Archive for 2006
It’s Not Just Democrats
The Devil and the United Nations
Sometimes you just have to wonder about the United Nations. Last week the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, flew to New York to address the United Nations the day after President Bush spoke. “’Yesterday, the devil came here,’ Chavez said, drawing giggles from the audience as he crossed himself, looked toward the heavens and said…
Read MoreHillary’s Secret Weapon
“Half of all the women in the United states are single, and they voted for John Kerry in 2004 by a margin of 25 points” – (DickMorrisReports@Vote.com). I guess because I’m old and married I never thought of half the women in America as being single; and though I knew women are more likely to…
Read MoreBill Clinton and Terror Politics
The Bush Administration seems to be doing everything it can to lose the war against terror, but I still don’t know if Democrats can win the political battle. The headlines are bad for Bush: Intelligence agencies say the Iraq war has spread terror instead of stopping it. Retired military officers bash Rumsfeld for malpractice. The…
Read MoreNifong’s Logic
I don’t know Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong but, sometimes, he says things that leave me shaking my head. Like when the press asked him why the defense attorneys tried to have him recused from the Duke Lacrosse trial. Mr. Nifong said, in effect, ‘Well, if he was a defense attorney he wouldn’t want to…
Read MoreThey come to bury the Progress Board
An editorial in The News & Observer fondly hopes that Governor Easley’s appointees to lead the Progress Board – Mac McCorkle and John Merritt – will revive the board, which has been wandering in the wilderness for years now. Not a chance. The Progress Board has always been plagued by a fatal premise: Its supporters…
Read MoreRaleigh’s Art Fiasco
Nobody comes off well in the dispute over Raleigh’s downtown art. Would-be benefactor Jim Goodmon looks high-handed and arrogant. Mayor Charles Meeker gets blasted by Goodmon: “He followed the herd.” City Manager Russell Allen started the brouhaha, but couldn’t – or wouldn’t – stop it. Arts lovers sound elitist and condescending. The people of Raleigh…
Read MorePresident Bush’s New Catch and Release Program
Dear Carter, I hate it that President Bush gave in to the Democrats on this issue. Best, A Reader President Bush’s ‘New’ Policy The US Navy today announced that it has released a senior Al Qaeda terrorist after questioning him extensively for 27 days while being held prisoner aboard a US aircraft carrier in…
Read MoreService Employees’ Union in Raleigh?
We’ve blogged earlier about the Service Employees International Union jumping into Raleigh’s City Council race last year. They’re back. We hear that SEIU representatives were in Raleigh this week – meeting with sanitation workers who then staged a slowdown. The SEIU is targeting public employees as part of its larger, more active and aggressive national…
Read MoreBush’s Grandiosity Is America’s Loss
Now George Bush says this is a “battle for civilization.” No it isn’t. And that’s exactly why he’s bad for America. Like all second-term Presidents, Bush yearns for a place in history. So his rhetoric grows ever-more overblown: The struggle against radical Islam is “the calling of our civilization.” “The safety of America depends on…
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