Bush Quake Aid Group to be Dissolved? Bad Move

Those who say I never am critical of Mr. Bush take note of this story.

THIS tees me off no end. This is a bad move… a cave-in by the Bush administration of the first order.

Says the Financial Times:

Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales is being questioned incidental to that nomination, today.AP has posted the text of his opening statement.

Of course the moonbats are in full flower, today.
Moveon, for example, saying Abu Graibe was his handiwork.

I can’t complan about the way the readership of this blog is going. I’ev been rather pleased by it all. And yet, I look at some of the big guns, and have begun to notice a few trends about what

Bill Buckley in watching the events surrounding the Stnami relief efforts, notes, in part:

“(3)There has been, of course, major taunting of the United States. This was triggered by the president’s mention of $35 million as an initial contribution to

From Channel 10 in Miami, comes word that another of Ashlee Simpson’s performances has gone somewhat amiss…

“Ashlee Simpson’s Orange Bowl halftime performance ended with the screeching line, ‘You make me want to scream,’ but all the crowd wanted to

THE BELGRAVIA DISPATCH notes this morning that the French seem…. well… vexed at the idea that the US is in the lead role in the Tsunami aid.

But what have they got to bitch about? The French coughed up $135,000,

DRUDGE has a flash up reporting Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi has been arrested in Iraq.

Good news, if true, but there’s been no official announcement as yet.

Update: The WH and the Pentegon are both downplaying this report, saying al-Zarqawi’s more

Ace of Spades HQ notes It’s JRR Tolkein’s Eleventy-Second Birthday

If you have to ask, you won’t understand my telling you either.

Over at the Daily News, Stanley Crouch notes, regarding hip-hop…

The most successful black women’s magazine, Essence, is in the middle of a campaign that could have monumental cultural significance.
Essence is taking on the slut images and verbal

Yahoo! News – Bullock gives one million dollars to tsunami relief operation

AP is reporting : “About 2 feet of snow shut down Interstate 5 at Tejon Pass north of Los Angeles, stranding some travelers, and the California Highway Patrol said the state’s main north-south highway was expected to stay closed there

AP is running an interesting story…

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Monday tapped two former presidents – his father, President George H.W. Bush, and his predecessor, President Clinton – to lead a nationwide, private fund-raising campaign to help victims of

DRUDGE says :

Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey governor who was President Bush’s first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has written a book that touts the importance of moderates to the future of the Republican Party and

John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has come up with a great list… The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2004.

Mona Charen quotes Canada’s National Post in a passage I admit I’d missed. Says the Post, regarding the rejection from Muslim governments in he effected areas rejecting the help of the Israeli government:

“”We expect such false attacks on Israel