Wizbang: July 2007 Archives

Democratic Whip: Good News in Iraq Would be a "Problem for Us"

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 31, 2007 · Comments (99)

The Democrats want America to lose in Iraq by withdrawing in disgrace because it will benefit the Democrats in 2008. Well, today House Majority Whip James Clyburn actually admitted it: House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (45 votes cast)

Brown Better Get Prepared To Be Called a Poodle

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 31, 2007 · Comments (142)

Gordon Brown has disappointed some in the anti-war movement with his recent comments:Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, has disappointed American and British critics of the war in Iraq by declaring that he believes the West is involved in a "generation-long battle" against radical Islamic terrorism, that he believes the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (26 votes cast)

Quote Of The Day

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 31, 2007 · Comments (6)

A friend of mine is having a very turbulent life right now. Her husband is entertaining two great job offers, and both involve moving -- in opposite directions. Or they might stay where they are. Either way, it's highly likely their lives will get more complicated -- and better. Her... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (26 votes cast)

Trolls Gone Wild

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 31, 2007 · Comments (40)

Every now and then, after banning a particularly noxious troll, I find myself wondering what became of them. I hope that they've learned their lesson in civility, and proving to be valued members of some other online community. Or, they're off being obnoxious on someone else's site. Or they've fled... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (18 votes cast)

In Sickness And In Hell, Part II

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 31, 2007 · Comments (80)

My apologies for the delay in this piece; I was rather delightfully distracted online last night. So, we've established that our health care system works pretty damned well, but the way we pay for it is seriously bollixed. Just what the hell should we do about it? Well, I am... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (19 votes cast)

Chief Justice Roberts Update

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (36)

Paul mentioned below that Chief Justice Roberts had fallen at his home earlier today. There are now more details becoming available. Here is a bit of the Fox News report:Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts took a spill at his home and ended up being taken to the hospital on... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (20 votes cast)

Another Canadian Speaks Against Health Care System, Moore

Posted by Paul · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (107)

Another day another Canadian telling the truth about the failing heath care system in their home country. I clipped a longish bit, but it is worth the read: 'Sicko' slant irksome even in Canada By SALLY C. PIPES The Providence Journal In his new movie "Sicko," Michael Moore uses a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (41 votes cast)

It's a Bad Day to be Famous....

Posted by Paul · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (11)

Ingmar Bergman Dead at 89 Bill Walsh Dead at 75 Tom Snyder Dead at 71 And CNN is reporting Chief Justice John Roberts took a fall at his home in Maine and has been rushed to the local hospital.. No link available yet. google news sort by date... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

A War We Might Just Win

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (43)

Some are noting positive changes in Iraq.Viewed from Iraq, where we just spent eight days meeting with American and Iraqi military and civilian personnel, the political debate in Washington is surreal. The Bush administration has over four years lost essentially all credibility. Yet now the administration's critics, in part as... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (26 votes cast)

This Week, Global Warming = Hurricanes

Posted by Paul · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (92)

I hope you have a score card at home. You've been told the science was settled and Global Warming causes hurricanes but that was before the 2006 hurricane season was a dud so the global warming hucksters made a new theory that Global Warming reduced hurricanes. But either this week's... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (38 votes cast)

In Sickness And In Hell, Part I

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (88)

Well, as the political season moves on, we find that once again the notion of "health care reform" is rearing its ugly head yet again. I'm no expert, but I have a few observations and opinions. The first is that we don't have a health care crisis in this country.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (31 votes cast)

Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (1)

This week's Weekend Caption Contest™ was nerdalicious. Clearly the picture struck a cord, as the entries, by and large, far exceeded my modest expectations for the picture. Obviously it wasn't a great week on the picture wires so I had to go off in search of better material. Thank goodness... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (8 votes cast)

Last Week's Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2007 · Comments (0)

Last week's Weekend Caption Contest™ was bubblicious. The Reader's Choice award winner was also the judged winner - it was just too good to for any other entry to compete with... The assignment last week was to caption the following picture: Here are the winning entries: 1) (Jeff Blogworthy) -... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (6 votes cast)

Note to the Guardian: George W. Bush wasn't President in 1998

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (25)

Does anyone actually take this publication seriously? This is what the Guardian reported: MI6 believed it was close to finding the al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan in 1998, and again the next year. The plan was for MI6 to hand the CIA vital information about Bin Laden. Ministers including Robin Cook,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (32 votes cast)

Holy Crap

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (26)

As pretty much everyone has heard, a student at Pace University is facing serious criminal charges for doing what Newsweek fabricated a year ago: tossing a Koran in a toilet. Stanislav Shmulevich, for whatever reasons (and I can think of quite a few), decided to toss a Koran in a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (44 votes cast)

Is the Media Now Against Pulling out of Iraq?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (19)

Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters has a very curious post today. He saw Sunday's Chris Matthews' show on which the liberally slanted media panel is now arguing that we should keep our troops in Iraq because pulling out would be catastrophic. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (15 votes cast)

This isn't a Surprise Except to the Detainee Supporting Leftists

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (30)

Gitmo detainees that were freed are taking up arms against the US, again, proving once a jihadi always a jihadi: Commander Jeffrey Gordon said the detainees had, while in custody, falsely claimed to be farmers, truck drivers, cooks, small-arms merchants, low-level combatants or had offered other false explanations for being... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (22 votes cast)

Iraq Wins the Asian Cup

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (30)

They were underdogs against Saudi Arabia and beat them 1-0. Iraq completed one of sport's great fairytales by beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the Asian Cup final on Sunday to provide a rare moment for celebration in their war-torn homeland. The Saudis had been bidding to become the first four-times... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (18 votes cast)

Watt's Up, Doc?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (34)

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about some environmental activists getting tasered by the local police in Brattleboro, Vermont. (It was a nice change of pace from the other recent news out of Brattleboro, when they finally passed a "no public nudity" ordinance.) I was rushed for work and suffering a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (35 votes cast)

A Different Perspective

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (14)

Brian J. Kennedy, press secretary to House Republican Leader John Boehner, used this response to a request for a report on the legislative work of the Iraqi parliament to make a comparison to the Democratic Congress:Is the new Iraqi Parliament out-legislating the Democratic Congress in Washington? Please note the following... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (22 votes cast)

The MIL Stands for Military, Duh

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (12)

LGF links to this post from Baldilocks who explains to Paul McLeary at Columbia Journalism Review that "milbloggers" are military bloggers. From McLeary at CJR:This is great. The conservative blogosphere and it's kissin' cousin, the milblog community--who always criticize the left for not supporting the troops--is engaging in some troop... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (26 votes cast)

A Few Thoughts on the "Scott Thomas" Brouhaha

Posted by The Hatemongers Quarterly · Published: July 29, 2007 · Comments (7)

We, the crack young staff of "The Hatemonger's Quarterly," must admit that we haven't followed the whole "Scott Thomas"-New Republic brouhaha very closely. Although we are regular readers of The New Republic, we didn't trouble ourselves much over the "Scott Thomas" Baghdad Diarist columns. Frankly, we didn't recognize that they'd... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (20 votes cast)

Arab Princesses Removed from Airplane

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 28, 2007 · Comments (42)

They insisted that other passengers submit to their demands, which was segregated seating because they didn't want to sit next to men they didn't know. Well, they were thrown off the plane for creating such a ruckus: Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (26 votes cast)

(DC) Power To The People!

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 28, 2007 · Comments (53)

In Brattleboro, Vermont, a bunch of people decided to take action against a move they said was damaging to the environment. In their peaceful protest, they refused orders from the police to disperse. Further, they shackled themselves in such a way that they could be free whenever they wanted, but... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (28 votes cast)

Minimum Wage, Maximum BS

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 28, 2007 · Comments (30)

The Boston Globe has one columnist who can routinely find the absolute dumbest position on pretty much any issue and run it right into the ground. That gentleman is Derrick Z. Jackson, and he gives knee-jerk liberal idiots a bad name. Today's exercise in silliness involves Mr. Jackson and the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (27 votes cast)