The National Taxpayers Union says that 25 Congress members flouted a federal statute that requires Congressional absentees to forfeit their pay unless they or a family member are ill. Some members of congress had unexcused absences of 50% -80% of the
Juan Manuel Alvarez, the man who derailed the Metroliner commuter train at Glendale, California killing 11 people will not face arraignment until February 15. The press is more concerned about that evil SUV that caused the derailment than the man wh
Just when you start to think there is hope for today's youth you get a dose of reality like this.
Since the origin of this story,WFIE, has decided not to continue the link here is the story they printed.
IL Girl Charged In Dismembering Death Of G
Komrad Jacques Chirac proposes an international tax to fight AIDS. This is just the camel's nose under the tent. Of course there are many out there that think this is a great idea. I think what the French need is a repeat of the original revolution.
More bad news, Mike at DGCI appears to have thrown in the towel, this is one of the two blogsites that got me interested in bloggers, I hope he rethinks his decision and resumes blogging. I for one will miss you Mike.
A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter has crashed in Western Iraq killing all 31 Marines aboard, my condolences go to the family and friends of those brave lost souls on this sad day.
At least 9 people were killed and over 100 injured in Glendale Cali
This is not about the late Johnny Carson, may he rest in peace.
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Mr. Common Sense. Mr. Sense had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long
From January 10 through January 21 2005, I was called to serve for two weeks of Jury duty in superior court. During the mid and late 1980's I had been called to serve, the first time was for a 3 month duration of checking in each day and reporting in
This is the giant 7-ton bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin
that towers over Evanston Avenue North and North 36th Street in the Fremont district of Seattle which says it all about King County. This spawning ground of anti-Americanism is home to many g
A few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around t
More than 100 sightseer's on on board Chicago's Little Lady tour boat were treated to a rare glimpse of the Dave Matthews Band tour bus last summer when it stopped on the Chicago River bridge while they were passing beneath. All aboard agreed the ex
According to Turkish Press Russian security forces foiled a mass hostage-taking by pro-Chechen rebels in southern Russia on the scale of the bloody Beslan school hostage. If true, the Russians have stopped the Muslims from their exacting vengeance on
One million Rwandans - an eighth of the country's population - are expected to be tried for alleged participation in the 1994 genocide. Don't hold your breath folks. In the 10 years since it was set up to try the masterminds of the genocide, the Rwan
The Tsunami that happened in South Asia and the war in Iraq brought to mind the poem by Rudyard Kipling about a British Soldier serving in India. Kipling, born in Delhi was a newspaper reporter.
The British controlled India, which included Pakistan
The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations conceived during the first World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations was dissolved when it failed to prevent WWII.
The name "United N
Remember this guy? Sandy Berger.
He is now facing a federal grand jury for stuffing his pants with and taking top secret highly classified documents from a secure reading room at the National Archives then altering and destroying some of them. It
Three stories about bombs in todays news, the most political is the "accidental bombing" of a civilian house in Mosul, sorry Ali Yousef, you really shouldn't be harboring terrorists in your neighbor hood, it draws unwanted attention. A tr
During the past week the lame stream media has focused on the disaster in South Asia, has been quick to praise the response of the world relief effort and get out the message of Jan Egeland in support of the left's anti-Bush agenda of blaming America
Speaking during a panel discussion at the Arab Strategy Forum held in early December Madeleine Albright, said she is worried that U.S. military action in Iraq has alienated the Arab world. The Albright criticism took place in Dubai when Albright, to
If you thought Secretary of State Madeline Albright was a great , you'll love Ramsey Clark.
Clarke served under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961 thru 1969. Known as the war criminal's best friend the former U.S. attorney gene
Looks like CBS is promising to be fair and balanced, I'll have to call "BULLSHIT" on them. Just because the leopard is lying in the shade where you can't see the spots doesn't mean that it has changed it's spots.
Things to remember and file for reference in the next election are the names of the current obstructionists of constitutional values that block President Bush's judicial appointments.
There has been a lot of whining about the treatment of the prisoners at Gitmo and whether they are getting fair and just treatment. It seems that our own lawmakers have a soft spot for these murdering sonsofbitches and want to afford them the privile
Tsunami must be fault of the US. How, you ask? Through those red hot Christmas Sales of Tectonic Plates sold on E-Bay by the greedy Capitalist Americans. Long known for their plundering the earth, the Americans, while offshore drilling, took away too