Archive for November, 2004

November 30, 2004

Pro-Lifer Meets President Bush

Aidan Reid, Campaign Life Coalition’s National Public Affairs Director, has met briefly with The President of the United States (POTUS). President Bush was in Ottawa to greet Canadian MP’s when Mr. Reid managed to slip through the tightest security offered any dignitary in the Free World: LifeSiteNews—With some of the heaviest security Canada has seen [...]

Viktor Yushchenko: Diagnosis CH3CH2OH?

The eminent Dr. Boyle at CodeBlueBlog has a fascinating in-depth analysis of what may ail Viktor Yushchenko: CodeBlueBlog—I know a lot of opinions have been put forth in the Blogosphere recently rearding Viktor Yushchenko’s facial transmogrification. Wizbang set off the fireworks and diagnoses were running rampant on the net thereafter. Highly respectable Blogs like Interested-Participant [...]

November 29, 2004

First American President Of Central America

Toward the end of his first term in office, President George W. Bush began pushing his ‘temporary worker’ program. The program would match willing American employers with willing foreign workers when no Americans are found to fill a job. Jobless Americans have been left wondering why an American President would work so hard to get [...]

November 27, 2004

Plot To Assassinate ‘Dubya’ In Chile?

WorldNetDaily revealed today—courtesy of Jack Wheeler at To The Point—what could have been a potential plot to assassinate President George W. Bush in Santiago, Chile during the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit: WorldNetDaily—Wheeler tells a little-known story about a conflict between Bush’s security detail and Chile’s security over the latter’s refusal to have a metal-detector [...]

November 26, 2004

Turbulent Air For The Air Force Academy

Back on November 18th, I penned an article about Lt. Gen. Rosa’s belief that AFA cadets were ‘too religious’: Opinionbug—Don’t worry about the rapes or other problems the AFA has, because Gen. Rosa is going to save the AFA from the those intolerant “Christians.” Gen. Rosa apparently wants an atmosphere free of religion so that [...]

November 25, 2004

Happy Thanksgiving

Today is America’s day of thanksgiving for the past years blessings. Whether you give thanks to God or quietly reflect, it’s a very special day for almost everyone. Each family celebrates in a different way, but many have tables full of turkey, yams, potato salad, cranberry sauce, and you name it…. With so much to [...]

November 24, 2004

Andy Rooney: Religion Is Non-sense

I’ve been putting off this particular post for a few days hoping to get a transcript of Andy Rooney’s lecture at the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, but I was uable to get one. Anyway: During his lecture Andy Rooney said religion was non-sense and Christian fundamentalism is due to a lack of [...]

November 21, 2004

In Defense Of A Young Marine

By LTC Allen B West (USA, Ret): The subject of the young Marine in Fallujah is very near to my heart and emotional for me. See just a year ago there were sleepless nights for me and countless tears. A year ago I was the subject of a military hearing where my fate would be [...]

November 20, 2004

Polish Woman Hostage Released

Polish hostage Teresa Borcz has appeared alongside Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka at a press conference: BBC NEWS—Making a surprise appearance at a press conference alongside the Polish prime minister, 54-year-old Teresa Borcz Khalifa said it was a “joyous moment”. Mrs Borcz Khalifa has lived in Iraq for 30 years and is married to an [...]

November 19, 2004

10 Tips for Avoiding Eyestrain

On November 10th, Safety.BLR.com issued some guidelines to help computer users reduce eyestrain. I found the guidelines very helpful and wanted to share them with OpinionBug readers today. The following article is reproduced by permission of Safety.BLR.com: With the growing use of computers in the workplace and at home, more employees are spending more time [...]