Heroes Need Not be American

However, terrorists seem to need to be Islamic.

(AP) A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling

I see that Billy Hollis has posted an article on his new Q&O digs, as regards digital rights management.  For those of you who don’t know that phrase the translation is “copy protection” .

My response was that of a

Shape is not substance. Liberals put undue emphasis on shape and tend be blind to substance.

Rico, Think Progress, is incensed over MIchelle Malkin’s comment:

I have to tell you, in general, I’m skeptical of anything that has

Socialist counties have a chronic history of shortages.    There is a reason, socialsits criminiize providing commodiites.   Socialists make providing commodies illegal then profess bewilderment when shortages result.

The former Soviet Union had long lines from everything from meat to toilet

Once again, Jimmy Carter has shrunk from debate. Despite having written a book whose purpose he claims was to promote dialogue and discussion, he has consistently dodged appearing with anyone who could challenge him on the numerous factual errors that

It may seem perverse to suggest that, at the very moment the House of Representatives is repudiating his policy in Iraq, President Bush is poised for a political comeback. But don’t be astonished if that is the case.

That’s David

Mrs. Pelosi promised the most most honest, ethical, and open Congress ever.  Paul Kane, in the Washington Post, details Mrs. Pelosi’s latest broken promise:

Rep. William Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat who’s facing an ongoing federal corruption probe,

These are pics I’ve taken in the last 24 hours around my home town as I ran errands.

Yes I know I’m sounding like an old broken vinyl, but the ‘rats really are this bad:

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Bush lacks the authority to invade Iran without specific approval

Yesterday Bit wrote:

* John Mellencamp is a five star idiot.  To think I actually had some respect for that fool. (Shudder)

Well it appears that Bit is was not the only one conflicted between John Mellencamp’s musical talent

RALEIGH -(Charlotte Observer)  Former House Speaker Jim Black resigned his seat in the General Assembly on Wednesday, a day before he is expected to plead guilty to public corruption.

Black, six weeks into his 11th term in the House, did

I see John Hawkins is consulting for Duncan Hunter.

 John’s a blogging freind, and I’m glad to see he’s got the gig.

I must admit that thusfar, of the current field, Hunter is really the one I like best,

The Associated (with Terror) Press has been drinking the Kool-Aid yet again.

EL PASO, Texas Feb 15, 2007 (AP)— Border Patrol officials are investigating a shooting at the Mexican border that involved one of their agents.

Doug Mosier,

We now know how Mrs. Clinton gets her political endorsements.  She buys them. 

Maggie Haberman New York Post:

February 15, 2007 — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign reached a deal to pay a key South Carolina black leader’s consulting firm

* As you can imagine, the weather around here is something of a priority for me.  At the moment, we’ve caught perhaps an additional foot of snow to lay on top of what we already had for about the last