Entries from August 2006

August 31, 2006

RILEY FACING CHARGES

This is good news.
From JSOnline’s DayWatch blog:

Donovan Riley, who dropped out of the race for a state Senate seat after allegations arose that he voted twice in the same election in 2000, was charged today by Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher with voter fraud.
Riley is scheduled to make his initial appearance in Waukesha County [...]

August 31, 2006

MULTICULTURALISM AND RANDOM MUSLIM TERRORISTS

Thomas Lifson at The American Thinker has this great piece just reinforcing a number of things that have been pointed out here and other places about the string of random Muslim males committing acts of terror against ordinary, average Americans.
And the reasons why the media won’t give it the coverage it deserves, thus obfuscating the [...]

August 31, 2006

A NEW VIRUS

Hugh Hewitt on the newest virus which is replicating around the world at an alarming rate: virulent anti-Semitism coupled with Islamic extremism.
He picks the following “isolated” attacks of individual Muslims:

The July 4, 2002 attack on the El Al counter at Los Angeles International airport
The October 1 attempted homicide bombing outside of a crowded University of [...]

August 31, 2006

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS …

Who needs enemies?
Another reason to keep a wary eye on the Saudis.
Within the last 3 years, the government of Saudi Arabia has released more than 700 suspected terrorists described as having ties to al Qaeda or accused of being sympathetic to the terror organization.
Saudi Interior Minister Mansour al-Turki claimed that a counseling program administered by [...]

August 31, 2006

FEDS ANSWER MOONBATS

It’s about time.
The federal government is issuing an official response to the 9/11 conspiracy wacko kooks and moonbats who believe the terror attacks were an inside job planned and carried out by the Bush administration to advance its agenda.
You can read the fact sheet here.
Anyone stupid enough to believe the government planned and carried out [...]

August 30, 2006

PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE

Is nothing sacred?
Developers want to build a casino adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield National Park.
A spokesman for the group No Casino Gettysburg talked about the land’s connection to the battle of Gettysburg and whether the casino will affect the battlefield view.
“It’s a really tough issue. You’re not just looking at an issue that affects Straban [...]

August 30, 2006

A REAL HATE CRIME

Those of you who believe in the concept of hate crimes should be calling for the enforcement of such laws in this case.
PARKLAND, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon.
The soldier was walking to a [...]

August 30, 2006

MOONBAT ON DISPLAY

H/T to Michelle Malkin.
Darling of the nutroots Left Paul Hackett endeared himself even more with his venomous comments on The O’Reilly Factor Wednesday.
In an exchange with guest host John Kasich and analyst Dan Senor, Hackett played the Nazi and “chickenhawk” cards: attacks Senor for not having served in the military: calls him “Herr Senor” [...]

August 30, 2006

CHUTZPAH

The Association of Trial Lawyers in America showed some real chutzpah the other day.
The ATLA has announced a $500,000 TV and radio ad campaign in five congressional districts held by Republicans.
The ad campaign targets Republican House members from Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio and North Carolina. The ads accuse the lawmakers of blocking provisions that [...]

August 30, 2006

MORE OVERBLOWN, EXTREMIST RHETORIC

It’s stuff like this and this which is pushing me off the fence to support the amendment to ban homosexual marriage.
I said all along I didn’t care for the tactic employed by some opponents of the amendment: to label supporters as homosexual-bashers, homophobes, bigots, etc. And my position there hasn’t changed. Supporters of the amendment [...]