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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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OpenCongress Web Widget
Ever wanted to announce your support or opposition to Congressional legislation? OpenCongress now has a web widget that allows bloggers to do exactly that. Take a look at this, and check out how easily you can build your own.
Maybe They're Flotation Devices?
The Australian Navy foots the bill for breast augmentations. The Labour Party would like to know why, and probably so would most of the voters in Australia.
The Thinking Blogger
Congrats to Fausta, who won a Thinking Blogger award. She thanks me for my friendship, but the truth is that Fausta makes it easy to be her friend. She's always positive and energetic, and she epitomizes the notion of a thinking blogger. Make sure to put her on your must-read list!
Ensign Calls For Return Of MoveOn Money
NRSC chair Senator John Ensign calls for Democrats to return all campaign funds donated by MoveOn, after their despicable New York Times ad today accusing David Petraeus of treason. "If Senate Democrats are serious about moving our country forward, they will denounce this outrageous ad and return the campaign funds MoveOn.org has lavished on them as well as the donations made through MoveOn.org -- the choice is theirs." Ensign's right, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the refund ...
Support The Al-Dura Petition
Roger Simon at Pajamas Media is circulating a petition to demand accountability for the discredited al-Dura report from France's Channel 2. This is, as Roger calls it, the "Father of all Fauxtography," and C-2 has never acknowledged its fault in airing the supposed murder of a Palestinian child. He wants C-2 to show all of the unedited footage of the incident in order to show that C-2 faked the murder. If they're resisting the demand, I'd say they have something to hide ....
There Goes The Undefeated Season
Notre Dame managed to get its first loss out of the way as soon as possible -- and as badly as possible. Georgia Tech came to South Bend and stomped the Irish, 33-3, in the worst home opener loss in school history. The offense fumbled twice and allowed seven sacks on Evan Sharpley, who must have longed to have Brady Quinn back on the field instead. If Charlie Weis doesn't turn this debacle around fast, he may want to start asking Ty Willingham for some career counseling ....
Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
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!
Comments (18)
Posted by kingronjo | September 7, 2007 2:43 PM
hey Cap,
where's day by day? I want to see the babys birth.
Posted by RD | September 7, 2007 3:59 PM
Relax, renew, recreate. Thanks for an interesting blog.
Posted by Flap | September 7, 2007 4:08 PM
Captain,
Send me an e-mail when you arrive.
Would like to get together.
Posted by Anthony (Los Angeles) | September 7, 2007 4:22 PM
Enjoy your trip. And do post if you decide to have a CQ get together. That should be fun. :)
Posted by Fight4TheRight | September 7, 2007 5:27 PM
Did I miss something? The Cap'n is moving to Southern California?
Posted by Monkei | September 7, 2007 6:22 PM
Captain, make sure you are posted up by your TV somewhere with ESPN turned on and the sound turn up high... I don't want you to miss the revenge beaten your Irish are going to get out ... White Out conditions have been set in Happy Valley
WE ARE
Posted by erpichtauf | September 7, 2007 6:28 PM
If there's another El Torito get together... I'm certainly interested.
Posted by Alan Kellogg | September 7, 2007 6:35 PM
What part of Southern California are you visiting?
And a heads up. While temperatures and humidity are dropping locally, a high pressure system is expected to build up over the next week. Means temperatures into the mid 70s to mid 80s, possibly higher in the LA basin.
Posted by John | September 7, 2007 6:46 PM
I live in Southern Cal and would love it if we had a chance to meet up. Enjoy your vacation Ed.
John
InfidelsAreCool.com
Posted by brooklyn - hnav | September 7, 2007 7:01 PM
Have a pleasant trip.
Catch a wave...
Posted by Andy | September 7, 2007 8:47 PM
If you are in Santa Barbara check out my brother's restaurant, Bouchon!! It's a great place.
Posted by Ron C | September 8, 2007 12:06 AM
"The Cap'n is moving to Southern California?" - Fight4TheRight
Nope.. read again. It's a 'visit' (about two weeks.)
Hope to see you put together a meet in the Toluca Lake area this time, Ed. One ideal place would be the historic Bob's Big Boy - plenty of room, and very LOW prices. Mid-week eves aren't particularly crowded - afternoons even better (usually.)
This place was not Bob Wian's first Bob's Big Boy (he had a little drive-up shack of a place in Burbank first) but it was the first real restaurant of the Bob's Big Boy chain that grew across the nation.
The Wian's used to live a couple of blocks from the restaurant - a neighbor of a friend of mine. I'll tell you a funny story or two about him when I see you (including one about Wian's 'arrest' one night - for suspected burglary.)
Posted by Steffan | September 8, 2007 12:58 AM
Hey, Ed, if you head for the Inland Empire, please let us know. I'd be more than happy to meet with you if you let us know where you're likely to be.
:)
Posted by Duke DeLand | September 8, 2007 6:06 AM
YO Folks! Those of us who have been following Capt. Ed long enough know he is FROM SoCal......& Moved to Minn.
The Captain Emeritus lives in SoCal....plus many other family folks.
It is a VAY-KAY-SHUN folks!
Enjoy Ed.....
Duke
Posted by Ron C | September 8, 2007 7:46 AM
Ed...
If you like an 'El Torito' - there is the original first-one of its kind a couple of doors up and across the street from Bob's in Toluca Lake. The first Margarita was made there by a very famous guy (he taught most of the other Mexican restaurateurs in the LA area how to make them - back in the 'good old days..' - LOTS of stories to tell about that place... and the, now gone, China Trader that was nearby.)
Posted by Fausta | September 8, 2007 9:17 AM
Have a great trip, and take pictures!
Posted by NY Andy | September 8, 2007 9:42 AM
Ed,
SoCal was always one of my favorite destinations. I haven't been in quite some time but when I did go I would make it a point to visit San Juan Capistrano. It's worth a side trip if you're nearby.
The La Brea tar pits in LA are also neat, especially if you are a science or history geek like me. The only drawback is you have to drive through Watts.
Enjoy the trip!
Andy
Posted by Fight4TheRight | September 8, 2007 10:05 AM
Thanks Ron, I guess what "threw" me was Cap'n's line: " .. but more a move to my West Coast offices " - I thought that meant he had a plan for moving to the West Coast, by that.
I'm from Minnesota and believe me, we don't need any wonderful Conservatives like the Cap'n moving out of here! We need every last one as there's only about 3 dozen of us here in Minnesotastan. Haha.
But thanks for ridding me of the panic!