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June 22nd, 2007 at 20:35
The Ultimate Capitalist Song
If I had a $1000000 by Barenaked Ladies. Just a little ditty to help you get in touch with your Inner Capitalist Swine.
I have to admit the lines “If I had a million dollars We wouldn’t have to walk to the store If I had a million dollars We could t…
June 22nd, 2007 at 22:22
Most journalists give cash to Democrat, liberal causes
CBS Sunday Morning producer Edward H. Forgotson Jr. says, “Without giving money, the only way I can help the Democrats is by the way we craft our stories. And, since the Dan Rather debacle, we’ve learned to be more subtle and careful about …
June 22nd, 2007 at 22:24
It’s a good new – bad news day
Everywhere I look these days, it’s good news – bad news. In Baquba, “for the first time since the assault began, Iraqi soldiers joined the operation in significant numbers.” That’s the good news. The bad news is “many of the
June 23rd, 2007 at 00:00
A Cautionary Tale: The First Amendment, Good Tast
This post is a cautionary tale for all bloggers.
Background
I feel compelled to tell you about a situation here in the blogosphere that saddens me, but illustrates, yet again, the need for bloggers to deal with each other in good faith and with…
June 23rd, 2007 at 01:07
The U.S.’ Decline is Inevitable; So What!
On June 20th this post, “Who Fires the First Shot?” w …
June 23rd, 2007 at 01:12
20 Terrorists Die in U.S. – NATO Led Afghanistan Strike
Twenty terrorists died in an overnight offensive led by coalition forces. This is great news, right? You would not think so if you read the title of the Associated Press article: 25 civilians killed in Afghan violence.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban m…
June 23rd, 2007 at 01:16
Trent Lott…Listening to citizens of the wrong country
We trust the people we elect to the Senate to do two things.
Represent the people of the State which elected them………
Represent the Best interests of the United States (that would be our Nation, Trent) which sorta includes millions o…
June 23rd, 2007 at 02:28
Tough Times for Immigration Bill?
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas will vote against resurrecting the immigration amnesty bill along with fellow Texan, John Cornyn. Perhaps the folks living in an area affected greatly by all the ILLEGALS sneaking in actually understand the proble…
June 23rd, 2007 at 02:34
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Right Truth, Big Dog’s Weblog, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, third world county, stikNstein… has no mercy, Nuke’s news and views, Pirate’s Cove, The Pink Flamingo, Church and State, Right Pundits, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, DeMediacratic Nation, 123beta, Adam’s Blog, On the Horizon, Webloggin, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Colloquium, The Florida Masochist, Conservative Cat, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, High Desert Wanderer, The Yankee Sailor, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. Filed under Global Warming/Global Cooling, Other Blogs | | Trackback URI [...]
June 23rd, 2007 at 03:50
Friday Sermon from Iran; Iran Ready to Talk
This Friday Sermon from Iran …
June 23rd, 2007 at 04:59
The Uncooperative Radio Show! June 22, 23 and 24,
Live, Independent, Conservative Talk Radio! We are rocking over on Talkshoe Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8pm to 10pm Eastern Time.
I will be talking about important issues facing this country, Some things you will not find anywhere else, even on my…
June 23rd, 2007 at 05:02
The State of Education Knows No Boundaries – A Pun
Cutting through the morass and straight to the heart; shoveling aside the BS and hosing the reality clean comes this tidbit from Lord Somber of The Pungeoning; art, graphics design, cultural criticism and psy-ops.Lord Somb …
June 23rd, 2007 at 06:07
[...] Trackposted to Right Pundits, Outside the Beltway, Perri Nelson’s Website, The Random Yak, 123beta, DeMediacratic Nation, Right Truth, Adam’s Blog, Big Dog’s Weblog, On the Horizon, The Pet Haven Blog, Webloggin, Leaning Straight Up, Cao’s Blog, The Bullwinkle Blog, Colloquium, , The Florida Masochist, Conservative Cat, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The Uncooperative Blogger, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Right Nation, Pirate’s Cove, Church and State, Gone Hollywood, and The Yankee Sailor, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]
June 23rd, 2007 at 06:20
Weekend Open Trackback – June 22-24, 2007
Weekend open trackback! Leave a trackback of your best post for others to read.
June 23rd, 2007 at 06:45
Welcome to Azamatteroprinciple
Azamatteroprinciple is dedicated to eliminating congressional earmarks and wasteful spending by providing information and resources earmarks, pork barrel spending, related legislation news reports and blogs/web resources.
June 23rd, 2007 at 07:34
[...] A big ol’ snowbird “howsitgoin, eh?” to readers from Outside The Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Right Truth, Big Dog’s Weblog, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, The Uncooperative Blogger, stikNstein, Nuke’s News And Views, The Right Nation, Pirate’s Cove, The Pink Flamingo, Church And State, Right Pundits, MoreWhat, The Random Yak, DeMediacratic Nation, 123beta, Adam’s Blog, On The Horizon, Webloggin’, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, The Florida Masochist, , Colloquium, Conservative Cat, Diary Of The Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants Of Samantha Burns, Blue Star Chronicles, Azamatteroprinciple, High Desert Wanderer, The Yankee Sailor, Gone Hollywood. Also mucho thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]
June 23rd, 2007 at 07:47
Voter fraud is easy
…if a dog can outwit the King County Elections office, how hard could it be for an illegal immigrant, or a felon that’s been barred from voting?
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:52
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Right Truth, Big Dog’s Weblog, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, The Uncooperative Blogger, stikNstein… has no mercy, Pirate’s Cove, The Right Nation, The Pink Flamingo, Church and State, Right Pundits, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, The Random Yak, DeMediacratic Nation, 123beta, Adam’s Blog, On the Horizon, Webloggin, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, , The Florida Masochist, Colloquium, Conservative Cat, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Azamatteroprinciple – A new blog dedicated to fighting pork barrel spending, High Desert Wanderer, The Yankee Sailor, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:22
Beer will turn Men into Women
Several months ago, scientists at Europe’s annual human reproduction conference suggested that the results of a recent analysis revealed the presence of female hormones in beer, and suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption.
June 23rd, 2007 at 14:11
Nuke Smuggling in Republic of Georgia
Remember Litvinenko? He was the former KGB agent who sympathized with the Chechen rebels, converted to Islam, and mysteriously died of polonium poisoning. He may have been assassinated by the Russian government, or he may have been transporting radioac…
June 23rd, 2007 at 16:14
Nifong now faces possible criminal charges
And the players haven’t even brought suit yet.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,285998,00.html
Beleaguered and disbarred former District Attorney Mike Nifong, who prosecuted the Duke University lacrosse rape case, could win…
June 23rd, 2007 at 16:19
goes without saying
… or at least one would think so. I will spell this out as simply as I can for all of those people this is addressed to, because it is more than painfully obvious that your IQs and relative intelligences…
June 23rd, 2007 at 16:33
Hillary Clinton’s campaign fraud caught on tape?
The money question (no pun intended) is what did she know and when did she know it?
Essentially the story is that Hillary’s 2000 Campaign was involved in a fundraiser that violated hard money campaign finance laws. She claims they did n…
June 23rd, 2007 at 16:49
Woman registers her dog to vote to expose flaws in system
The County should thanks her for exposing the loopholes that make fraud in King County so easy to commit but instead they are punishing her.
Instead of dealing with the law’s obvious flaws, they will bully her with threats and intimidation.&…
June 23rd, 2007 at 17:10
More proof John Edwards is the slimiest Democrat in the presidential race.
Here is how Edwards used fundraising for poverty to help launch his 2008 presidential campaign.
Hat tip to ST via the NYT:
In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008
John Edwards ended 2004 with a problem: how t…
June 23rd, 2007 at 18:26
The Same Old Europe [Weekend Open trackback]
European Union leaders have reached agreement in Brussels on an outline of new guidelines to govern the 27-member bloc for drafting a new EU treaty to replace the bloc’s aborted constitution.
At dawn on Saturday they announced a compromise to del…
June 23rd, 2007 at 23:03
Successful missile defense test
Yesterday the Navy conducted a successful at sea missile defense test. Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System intercepted and destroyed a separating ballistic missile target during its midcourse phase of flight. (via Peace and…
June 24th, 2007 at 01:45
Charity Begins At Home?
So John Edwards has created a Non Profit Org to fight Poverty and Create Jobs for—Himself and his Staff?
I can just picture him feeding of the generosity of folks who think they are actually helping the poor with their donations
June 24th, 2007 at 01:56
SF Mayor bans bottled water, ensures no one will ever take him seriously again
Ok, this is just dumb. Even for San Francisco.
S.F. bans bottled water for city workers
Is city water better than bottled water?
Mayor Gavin Newsom thinks so. Newsom has issued an executive order banning city dep…
June 24th, 2007 at 05:24
Long Weekend (Open) Must-Read List
Conservatives’ Must-Read for the Weekend
June 24th, 2007 at 14:41
Another Shutout Against the Predators, 69-0 for the Force
Today’s game was against the Detroit Predators, essentially a rerun of the game two weeks ago, except on the Force’s home turf. The Predators, however, were suffering from more than the Away Field Disadvantage. For some unknown reason, they chose…
June 24th, 2007 at 21:58
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Big Dog’s Weblog, Right Truth, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Uncooperative Blogger, 4 Time Father?, Nuke’s news and views, Pirate’s Cove, The Right Nation, The Pink Flamingo, Church and State, CatSynth.com, Right Pundits, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, No Apology, The Random Yak, DeMediacratic Nation, 123beta, Maggie’s Notebook, Adam’s Blog, On the Horizon, Webloggin, Cao’s Blog, Phastidio.net, The Bullwinkle Blog, , The Florida Masochist, Colloquium, Conservative Cat, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Azamatteroprinciple – A new blog dedicated to fighting pork barrel spending, High Desert Wanderer, Gone Hollywood, and The Yankee Sailor, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. Filed under: Traffic | [...]
June 25th, 2007 at 08:06
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Big Dog’s Weblog, Right Truth, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, Stageleft, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Uncooperative Blogger, 4 Time Father?, Nuke’s news and views, Pirate’s Cove, The Right Nation, The Pink Flamingo, Church and State, CatSynth.com, Right Pundits, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, No Apology, The Random Yak, 123beta, DeMediacratic Nation, Maggie’s Notebook, Adam’s Blog, On the Horizon, Webloggin, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Phastidio.net, , The Florida Masochist, Colloquium, Conservative Cat, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, Walls of the City, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Azamatteroprinciple – A new blog dedicated to fighting pork barrel spending, CORSARI D’ITALIA, High Desert Wanderer, Gone Hollywood, and The Yankee Sailor, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]
June 25th, 2007 at 09:07
God Forbid Jesse Jackson Actually Did Something Constuctive To Stop Black-on-Black Crime…
Thanks to Michelle for pointing out the latest example of the irrelevancy of Jesse Jackson! A black man is killed by black gang members, so naturally Jesse goes after the gun shop owner! The victim was Blair Holt, 16, of Chicago, who is the son …
June 25th, 2007 at 09:19
Committing genocide > George Bush, if you mean well
At least that’s what a former co-executive producer and writer of “Seinfeld” has to say …
June 25th, 2007 at 11:46
Beavis and Butthead vs History
Or, Rook Hawkins – I’m not a historian but I play one on Youtube and Myspace. The later contains a banner wherein he claims the titles historian and ancient texts expert. Excuse my guffaw and belly laugh, but his statements on Youtube …
August 10th, 2007 at 13:15
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Right Truth, Big Dog’s Weblog, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, The Uncooperative Blogger, stikNstein… has no mercy, Pirate’s Cove, The Right Nation, The Pink Flamingo, Church and State, Right Pundits, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, The Random Yak, DeMediacratic Nation, 123beta, Adam’s Blog, On the Horizon, Webloggin, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, , The Florida Masochist, Colloquium, Conservative Cat, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Azamatteroprinciple – A new blog dedicated to fighting pork barrel spending, High Desert Wanderer, The Yankee Sailor, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]
August 10th, 2007 at 13:25
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson’s Website, Big Dog’s Weblog, Right Truth, The Pet Haven Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, Leaning Straight Up, Pursuing Holiness, third world county, Stageleft, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Uncooperative Blogger, 4 Time Father?, Nuke’s news and views, Pirate’s Cove, The Right Nation, The Pink Flamingo, Church and State, CatSynth.com, Right Pundits, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, No Apology, The Random Yak, 123beta, DeMediacratic Nation, Maggie’s Notebook, Adam’s Blog, On the Horizon, Webloggin, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Phastidio.net, , The Florida Masochist, Colloquium, Conservative Cat, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, Walls of the City, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, Azamatteroprinciple – A new blog dedicated to fighting pork barrel spending, CORSARI D’ITALIA, High Desert Wanderer, Gone Hollywood, and The Yankee Sailor, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]