Archive for November, 2005
Thoughts on the Thanksgiving Parade “News”
Being Thanksgiving weekend, the news was a bit slow in US politics. The big story seemed to be that Matt and Katie failed to report the news that the M&Ms balloon was involved in an accident that resulted in two injuries. The big question of the weekend was whether Matt and Katie, as representatives of [...]
Most Inspirational Movies of the Century
AFI is polling for the Most Inspirational Movies of the Century. That’s an interesting concept for a list. Betsy Newmark offers her suggestions for the list and I’m sure more will be coming. I thought I’d mention a few of my own thoughts. Forest GumpTo say that Forest wasn’t the brightest of kids would be [...]
BOTW Quote Re: Al Qaeda in Iraq
Zarqawi is the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, or, as the Democrats call it, al Qaeda Which Has Nothing to Do With Iraq in Iraq Which Has Nothing to Do With al Qaeda. Some news organizations have taken to calling AQII “al Qaeda in Mesopotamia,” apparently counting on their readers’ being too ignorant to [...]
Terminator TV Show – Sarah Conner Chronicles
For the fans of the Terminator series of movies (which includes my wife and myself), Fox has ordered a pilot for a new show that focuses on Sarah Connor and her son John. The series will be set between the second and third movies, and will be more character driven and less cyborg-action oriented. Let’s [...]
Mmmmm, Coffee
I’m blogging from the coffee shop today. The wife exercises at a local Curves. Next door is a nice little coffee shop called Mr. Bean. Fairly recently, the shop changed ownership. That’s a good thing, because the coffee here is really good now. Before, the java was on the weak side. I’m still trying to [...]
Left Wrong on WMDs Again (and Again, and Again…)
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. The left continually says that Iraq posed no threat, that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction, and that Hussein made no attempts to gain access to nuclear materials. None of this is true, of course, but that doesn’t stop people who have no [...]
Military Applications of Silly String
Hat tip to Geek Press for this interesting story. Alejandro Hernandez, during his stay in Iraq, found an interesting use for Silly String. When entering a building, this wonderful toy of children, teenagers, and drunk college students turns into a tripwire detection tool. He sprayed it across the room, and a tripwire could be detected [...]
French [Muslim] Youth Riots Continue – Media Oblivious
As I walked into the break room at work, this morning, a co-worker of mine wondered aloud what the reasons were behind the riots in France. In a carefully worded sentence, and a hushed tone, I gave him a major detail he hadn’t been aware of, and that most of the major media has been [...]
David Limbaugh on Liberal Orthodoxy
What do liberals believe? That’s become a hard question to answer. Gone are the days when you could easily name what liberals believe in. Once, you could say they believed in specific issues. Now, though, they’ve taken on a particularly weird orthodoxy that has little in common with their old ways. In his latest column, [...]
Bill Clinton Says Hillary Would Be Better Prez Than He
Bill Clinton says that Hillary would be a better President than he was. That’s a pretty hard statement to argue with. It would be hard to be a WORSE President than Clinton was, though it has been known to happen before. Clinton goes on to say that he was too young to be a good [...]