Monthly Archives: February 2006

How much would you have to drink?

February 27, 2006 – 1:08 pm

for this to come true?

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Port fuss

February 24, 2006 – 1:08 pm

I’m not sure what to think about the recent hubbub over the ports issue. It seems that there’s something in it for everyone to argue both for and against. One comment I saw this week certainly stands out to me, though:
“I take a back seat to nobody when it comes to fighting terrorism and standing […]

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Because nobody hates America like Al Gore hates America

February 13, 2006 – 9:01 am

The sometimes-best-the-Democrats-can-do posterboy is at it again:
Gore told the largely Saudi audience, many of them educated at U.S. universities, that Arabs in the United States had been “indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable.”
“Unfortunately […]

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Another?

February 13, 2006 – 5:18 am

One ancient Roman burial ground found last week, a Hellenistic tomb found this week. Very interesting…
The latter says “The tomb’s size suggests it belonged to a a wealthy Macedonian family.” After having just finished Stephen Pressfield’s “The Virtues of War,” though, there didn’t seem to be many Macedonian families that weren’t relatively wealthy immediately following […]

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Ouch

February 10, 2006 – 5:15 am

According to the latest Rasmussen poll Hillary Clinton isn’t seeing the kind of popularity that she’d hoped for.
Today, just 27% of Americans say they would definitely vote for the former first lady while 43% would definitely vote against. Still, 59% of Americans believe it is somewhat or very likely that she will be the Democrat’s […]

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