Entries from April 2007

April 30, 2007

MORE TENET TAKEDOWNS (OR CIA = CYA)

Since the Bush administration absolutely refuses to defend itself let alone take the offensive on anything, it’s up to both the brilliant Victor Davis Hanson and our friends at Hot Air to take on the memory-deficient former CYA CIA Director George Tenet.
First, Hanson at National Review Online.
CYA CIA Director George J. Tenet, questioned about the [...]

April 30, 2007

HAINSTOCK PLEADS ‘NOT GUILTY’

Interesting plea entered by Eric Hainstock in the shooting death of Weston High School principal John Klang.
Hainstock entered a plea of not guilty.
Not ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ or anything of the sort. ‘Not guilty.’
Hainstock faces one count of first-degree murder in the death of Weston Schools Principal John Klang last fall. He’s charged [...]

April 30, 2007

NO FREE SPEECH, JUST RUDE BEHAVIOR

More unhinged behavior from a bunch of moonbats at Harvard University.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (al-AP) - A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion.
“When the photographer was getting everybody set [...]

April 30, 2007

TENET’S FACTS OF CONVENIENCE

You will hear a lot in the Drive By Media about the book written by former CIA Director George Tenet.
Called At The Center Of The Storm, Tenet’s book will give Bush bashers yet another field day to hammer away at the Lame Duck in Chief.
But Bill Kristol points out that Tenet’s book has some factual [...]

April 29, 2007

THE PASSING OF JACK VALENTI

Jack Valenti, the man who headed the Motion Picture Association of America after serving as an adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, passed away last week at the age of 85.
During his tenure with the MPAA, Valenti devised the movie rating system, which began as G, PG, R and X and is now G, PG, [...]

April 29, 2007

REAGAN MEN LINING UP WITH FRED THOMPSON

If this is any indication of who is the real heir to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, it’s former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson.

Ronald Reagan’s closest allies are throwing their weight behind the White House bid by the late president’s fellow actor, Fred Thompson.
The film star and former Republican senator from Tennessee will this week use [...]

April 29, 2007

PACKERS’ DRAFT: DAY 2

Briefly. I’ll have more to say later.
With the refusal to acquire any offensive skill players either through the draft or by free agency or trade, I firmly believe the message from this guy …

to this guy …

was …
“Screw You!!!”
This team is no better offensively now than it was at the end of the [...]

April 29, 2007

ROSIE ON THE RECORD

H/T to Charlie Sykes.
The Media Research Center has compiled a collection of Rosie O’Donnell’s leftist lunatic rants over the years on a wide variety of topics.
A complete lack of intellect on display for all the world to see.

April 29, 2007

HELICOPTER PARENTS IN THE WORKPLACE

Helicopter parents have been causing a problem for colleges; now they are taking their act into the workplace as well.
As Generation Y enters the job force, parents of new hires are calling employers to negotiate salary and benefits, and some are even showing up at job fairs. It’s a new dynamic that has some employers [...]

April 29, 2007

SCHOOL BOARD SHUTS OUT PUBLIC

Figures.
The arrogant, bought-and-paid-for hacks running the School Board in Racine have moved the talks for the contract extension for Superintendent Tom Hicks out of the public forum and into executive session, where the people actually paying the bills aren’t given any input.
The majority of the board is bought and paid for by S.C. Johnson Wax, [...]