Monthly Archives: January 2004

RIP EU?

Posted on January 26, 2004 by Allen

In USS Clueless – European disunity, Steven Den Beste examines American attitudes toward Europe and European attitudes toward America. However, it is the later stages of the essay that I wish to examine. Steven claims that the EU as a … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Like A, A States B is True, Therefore B is False

Posted on January 26, 2004 by Allen

David Kay, in one of his on-again off-again statements, says that Syria might be hiding WMD. This certainly seems possible as President Assad is a Baathist and there has been lots of flow of material and people between Iraq and … Continue reading →

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Rumsfeld Says ‘My Bad’

Posted on January 26, 2004 by Allen

ScrappleFace, a newswire service, now has Rumsfeld taking the blame for the Iraq invasion. According to the article, Hussein will be re-installed as the leader of Iraq — thereby placating all the progressives that were so against the war. Read … Continue reading →

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The Five Virtues

Posted on January 23, 2004 by Allen

Donald Sensing has an article called Manliness and its lack. This essay is a response to Terrence O. Moore’s article Wimps and Barbarians The Sons of Murphy Brown. Terrence complains that: It appears to [females] that, except for a few … Continue reading →

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Riding the Crazy Train

Posted on January 23, 2004 by Allen

I wasn’t aware that the New York Times got its content from MoveOn.org. From reading a recent Dowd article, one would think so. Read Op-Ed Columnist: Riding the Crazy Train to see if you think this is a bit over … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Not Voting for John Edwards in the Upcoming Primaries

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Allen

News (from ultimately a conservative news source) about how John Edwards made his millions can be found at The Command Post – 2004 US Presidential Election – Did John Edwards Use Junk Science To Make Over $152 Million in Groundless … Continue reading →

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Learning Freedom in Captivity — Lessons for Iraq

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Allen

In Learning Freedom in Captivity (washingtonpost.com), Lynn Erman examines how German POWs learned of economic and political freedom while in American camps. The transformation as they read and learned things that were banned in Nazi Germany is wonderful to read … Continue reading →

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Fear of Fundamentalist Laws

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Allen

Show me a wild-eyed prophet who is waving around a holy book and I’ll show you someone who shouldn’t be setting down public law. This goes to the Law of Right vs the Law of Good. Dean has an interesting … Continue reading →

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Punching Holes In The First Amendment

Posted on January 22, 2004 by Allen

David Flanagan over at Blogcritics.org examine the 1st Amendment and the “Wall of Seperation” that is supposed to exist between the Church and State. In Blogcritics.org: Punching Holes In The First Amendment, his thesis is that the 1st Amendment should … Continue reading →

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Good Economic News for Oklahoma

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Allen

Heard on NPR coming in to work this morning that Dominoe’s Pizza is opening a call center in Muskogee, adding 200 jobs to the economy there. You can read more about it from the Okmulgee Times. The company, QuickOrders, is … Continue reading →

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