.
We have long dissented from this conventional wisdom. We have argued in these pages that the connections between Saddam and terrorists were substantial and significant. Stephen Hayes--among others--has reported over the past three years on extensive evidence of terror ties to Saddam's regime. In our judgment, the evidence for such ties has become more convincing, not less, as more information has become available.
Can we ever really know the whole truth--or almost the whole truth? Yes. How? Let us--all of us--read the mass of documents captured after the fall of the Saddam regime. Stephen Hayes's reporting, including his article in this issue, suggests to us that these documents would confirm the argument for a terror connection. But let everyone make up his own mind, based on his own reading of the documents."
Senate minority leader Harry Reid put it this way: 'There was [sic] no terrorists in Iraq.' His colleague, Carl Levin, member of both the Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee, says Iraq's relationship with al Qaeda was 'nonexistent.'
Senators Reid and Levin are Democrats, to be sure. But few prominent Republicans have challenged these assertions. And the Bush administration has been as quiet as a mouse--and just as meek. So the conventional wisdom reigns.
We have long dissented from this conventional wisdom. We have argued in these pages that the connections between Saddam and terrorists were substantial and significant. Stephen Hayes--among others--has reported over the past three years on extensive evidence of terror ties to Saddam's regime. In our judgment, the evidence for such ties has become more convincing, not less, as more information has become available.
Can we ever really know the whole truth--or almost the whole truth? Yes. How? Let us--all of us--read the mass of documents captured after the fall of the Saddam regime. Stephen Hayes's reporting, including his article in this issue, suggests to us that these documents would confirm the argument for a terror connection. But let everyone make up his own mind, based on his own reading of the documents."
Friday, January 06, 2006
Are they lying or just dumb?
OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today: "Poll: Americans Oppose Judicial Legislation
From a Harris Poll on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court:
Opposition to the confirmation of Judge Alito would probably grow substantially if most people believed he would vote to make abortion illegal. A 69 to 31 percent majority of the public say they would oppose his confirmation if they thought he would vote to make abortion illegal. Majorities of Democrats (86%) and Independents (74%) feel this way. However, a majority of Republicans (56% vs. 44%) would support his confirmation if they believed he would vote to make abortion illegal.
Yeah, well, we would oppose Alito's confirmation if we believed he would vote to make abortion illegal--and we think Roe v. Wade is a monstrosity. Reversing Roe, however, would not make abortion illegal; it would merely make it possible for duly elected legislators to do so. The guys who write Harris polls know so little about constitutional law, they ought to be teaching it at the University of Virginia."
From a Harris Poll on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court:
Opposition to the confirmation of Judge Alito would probably grow substantially if most people believed he would vote to make abortion illegal. A 69 to 31 percent majority of the public say they would oppose his confirmation if they thought he would vote to make abortion illegal. Majorities of Democrats (86%) and Independents (74%) feel this way. However, a majority of Republicans (56% vs. 44%) would support his confirmation if they believed he would vote to make abortion illegal.
Yeah, well, we would oppose Alito's confirmation if we believed he would vote to make abortion illegal--and we think Roe v. Wade is a monstrosity. Reversing Roe, however, would not make abortion illegal; it would merely make it possible for duly elected legislators to do so. The guys who write Harris polls know so little about constitutional law, they ought to be teaching it at the University of Virginia."
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Good guys?
By Giles Elgood
LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders on Thursday expressed hopes Ariel Sharon would recover from his massive stroke but made clear the Israeli prime minister's dominance of Middle East politics was now over.
Only a miracle would allow the stricken former general to take up the political reins again before March 28 Israeli parliamentary elections -- and some in the region hoped he would succumb to his illness.
'Hopefully, the news that the criminal of Sabra and Shatila has joined his ancestors is final,' said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the semi-official students' news agency ISNA.
Sabra and Shatila are the names of refugee camps in Beirut where pro-Israeli Christian militiamen massacred Palestinians after Sharon masterminded the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
The Palestinian Islamic group Hamas accused Sharon of 'massacres and terrorism' and said: 'The whole region will be better off with him absent.'
Western leaders by contrast wished Sharon a speedy recovery, even while acknowledging that his political career was almost certainly at an end.
U.S. President George W. Bush praised Sharon, who has been crucial to his hopes for Middle East peacemaking, as a man of 'cou"
LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders on Thursday expressed hopes Ariel Sharon would recover from his massive stroke but made clear the Israeli prime minister's dominance of Middle East politics was now over.
Only a miracle would allow the stricken former general to take up the political reins again before March 28 Israeli parliamentary elections -- and some in the region hoped he would succumb to his illness.
'Hopefully, the news that the criminal of Sabra and Shatila has joined his ancestors is final,' said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the semi-official students' news agency ISNA.
Sabra and Shatila are the names of refugee camps in Beirut where pro-Israeli Christian militiamen massacred Palestinians after Sharon masterminded the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
The Palestinian Islamic group Hamas accused Sharon of 'massacres and terrorism' and said: 'The whole region will be better off with him absent.'
Western leaders by contrast wished Sharon a speedy recovery, even while acknowledging that his political career was almost certainly at an end.
U.S. President George W. Bush praised Sharon, who has been crucial to his hopes for Middle East peacemaking, as a man of 'cou"
A Bridge Too Far
Watching tonight this great movie. I had forgotten how much of the early part of the movie had the Germans speaking in German with subtitles. Horribly sad that movie makers couldn't do the same today in the USA because so many folks can't read subtitles.... or other important stuff. bummer....
New chairman in charge, for now
Pardon my "the rest of the story" here, but our Chronicle neglects to report that three years ago there were ZERO Republicans on the Muskegon County Commission. Today there are four out of eleven total. Rpublicans Scolnik, Wisnewski, Engel and newly elected vice chairman John Snider. Plus some high quality new Democrats. Chairman Derezinski, Chuck Buzzell, and Don Aley. It is the old guard of race baiters and union drones who long to keep Muskegon down.
What a surprise. Get rid of the power that those who kept Muskegon down and there will be screams of anguish? Bummer for them. Hope for the future of our County and City as these leaches are exposed and ignored.
New chairman in charge, for now: "By Steve Gunn
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
An unshakable coalition of Democratic and Republican county commissioners, long determined to remove Bill Gill as their chairman, finally flexed their collective muscle on Wednesday.
They started by installing Democrat James Derezinski as the new board chairman, replacing the controversial Gill, at least for the moment while legal maneuvers play out.
They also broke new ground by electing Republican Commissioner John Snider as vice chairman. It's the first time in memory that the county board chairman is from one party and the vice chairman from another. "
What a surprise. Get rid of the power that those who kept Muskegon down and there will be screams of anguish? Bummer for them. Hope for the future of our County and City as these leaches are exposed and ignored.
New chairman in charge, for now: "By Steve Gunn
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
An unshakable coalition of Democratic and Republican county commissioners, long determined to remove Bill Gill as their chairman, finally flexed their collective muscle on Wednesday.
They started by installing Democrat James Derezinski as the new board chairman, replacing the controversial Gill, at least for the moment while legal maneuvers play out.
They also broke new ground by electing Republican Commissioner John Snider as vice chairman. It's the first time in memory that the county board chairman is from one party and the vice chairman from another. "
Don't mess with Texas!
Does anyone think that Carl Rove (from Texas) had anything to do with USC (blue state) losing?
"Vince Young, with a state on his shoulders, needed only his feet to win the national championship, as No. 2 Texas defeated top-ranked USC, 41-38, in the Bowl Championship Series title game Wednesday night at the Rose Bowl."
"Vince Young, with a state on his shoulders, needed only his feet to win the national championship, as No. 2 Texas defeated top-ranked USC, 41-38, in the Bowl Championship Series title game Wednesday night at the Rose Bowl."
Yes, he's running as a Republican
My Way News: "Lynn Swann to Run for Pa. Governor
Jan 4, 10:08 PM (ET)
By PETER JACKSON
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Former Steelers star Lynn Swann declared his candidacy for Pennsylvania governor Wednesday in the city where he made his name in professional football."
Jan 4, 10:08 PM (ET)
By PETER JACKSON
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Former Steelers star Lynn Swann declared his candidacy for Pennsylvania governor Wednesday in the city where he made his name in professional football."
"Either we are serious...... or are we not"
Do the democrats really stand for not allowing us to listen to the foreign intercepts?
Politics News Article Reuters.com: "
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney strongly defended a secret domestic eavesdropping operation in use since the September 11, 2001, attacks, saying it was not violating American civil liberties and has helped fend off potential terrorist attacks.
'The enemy that struck on 9/11 is weakened and fractured yet it is still lethal and planning to hit us again. Either we are serious about fighting this war or we are not,' "
Politics News Article Reuters.com: "
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney strongly defended a secret domestic eavesdropping operation in use since the September 11, 2001, attacks, saying it was not violating American civil liberties and has helped fend off potential terrorist attacks.
'The enemy that struck on 9/11 is weakened and fractured yet it is still lethal and planning to hit us again. Either we are serious about fighting this war or we are not,' "
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
The future?
OpinionJournal - Extra: "in your advanced industrial democracy, the political platforms of at least one party in the United States and pretty much all parties in the rest of the West are largely about what one would call the secondary impulses of society--government health care, government day care (which Canada's thinking of introducing), government paternity leave (which Britain's just introduced). We've prioritized the secondary impulse over the primary ones: national defense, family, faith and, most basic of all, reproductive activity--'Go forth and multiply,' because if you don't you won't be able to afford all those secondary-impulse issues, like cradle-to-grave welfare. "
Ace of Spades HQ
Check out this photo of a guy under major media scrutiny. Who is telling this guy how to dress? What a bozo.....
Ace of Spades HQ: "Abramoff's Plea Deal Requires He Dress Like B-Movie Heavy For Rest Of Life
Either that his public relations consultant is Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Yeah, that's a good look for a man accused of serious crimes. Now all he needs to do is complete the ensemble by burning the relief of a $100 Indian casino chip into his palm."
Ace of Spades HQ: "Abramoff's Plea Deal Requires He Dress Like B-Movie Heavy For Rest Of Life
Either that his public relations consultant is Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Yeah, that's a good look for a man accused of serious crimes. Now all he needs to do is complete the ensemble by burning the relief of a $100 Indian casino chip into his palm."
Bill Gill out! Democrat schism?
The County Commission has shown some real class. Rejecting the racebaiting of Bill Gill and his supporters, they elected a quality democrat and the supremely qualified republican, John Snider as vice-chairman.
For those Gill supporters, name one.... just one accomplishment of Bill Gill. What will be his legacy as a long term commissioner?
The next question is how does a democrat controlled county commission, 7 demos to 4 repubs, elect a republican as vice chair? What's up with the elected democrats?
For those Gill supporters, name one.... just one accomplishment of Bill Gill. What will be his legacy as a long term commissioner?
The next question is how does a democrat controlled county commission, 7 demos to 4 repubs, elect a republican as vice chair? What's up with the elected democrats?
Pension issues
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "Pension issues land at Muskegon's feet
Pension costs don't bedevil only big corporations, like personnel-heavy airlines or automakers. They're a big expenditure, too, for municipalities -- and taxpayers -- and must be addressed.
Retired city of Muskegon employees now actually outnumber active employees 300 to 275, and the city must set aside more than $1.8 million on an annual basis to fulfill its pension obligations to them. Those retirees are the lucky ones. Think of all the underfunded pension plans in the private sector that have been slimed by corporate skullduggery in recent years.
Personnel spending is the biggest component of a city's budget. It goes to police who patrol your neighborhood, the firefighters who respond quickly to an emergency, the men who plow your street in the middle of the night.
Obviously, local governments can't simply dissolve the pensions earned by such individuals, the way some troubled private corporations have done recently, nor should they. These are legal obligations that have to be met not just by force of law, but out of a sense of honor and decency that says -- or used to -- that a promise is a promise.
However, cities can and should find new ways of addressing those costs.
Muskegon took what looks like a good step when it changed the way it deals with its new employees. Instead of saying it will pay them a certain number of dollars for every year of service, it is requiring them to pay some of the cost. And it gives them a say in how those dollars are invested. That, and the fact that those benefits can transfer to a new employer, give workers a feeling of ownership and responsibility for their futures. More importantly, the new employees understand up front how the system works.
The city also is shifting non"
Pension costs don't bedevil only big corporations, like personnel-heavy airlines or automakers. They're a big expenditure, too, for municipalities -- and taxpayers -- and must be addressed.
Retired city of Muskegon employees now actually outnumber active employees 300 to 275, and the city must set aside more than $1.8 million on an annual basis to fulfill its pension obligations to them. Those retirees are the lucky ones. Think of all the underfunded pension plans in the private sector that have been slimed by corporate skullduggery in recent years.
Personnel spending is the biggest component of a city's budget. It goes to police who patrol your neighborhood, the firefighters who respond quickly to an emergency, the men who plow your street in the middle of the night.
Obviously, local governments can't simply dissolve the pensions earned by such individuals, the way some troubled private corporations have done recently, nor should they. These are legal obligations that have to be met not just by force of law, but out of a sense of honor and decency that says -- or used to -- that a promise is a promise.
However, cities can and should find new ways of addressing those costs.
Muskegon took what looks like a good step when it changed the way it deals with its new employees. Instead of saying it will pay them a certain number of dollars for every year of service, it is requiring them to pay some of the cost. And it gives them a say in how those dollars are invested. That, and the fact that those benefits can transfer to a new employer, give workers a feeling of ownership and responsibility for their futures. More importantly, the new employees understand up front how the system works.
The city also is shifting non"
Abramoff
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Abramoff scandal ticking time-bomb for Republicans
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
The worst apparently isn't over for the reeling presidency of George W. Bush and the Republican majority in Congress, and the name of perhaps the most potent ticking political time-bomb is Jack Abramoff.
It's not as if the national GOP hasn't already blundered into the corruption minefield. A special prosecutor's probe into a potentially treasonous political smear against an Iraq war critic has forced the resignation of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. Cheney himself remains a person of interest in that investigation, as does President George W. Bush's political guru, Karl Rove -- and others.
U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has been forced to step down from his role as Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives to face indictment on money laundering charges. Over on the U.S. Senate side, U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is under criminal scrutiny for ethics violations related to possible insider trading.
That's just the tip of the pyramid. The list of GOP political figures caught up in the net of the still-burgeoning Abramoff influence-peddling scandal has expanded exponentially as dozens of Republican legislators have been exposed for accepting tainted contributions from the powerful lobbyist and his associates.
That net is rapidly closing. Michael Scanlon, Abramoff's business partner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy last week in exchange for turning prosecution's witness in the case, which involves at its core hefty cash-for-legislative favors. The allegations include helping Indian tribe clients of Abramoff's secure sweetheart deals on Capitol Hill for their casino operations against competitors .
Abramoff's infl"
Abramoff scandal ticking time-bomb for Republicans
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
The worst apparently isn't over for the reeling presidency of George W. Bush and the Republican majority in Congress, and the name of perhaps the most potent ticking political time-bomb is Jack Abramoff.
It's not as if the national GOP hasn't already blundered into the corruption minefield. A special prosecutor's probe into a potentially treasonous political smear against an Iraq war critic has forced the resignation of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. Cheney himself remains a person of interest in that investigation, as does President George W. Bush's political guru, Karl Rove -- and others.
U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has been forced to step down from his role as Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives to face indictment on money laundering charges. Over on the U.S. Senate side, U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is under criminal scrutiny for ethics violations related to possible insider trading.
That's just the tip of the pyramid. The list of GOP political figures caught up in the net of the still-burgeoning Abramoff influence-peddling scandal has expanded exponentially as dozens of Republican legislators have been exposed for accepting tainted contributions from the powerful lobbyist and his associates.
That net is rapidly closing. Michael Scanlon, Abramoff's business partner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy last week in exchange for turning prosecution's witness in the case, which involves at its core hefty cash-for-legislative favors. The allegations include helping Indian tribe clients of Abramoff's secure sweetheart deals on Capitol Hill for their casino operations against competitors .
Abramoff's infl"
Gee what asurprise!
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "Gee, what a surprise
It seems President George W. Bush actually did have access to more sensitive intelligence information than members of Congress in spite of his angry speeches to the contrary.
Bush has said time and again that 'some of the most irresponsible comments about manipulating intelligence -- have come from politicians who saw the same intelligence I saw and then voted to authorize the use of force against Saddam Hussein.'
Our opinion has been that such claims by the president are just not believable, since so many policy experts have stated for the record that the White House inner circle and perhaps a few well-placed representatives are privy to far more detailed intelligence information than your average elected representative.
And even fewer have access to the original source material, or the insider debates about how to present such material, which are classified top secret.
Now, that viewpoint is official. A new congressional report made public last week by the bipartisan Congressional Research Service concludes that President Bush and his close advisors do indeed 'have access to a far greater volume of intelligence and to more sensitive intelligence information.'
Gee, what a surprise. The only other bigger surprise would be the president admitting he has been misleading the public on this vital point about his decision to go to war. "
It seems President George W. Bush actually did have access to more sensitive intelligence information than members of Congress in spite of his angry speeches to the contrary.
Bush has said time and again that 'some of the most irresponsible comments about manipulating intelligence -- have come from politicians who saw the same intelligence I saw and then voted to authorize the use of force against Saddam Hussein.'
Our opinion has been that such claims by the president are just not believable, since so many policy experts have stated for the record that the White House inner circle and perhaps a few well-placed representatives are privy to far more detailed intelligence information than your average elected representative.
And even fewer have access to the original source material, or the insider debates about how to present such material, which are classified top secret.
Now, that viewpoint is official. A new congressional report made public last week by the bipartisan Congressional Research Service concludes that President Bush and his close advisors do indeed 'have access to a far greater volume of intelligence and to more sensitive intelligence information.'
Gee, what a surprise. The only other bigger surprise would be the president admitting he has been misleading the public on this vital point about his decision to go to war. "
Rich Lowry on War & National Security Agency on National Review Online
Rich Lowry on War & National Security Agency on National Review Online: "Every administration, liberal or conservative, has claimed this warrantless surveillance power, and no court has ever denied it. The FISA court of review explained, citing the 14th Circuit's 1980 decision in a case involving the surveillance of a Vietnamese spy named David Truong, 'The Truong court, as did all the other courts to have decided the issue, held that the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information.' The court added, 'We take it for granted that the President does have that authority.'"
Judge decideshe can't stopcounty boardchair election
Judge decideshe can't stopcounty boardchair election: "Judge decideshe can't stopcounty boardchair election
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
By Steve Gunn
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
The Bill Gill county board chairmanship controversy rages on, following an inconclusive hearing Tuesday in 14th Circuit Court. "
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
By Steve Gunn
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
The Bill Gill county board chairmanship controversy rages on, following an inconclusive hearing Tuesday in 14th Circuit Court. "
Any hope for Muskegon?
Probably not until they realize their problem is what the City does, not what employers do. When was the last time anyone (Chronicle?) asked a businessperson who chose to relocate elsewhere why they chose a location other than Muskegon? I guess it's best to not ask a question if you don't want to hear the answer. Bummer....
What's is it with democrats?
For what seems like the hundredth time a newly introduced, friendly democrat gave me a "compliment".
"gee, for a republican, you're not such a bad guy". Add "stupid", "greedy", "selfish" I received from others. My new democrat "friend" preened as she glowed in her good nature......
"gee, for a republican, you're not such a bad guy". Add "stupid", "greedy", "selfish" I received from others. My new democrat "friend" preened as she glowed in her good nature......
Guilty of murder?
St. Paul Pioneer Press 12/24/2005 Two charged in teen's heroin death: "Posted on Sat, Dec. 24, 2005Two charged in teen's heroin deathAssociated PressTwo people remain in jail Friday after being charged in the death of a 17-year-old Cedarburg girl who died of a heroin overdose shortly after getting her driver's license.Benjamin R. Stibbe, 23, of Grafton and Caitlin E. Schuette, 17, of Cedarburg were each charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide in the death of Angela Raettig, who died Nov. 30 of a heroin overdose, according to a criminal complaint.The two are being charged under Wisconsin's rarely used 1989 Len Bias law, which allows for someone who provides drugs that are a 'substantial factor' in a death to be prosecuted for homicide.Bias, a star basketball player at the University of Maryland and draft pick of the Boston Celtics, died of a drug overdose in 1986.Schuette and Stibbe face up to 40 years in prison if convicted of the charges. Stibbe is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond and Schuette's bond is set at $30,000, jail officials said.According to the criminal complaint, Schuette, Raettig and 19-year-old Ryan Hinkle were at Hinkle's apartment Nov. 29.'(Schuette) stated that Angela had just gotten her driver's license and they had decided to go to Milwaukee to get some heroin,' the complaint said.Stibbe says Raettig called him on Scheutte's cell phone to set up the transaction, but Stibbe refused to deal with Raettig since he did not know her or Hinkle, the complaint said.He agreed to arrange the purchase once Schuette, whom he knew, got on the phone, and the complaint says Stibbe and the group met in Milwaukee with a heroin dealer.Stibbe told investigators Schuette gave him $50 and Raettig gave him two $20 bills, which he used to buy four bags of an unspecified amount of heroi"
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
better every year
Instapundit.com -: "Then again, maybe that attitude is explained by this passage: 'During an election year, D.C.'s standards of attractiveness -- already graded on a generous curve -- tracked to availability and not physical beauty. It's like the Special Olympics of sex, Melanie thought. Everyone's a winner!'
Unlike the lovers, the laptops get better every year . . . .
posted at 08:25 PM by Glenn Reynolds"
Unlike the lovers, the laptops get better every year . . . .
posted at 08:25 PM by Glenn Reynolds"
Global warming junk science
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Global warming evidence is truly frightening
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference ended on a disturbing note -- and no, it wasn't the weaseling diplomatic posture of the United States in regards to its responsibilities as a member of the world community to reduce the so-called 'greenhouse gases' that may well be contributing to the phenomena of global warming. It was the actual evidence itself that keeps mounting up even as we Americans do our best to pretend nothing much out of the ordinary is really happening.
Two recent developments have added an additional chill to the other scientific warnings that have been piling up since the 1960s, when scientists recorded global temperatures inching higher. The first was a finding by a team of European researchers studying ice core samples drawn from the innermost recesses of Antarctica. They show that there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point during the last 650,000 years.
The second is a more recent finding, that of the measurement of the currents that flow in the Atlantic Ocean that carries warmer Gulf Stream water toward Northern Europe. The overall circulation of these currents, say scientists from the National Oceanography Center in Great Britain, has slowed by some 30 percent since a similar set of measurements was examined back in 1957. The Atlantic Current directly impacts weather in Europe, and a slowdown would be expected to have a tremendous impact on conditions ranging from weather to ocean fisheries.
Meanwhile, an almost stunning range of climate-related data continues to pour in -- the melting of ancient glaciers worldwide, the shrinking of the North Pole and speculation that it might disappear entirely within our children's lifetimes, t"
Global warming evidence is truly frightening
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference ended on a disturbing note -- and no, it wasn't the weaseling diplomatic posture of the United States in regards to its responsibilities as a member of the world community to reduce the so-called 'greenhouse gases' that may well be contributing to the phenomena of global warming. It was the actual evidence itself that keeps mounting up even as we Americans do our best to pretend nothing much out of the ordinary is really happening.
Two recent developments have added an additional chill to the other scientific warnings that have been piling up since the 1960s, when scientists recorded global temperatures inching higher. The first was a finding by a team of European researchers studying ice core samples drawn from the innermost recesses of Antarctica. They show that there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point during the last 650,000 years.
The second is a more recent finding, that of the measurement of the currents that flow in the Atlantic Ocean that carries warmer Gulf Stream water toward Northern Europe. The overall circulation of these currents, say scientists from the National Oceanography Center in Great Britain, has slowed by some 30 percent since a similar set of measurements was examined back in 1957. The Atlantic Current directly impacts weather in Europe, and a slowdown would be expected to have a tremendous impact on conditions ranging from weather to ocean fisheries.
Meanwhile, an almost stunning range of climate-related data continues to pour in -- the melting of ancient glaciers worldwide, the shrinking of the North Pole and speculation that it might disappear entirely within our children's lifetimes, t"
Chronicle continues its race baiting
If there is some "there" there, then this is a worthy story. Anyone gotta a guess what really happened and how the Chronicle will report it if the "there" doesn't exist? Gotta love their commitment to better race relations....... sophistry!
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Parent accuses school district of racist treatment
Monday, January 02, 2006
By Nate Reens
CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE
A former third-grader at a Benzie County school alleges in a federal lawsuit that administrators forced her to use a separate bathroom and students taunted her with racial slurs and threats because she is black.
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Parent accuses school district of racist treatment
Monday, January 02, 2006
By Nate Reens
CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE
A former third-grader at a Benzie County school alleges in a federal lawsuit that administrators forced her to use a separate bathroom and students taunted her with racial slurs and threats because she is black.
Imagine if Gill was white....
... and said the same crap!
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County board chairman fight goes to court
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
By Steve Gunn
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
If it comes, the election of the Muskegon County Board chairman likely will qualify as an anti-climax compared to the pre-election uproar.
Lawyers were scheduled to be in court today fighting over whether a chairman's election should be part of the board's annual organizational meeting Wednesday.
Bill Gill, the current board chairman, recently filed suit in 14th Circuit Court, seeking to determine whether the majority of county commissioners have the legal right to replace him as chairman.
The suit named commissioners John Snider, Chuck Buzzell, James Derezinski, Robert Scolnik, Marvin Engle and Steve Wisniewski as defendants.
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "
County board chairman fight goes to court
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
By Steve Gunn
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
If it comes, the election of the Muskegon County Board chairman likely will qualify as an anti-climax compared to the pre-election uproar.
Lawyers were scheduled to be in court today fighting over whether a chairman's election should be part of the board's annual organizational meeting Wednesday.
Bill Gill, the current board chairman, recently filed suit in 14th Circuit Court, seeking to determine whether the majority of county commissioners have the legal right to replace him as chairman.
The suit named commissioners John Snider, Chuck Buzzell, James Derezinski, Robert Scolnik, Marvin Engle and Steve Wisniewski as defendants.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Micheal Andretti back at Indy 500 this year!
Al right! He may be a geezer, but he's a legend and the son of a greater legend! Yeah!
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Newspaper ignorance!
Why even read the junk science these ignoramuses print?
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Error shifts local rankings on bad air 'list of infamy'
Thursday, December 15, 2005
By Jeff Alexander and Dave LeMieux
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITERS
Muskegon Heights can breathe easy, but Muskegon County residents who live along the Lake Michigan coast may be wheezy due to industrial air pollution that blows across the lake from Chicago and Gary, Ind.
That was the gist of a correction The Associated Press issued late Wednesday, after the news service reported that people living in Muskegon Heights breathe some of the nation's most polluted air.
An AP story read on TV newscasts and published in newspapers across the state Wednesday, including The Chronicle, reported that four of the state's five most at-risk neighborhoods for health hazards due to industrial air pollution were in Muskegon Heights. As it turns out, residents in four mostly white areas in Muskegon, Norton Shores and Roosevelt Park face some of the nation's most serious health risks from breathing polluted air, according to EPA data analyzed by the AP.
Local health officials said they are skeptical of the rankings and the methods used to create them.
'It doesn't seem plausible to me,' said Ken Kraus, director of the Muskegon County Health Department. 'It would seem to me that places producing the pollution, places like Houston, Detroit and Gary, would have the highest pollution levels.
'There has to be some dissipation of that stuff (smog-forming air pollution) when it comes across the lake,' Kraus said.
Muskegon Heights City Manager Melvin C. Burns II said he didn't think Wednesday's erroneous article will have a long-range negative effect on the city.
'It's safe to breathe the air in Muskegon Heights,' Burns said. 'We kno"
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Error shifts local rankings on bad air 'list of infamy'
Thursday, December 15, 2005
By Jeff Alexander and Dave LeMieux
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITERS
Muskegon Heights can breathe easy, but Muskegon County residents who live along the Lake Michigan coast may be wheezy due to industrial air pollution that blows across the lake from Chicago and Gary, Ind.
That was the gist of a correction The Associated Press issued late Wednesday, after the news service reported that people living in Muskegon Heights breathe some of the nation's most polluted air.
An AP story read on TV newscasts and published in newspapers across the state Wednesday, including The Chronicle, reported that four of the state's five most at-risk neighborhoods for health hazards due to industrial air pollution were in Muskegon Heights. As it turns out, residents in four mostly white areas in Muskegon, Norton Shores and Roosevelt Park face some of the nation's most serious health risks from breathing polluted air, according to EPA data analyzed by the AP.
Local health officials said they are skeptical of the rankings and the methods used to create them.
'It doesn't seem plausible to me,' said Ken Kraus, director of the Muskegon County Health Department. 'It would seem to me that places producing the pollution, places like Houston, Detroit and Gary, would have the highest pollution levels.
'There has to be some dissipation of that stuff (smog-forming air pollution) when it comes across the lake,' Kraus said.
Muskegon Heights City Manager Melvin C. Burns II said he didn't think Wednesday's erroneous article will have a long-range negative effect on the city.
'It's safe to breathe the air in Muskegon Heights,' Burns said. 'We kno"
Huh?
Didn't Gary Thrasher just stiff a bunch of folks who he owed money to at Dockers?
Planning commission OKs permit for tavern: "Planning commission OKs permit for tavern
Saturday, December 17, 2005
By Robert C. Burns
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
A bar and restaurant planned for West Western Avenue in downtown Muskegon got a boost from the city's planning commission Thursday.
Planning commissioners unanimously approved a special-use permit for the single-story building at 609 W. Western -- future home of The Tipsy Toad Tavern........
Gary Thrasher, Hoby's older brother, describes himself as a 'managing partner' in The Tipsy Toad. He also has been involved in a number of local drinking and dining establishments, most recently Dockers at Harbour Towne. "
Planning commission OKs permit for tavern: "Planning commission OKs permit for tavern
Saturday, December 17, 2005
By Robert C. Burns
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
A bar and restaurant planned for West Western Avenue in downtown Muskegon got a boost from the city's planning commission Thursday.
Planning commissioners unanimously approved a special-use permit for the single-story building at 609 W. Western -- future home of The Tipsy Toad Tavern........
Gary Thrasher, Hoby's older brother, describes himself as a 'managing partner' in The Tipsy Toad. He also has been involved in a number of local drinking and dining establishments, most recently Dockers at Harbour Towne. "
Monday, November 21, 2005
Clinton's "Boogie to Baghdad"
Chronicle kinda forgot to HEADLINE this fact....bummer.
Remember please remember "Boogie to Baghdad": "In case you don't remember, "Boogie to Baghdad" is the phrase that Richard Clarke, when he was the top White House counterterrorism official during the Clinton administration, used to express his fear that if American forces pushed Osama bin Laden too hard at his hideout in Afghanistan, bin Laden might move to Iraq, where he could stay in the protection of Saddam Hussein."
Remember please remember "Boogie to Baghdad": "In case you don't remember, "Boogie to Baghdad" is the phrase that Richard Clarke, when he was the top White House counterterrorism official during the Clinton administration, used to express his fear that if American forces pushed Osama bin Laden too hard at his hideout in Afghanistan, bin Laden might move to Iraq, where he could stay in the protection of Saddam Hussein."
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Anita Bryant's Cure
Didn't this gal used to sell Florida orange juice?
Anita Bryant's Cure (National Lampoon Spoof: 1977)
Anita Bryant's Cure (National Lampoon Spoof: 1977)
In Remembrance
Remembering those who gave the last full measure.
In Remembrance: "The Moving Tributes below were created by friends and family of the men and women featured on the In Remembrance site.
To view a tribute, please click on the service member's name. The tribute will load in a new window"
In Remembrance: "The Moving Tributes below were created by friends and family of the men and women featured on the In Remembrance site.
To view a tribute, please click on the service member's name. The tribute will load in a new window"
Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First - New York Times
Amazing site for SuperShoppers
The NYT finally has a column without a lie!
The "specials" site is bf2005.net
Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First - New York Times:
"November 17, 2005
Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First
By MICHAEL BARBARO
For retailers, the day after Thanksgiving is a painstakingly orchestrated affair.
Prices are scientifically slashed, down to the penny. Sales begin at dawn. And glossy circulars containing the well-laid plans are distributed just a day or two ahead to keep consumers and competitors in the dark.
Or at least that is how it worked before people like Michael Brim came along. From a cramped dorm room in California, Mr. Brim, an 18-year-old college freshman who dines on Lucky Charms and says he rarely shops, is abruptly pulling back the curtain on the biggest shopping day of the year.
His Web site, BF2005.net, publishes the circulars for what retailers call Black Friday - the day that officially starts the holiday shopping season - weeks ahead of time.
So far this year, sources have leaked advertisements to him from Toys 'R' Us (showing the Barbie Fashion Show Mall, regularly $99.99, for $29.97); Sears (a Canon ZR100 MiniDV camcorder, regularly $329.99, for $249.99); and Ace Hardware (a Skil 12-volt drill, regularly $44.99, for $24.99)."
The NYT finally has a column without a lie!
The "specials" site is bf2005.net
Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First - New York Times:
"November 17, 2005
Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First
By MICHAEL BARBARO
For retailers, the day after Thanksgiving is a painstakingly orchestrated affair.
Prices are scientifically slashed, down to the penny. Sales begin at dawn. And glossy circulars containing the well-laid plans are distributed just a day or two ahead to keep consumers and competitors in the dark.
Or at least that is how it worked before people like Michael Brim came along. From a cramped dorm room in California, Mr. Brim, an 18-year-old college freshman who dines on Lucky Charms and says he rarely shops, is abruptly pulling back the curtain on the biggest shopping day of the year.
His Web site, BF2005.net, publishes the circulars for what retailers call Black Friday - the day that officially starts the holiday shopping season - weeks ahead of time.
So far this year, sources have leaked advertisements to him from Toys 'R' Us (showing the Barbie Fashion Show Mall, regularly $99.99, for $29.97); Sears (a Canon ZR100 MiniDV camcorder, regularly $329.99, for $249.99); and Ace Hardware (a Skil 12-volt drill, regularly $44.99, for $24.99)."
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
NS Mayor has his own plans!
Chronicle shocked!
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "City faces some 'hard decisions,' new mayor says
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
By Nancy Stier
CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT
New Norton Shores Mayor Jerry Wiersma said the city faces some 'hard decisions' because voters last week rejected a new charter that would have allowed for gradual increases in property taxes.
But Wiersma, sworn in Monday as the new mayor after giving up the city council seat he has held for 18 years, plans to go slow at first.
He said that during his first few months in office he intends to 'feel my way along,' essentially preserving the status quo until the council collectively works with staff in February on the next city budget. "
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "City faces some 'hard decisions,' new mayor says
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
By Nancy Stier
CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT
New Norton Shores Mayor Jerry Wiersma said the city faces some 'hard decisions' because voters last week rejected a new charter that would have allowed for gradual increases in property taxes.
But Wiersma, sworn in Monday as the new mayor after giving up the city council seat he has held for 18 years, plans to go slow at first.
He said that during his first few months in office he intends to 'feel my way along,' essentially preserving the status quo until the council collectively works with staff in February on the next city budget. "
Irony?
The Chronicle posits that a wife cheater can't promote the institution of marriage. Suggesting "just go away". Never heard that during their Clinton crush. Hypocracy!
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "There is a certain irony here, especially in Cox's case, that bears a parting comment. This Attorney General was a poster boy for last year's anti-gay marriage amendment, and for taking away unmarried partner benefits in alliance with those who scream these are destroying 'the sacred institution of marriage.' Such hypocrisy.
Please, Mr. Cox and Mr. Fieger: Just go away. "
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "There is a certain irony here, especially in Cox's case, that bears a parting comment. This Attorney General was a poster boy for last year's anti-gay marriage amendment, and for taking away unmarried partner benefits in alliance with those who scream these are destroying 'the sacred institution of marriage.' Such hypocrisy.
Please, Mr. Cox and Mr. Fieger: Just go away. "
Chronicle idiocy about the NS millage
The Chronicle editorial board has no clue about how a city might "maintain services" other than to give polititians a blank check. Well, how 'bout demanding that our leaders articulate the specifics of the spending need? And show us how they've been thrifty in the past?
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "Voters left communities without answers
Sunday, November 13, 2005
The hard work of actually running local government became much more difficult last week after voters in Norton Shores, Roosevelt Park, North Muskegon and Grand Haven, and a number of local townships, turned down ballot issues that, yes, would have raised taxes, but more importantly were aimed at keeping communities livable and safe.
So now that the voters have had their say at the ballot box on these various tax-related issues, what can local officials do to maintain the services people expect and deserve. Anyone? "
Mlive.com's Printer-Friendly Page: "Voters left communities without answers
Sunday, November 13, 2005
The hard work of actually running local government became much more difficult last week after voters in Norton Shores, Roosevelt Park, North Muskegon and Grand Haven, and a number of local townships, turned down ballot issues that, yes, would have raised taxes, but more importantly were aimed at keeping communities livable and safe.
So now that the voters have had their say at the ballot box on these various tax-related issues, what can local officials do to maintain the services people expect and deserve. Anyone? "
The Chronicle doesn't tell you this!
Amazing how the MSM kinda forgets this stuff....
This war is for real: "1. When did the threat to us start?
Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer, as far as the United States is concerned, is 1979 � 22 years prior to September 2001 � with the following attacks on us:
Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
Beirut, Lebanon, Embassy, 1983;
Beirut, Lebanon, Marine Barracks, 1983;
Lockerbie, Scotland, Pan-Am flight to New York, 1988;
First New York World Trade Center attack, 1993;
Oklahoma City � Murrah Federal Building, 1995;
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Khobar Towers Military complex, 1996;
Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Embassy, 1998;
Dares Salaam, Tanzania, U.S. Embassy, 1998;
Aden, Yemen, USS Cole, 2000;
New York, World Trade Center, 2001;
Pentagon, 2001;
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Plane Crash, 2001
(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide). "
This war is for real: "1. When did the threat to us start?
Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer, as far as the United States is concerned, is 1979 � 22 years prior to September 2001 � with the following attacks on us:
Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
Beirut, Lebanon, Embassy, 1983;
Beirut, Lebanon, Marine Barracks, 1983;
Lockerbie, Scotland, Pan-Am flight to New York, 1988;
First New York World Trade Center attack, 1993;
Oklahoma City � Murrah Federal Building, 1995;
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Khobar Towers Military complex, 1996;
Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Embassy, 1998;
Dares Salaam, Tanzania, U.S. Embassy, 1998;
Aden, Yemen, USS Cole, 2000;
New York, World Trade Center, 2001;
Pentagon, 2001;
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Plane Crash, 2001
(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide). "
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