Wizbang: February 2006 Archives

Standing up to Islamic Totalitarianism

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (17)

Scroll to see updates. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a manifesto today signed by 12 intellectuals, writers, and journalists asking that people band together and fight islamic totalitarianism. MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat:... [Full Story]

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Judge Rules in Favor of Cubans on Bridge

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (11)

A federal judge said the government was wrong when it sent 15 cubans found clinging to a bridge in the Florida Keys back to Cuba: MIAMI- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. government acted unreasonably when it sent home 15 Cubans who thought they had safely made it... [Full Story]

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Vietnam Colored World

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (9)

Some people can only see the world through Vietnam colored glasses: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant "Peace Tower" with panels by 200 artists likening the war in Iraq to Vietnam will be the first thing to confront visitors entering the leading showcase of contemporary American art, the Whitney Biennial.... [Full Story]

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World Public Says Iraq War Increases Terrorism

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (11)

World Public Opinion decided to poll the world to get world opinion on the US's Iraq policy. Considering the anti-American sentiment in many parts of the world as well as the bias of this organization the results are not surprising. A new global poll finds that in 33 of 35... [Full Story]

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Winning the war on terror, one giggle at a time

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (11)

I've often said, proudly, that I consider myself a Zionist. It's a conclusion I've come to after careful consideration and reasoning -- the world is a better place with Israel in it. As a corollary, I have a great deal of resentment and loathing of anti-Semitism, especially in the more... [Full Story]

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Sorry For The Downtime

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (3)

The server that hosts Wizbang had an extra long reboot involving a full disk check, which meant the site was down for nearly one hour. This has prompted me to move up a scheduled server move to this weekend. We will be moving to a dedicated server.... [Full Story]

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Bush, Rove and the Blogosphere

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (1)

Bill Sammon, now with The Washington Examiner, writes in his new book Strategery that President Bush cheers the decline of the MSM and the rise of alternative media. Here are some quotes as posted on Drudge: "I find it interesting that the old way of gathering the news is slowly... [Full Story]

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Yet more dumb criminals

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (3)

Sometimes it's just too easy... In Manchester, New Hampshire, a guy was driving drunk and had some pot on him when he went for a drive. He didn't care for how the car in front of him was driving, so he laid on the horn and started tailgating. He was... [Full Story]

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Happy Mardi Gras- Katrina Edition

Posted by Paul · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (13)

It is with great amusement (and a pinch of annoyance) that I watch the faux outrage over New Orleanians having the temerity to celebrate Mardi Gras 6 months after the city flooded. People who think Mardi Gras could be canceled have no understanding what Mardi Gras is. The first Mardi... [Full Story]

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"Taxes are for little people"

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (3)

Recently, a would-be candidate for Lieutenant Governor in Massachusetts had to withdraw after it was revealed that she had a huge backlog of unpaid taxes, loans, defaults, and other records of financial mismanagement. (She was a Democrat, naturally.) Inspired by that, the Boston Herald decided to do a bit more... [Full Story]

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There are none so deaf as those who will not hear

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (43)

One of the great tragedies of World War II was its utter preventability. In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler spelled out his objectives over a decade before Germany invaded Poland. The key elements of his rein -- the German conquest, the distrust of Communism and Democracy, the scapegoating of the Jews... [Full Story]

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Minor Changes Site Change - New Permalinks

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 28, 2006 · Comments (2)

After nearly three years I've finally tired of the default links to stories at Wizbang. They're of the variety archives/001435.php, and while they're nice and short, they're not very descriptive. The new permalinks (and their behind the scenes redirection) are now running on Wizbang Pop!, Wizbang Tech, and Wizbang Bomb... [Full Story]

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Hillary Says She's Rove's Obsession

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (10)

Karl Rove simply makes a political prediction about Hillary Clinton and she characterizes it as an obsession: Reacting to a new book quoting Karl Rove as saying she will be the 2008 Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that President Bush's chief political strategist "spends a... [Full Story]

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This is Too Bad

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (29)

Saddam ends his hunger strike. He lost 10 pounds. (Jay Tea adds: Wizz Kiddo, Zippo, and King Kong all seem to be posting from the same Rogers Cable broadband IP in Canada. Funny little coincidence, especially with Wizz Kiddo saying "You're bang on King, you took the words from right... [Full Story]

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Open Letter to Hillary

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (34)

The Tampa Tribune has a message for Hillary Clinton: please don't run for president. And the editors certainly didn't mince their words: If you run for president, chances are good that you'll secure your party's nomination. But realistically, how do you think you can win the White House? You are... [Full Story]

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True Crime roundup

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (3)

Three criminal cases caught my eye this morning, but I lack the time to go into depth on any of them. In Dorchester, a convenience store clerk has apparently been taking lessons from his New Hampshire colleagues. A punk tried to rob him at gunpoint, the clerk started yelling and... [Full Story]

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Blogs Are Dying? Alert The Media!

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (9)

The semi-annual ritual of predictions of the eminent demise of "blogs" is upon us again. Jason Fry in The Wall Street Journal recounts the latest predictions of impending doom...Recent weeks have seen the rise of a cottage industry in Whither Blogging? articles. New York magazine cast cold water on newly... [Full Story]

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My trip through the desert and what I saw there

Posted by Jeff Harrell · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (4)

Jeff Harrell is traveling this week. This column was originally written on November 9, 2005. So I took some time, you know? I had an illness to deal with, and I needed to focus on that for a while, so I took some time. I wandered in the desert for... [Full Story]

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The fading ember of hope

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (20)

As Hamas grows closer and closer to becoming the legitimate government of Palestine, they are coming under increasing scrutiny. Meanwhile, their apologists are grasping at any straws to show that they are ready to make peace with Israel. The Arab News, the mouthpiece of the Saudi government, is leading the... [Full Story]

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Bonfire Of The Vanities #139 - Reminder

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (0)

Bonfire of the Vanities entries for this weeks edition (Week 139 hosted at AKA Mike Horshead) are due by midnight (Eastern), Monday February 27th. Send a link to your worst post along with any self serving excuses or clever self mocking to: bonfire at wizbangblog.com. If you are new to... [Full Story]

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Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 27, 2006 · Comments (4)

This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ was a Mardi Gras challenge. I'd hoped that our resident New Orleans editor might chime in on the entries, but that would have required that put down his drink and come in from the balcony, leaving the Captain Morgan girls to fend for themselves. Apparently... [Full Story]

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Civility in Iraq

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 26, 2006 · Comments (10)

Gateway Pundit has an English translation of an Iraqi newspaper which reports about demonstrations for unity in Iraq. Here's a portion: In Hillah over 3000 demonstrated after Friday's united prayers (Shiite & Muslim together) at the Haytaween mosque. The united prayers were lead by Sheik Mohamed Alfateh (Sunni) and Sheik... [Full Story]

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Wackos Descending on the White House

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 26, 2006 · Comments (24)

The people from United for Peace & Justice are going to storm the White House. Look at what they are planning (All emphasis mine): Multi-Day Event, Beginning March 15, come when you can and stay as long as you can - we are taking over the White House until they... [Full Story]

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The Media's Abortion Hype

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 26, 2006 · Comments (7)

The media has been trying hard to get the American public into a fit about the South Dakota bill that would ban virtually all abortions. See these recent articles here, here, here, and here. Each of these articles insists that a big supreme court battle will ensue after it is... [Full Story]

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13th Anniversary of the 1993 WTC Bombing

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 26, 2006 · Comments (0)

Check out Counterterrorism Blog's post dedicated to the 13th anniversary of the first World Trade Center bombing. There are a number of great links including video. Politics of CP notes that just a couple of weeks after the first WTC attack "President Clinton was at a defense plant talking about... [Full Story]

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