Monthly Archives: August 2006

The VBC breaks new grounds as a podcast, and if you’ve never listened to one before now is your chance. Great stuff!

If there’s one thing I know folks can’t stand, it’s journalists who editorialize for political points. Bloggers are routinely criticized for being nothing more than sounding boards for opinion and “echo chambers” for what is, but facts remain facts. So … Continue reading →

Jaded JD preemptively speculated as to what connection there was between U.S. anti-terror efforts and uncovering of the transatlantic flight plot, and TIME articulates as to that exact connection. Short answer: If this terror attack were planned in 2001, it … Continue reading →

Anyone else curious as to why Jim Webb supporters are placing their signs so close to George Allen signs? Despicable…

Oh, I’m sure the anti-war crowd is going to have a field day with this: White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday that Bush, here on his Texas ranch enjoying a 10-day vacation from Washington, had made quick work of … Continue reading →

Yikes!

Jim Bacon discusses the housing divide between haves and have-nots, and comes to the following conclusion: Local governments don’t let developers build housing for poor people! (Increasingly, local governments are even making it difficult to build housing for working-class and … Continue reading →

Hezbollah is asking the Arab residents of Haifa to vacate the city. Historically, Haifa was one of the few cities in Israel the Arabs did not leave during the 1948 War for Independence. Consequently, it has one of the largest … Continue reading →

Connecticut for Lieberman Party. It doesn’t quite have the right ring, but it’ll do for a short three-month sprint to election day (which Lieberman will inevitably win). The good news is that such a scenario gives Republicans just the type … Continue reading →

Forget polling. The best, most scientific poll on who is going to win? Bookies. Of course, the margin of victory isn’t there unless you get a spread. Mercifully, it appears as if Lieberman will be spared that indignity, but Lamont … Continue reading →