AP reports:
The war in Iraq passed a sobering milepost Tuesday when U.S. officials reported 12 more Americans were killed - eight of them members of the armed forces, raising to more than 1,900 the number of U.S. service members who have died in the country…
by ladd on 09/21/05 at 02:07 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
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T.G.I.F Humor Break
Quote o' the Week: The following statement is the funniest thing I've seen in a while, although The Onion is outdoing itself of late:
I have no possible explanation for the conservative notion that if we allow gay people to get married, it will lead…
by ladd on 09/16/05 at 04:19 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
I have no possible explanation for the conservative notion that if we allow gay people to get married, it will lead…
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Iraq Edges Toward ‘Full Scaled Civil War’
Rory Carroll reports from Iraq:
A car bomb tore into a crowd of laborers in central Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 88 in Iraq's worst single attack since February. A fireball engulfed men who gathered in Khadhimiya, a poor Shiite district with high unemployment, hoping for…
by ladd on 09/15/05 at 06:37 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
A car bomb tore into a crowd of laborers in central Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 88 in Iraq's worst single attack since February. A fireball engulfed men who gathered in Khadhimiya, a poor Shiite district with high unemployment, hoping for…
by ladd on 09/15/05 at 06:37 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Large Number of FBI Files Alarming
The New York Times reports Monday:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected at least 3,500 pages of internal documents in the last several years on a handful of civil rights and antiwar protest groups in what the groups charge is an attempt to stifle political…
by ladd on 07/17/05 at 08:47 PM Comments (5) -- Read More...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected at least 3,500 pages of internal documents in the last several years on a handful of civil rights and antiwar protest groups in what the groups charge is an attempt to stifle political…
by ladd on 07/17/05 at 08:47 PM Comments (5) -- Read More...
Dems: Stop the ‘Smear Campaign’
AP reports today:
Democrats stirred the pot Thursday in the case of presidential aide Karl Rove and the news leak that unmasked a CIA agent, pushing the issue toward the Senate floor, pressing for a congressional investigation and inviting the operative's husband to the Capitol to…
by ladd on 07/14/05 at 05:49 PM Comments (15) -- Read More...
Democrats stirred the pot Thursday in the case of presidential aide Karl Rove and the news leak that unmasked a CIA agent, pushing the issue toward the Senate floor, pressing for a congressional investigation and inviting the operative's husband to the Capitol to…
by ladd on 07/14/05 at 05:49 PM Comments (15) -- Read More...
Movin’ On Up: Barbour Approval Increases
Gov. Haley Barbour has pulled himself up with constituents in the last two months, from a low of 37% approval in May to 41% approval in July, making him the 39th most popular governor in the Union, according to a monthly survey by SurveyUSA. Barbour leads five Democratic and six…
by itodd on 07/13/05 at 05:57 PM Comments (6) -- Read More...
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‘Karl Rove Is A Liar’
Salon's Joe Conason takes on Karl Rove for his latest trick to divide America. Rove ignited a firestorm when he said recently:
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments…
by ladd on 07/12/05 at 10:27 AM Comments (50) -- Read More...
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments…
by ladd on 07/12/05 at 10:27 AM Comments (50) -- Read More...
Lanier Grad Killed In Iraq
WAPT reports another Mississippi casualty in the Iraqi war:
Family members say Staff Sgt. Scotty Bright of the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based in Fort Carson, Colo., was killed Wednesday. The Jackson native was 36. [...] He was a graduate of Jackson Lanier High School…
by ladd on 07/07/05 at 11:34 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Family members say Staff Sgt. Scotty Bright of the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based in Fort Carson, Colo., was killed Wednesday. The Jackson native was 36. [...] He was a graduate of Jackson Lanier High School…
by ladd on 07/07/05 at 11:34 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Attacks Rock London
AP is reporting:
Four blasts rocked the London subway and tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday, sending bloodied victims fleeing in the worst attack on London since World War II. At least 40 people were killed, U.S. officials said, and…
by ladd on 07/07/05 at 11:30 AM Comments (2) -- Read More...
Four blasts rocked the London subway and tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday, sending bloodied victims fleeing in the worst attack on London since World War II. At least 40 people were killed, U.S. officials said, and…
by ladd on 07/07/05 at 11:30 AM Comments (2) -- Read More...
Plame-Gate Moves Closer to Karl Rove
Big news today was that Karl Rove was a source in a Time magazine story that helped out undercover CIA investigator Valerie Plame. Newsweek reports:
"Some government officials have noted to Time in interviews... that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is a CIA official who monitors the…
by ladd on 07/05/05 at 05:24 PM Comments (9) -- Read More...
"Some government officials have noted to Time in interviews... that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is a CIA official who monitors the…
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Aug 27, 2008Ban the Paddle?
ladd: A lot of kids in all our schools are "scary smart." Many just haven't had the chance to prove it, yet.
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Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: The kids I've met from the Jim Hill Civil Liberties Club are SCARY smart (they're not just the future; they're ready and…
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation.
Damn right I…
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: Baquan, it's simple really: You generalized about all young people with statements like these:
Discipline does not work any more…
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: To Tom Head - lets just agree to disagree. You put yours in time out for stealing or cussing, while with mine, they…
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: Donna you did a good article a while back on this generation, where I think you mentioned people should try to find out…
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: Or for selling bad weed. Or for sleeping with your girlfriend. Or... Right. We teach the same pro-violence message with the Iraq…
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: That is a vast generalization about young people, baquan, and extremely offensive. I'm more impressed with young people today in their teens, and even tweens, than I ever have been. And the numbers bear it out: they are less violent and more focused than in recent generations.
It's adults (especially middle-agers) who are the real screw-ups ... in many cases.
Paddling doesn't teach the "fear of God"—it teaches to solve your problems with force and violence. You know, like shooting an unarmed person in the back for shoplifting.
Aug 27, 2008
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: after reading all the posts above; whatever it is we are doing; it is not working?
Discipline does not work…
Aug 27, 2008
Driving Mr. Biden: The JFP Interview with Obama's Veep Pick
J.T.: No, thank you, Walt. Peace