An Unfortunate Outburst of Intense Patriotism

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Monday, September 26, 2005

Rita and Katrina Signs of Global Warming Emergency!

There is no denying it anymore. The expert has spoken: The two monster hurricanes, Katrina and her evil sister Rita, are “proof positive” that we are in a global warming emergency. Never before have we suffered such severe hurricanes, and they will only get worse and worse. Who was the expert who... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Shrillary on the Georgia law requiring photo ID for voters

One more gem from Shrillary’s appearance at the Congressional Black Caucus goings-on: “There is a concerted effort to make it even harder for poor people and non-English-speaking people and elderly people to vote in this country... This needs to be a high priority for everybody here today, to make... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Shrillary decries Katrina contract to Halliburton!

Shrillary’s address to the Congressional Black Caucus gathering Thursday was a veritable gold mine of liberal folly. Here’s what she had to say about Halliburton subsidiary KBR being awarded a contract for post-Katrina work: “ People lost their lives and people lost everything they owned, and maybe... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 23, 2005

Reporter to Bush: You'll be in the way if you go to Texas

As if we need more evidence of the utter uselessness of the former mainstream news media... President Bush planned a fast trip through the Texas gulf coast before the arrival of Hurricane Rita to review emergency preparedness. The trip was eventually cancelled, but when it was announced, the same... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Bette Midler uses hurricane fundraiser to vent her trauma over junk mail!

Bette Midler seems to think that charity fundraisers are the perfect platform from which to complain about one’s own inconveniences rather than doing anything to help the cause at hand, thereby making the celebrity “fundraiser’s” personal agenda rather than the need of the beneficiaries the central... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Whining Harry Reid calls Judge Roberts insensitive!

In one of the most spectacular displays of condescending irony I’ve come across in years, Senator Harry Reid has accused Judge John Roberts of being “insensitive” for not prostrating himself before the altar of political correctness concerning the use of the term “amigos” 23 years ago. Let me get... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Katrina a Bush plot to enrich Halliburton?

Halliburton subsidiary KBR got a nice, juicy $100,000,000 (estimated) contract for the dewatering of New Orleans. Aha!, you cry, the whole thing was a scam to enrich Halliburton! Not so fast. Here are some of the major contractors awarded post-Katrina contracts to date: Flour Corporation: $100... Sign in to see full entry.

Blowing a breach in the Farrakhan theory of levee sabotage

Just like every other paranoid kook conspiracy theory, Louis Farrakhan’s theory that the New Orleans flooding was caused by deliberate sabotage of one levee in order to wipe out black neighborhoods is a pile of rotten jambalaya. The Corps of Engineers has identified the following breaches: Orleans... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 16, 2005

Judge Roberts KO's liberal idealogues

In yesterday’s testimony, Judge Roberts promised to the senators questioning him that he was not an idealogue. Okay, but what of his questioners? If anything defines by example the concept of an ideolgue, the liberal Democrats around whom he has run rings in the testimony do in abundance. These... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional in Schools!

Here we go again! Michael Newdow, heir apparent to Madelyn Murray O’Haire as the most hostile atheist in the marketplace of public opinion, has won a victory in his effort to have the words “Under God” banned from the Pledge of Allegiance. After having his earlier suit thrown out by the Supreme... Sign in to see full entry.

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