A Good Year for the Outlaw

I don’t see what the problem was with her, other than inexperience. I wouldn’t have personally been a fan of hers, but I do agree that when a president has the opportunity to choose a justice, he’s probably going to choose one with a similar belief system to his. That’s America. But wasn’t it just [...]

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Congrats to the White Sox! How cool, eight wins in a row over two years for the American League in the World Series. I’m startin’ to like baseball again.

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Who are the dead of Operation Iraqi Freedom? How did they die? Like the rest of America, they are a diverse group. A numerical portrait of U.S. military members who have died so far in the war in Iraq:
Number who died since major combat ended April 30, 2003: 1,846.
Percent who died since major combat ended: [...]

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Looks like he’s the leaker, and then I see this story in the Houston paper this morning saying Ol’ Dick is the main guy trying to keep this whole torture of prisoners thing going:
Led by Vice President Dick Cheney, the administration is floating a proposal that would allow the president to exempt covert agents outside [...]

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Go, Sox, Go!
I’ve always kind of liked the White Sox, if only because any success they have pisses off Cub fans. But I actually found myself staying up for all 14 innings of last night’s Game 3.
The American League has now won seven straight World Series Games. The AL owns the three longest World [...]

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…there is the beginning of a great discussion over at Bill’s place.
To back up what I said on that subject, I’ll add this:
The recommended method is to refer to a person by their tribe, if that information is known. The reason is that the Native peoples of North America are incredibly diverse. It would [...]

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Diane and I went to see North Country Friday night at Rave Theatres.
I love movies, and I love to talk about them. But unlike almost everyone who tries to be a movie critic, I don’t try to criticize first, or look for how I can say something negative just to sound cool. I go [...]

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Three races ago, NASCAR inspectors found Jimmie Johnson’s car to be illegal (body too high in the rear end, increasing downforce and improving handling) after he recorded a victory at Dover.
NASCAR did nothing.
Last weekend, with Tony Stewart comfortably leading and running away with the race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, NASCAR changed it’s rules [...]

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So the Parents Television Council is mouthing off again.
Parents Group Warns Against 4 Fox Shows
George Carlin said it best:
There are two knobs on the TV…one turns the channel, and the other one turns the damn thing on and off!
The ironic thing, of course, is that Fox, the same company that owns Fox [...]

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Rove To Resign
Time magazine said resignation was the most likely scenario if either man is indicted, citing several legal and political sources.
Rove could be charged with perjury for failing to testify that he had spoken to Cooper about Plame, despite later correcting himself.
A former White House official said Rove’s break with Bush would have to [...]

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The Minnesota Vikings. Holy crap.
After a pathetic 1-3 start, the Vikes said they were going to change their season around with a big win at Chicago. That was before the “sex cruise”. Acting stupid is is something that overpaid, overspoiled, bratty, stupid, intellectually challenged, ‘roid raged athletes do every day.
But the Vikings took it [...]

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Upon arriving home, I looked to my Minnesota Gophers to whip Wisconsin and get me in a good mood last weekend.
Whip them they did. Everywhere except the final score. In one of the great collapses in Big 10 history, the Gophers went from a 34-24 lead with three minutes left to a 38-34 come-from-ahead [...]

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Two weeks of doing mornings instead of afternoons were followed by the death of my last remaining Grandparent last week, and a three-day trip to Minnesota to honor him.
He was not an average man, he was not a good man, he was a great man. I’ve talked of him in this blog before. He [...]

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Now that the GOP-controlled Senate has taken a stand against the Bush Administration (see “90-to-9″ below), for the first time in the years of the “selected” president’s reign, we can start the path to a better, more co-operative Washington by singling out the nine dolts who voted against the McCain amendment:
Allard (R-CO)Bond (R-MO)Coburn (R-OK)Cochran (R-MS)Cornyn [...]

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Some sanity in Washington:
THE SENATE has taken a major step toward stopping the most damaging and shameful American conduct during the war on terrorism. An amendment to the defense appropriations bill offered by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and approved Wednesday night by the resounding vote of 90 to 9 would end four years of uncertainty [...]

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I see that both CNN and Fox are reporting about the possible terror attack on the New York subway system, and the first thing…the first thing…that comes to my mind is the administration is trying to deflect attention off their own troubles again.
I know I’m not alone here, either. Why is it that so many [...]

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Oh, I love the NHL. I don’t care what anybody else thinks, either. I just love the stuff. Fast, physical, extreme…it’s totally awesome, baby. (Take that, Vitale, you Duke fan.)
The Minnesota Wild got off to a great start last night, whipping Calgary 6-3. One of the guys that worked in the Rivermen office last year [...]

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FoxNews.com headline: “Bush: Radicals Abuse Religion”.
Well, needless to say, I got a little excited. Did George say something bad about the zealot christians who are bound and determined to ru(i)n this country?
Then I read the story. False hope again. But I agree with what he said about the radical terrorist wing of Islam. He [...]

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My schedule is screwed up. I had to work mornings (up at 3:30 instead of for three days last week, and I have to do it again tomorrow. So my body clock is running backwards.
To catch up:
Good:
DeLay – The Hammer is gettin’ Nailed. Good.Gretchen Wilson’s new CD came out last week. It’s awesome. And [...]

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