Tuesday, February 7, 2006
"Chocolate City" Mayor......To Ask for Foreign Aid???
Just when you thought the Mayor of New Orleans couldn't get any more absurd......he steps up th the plate and knocks one out of the park........ Shortcomings in aid from the U.S. government are making New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin look to other nations for help in rebuilding his hurricane-damaged...
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Monday, February 6, 2006
What if Hitler were a prophet?
The scene: It is November, 1943. We’re in Camp Shelby, just outside of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where 5,300 German prisoners of war are interned. The Geneva Conventions are being strictly adhered to, with food (prepared by German cooks), clothing, and medical care equal to their captors. The German...
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Sunday, February 5, 2006
Are American Liberals true cynics?
Antisthenes was the founder of Cynicism....he was a follower of Socrates. Socrates believed that if a person knew Truth, then he or she would naturally choose the Good. The task became then to find Truth at all costs; the rest would take care of itself. The big idea of Cynicism is that all of the...
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Saturday, February 4, 2006
States Consider Bans On Protests at Funerals of Iraqi War Casualties...
In Kentucky, this week, the Legislature passed a ban on protesting within 300 feet of funerals of Iraq war casualties. Protesters there are preparing a demonstration at a large memorial service for soldiers next week at Ft. Campbell, KY, home of the 101st Airborne. Five other Mid-western states are...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The Anti-Sheehan....
Who is Dan Clay? In last night's State of the Union address, President Bush focused the spotlight on one family affected by the war in Iraq: the family of Dan Clay, killed in Falluja in December, 2005. "We must keep our word, defeat our enemies, and stand behind the American military in its vital...
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