Details are still sketchy, but KING TV in Seattle is reporting that four police officers where shot and killed near McChord Air Force Base in Parkland, Washington: Four police officers have been shot and killed near McChord Air Force Base. Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says that the officers were in a coffee shop […]
Archives for November 2009
Breaking: Golfer Tiger Woods Injured in Car Crash
Details about the incident are still sketchy, but he’s probably the best known professional athlete in the world and it’s painfully slow news day: Professional golfer Tiger Woods suffered “serious” injuries during a car crash near his Windermere, Fla., home early this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol The 33-year-old Woods was driving a […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everyone… and to every Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine: Thank You and God Bless You. George Washington’s First Thanksgiving Proclamation Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; […]
Priceless: Saturday Night Live Mocks Obama’s China Trip
Just how bad have things gotten for President Obama? This bad: Ouch… I wonder how many reporters the Associated Press will devote to fact checking SNL? (H/T: MsUnderestimated via Hot Air’s Headlines)
WSJ: Geithner Under Fire Amid Frustration on Economy
Normally I’d say the calls for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s resignation were just hot air but given the recent disclosures about his role in AIG bailout while President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, I suspect this is more than just normal political blustering: Snowballing frustration about the economy burst into a political fracas […]
Fred Thompson: The War in Afghanistan Has Been Lost
Oh boy, I wish Fred hadn’t gone here but the said truth is someone had to say it out loud… From the Politico: Former Sen. Fred Thompson today intensified his party’s criticism of President Obama’s long deliberation over policy in Afghanistan, announcing that Obama’s delay signals that “the war has been lost” and that nothing […]
Carrie Prejean Sex Tape
I’ve got the video right here: Let’s cut through the bull, Ms. Prejean isn’t the first young woman, Christian or otherwise, who has foolishly sent naughty pictures or video to a boyfriend… and she won’t be the last. Quite honestly I don’t see anything hypocritical about a Christian sinning; one of the principle tenants of […]
House Passes Health Care Refore Bill
I meant to post this yesterday but it slipped through the cracks of what was another manic Monday. The House of Representatives passed Nancy Pelosi’s 1,990 page health care reform bill by a vote of 220 to 215 on Saturday night. The House of Representatives late Saturday night approved a historic bill to remake the […]
Happy Birthday, Marines!
Ladies and Gentlemen, please join me in a toast to the greatest fighting force the world has ever known… The United States Marine Corps. 234th years of unwavering fidelity to Country and Corps, Happy Birthday, Marines! Semper Fi!
AP: What Recovery?
The Associated press has been one of the President’s biggest cheerleaders but with unemployment now topping ten percent even they’re asking What recover? Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that […]
AMA May Withdraw Health Care Reform Endorsement
It looks like the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees decision to endorse the House Health Care Reform bill is about to backfire. A significant chunk of the group is upset that the Trustee’s made the endorsement without the formal approval of the organization’s House of Delegates and is pushing a resolution that, if approved, […]
Robert Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?
“I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years ago somebody comparing health care reform to 9/11. Imagine just […]
Sgt. Kimberly Munley: Hero
The word hero gets tossed around a lot these day but Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the civilian police officer who ended the Fort Hood gunman’s violent rampage has certainly earned the title: The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood by pumping four bullets into the crazed gunman even though she was wounded […]
Steny Hoyer: We Don’t Have the Votes… Yet.
From the Associated Press: House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday that the make-or-break vote on […]
Ouch: Unemployment Climbs to 10.2%
Ouch, unemployment climbed to a 26 year high in October as as more than 558,000 Americans lost their jobs in October: In another sign that workers are being left out of the budding economic recovery, the U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 10.2% in October, topping the 10% mark for the first time in 26 years. […]