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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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The Crows Nest
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
A Shameless Bit Of Sel-Promotion
Gateway Pundit and Val at Babalu Blog note a crass PR move by Hugo Chavez. Venezuela has responded to Peru's eathquake disaster with food shipments -- and with Hugo's smiling picture on the cans. He also uses the tuna-can label to undermine President Garcia of Peru, who narrowly defeated Chavez' pal Ollanto Humalla, whom the labels extol for his "solidarity" with Chavez.
Tacky beyond belief.
Bush Going After Palestinian Terror Financing?
George Bush's new orders to USAID forces them to review the executive management of all NGOs to ensure that they have no terrorist connections. Carl in Jerusalem says at Israel Matzav that the order specifically intends to target Palestinian front groups for terrorists. Let's hope he's right.
Slow Start!
Yes, I'm off to a slow start today, thanks to some scripting issues, a bad back, and an alarm clock that needs replacing. Bear with me -- I'm ramping up, I promise...
And Now, In Little League Action Last Night ...
I once played in a Little League game where we lost, 30-1, obviously before mercy rules came into being. The only comfort during that shellacking was that 13-year-olds don't have to justify their salaries for being on the field. You have to wonder what the Baltimore Orioles have to feel without that caveat today, after losing 30-3 to the Texas Rangers. Sixteen of the runs came in the last two innings .... (via TMV)
Bush Speech On Iraq
I got a couple of e-mails wondering why I haven't linked to George Bush's speech today. I liked it; I just didn't have much to add. Rush Limbaugh covered it well on his site, and Power Line also links approvingly but has nothing much more to say. Michael Goldfarb notes that the Weekly Standard had made a similar argument regarding Vietnam a year ago.
Rove Fears Me -- No, Really!
Hot Air notes the latest fundraising letter from John Edwards. No longer content to indulge his paranoia when Ann Coulter mentions him, now he wants to indulge it when Karl Rove doesn't. Has any candidate seemed this desperate before now?
Racism Or Hard Truth?
Angela Winters looks at an editorial cartoon and the controvery it has caused in Jacksonville, Florida, especially in the black community. Truth or racism? When rap artists tell young listeners not to cooperate with the police, how much responsibility do they have for the victimization that follows? Read all of the essay at The Moderate Voice.
Support Citizen Journalism
Bill Ardolino at INDC Journal reminds us that there is a reporter shortage on the front lines. The best way to solve that problem? Donate to Public Multimedia, the citizen-journalist organization that supports Bill Roggio, Bill Ardolino, and others. (And a direct donation to Michael Yon would be much appreciated as well.)
Comments (7)
Posted by IAmFree![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 26, 2007 10:01 AM
To the Democrats, the greatest moral offense one can commit is to be a Republican. Any GOP is guilty of simply not being a Democrat.
To Pelosi and her kind the most thoroughly corrupt Democrat is preferable to the cleanest Republican.
Posted by Duke of DeLand![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 26, 2007 10:40 AM
Ed,
The problem is that excepting the blogs...such as yours...this word never gets to the public. We, as bloggers, still do not reach a broad enough audience to expose these actions to the electorate with an impact upon future elections.
Hopefully this will be changing in the next year or two as blogs power increases and both circulation numbers and believability of the MSM continues to dwindle!
Posted by Carol_Herman![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 26, 2007 10:52 AM
YOu mean, you don't know why?
Well, in 1994, Newt Gingrich "added" these ethics rules, WHICH WERE NOT ADOPTED BY THE WHOLE HOUSE. Just the GOP kiesters. They thought, I'd guess, it would bring them more dancing partners. Or something.
Then? In 1998, DeLay decided the HOUSE should impeach Bill Clinton. SO this was organized from his HOUSE job, as Whip. Doesn't matter. It was a religious decision. But God doesn't play fair. As a political decision it STUNK. Bill Clinton survived the republican impeachment. HE HAD THE PEOPLE ON HIS SIDE.
No. Not ALL the People. IN a democracy you never get ALL. But you get the MAJORITY.
That's why you have the two words: Majority and Minority. It tags each of the two competing parties.
Tom DeLay, after pelosi (who sat in the MINORITY Chair), to get even for the play gainst Bill Clinton, went after DeLay with overblown ethics charges; DeLay learned he didn't have all that many GOP friends.
Make fun of the donks all you want. They're not ripping into each other, with the novel appitites that beset those GOP kiesters that land in Congress.
Who forced DeLay to resign? Newt Gingrich. And, Dick Army. Hastert could have helped keep this fire from reaching DeLay. But Hastert "caved."
Doesn't sound familiar?
You could read (or listen) to DeLay's new book. It might open your eyes.
Of course, DeLay sees the GOP as a religious crusade.
So, when he admits that going after Bill Clinton with impeachment; ended up forcing our some House members, later. When they returned to their district. (Like Rogan. Here. In what was once John Birch society's home; for a GPS point of reference). You see how the voters react to the claims congress critters make when they're telling you they've brought religion to politics.
Nope. Just, sometimes, ideas that backfire.
The democraps do not have these ethics rules. Only the "group" that got them from Newt Gingrich. Remember him? Another kiester no longer in congress. But still ambitious.
You know what's most peculiar? The GOP seems to want the donks to follow them over the cliff. Nobody forced Newt Gingrich into adding this bullshit clause. But in the GOP, if you're CHARGED with an ethics violation, you must step down.
Hastert, et. al., voted on it. Well, I never said politics made sense. But it just doesn't quite cut it as a religious experience.
RULE #!: TO WIN. You need ONE PERCENT MORE than 50%.
I guess the GOP won't settle for the 1%. And, probably that's why they're always going for broke?
Of course, if you're praying your way through this thicket, I can't help you.
Posted by TyCaptains![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 26, 2007 2:44 PM
I hope the FBI is able to nail Jefferson to the wall. I sure do regret Hastert protecting him.
Taking Jefferson down should serve as a good warning to Pelosi that she can't run roughshod over justice.
Posted by BarCodeKing![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 26, 2007 5:13 PM
Two stinkin' years and "Freezer" Jefferson STILL has not been indicted? What's up with that? If he was a Republican, they'd already be fitting him for his prison uniform!
Off topic, but did anyone see that disgusting lying Catherine Crier on Court TV? She made me so angry with her intellectually dishonest liberal diatribe that I was actually yelling at the television. I believe I called her something like a "F**ing lying c***!" which is far stronger language than I normally use.
Posted by conservative democrat![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 26, 2007 9:38 PM
Jefferson should step down, why was Hastert defending him? People should quit picking on the poor,defenseless, wittle babies, the republicans. Because they would never pick on the dems. try getting real, you might like it.
Posted by hurricane567![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/nav-commenters.gif)
| April 27, 2007 12:52 AM
I am a resident of the state of Louisiana and, if i had the power to do so, i would have "Cold Cash" Jefferson handcuffed to Sen Landrieu and the pair of them launched into the Gulf of Mexico with a catapult. I would also demand a cut of the ticket sales and PPV profits for such an event lol