Category Archives: News

What do we know about Harriet Miers?

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum, writing of her recently in National Review, said, “[Harriet Miers] once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met.” really? uh-oh…

Can General Wesley Clark help fix Iraq?

Wesley Clark’s op-ed from the Washington Post - reprinted here:
August 26, 2005
In the old, familiar fashion, mounting US casualties in Iraq have mobilized increasing public doubts about the war. Now, more than half the American people believe that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. They’re right. But it would also be a mistake now [...]

Support Cindy Sheehan

Send a letter of support to Cindy Sheehan as she sits vigil outside George Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch. MoveOn is publishing a 2 page spread in the Crawford local paper with the best submissions and total signatures of this campaign. As more families head to Crawford to add their support to Cindy and [...]

Microsoft Previews Its Google Start Page

Now available, Start.com is Microsoft’s answer to the Google Start Page. While the page doesn’t have any Microsoft identification besides the copyright, it is an obvious copy of the Google page, from the layout to the DOM / CSS / Javascript coding. As an incubator project, it is probably just a pet project [...]

Schmidt beats Hackett for Congress

According to Cincinnati Channel 5, Republican Jean Schmidt has narrowly defeated Democrat Paul Hackett for Ohio’s Second Congressional District. The unofficial vote tally is in at 57,974 to 54,401, a margin of 3,573 votes. The 52 to 48 percent loss is much closer than expected and the Democratic Party considers even a loss [...]

John Glenn endorses Paul Hackett

John Glenn, hero, astronaut, veteran, and respected politician, calls on the 2nd Congressional District of Ohio to elect Paul Haskell as the first Iraq War veteran to serve in Congress.
Here’s the release from the OH02 blog:

Conservatives rally against Jean Schmidt

A recent press release by a conservative PAC in Cincinnati is urging conservatives and republicans to not vote for Jean Schmidt in Tuesday’s special election. Schmidt’s election chances have taken several surprising hits recently in what should be a conservative stronghold in Cincinnati and southwestern Ohio. John Glenn’s endorsement of her opponent Paul [...]

Fire Karl Rove Slogan Contest

Check out MoveOn.org’s slogan contest to combat the cover-up operation being mounted to protect Karl Rove. Between the facts surrounding this scandal and the Downing Street memo, is there any reasonable excuse why there is no mass call for employment termination, criminal investigation and/or impeachment of certain corrupt political figures?
For more background, please read [...]

Jean Schmidt’s Campaign Advisor attacks Marine challenger’s military service

It amazes me that politicians with no military service or with questionable service records have the audacity to criticize the service of those challenging them politically, simply because they are Democrats. I think this defines the concept of un-patriotic and un-American political under-handedness. They proudly carry the flag for the brave men and [...]

Dayton Daily News endorses Paul Hackett

Amidst faltering support for challenger Jean Schmidt, the Dayton Daily News has endorsed
Paul Hackett for Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District in the August 2nd special election.
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Cincinnati Post endorses Paul Hackett

The Cincy Post has officially endorsed Paul Hackett for Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District in the August 2nd special election.
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Hewlett-Packard stops reselling iPods

CNN Money is reporting that Hewlett-Packard is discontuing its relationship with Apple in selling dual-branded HP | Apple iPods. According to Apple spokeswoman Katie Cotton, “[HP] decided that reselling iPods doesn’t fit with their company’s current digital media strategy.”
The partnership was announced at a January 2004 CES show. Hewlett-Packard will immediately phase-out [...]