Senator Pete Domenici Expected to Retire Veteran Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate in 2008, according to several informed sources, a decision that further complicates an already difficult playing field for Republicans next November. Domenici has struggled with health problems over the last several years […]
The Four Noble Truths Life means suffering. To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological […]
Thompson: Limbaugh "One Of The Strongest Supporters Of Our Troops" Fred Thompson has now gotten involved in the Rush Limbaugh "phony soldiers" controversy, putting out this statement defending Limbaugh and attacking the Democrats: "Congressional Democrats are trying to divert attention from insulting our military leader in Iraq and pandering to the loony left by attacking […]
I’ve always thought that golf corrupts absolutely.
I suppose Rush Limbaugh is an acquired taste. I’ll admit that he has a remarkable talent to turn anything that happens anywhere into evidence that his cynical world view that there are two kinds of people – enlightened Limbats and lying Liberals who speak with fiery forked tongues. On his web site today, there’s little […]
Ruler of Myanmar Known As ‘The Bulldog’ The old soldier who leads Myanmar is called "the bulldog" — for good reason. Pro-democracy demonstrators by the thousands may be willing to sacrifice themselves in the streets but stand little chance of success unless they — or other forces — can oust a jowly, high school dropout […]
Brown announces Iraq troop cuts during surprise visit London/Baghdad – Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced during a visit to Iraq Tuesday that 1,000 British troops will be home for Christmas and confirmed that security control for Basra province will be handed over to the Iraqis within the next two months. Brown made the announcement during […]
This summer, travelling in Eastern Europe, we had a guide who took us on a driving trip up the Danube from Budapest. Late in the trip, we asked her about the 1956 uprising. It was like what’s happening in Burma. For a short time, the people retook their country, then the Russians poured over the […]
Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar’s Dead Monday October 1, 2007 7:01 PM BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – One hundred shot dead outside a Myanmar school. Activists burned alive at government crematoriums. Buddhist monks floating face down in rivers. After last week’s brutal crackdown by the military, horror stories are filling Myanmar blogs and dissident sites. But […]
October 1, 2007 Senator Clinton Announces Co-Sponsorship of Webb Legislation Prohibiting the Use of Funds for Military Operations In Iran Reiterates that President Bush Needs Congressional Authorization Before Attacking Iran Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that she is co-sponsoring legislation introduced by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) that prohibits the use of […]