Bringing the Back Page News to the Front

Posted on January 13, 2006 | Filed Under Editorial

Don’t expect to see this on the front page of the New York Times:

“Corporate Taxes, Gov’t Spending Hit Records”

The government actually posted a surplus in December. And why, praytell? A surge of tax revenues from an improving economy.

But wait? I thought the Bush tax cuts were a bad idea for the economy. Weren’t we told that would bankrupt the government?

Expect to hear little in the way of intelligent response to this information from most mainstream news.

Digging a Deeper Hole

Posted on January 13, 2006 | Filed Under Politics

The Belafonte saga continues. Following an appearance at the Children’s Defense Fund luncheon yesterday, Harry Belafonte defended his description of President Bush as the world’s worst terrorist. If you want to know how absolutely out of touch with reality this guy is, listen to his comments:

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He said he was trying to “stimulate curiosity that comes from particularly the press so that we may have some kind of public debate on issues that we very rarely hear from our side of the agenda.”

“So when I make my remarks, they may stir up controversy, but then it’s time to talk …

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Wordpress 2.0

Posted on January 12, 2006 | Filed Under Editorial, Web, WordPress

Wordpress 2.0 is out. I will be attempting to upgrade the blog sometime this weekend. During this process, the blog may be unavailable.

Once that is complete, I will be upgrading the Verse-O-Matic to make sure that it works with WP 2.0. I may also further tinker with the gears a little to finish some of the upgrades that I’ve been wanting to add.

Funny…

Posted on January 12, 2006 | Filed Under Editorial

This is so funny I wish I could say I thought of it myself. But I didn’t, so I’ll provide the link:


A Midwestern Perspective on Politics and Economics

Teddy Chappaquiddick

Posted on January 12, 2006 | Filed Under Politics

Anytime someone dredges up Chappaquiddick, my ears perk up. I just will never understand how the “Honorable” Senator from Massachusetts can sit in the halls of government with a straight face knowing full well that he got away with it.

Well, Debra Saunders has written a good piece on townhall.com- If Alito isn’t confirmed, Bush’s next pick should be Kennedy. It would be enjoyable for us all to see how he answers questions regarding Chappaquiddick. Indeed it would, Debra, indeed it would.

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