tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51587422011-04-21T16:15:16.711-05:00TexasRainmaker -- formerly Generation Why?Every morning when I wake up, I read the Bible and the Newspaper... Because I want to know what both sides are up to.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comBlogger9981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1150411789765809992006-06-15T17:48:00.000-05:002006-06-15T17:49:49.776-05:00inconvenient truth
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TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1149769292986633552006-06-08T07:19:00.000-05:002006-06-08T07:29:42.553-05:00TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142697526391361422006-03-18T09:57:00.000-06:002006-03-22T12:43:06.790-06:00GENERATION WHY? HAS MOVEDPLEASE UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS.TEXASRAINMAKER.COMThe new site will go live in a few days.
TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142616831490741062006-03-17T11:32:00.000-06:002006-03-18T09:21:03.206-06:00Blogger Sucks
As you've probably noticed, the site has been down since yesterday. Since this is becoming a routine for Blogger, I have decided to move the site. I am in the process of setting up a standalone domain and will post the link once the site is up and running.
In the meantime, I'll continue to post here.
TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142487208938533352006-03-15T23:02:00.000-06:002006-03-16T16:09:53.263-06:00The Saddam Papers - 1st Release
Just last Friday I posted about President Bush's desire to have the "Pentagon Papers" released to the public. I asked why they weren't being made public.
Now the first of millions of documents have been made public through the Army's website.
One example is Document #: ISGZ-2004-019920 2002 Iraqi Intelligence Correspondence concerning the presence of al-Qaida TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142450296218569902006-03-15T11:44:00.000-06:002006-03-16T11:54:10.900-06:00Democrats Socialists Unveil Their Plan
No wonder they've tried to keep it hidden for so long. Nancy "Ethics Rules Are For Others" Pelosi has given a preview of their plan which is simply a combination of going after the President via censure or impeachment and a heavy dose of socialism. And every step of the way, she panders to the traditional Democrat base.
Step 1: Pander to the Unions In a TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142373798740628992006-03-14T15:52:00.000-06:002006-03-14T16:03:18.760-06:00Null & Void
That's what the Third Court of Appeals declared Ronnie Earle's subpoenas. "The point here is Ronnie Earle is abusing his office ... to have a court declare that Ronnie Earle was abusing his office, and that is in effect what the Third Court said," [Delay lawyer] Hennessy said.The same court has set oral arguments on the State's Appeal (of Judge Pat Priest's dismissal of all or part TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142371246467702622006-03-14T15:17:00.000-06:002006-03-14T15:21:15.840-06:00Myths of Iraq
Newly re-designed Real Clear Politics has an interesting article up from Ralph Peters about the real Iraq that MSM doesn't want you to see. A couple of myths... Hatred of the U.S. military. If anything surprised me in the streets of Baghdad, it was the surge in the popularity of U.S. troops among both Shias and Sunnis. In one slum, amid friendly adult waves, children and teenagers TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142370158742378262006-03-14T14:58:00.000-06:002006-03-14T15:02:38.756-06:00Only In California
Apparently I missed the right to bear boxsprings in the Constitution.
TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142029141341082942006-03-10T23:17:00.000-06:002006-03-11T06:18:57.476-06:00Radio Silence
It's vacation time, so I probably won't be posting again until at least Tuesday. Enjoy the weekend!TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142048636453947282006-03-10T21:30:00.000-06:002006-03-11T06:18:37.723-06:00Give the People the Facts and the Republic Will Be Saved
Bush wants the Saddam tapes and papers made public. So why aren't they?
Related:The Saddam Tapes: Tierney TranslatesThe Saddam Tapes: To Air on Nightline TonightThe Saddam TapesHouse Reopens Issue of Iraq's WMDIraq WMDs Moved to Syria Before the War
The Syrian ConnectionRUSSIA TIED TO MISSING IRAQ WEAPONSSaddam's Terror Ties
Documents TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142025620744853592006-03-10T14:35:00.000-06:002006-03-10T15:20:20.786-06:00Shoveling More Bennish
Not only is Jay Bennish an unhinged, America-hating liberal, but he's a liar as well. Perhaps I'm just repeating myself.
On March 7, 2006, trying to defend his idiotic anti-American rant on a Today Show lovefest, told Matt Lauer: "My job as a social studies teacher is to argue alternative perspectives and viewpoints so that students are aware of those point of views. TheyTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1142018626771893742006-03-10T13:04:00.000-06:002006-03-10T13:32:53.806-06:00Psssst... INS, Look Over There!
If the folks at INS were having trouble locating the illegal aliens around the country, perhaps they could take a look at Chicago... TODAY. Thousands of illegals are marching to protest HR 4437, The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.
I just love the irony in a bunch of illegals demanding equal rights under the law. TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141935878522771632006-03-09T13:43:00.000-06:002006-03-09T14:40:55.670-06:00UAE Agrees to Transfer Port Control to American Company
So the UAE company Dubai World Ports has agreed not to proceed with the port deal deciding, instead, to "transfer port operations to U.S. 'entity'".
Wanna see Democrats go crazy? What if that "U.S. entity" is them?TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141920340137812112006-03-09T10:02:00.000-06:002006-03-09T13:26:00.280-06:00NASA's Big Announcement
From Central Florida News 13: Big NASA Announcement Today
NASA is planning to make a huge announcement today, about possible life in our own solar system.
Exact details of what we can expect to hear have not been released. We do know that evidence has been found that could point to life relatively close to the earth.
Official word is expected this afternoon at 2 p.m.If TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141881171299816772006-03-08T23:01:00.000-06:002006-03-08T23:12:51.320-06:00Men's Reproductive Rights
Looks like the topic is surfacing again as a men's rights group is launching a legal campaign under the equal protection clause. I wrote a paper about this in law school (and reposted it on this blog in October) and laid out the case under ethical aspects, legal aspects and religious aspects.
If the pro-abortion lobby is going to argue it's just a case of "a woman's TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141835413596233602006-03-08T10:09:00.000-06:002006-03-08T10:30:13.613-06:00So Let Me Get This Straight....
Data mining by politicians to track terrorists is bad, but data mining by politicians to track Democrat voters is good?
Ok, just so I'm clear on that. TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141785496346141372006-03-07T20:30:00.000-06:002006-03-08T09:22:10.293-06:00Texas Primaries
The polls have now closed and there's nothing left but the countin'. Here are the AP results via the Houston Chronicle.
Many are calling this primary a "referendum on Tom Delay". I'm sure they'll come up with something different if he wins... especially by a large margin.
As of 8:30pm central, only early voting is in and Delay has 66.5% of the vote and Campbell's in second withTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141756331158874002006-03-07T11:57:00.000-06:002006-03-07T13:39:46.626-06:00More Anti-troop Bias
An article appears in USAToday with the headline: "8,000 desert during Iraq war"
Then the author starts citing statistics about the number of soldiers deserting "since the Iraq war began" in an another bogus effort to show that troops disagree with the war and are fleeing in droves. Then the article cites the head of Citizen Soldier, an anti-war group that offers legal aid TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141747225749034372006-03-07T09:16:00.000-06:002006-03-07T13:07:19.356-06:00The Today Show Becomes Matt Lauer's Geography Class
I honestly think MSM has given up on any attempt at objectivity. They know their game is up, so they figure, "Why hide it?"
Such is the case this morning with Matt Lauer's rendition of an unbiased Katie Couric interview. (Ian has the video) Instead of asking probing questions about the story of a geography teacher's anti-American rant, Matt TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141744258921038382006-03-07T09:04:00.000-06:002006-03-07T09:12:06.293-06:00Not A Hate Crime?
Some are asking why the case of Mohammad Taheri-azar isn't being called terrorism. I'm wondering why it's not, at least, being called a hate crime.
Burning a cross is a hate crime.
Shouting racial slurs is a hate crime.
Beating up a gay guy is a hate crime.
But a guy who drives his car into a crowd with the admitted intent of killing Americans to avenge Muslim deaths aroundTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141657650561017942006-03-06T21:01:00.000-06:002006-03-06T20:35:01.206-06:00Where In The World?
I'll be on the Allman & Smash in the Morning Show tomorrow Tuesday, March 7th at 7:10am.
I hope to console the guys...
...who are surely heartbroken that their favorite cowboy movie did not win the Best Picture Oscar.
Click here to listen live.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141686233927410242006-03-06T16:59:00.000-06:002006-03-06T17:24:08.713-06:00Iran is Begging for an Ass Kicking
They're shipping weapons across the border into Iraq. Some call it an act of war. I agree, and I'm sure the appeasers will find a way to introduce some moral equivalence to defend Iran... and ultimately blame Bush.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141672277100343882006-03-06T12:50:00.000-06:002006-03-06T14:17:24.850-06:002007 Oscar Winners?
Liberals were expectedly upset that their gay cowboy movie wasn't enshrined in best picture immortality with a little golden naked man statue last night, so I wonder whether they'll try again next year. I'm sure they'll focus on even more big screen liberalism. If so, I can only imagine the contenders:
Smokecrack Mountain: A heartfelt story about a D.C. mayor and his first TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141667294007680722006-03-06T11:28:00.000-06:002006-03-06T11:54:35.160-06:00Peace In Our Time
Will the appeasers of the world ever get it?1938 - Appeasers were duped by Hitler.1994 - Appeasers were duped by North Korea.2002 - Appeasers were duped by Iraq.2005 - Appeasers were duped by Iran.Bottom line, you can't compromise with evil.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141621541037313752006-03-05T22:55:00.000-06:002006-03-05T23:05:41.053-06:00Hillary: Always Conveniently Clueless
Hillary Clinton is claiming that she was unaware of her husband's involvement in promoting the Dubai ports deal. Hillary Clinton, a leading opponent of DP World's takeover of some US port operations, was this week forced to admit that she did not know her husband had advised Dubai leaders on how to handle the growing dispute.But is she being honest? Was she TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141620087579044642006-03-05T22:33:00.000-06:002006-03-05T22:41:27.593-06:00CRASH-ing the Oscars
I'm glad to see Crash win. First, because it was a good movie. Second, because it means the pro-terrorist, pro-gay and useful idiot Clooney's movies didn't. TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141538001227768482006-03-05T00:01:00.000-06:002006-03-05T00:06:56.713-06:00AP: Absolutely Pathetic
The AP is breaking another non-story. The headline: "Many Defendants' Cases Kept Secret" Despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts over the last three years.And right on cue, they blame Bush. The data show a sharp increase in TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141507715158283312006-03-04T14:59:00.000-06:002006-03-06T12:06:49.956-06:00Barbra Streisand is Sic, Sic, Sic
Hey Barbra, got spell-check? (hat tip: Michelle)
When you only hold a high school education, you might enlist the aid of technology, a dictionary, or an editor before ranting that President Bush (a Yale grad and the first President to hold an MBA... from Harvard no less) is an arrogant C student.
Perhaps the elitists have their own dictionary:
"curruption" - TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141450026180965772006-03-03T23:17:00.000-06:002006-03-03T23:27:06.196-06:00The Real Culture of Corruption
As the 2006 election cycle ramps up, we'll be hearing more use of the "culture of corruption" mantra from the Democrats. Some amateur political consultant out there has convinced the party that this is a better winning strategy than actually coming up with ideas with which to lead this nation.
Of course, the Democrats would seem to be the perfect party to run on aTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141440194384065012006-03-03T20:05:00.000-06:002006-03-04T12:04:24.500-06:00Hurricampaign Katrina 2: AP Comes Clean
It's nice that the AP is finally correcting the non-story it ran with for two days... it's unfortunate they waited until a Friday night to do so, knowing full well it would likely miss the morning and prime-time news cycle. Here's what the AP has to say about its CBS-like attempt to create news: Clarification: Katrina-Video story
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Eds: TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141410037903213452006-03-03T12:14:00.000-06:002006-03-03T15:04:12.696-06:00Finally, Some Honesty About Bias in MSM Polls
USA Today/Gallup/CNN has another poll up telling us how terrible 1,000 people thing George W. Bush is. This time, they finally showed some honesty... though they buried at the tail end of the page, where likely 99% of readers will miss it: In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141401600255927732006-03-03T09:58:00.000-06:002006-03-03T10:00:00.270-06:00War for Oil 2
As I said a week ago, there is a war about oil, but it isn't us launching it. TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141354094398096632006-03-02T20:38:00.000-06:002006-03-03T21:09:15.856-06:00Hurricampaign Katrina
Desperate to get a manufactured scandal to stick to the administration, liberals are recycling old B-grade issues in hopes of launching a "do-over" campaign. Like Hollywood, the liberals have no fresh or creative ideas, so they're relegated to remaking old movies.
I just wonder if the Democrats will move to pass legislation renaming the 2006 hurricanes to include a KatrinaTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141363239657057462006-03-02T19:01:00.000-06:002006-03-03T07:36:51.883-06:00Habla Bias?
The headline reads, "Report: Hispanics lagging in education," and the story goes on to blame the problem on "white voters" not "investing in the education of another group" and rehashing the debate on the rights of illegals. Weird, last time I looked, "whites" were paying a fair share of taxes while our government offered tuition breaks for illegals. So where's the problem?
Then, TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141346034378727582006-03-02T18:19:00.000-06:002006-03-02T18:37:56.223-06:00Enough Advance Warning to Get Off Your Ass?
From Reuters: This year's hurricane season could match the record breaking destruction caused by storms in 2005, the United Nations warned.Ok, so here we are in March and we're hearing the hurricane season may be like last year. How many people are going to sit around until the storm is pounding down their front door before they think, "Oh, gee, I TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141315040320705562006-03-02T08:53:00.000-06:002006-03-02T17:09:28.356-06:00Schools Gone Wild
If you can't win in the marketplace of ideas, the next best strategy is to try and indocrinate the future voters before they learn to think critically. That seems to be the strategy for the liberals and socialists who continue to see their philosophies rejected by a majority of Americans.
In Aurora, CO, a student at Overland High School had heard enough of his GEOGRAPHY TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141276110391772802006-03-01T23:02:00.000-06:002006-03-01T23:08:30.406-06:00Awaiting the Gulf Coast Jihad
From The Beaumont Enterprise: John Caffery called it an act of cowardice by U.S. newspapers for not publishing controversial Muslim-based cartoons, so the local resident decided to take matters into his own hands.
On the corner of Daisy and Norwood drives, Caffery erected a large sign Sunday afternoon with one of the cartoons. It also carries a message about the TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141248090483433712006-03-01T15:17:00.000-06:002006-03-01T15:23:03.963-06:00Blogads Survey
Whether you're a regular or a first-time visitor, please take a moment to respond to this survey from Henry Copeland of Blogads. It's extremely important for conservatives to fill out this survey so that advertisers see a strong representation of center-right blog readers. This will help generate more attention for sites like Generation Why?
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Get yours today!TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141227350297835542006-03-01T08:58:00.000-06:002006-03-01T16:12:30.956-06:00The BOOMer Sooner: Norman Bomb Expert Says NOT a Suicide
You give a story long enough, the truth eventually finds it's way out. The Oklahoman is reporting on a Norman bomb expert who believes Joel Hinrichs didn not intend to commit suicide when he was killed in an explosion on Oct. 1 less than 200 yards from a football stadium packed with more than 80,000 people (hat tip: Mark). "I believe he TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141191231385067432006-02-28T22:19:00.000-06:002006-03-05T00:16:50.303-06:00Democrats Get Paralysis of Analysis
Much is being made about the Zogby poll released today that allegedly shows a mutiny of the military in Iraq. Nicholas Kristof has a hard time containing his excitement in The New York Times: A poll to be released today shows that U.S. soldiers overwhelmingly want out of Iraq � and soon.Editor & Publisher then jumps on the bandwagon and trumpets Kristof's TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141147483751235902006-02-28T11:17:00.000-06:002006-02-28T11:25:44.120-06:00I Don't Think I'd Be Filing That Motion in Court
Via AFP, an interesting strategy by LBJ's former Attorney General-turned-Saddam-defense-counsel: Ramsey Clark, the former US attorney general who is helping to defend Saddam, has submitted a motion recently claiming the judge "is not impartial and has a manifested bias against the defendant"...
The defence claims Abdel Rahman is biased because heTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141145237647623202006-02-28T05:12:00.000-06:002006-02-28T11:11:31.140-06:00I Told You So
On Sunday, I highlighted why the Left continues to be shocked and surprised when elections don't follow the trends of their mid-year polls. They get themselves all worked up over bogus poll numbers and media spin, then find themselves with a huge hangover the morning after the election. You'd think they'd have learned by now.
Almost as if on cue, here is the headline for seeBS TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141105963788901242006-02-28T00:26:00.000-06:002006-02-27T23:52:43.806-06:00Got a Better Idea?
The Wall Street Journal has a surprisingly refreshing op-ed about the policy to promote democracy in the Middle East (hat tip: Jonathan). Some highlights: But, say the critics, Islamic and particularly Arab countries are uniquely resistant to change. Between 1981 and 2001 the number of non-Islamic countries rated "free"--that is to say, both democratic and liberal--increased TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141072230072853942006-02-27T14:25:00.000-06:002006-02-27T14:37:12.020-06:00Prosecutor in Plamegate: "Valerie Wilson's CIA Agent Status Irrelevant"
Byron York has the scoop: CIA leak prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald argued at a hearing Friday that, as far as the perjury charges against former Cheney chief of staff Lewis Libby are concerned, it does not matter whether or not Valerie Wilson was a covert CIA agent when she was mentioned in the famous Robert Novak column of TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141071440346985972006-02-27T14:12:00.000-06:002006-02-27T14:17:20.360-06:00When All Else Fails... Litigate For Your Entitlements
AP: About two dozen hurricane evacuees living on a cruise ship south of New Orleans were taking the federal government to court Monday in a bid to keep the ship docked and the government paying for it. Maybe they ought to take the money they're spending on lawyers and... RENT AN APARTMENT! TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141065491124700462006-02-27T11:52:00.000-06:002006-02-27T12:38:11.160-06:00The Enemy Within
Confederate Yankee points me to a group that calls themselves "United for Peace and Justice" and they are calling for assistance in "Storm[ing] the White House". The organizer of the event is the socialist organization, Political Cooperative. TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE BY STORM - Stop Genocide, Torture and Occupation
U.N. SOS - We need your help to end the reign of international TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141058558938740592006-02-27T10:22:00.000-06:002006-02-27T11:21:36.666-06:00In the Name of Diverity: Yale Admits Former Taliban Spokesman
John Fund at The Wall Street Journal has this to say about former Taliban spokesman, Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, becoming a student at Yale: Never has an article made me blink with astonishment as much as when I read in yesterday's New York Times magazine that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former ambassador-at-large for the Taliban, is TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141054070380250062006-02-27T09:18:00.000-06:002006-02-27T09:27:50.393-06:00Desperately Seeking Cigar Aficionado with Fondness for Twinkies
Guess who's seeking new interns. (hat tip: Ian)
You just have to love the fact that the Clinton Foundation's Internship program includes: Hands-on experience: Interns have the responsibility of interacting directly with staff, volunteers and Foundation stakeholders, in such activities as communications, development, and scheduling.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141052905597848692006-02-27T09:06:00.000-06:002006-02-27T09:10:51.323-06:00The Oscar Nominees Are In and The Winner Is...
WHO CARES?TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141047172737797862006-02-27T07:32:00.000-06:002006-02-27T14:19:32.836-06:00The Ports Deal
The more I learn about the port deal, the less concerned I become about this particular deal. I am still somewhat concerned about the ports being handled by foreign companies, but it appears that's not a new thing. And while I still agree with Hillary that it might be better not to have foreign governments acquiring U.S. ports, I should've been on the look out for Hillary's TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141020995428583982006-02-27T00:13:00.000-06:002006-02-27T00:16:51.286-06:00George Clooney Relishes Being a Traitor
His words, not mine.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1141012994202215482006-02-26T21:45:00.000-06:002006-02-26T22:03:14.216-06:00But MSM Wants to Believe It
Pat at Brainster does a good job deconstructing the sloppy work in Paul Krugman's January 30th New York Times article in passing along incorrect information about the Abramoff story. The thing that jumps out at me first in his post is that MSM is either unwilling or unable to fully analyze stories these days. I tend to think there's a little of both, especially the TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140999993204815042006-02-26T17:20:00.000-06:002006-02-27T09:40:25.933-06:00"If the Election Were Held Today"
Democrats love to pretend that polls matter more than actual elections. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that if midterm elections were held today "Democrats would win the five seats they need to draw even in the Senate..."
I can understand the wishful thinking, since the only time Democrats have been capable of securing control of the Senate in TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140886172003748382006-02-25T05:24:00.000-06:002006-02-26T18:31:26.916-06:00Ricin Found in University of Texas Dorm
From The Daily Texan (hat tip: reader Nita Rene): Two female students from Moore-Hill dormitory were still being treated late Friday for Ricin exposure after coming into contact with the toxin Thursday afternoon, law enforcement and UT officials said.Students began evacuating the dorm shortly after 11 p.m. when University Residence Hall resident assistantsTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140810090599727942006-02-24T13:24:00.000-06:002006-02-27T21:42:31.326-06:00Maybe He Should've Been Playing All Season
Michelle links to a great story of a kid who truly is overcoming adversity. Jason McElwain had done everything he was asked to do for the Greece Athena High School basketball team - keep the stats, run the clock, hand out water bottles.
That all changed last week for the team manager in the final home game of the season. The 17-year-old senior, who is TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140808415381860902006-02-24T11:40:00.000-06:002006-02-24T13:14:43.516-06:00The Real "War for Oil"
Suicide bombers in explosives-laden cars attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia.Flashback 15 years to the Gulf War when Saddam Hussein sent a team of engineers into the Kuwaiti oil fields and blew up hundreds of wells destroying billions of barrels of oil.And again, just as the coalition's invasion began in March, 2003, Saddam's regime set TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140752723071439302006-02-23T21:17:00.000-06:002006-02-23T21:45:23.086-06:00Stop Whining Like a Little Girl
Admitted Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is whining that the pool of potential jurors for his sentencing was being stacked against him. Sorry, Zack, but we couldn't find a "jury of your peers" because they all died when the planes they hijacked parked themselves into the sides of skyscrapers. On leaving, he muttered his standard curse on his TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140700109965967022006-02-23T06:41:00.000-06:002006-02-24T05:45:33.120-06:00Democrats Violate Ethics Rules to Claim Republicans Violate Ethics Rules
Here's an interesting development in the Democrats' latest attempt to manufacture a campaign around the corruption issue. (hat tip: Matt) Right on the heels of the Washington Times article that said "Democrats have taken more money from lobbyists than Republicans during the past 15 years," the Democrats have released a TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140673277866676792006-02-23T01:02:00.000-06:002006-02-23T00:02:46.173-06:00Get Off Your Butts and Work!
From the Houston Chronicle: New Orleans doesn't want its poorest residents back � unless they agree to work.
That was the message from three New Orleans City Council members who said government programs have "pampered" the city's residents for too long.It's always nice to hear folks speak the truth without trying to sanitize it for the sake of political correctness.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140653394964741602006-02-22T17:31:00.000-06:002006-02-22T18:09:55.016-06:00The Saddam Tapes: Tierney Translates
Former military intelligence officer and Arabic expert Bill Tierney, the man who revealed the Saddam tapes (and translating them somewhat differently from ABC/Nightline) presented translated excerpts at the Intelligence Summit last week. (video) In the video, he also explains how he came into the possession of the tapes. Tierney says there are more tapes and TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140613547852358192006-02-22T06:56:00.000-06:002006-02-22T20:52:00.060-06:00PA Gov. Rendell Opposes Voter ID Bill
In a move to keep the corrupt Democrat election machine alive and well, Governor Rendell has threatened to veto a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls. He tosses out the standard lines about disenfranchising the elderly and the poor. Noticeably absent from his charge is that it would disenfranchise blacks. Perhaps it's because TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140536109341110712006-02-21T09:26:00.000-06:002006-02-21T09:35:09.356-06:00This Ought be a Clue That There's a Problem
When Jimmy Carter agrees with you, you know there is something wrong with the deal. TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140496485814061572006-02-20T21:38:00.000-06:002006-02-20T22:49:13.406-06:00Pre-1776 Democrats
Senator Feingold, upholding the esteem and prestige of the Senate by reducing himself to being a leftwing blogger got the kookdom all excited earlier this month when he trotted out a catchy little meme that was sure to guarantee Democrat victories until the second coming of Jesus. That crafty and oh so eloquent phrase, was: "The President is living in a pre-1776 world"Trying TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140468677178481602006-02-20T16:24:00.000-06:002006-02-20T20:48:28.453-06:00With Friends Like These... Who Needs Enemies?
Welcome to Democrat Foreign Policy 101.Jimmy Carter: "Support Hamas"Al Gore (from Saudi Arabia): "America indiscriminately abuses Arabs"ACLU: "Protect those who leak top secret information"Clinton Administration: "It's funny when the National Security Advisor steals and destroys top secret documents on terror response"Patty Murray: "America should beTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140471994360682252006-02-20T15:32:00.000-06:002006-02-20T15:46:34.383-06:00The BOOMer Sooner: FBI Asks for Deceased to Sign a Waiver
I've had a few readers contact me regarding their FOIA requests on the case of the lonely kid who decided to stop living by acting like a Palestinian with a Metro card near a football stadium holding over 80,000 unsuspecting folks.
And now, I've finally received a response as well. It appears all of the responses are identical. They callTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140468782969439152006-02-18T02:52:00.000-06:002006-02-20T14:53:02.976-06:00But Do They Offer a 401(k)?
The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point is publishing some of the documents contained in the Harmony database related to al-Qaida operations.
There are some interesting things contained in these documents. For instance, one of the duties of al-Qaida's Administrative and Financial Committee is hospitality. HOSPITALITY! This from the group that seeks to "bring allTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140193139034063182006-02-17T10:04:00.000-06:002006-02-17T10:18:59.163-06:00I Stand With Hillary on This One
Go ahead and mark this date on your calendar (along with this one) as I agree with Hillary Clinton's position on this story: Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Hillary Clinton of New York said they would offer a measure to ban companies owned or controlled by foreign governments from acquiring U.S. port operations.Their action comes in response to the story of a TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140700432143423482006-02-17T07:13:00.000-06:002006-02-23T07:13:52.146-06:00About Those Lobbyists
From the Washington Times (hat tip: Mark): Democrats have taken more money from lobbyists than Republicans during the past 15 years, according to an independent analysis of campaign contributions.
Since the 1990 election cycle, Democrats have accepted more than $53 million from lobbyists while Republicans have taken more than $48 million for their election campaigns, TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140131507078912962006-02-16T17:09:00.000-06:002006-02-16T17:11:47.096-06:00Caption This
Bill Clinton greets Queen Elizabeth with "Are those real?"TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140129546459268022006-02-16T16:24:00.000-06:002006-02-16T16:39:06.483-06:00ACLU: Treason is a Civil Liberty
Via StoptheACLU comes this little nugget from the ACLU: Citing growing concerns over court decisions that have weakened laws designed to protect whistleblowers, the American Civil Liberties Union today called on Congress to enact stronger protections for whistleblowers, especially those in the national security arena. Legislation that would take steps to correct TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140119871711258472006-02-16T13:09:00.000-06:002006-02-16T14:00:01.360-06:00Another Racist Liberal Gets a Pass from MSM
Bryant Gumbel had this bit of intellectual insight on his show, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, back on February 7th (hat tip: Dave): "So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world�s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention."Where is the outrage that was manufactured to run Rush TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140102517786878952006-02-16T09:00:00.000-06:002006-02-16T12:45:34.400-06:00Whiny Ass Liberal Media
Seems the pompous, liberal elites are upset that Cheney didn't call them before Whittington hit the ground and now they're mad Cheney didn't grant any of them the "exclusive" interview yesterday. CNN is even claiming Cheney went to Fox because of the alleged "right wing bias" of the network (guess that precludes CNN from ever interviewing Howard Dean, Hillary or any otherTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140068335396447432006-02-16T00:02:00.000-06:002006-02-15T23:38:55.396-06:00Jury Duty
It will be such an exciting Thursday. You gotta love earning $6.50/day for fulfilling your civic duty while parking at the courthouse is $7.00/day.
My original date of service coincided with the empaneling of the Ken Lay jury but I just couldn't commit to 6 months of that. This is my 3rd jury summons in 4 years. What is it about becoming a lawyer that gets you selected 10 times more TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140067501542618452006-02-15T22:35:00.000-06:002006-02-15T23:29:29.010-06:00Adios Common Sense
The new Major League Soccer franchise in Houston may be getting a new name soon thanks to ridiculous hypersensitivity and insane political correctness.
The team, formerly known as the San Jose Earthquakes, relocated to Houston in December and picked up the name Houston 1836. While the name was quite dumb to begin with, it was supposed to signify the year in which the city of TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140035578215691462006-02-15T14:11:00.000-06:002006-02-15T14:52:51.216-06:00The Saddam Tapes: To Air on Nightline Tonight
Tonight, ABCnews will air an "extensive report" on the tapes that have been called the "smoking gun of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq." One of the most dramatic moments on the 12 hours of tape comes when Saddam predicts �during a meeting in the mid 1990s � a terrorist attack on the United States. "Terrorism is coming. I told the Americans TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140030447308206742006-02-15T13:05:00.000-06:002006-02-16T16:10:40.366-06:00GO HOUSTON!
Houston, TX is one of 31 cities that have been invited by the GOP to bid on hosting the 2008 RNC Convention.
Others:Lawrence Simon wonders whether Houston can meet the "20,000 available hotel rooms" considering our Cajun guests are still hanging around like that drunk ex-girlfriend on your lawn at 3:00 in the morning that just won't go home.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1140023795107521622006-02-15T10:49:00.000-06:002006-02-15T11:34:54.396-06:00Democrats Fail to Understand the Concept of "Attacking Delay"
Someone might want to clue the vocal minority in that this may not be what the DNC meant when it said, "Make Delay the central focus of the 2006 campaign cycle."
Harry Reid blames the "secretive nature" of the eeeeeeevil Bush administration for the delay in releasing information about Cheney's hunting accident. The Nevada Democrat TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139980666404652362006-02-14T22:50:00.000-06:002006-02-14T23:34:20.946-06:00Hurricane Sheehan Still Blowing Hard
Making landfall in New Orleans, Hurricane Sheehan is pounding the Big Easy with gusts reaching astronomical levels. This time she's blaming George W. Bush for making New Orleans unsafe. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan staged a protest at one of the city's shuttered housing projects Tuesday, a day after 12,000 families left homeless by last year's hurricanes TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139886865096780282006-02-13T21:00:00.000-06:002006-02-14T09:04:41.980-06:00If Dick Cheney Had Been a Democrat
He could've actually killed Harry Whittington and received less inquiry and concern from MSM. Mary Jo Kopechne is still unavailable for comment.
.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139793417950129902006-02-12T19:01:00.000-06:002006-02-12T22:42:30.703-06:00Time Magazine Bombshell: Bush Was in a Room With Jack Abramoff
Time finally published their bombshell photo. And all I can think of is what a joke the MSM has become. Here's the photo:
There it is! Do you see Jack Abramoff? Do you see him? Well, there you go. Bush can start prepping his resignation tonight. It's all over.
If you need to, you can click here for a larger image. But the funny TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139787635487174122006-02-12T17:06:00.000-06:002006-02-12T17:44:50.290-06:00Jimmy Carter Admits Breaking the Law
According to Jimmy Carter, President Bush "has broken the law" by authorizing the NSA wiretap program.
Perhaps he's simply chosen to forget Truong Dinh Hung and Ronald Louis Humphrey. These were two folks Jimmy Carter saw fit to authorize warrantless electronic surveillance upon. Still think such a program is a "disgraceful and illegal decision," Jimmy? The TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139784426515696612006-02-12T16:41:00.000-06:002006-02-12T16:47:06.530-06:00eBay Dumps Anti-American Auction
Looks like Cindy's Hate America Tour will have to find another auction block. Maybe it violated eBay's policy that prohibited "items that are illegal or that encourage illegal activity". Afterall, treason is still illegal. TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139524453288334182006-02-09T16:31:00.000-06:002006-02-09T16:34:13.306-06:00Things are Getting Harry
Looks like Democrat Senator Harry Reid was pretty cozy with Jack Abramoff and his clients. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senator's staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyist's team about legislation affecting other clients.
The activities � detailed in billing TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139493960791222502006-02-09T08:04:00.000-06:002006-02-11T09:56:15.593-06:00al-Reuters: Spinning Good News Into Bad
Our friends at al-Reuters lead the story with this headline:
Jobless claims up slightly in latest week
But look at what the story actually says (if you dare to dive beneath the headline): The number of U.S. workers making new claims for unemployment benefits rose by a smaller-than-expected 4,000 last week...Smaller than expected. Which means economists TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139489582590710062006-02-09T06:44:00.000-06:002006-02-09T06:53:02.606-06:00Just a Little of the Top
Remember these photos next time you hear someone blame the recent Looney Tunes Riots on a clash of civilizations. You see, to have such a clash would require two civilizations.
"Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves with knives during Ashura
procession in Karachi February 9, 2006."
"An Iraqi Shi'ite bloodied devotee brandishes his sword
after gashing his TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139487810894576942006-02-09T06:08:00.000-06:002006-02-09T06:23:30.910-06:00What's In The Bunkers?
And why haven't they been thoroughly inspected? Here's another interesting article about the Iraqi WMDs: A former special investigator for the Pentagon during the Iraq war said he found four sealed underground bunkers in southern Iraq that he is sure contain stocks of chemical and biological weapons. But when he asked American weapons inspectors to check out the sites, he TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139486434210360862006-02-09T05:50:00.000-06:002006-02-09T06:00:34.230-06:00The NSA Program: A Must-Read
Professor Joseph Knippenberg has a good analysis of the Senatorial silliness during Attorney General Gonzales' interrogation and why the NSA program is not only legal, but why not having it might be a dereliction of duty. Here's a portion: You may be familiar with the Administration�s legal and Constitutional defense of its limited�I repeat, limited�warrantless TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139458693455668632006-02-08T21:43:00.000-06:002006-02-08T22:18:13.486-06:00For Sale: Anti-Americanism
Cindy "America is not worth dying for" Sheehan is being pimped out on eBay by Markos "Screw them" Zuniga (hat tip: Ian). What a lovely little bake sale this one ought to be. I wonder if it will be as big of a hit as her last attempt at self-promotion.
It's probably appropriate that the opportunity to be graced by her presence is being offered on a site alongside the TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139453594769947832006-02-08T20:53:00.000-06:002006-02-08T20:53:14.800-06:00Using Cartoons as a Pretext to Murder
It wasn't the Danish that first published the Mohammed cartoons. It was Egypt. And they did it five months ago! And at the time, there wasn't so much as a peep from the islamonutjobs. Only goes to show how fabricated this latest "outrage" really was.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139378796756984422006-02-07T23:57:00.000-06:002006-02-08T00:06:36.776-06:00RIP: Rest in Politics
The Democrats have once again shown their shamelessness by turning a memorial service for the deceased into a foot-stompin', rip-roarin' campaign fiesta. And of course, they spared no expense on rhetoric and bullshit in the process.
Jimmy Carter (video) tried to tie the legacy of the Kings to the current Democrat-concocted scandal: "It was difficult for them [the King TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139346621677017892006-02-07T15:03:00.000-06:002006-02-07T15:31:10.756-06:00The Saddam Tapes
Are we on the brink of finally learning for sure what happened to Saddam's WMDs? Here's another piece of evidence being reviewed by the re-opened House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigation.
SADDAM'S PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TAPES TO BE UNVEILED AT THE INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT A former military intelligence analyst, who currently works TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139322562991388472006-02-07T08:04:00.000-06:002006-02-07T08:37:40.003-06:00Hillary Hates Starving Children
At least that's the kind of warped logic liberals would use if this story were about a Republican political couple. The state of Bill and Hillary Clinton's union is apparently strong - at least judging by the mongo diamond that Hillary was sporting on her ring finger yesterday.
Sources say the former President quietly gave the iceberg-sized bling - thought to TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139318535544416972006-02-07T07:09:00.000-06:002006-02-07T07:22:15.560-06:00Another Victim of the Liberal Message
Like the DNC, the MSM, Hollywood, and The West Wing and liberal leadership in Canada, another avenue of leftwing propaganda is headed for extinction. For more than a decade, the youth-and-civics group Rock the Vote has been the coolest kid on the political playground.
Founded in Los Angeles in 1990 with the goal of politically empowering the MTV generation,TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139287252798037232006-02-06T22:34:00.000-06:002006-02-07T16:51:40.560-06:00Hey Iran!
You like cartoons so much, here's one for you:
........Hey Iran!
Enjoy.TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139279124427321722006-02-06T19:59:00.000-06:002006-02-06T20:25:24.446-06:00Iran Issues Diplomatic Version of Nanny-Nanny-Boo-Boo
Iran's largest newspaper, Hamshahri, is holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust. It will be an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust," said Farid Mortazavi, the graphics editor for Hamshahri newspaper - which is published by Teheran's conservative municipality.
He said the plan was to turn the tables on the assertion that TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139274747797976652006-02-06T19:02:00.000-06:002006-02-06T19:12:27.813-06:00Viva la Pajamahadeen
Mark Tapscott has some excellent coverage of Powerline's Paul Mirgengoff and his exchange with Senators Durbin and Kennedy. Looks like the "great orators" get flustered when they have to go off script. According to a veteran Senate GOP staffer: "The mainstream news media that covers Congress is tightly controlled by the House and Senate press galleries and they would never TexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158742.post-1139270341677822522006-02-06T17:38:00.000-06:002006-02-06T17:59:01.703-06:00My Favorite Superbowl Commercials
Sprint phone with crime deterrent
Touch Football
The Magic Fridge
...the Ameriquest "Don't Judge Too Quickly" ads:
The Plane .............................The Hospital
...and the always reliable Budweiser:The Streaker
...from the "sensitive" files:
The Little ClydesdaleTexasRainmakernoreply@blogger.com