July 6, 2005
This is funny

Iowahawk channels terrorist Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, and thwack's the Kos Kidz. [Beware: Salty language]

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July 6, 2005
Channeling Fox Butterfield

Fox Butterfield is a New York Times reporter who periodically has people point at him and laugh. Why? Because of articles like this one. The number of inmates in state and federal prisons rose 2.1 percent last year, even as violent crime and property crime fell, according to a study by the Justice Department released […]

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July 5, 2005
Battle over judges

Sometime next week President Bush will nominate someone to take Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the chattering classes will guess about whom the president will choose. Black, white or hispanic? Man or woman? Moderate or conservative? It would be surprising if President Bush nominates someone who is less than […]

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July 4, 2005
Church comes up with new Bible

The United Church of Christ -- a "mainline" church that no one goes to anymore -- has decided to toss out Leviticus, at least the first chapter of Romans and sundry other pesky verses. The resolution was adopted in the face of efforts to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. It was both a […]

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July 4, 2005
Dirty Duke:

GOP congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a former Top Gun pilot and fighter ace was downed today due to media attention. Embattled Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham canceled his public appearances at community events scheduled for today, his spokesman said. Cunningham, R-Rancho Santa Fe, was to attend a pancake breakfast here this morning, among other holiday events. […]

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July 4, 2005
Happy Birthday U.S.A.

For your reading pleasure. IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and […]

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July 3, 2005
Teachable moments

On Friday, for the third year in a row, management went out and bought some nice Costco-brand cakes to help celebrate some birthdays. The announcement went out over the in-house messaging system: "Come grab a piece of cake to celebrate Mitch and Gordon's birthdays." Mitch was born June 30, Gordon on July 5. Yours truly […]

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July 3, 2005
Dead Duke

FBI agents raided GOP Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's home Friday, along with the Washington, D.C., headquarters of defense contractor MZM Inc. Republicans had better start thinking about who they want to run for Cunningham's seat next year.

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July 3, 2005
Let's not fool ourselves

With court cases like last week's dueling decisions on the Ten Commandments and the decade-plus legal battle on the cross atop on Mount Soledad (part of a veterans memorial), it should be no surprise that there are people in this country that want all traces of religion out of the public square. Today's poster child […]

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July 2, 2005
Some things to think about

Over at NRO's "Bench Memos" blog, Edward Whelan has some excellent questions to ponder as we await President Bush's announcement of a new Supreme Court nominee. Do we Americans still believe the “self-evident” truth that “all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are […]

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