Thursday, January 29, 2009
By Jonathan Tilove
Washington bureau
WASHINGTON — The revelry of Washington Mardi Gras begins tonight at the Washington Hilton.
Physically, the Hilton is at the intersection of Connecticut and Florida avenues. Metaphysically, the Washington Mardi Gras is at the crossroads of what people like about Louisiana and what they don’t like about Washington, a long [...]
by Donny Ferguson…and many limited-government types aren’t happy. Prominent blogger Robert Bluey laid out his opposition to Steele’s chair bid in a Jan. 4 posting on RedState.com.
Bluey cites several factors as to why Steele is “the wrong man.” Among them are his decision as GOPAC chair to make the group’s third-biggest expenditure a donation [...]
by Stephen Gordon
I shore love me some tax cuts, but…
While I hold the highest of respect for former Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan, she seems to be missing a vital point, right now. She’s written, IMO, some of the best political speeches of my lifetime. At times, she’s also been willing to criticize [...]
by Amber Gunn
H.B. 1718, nebulously titled “Reducing greenhouse gases in Washington,” was introduced two days ago and is scheduled for a public hearing tomorrow at 8 a.m.
The bill has been scheduled without the five-day public notice required by House Rule 24. Not only that, but legislators have elected to hold the hearing without bothering to [...]
By Sandra Ami
How would you feel to see a child’s face terrified with fear, with tears flooding their cheeks, arms reaching out for help “MOMMY! MOMMY! DADDY! DADDY!” The child is being pulled away by strangers, the pain and pure agony of fear. The screams so piercing they draw a crowd. [...]
I cannot take credit for this and do not know the author: peacefreedomprosperity.com
The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities [...]
Stephen Gordon – The Liberty Papers
According to Rasmussen, “62% of adults say there should be a nationwide ban on smoking in all public places, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirty-three percent (33%) disagree, and five percent (5%) are not sure.”Here comes the money line:
Republicans, who usually frown on government restrictions, are [...]
Yahoo – A California appeals court has ruled that a Christian high school can expel students because of an alleged lesbian relationship.
The 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside on Monday upheld California Lutheran High School’s right as a private, religious organization to exclude students based on sexual orientation.
Two girls sued claiming they were discriminated [...]
Susan Jacobson |Sentinel Staff Writer
A Merritt Island man who was paralyzed when he answered a dare to do a belly flop in the Indian River has been awarded $76.6 million by a Brevard County jury.
Timothy D. Hoffman, who was 20 at the time of the accident on Jan. 16, 2003, broke his neck when he [...]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/16/teen.strip.search/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A 13-year-old Arizona girl who was strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain reliever will have her case heard at the Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether school officials were right to strip-search a student over ibuprofen.
The justices accepted the case Friday for review. They will decide whether a [...]
President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill Friday that they need to quit listening to radio commentator Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with democrats and the new administration. At one point during a meeting between Obama and republican leaders, a critic spoke up about their objections [...]
A student of a Burlington, Conneticut high school was barred from running for re-election for her secretary position as a class officer after her school found comments that she had made towards the school on her blog. She still won the election with a write in vote, however the school did not allow her to [...]
I believe and hope that we can find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem, and while I’m not sure how this will play out, I have an idea of how it should. Something has to be done about this at some point or else we will never get the stability that we are looking for.
This [...]
Fox News Cited
A U.S. District Judge has ruled that the mandatory moment of silence in Illinois schools is unconstitutional, citing that it crosses the boundaries of church and state and subject children at an impressionable age to contemplate religion. An Illinios talk show host Rob Sherman and his daughter who attends highschool, filed the lawsuit [...]
Yahoo Tech
Judging from the complaints and questions filling my inbox, Windows security looks like it’s already on track for its worst year this decade. The latest attack is a worm called Downandup, Downadup, Kido!, or Conficker (all the same thing), and it primarily seems to be being delivered via infected USB drives.
How’s it work? By [...]