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Year: 2004

Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Whoopsie!

(Via Drudge) It would seem that our neighbor to the north has better sense about immigration than we do: Unhappy Democrats Need to Wait to…

November 4, 2004February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

RINO hunting

(Via Drudge) Well, this didn’t take long: Specter warns Bush on high court nominations The Republican expected to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year…

November 4, 2004February 13, 2021
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I thought you said the last one was the last Wictory Wednesday?

Well, I thought it would be–I figured we’d all know who won before bedtime. I was wrong, so we get a Final Last Wictory Wednesday…

November 4, 2004February 15, 2021
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Wrapping up loose ends

Working my way around the news of John Kerry’s concession, I’ve ran into a lot of things that I’d like to direct your attention to.…

November 3, 2004February 13, 2021
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Well!

Blogging the Election, Post 4 Kerry Conceeds to Bush I have to admit to being very surprised. I wouldn’t have believed that Kerry and the…

November 3, 2004February 13, 2021
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Jeeze, call it!

Blogging the Election, Post 3 I stand by last night’s call–BUSH WINS! However, it seems that the Democrats are going to lawyer this thing again–Florida…

November 3, 2004February 15, 2021
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Watching, waiting

Blogging the Election, Post 2 But not worried. Florida is a done deal now, and Ohio just stubbornly stays Bush as the reporting precincts slowly…

November 3, 2004February 13, 2021
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10 PM and all’s well

Blogging the Election, Post 1 Early yet, but the average call is 170 electoral votes for Bush, 112 for Kerry. The entire Confederacy, except for…

November 3, 2004February 15, 2021
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Adding some more to the Levi’s List

(A tip o’ the hat to DaveH from Kim Du Toit’s comments for the pointer.) I keep what I call the Levi’s List. It’s an…

November 2, 2004February 15, 2021
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They’re in the home stretch…

Before I go, I want to urge you one last time, to be sure to go vote–and vote for President George W. Bush! As you…

November 1, 2004February 13, 2021
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Lock and load

Osama bin Laden warned in his October Surprise video that he will be closely monitoring the state-by-state election returns in tomorrow’s presidential race — and…

November 1, 2004February 15, 2021
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The Jacksonian Tradition and American Foreign Policy

Before 9/11, Walter Russell Mead penned this piece attempting to explain what, at least to the rest of the world, seems to be “an unhealthy…

November 1, 2004February 13, 2021
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Camping season is over

Well, RVing season actually, but for my family, they’re one and the same. Each year, with the end of October, It’s time to bring the…

November 1, 2004February 15, 2021
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WTF happened to my comments?

I just noticed that my Haloscan comments were gone, and I was dealing with Blogger’s comments instead. So I’ve reinserted the Haloscan comment code. Of…

October 28, 2004February 13, 2021
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Secret Weapons

(Via Jerry Pournelle) Varifrank has a “Secret Weapon“. This is another of the things I’ve read that I won’t demean by commenting on. Just go…

October 28, 2004February 13, 2021
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I have in my hand the final Wictory Wednesday

We have here my last Wictory Wednesday post. The other Wictory Wednesday bloggers are At this point, I doubt that very many people are truly…

October 27, 2004February 15, 2021
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Thanks for your help in identifying you

(Via Drudge) Terrorists hope to defeat Bush through Iraq violence You’re not surprised, are you? After all, it worked in Spain. (And I want you…

October 27, 2004February 13, 2021
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A beautiful sentiment

WorldNet Daily has this little jewel about some freedom-loving Americans celebration of UN Day. Pardon me while I go find someone to high-five…

October 27, 2004February 15, 2021
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Oh you kids!

(Via Drudge) It seems those wacky kids at CBS News are at it again: 60 MINS PLANNED BUSH MISSING EXPLOSIVES STORY FOR ELECTION EVE Fresh…

October 27, 2004February 13, 2021
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War Plan Orange

(For those of you not versed in WWII history, War Plan Orange was the plan that General Douglas MacArthur drew up for the defense of…

October 26, 2004February 13, 2021
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A cautionary tale

(Via misc.survivalism. Thanks to Gunner–you got too much time on your hands this week?) I’m not sure of the provenance of the story, but I…

October 21, 2004February 15, 2021
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Wictory Wednesday

Well, this is the “next to last” Wictory Wednesday post. Other Wictory Wednesday bloggers are I think we can safely say this is crunch time.…

October 20, 2004February 13, 2021
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Any questions?

(Via misc.survivalism. Thanks to Gunner.) Just in case you don’t get how important this election is, Mathew Manweller, a political science professor at Central Washington…

October 20, 2004February 15, 2021
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Flu shots, media-induced mass hysteria, socialized medicine and economics

Rarely can you get so many topics covered in one post–and still make sense. This is one of these times. In case you’ve been stuck…

October 19, 2004February 15, 2021
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Worth your time

Talk about getting something indirectly–this excellent editorial is on Town Hall, reached via The Lost Target, and I was pointed to that in a alt.survival…

October 18, 2004February 13, 2021
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OK…

So here we have Gun-shop owner in D.C. sniper case faces tax charges. So, far, so good–this guy isn’t’ the first small businessman to either…

October 18, 2004February 13, 2021
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My last debate post

Well, this time I got to hear or watch nearly the entire debate. I’m also getting to post about it before I listen to a…

October 14, 2004February 13, 2021
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Don’t trust a cop to uphold the law

Time for some local blogging with larger implications. The Alamance County, NC sheriff did a little investigation. He sent a list of 125 Hispanic voters…

October 14, 2004February 15, 2021
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I have a plan–Wictory Wednesday

Wictory Wednesday rolls on toward victory! Other Wictory Wednesday bloggers are 20 days to the election. In most states, voter registration is closed. It’s time…

October 13, 2004February 15, 2021
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Catching up

It’s amazing how much can go on while I’m on vacation (or just busy preparing for it). Most of it’s old news, but just in…

October 13, 2004February 15, 2021

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