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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 (9)
Posted by Jeff | October 1, 2007 7:58 AM
It's very timely for Justice Thomas to take the stage at this particular moment in history for a number of reasons. He's a rare example of a principled, unapologetic yet humble conservative, who survived the smears and an the despicable show-trial tactic of the hard-left hate-machine.
He's an inspiration and a lesson to all.
Posted by davod | October 1, 2007 8:24 AM
I wonder if Thomas's publisher is linked to CBS.
Posted by unclesmrgol | October 1, 2007 9:18 AM
Take note: Sometimes your friends aren't the people handing out the personalized jujubees.
Posted by unclesmrgol | October 1, 2007 10:27 AM
Captain,
Tell Justice Thomas you sold at least one of his books today.
Posted by Carol Herman | October 1, 2007 12:08 PM
There's an AUDIO version as well. That's what I'm gonna buy at Amazon. Hope you'll get the credit.
Meanwhile, Drudge, who said goodbye to his radio show last night; (till he comes back, occasionally, or not, with a DAYTIME fest) ... Also led with Clarence Thomas' most intelligent BOOK! Which is gonna come at people, and finally shock a few into the reality that THOMAS IS QUALIFIED. And, then some!
Drudge's page, today, also has grand links to interviews Clarence Thomas is doing. Including a RUSH interview, where he will get a full 90-minutes. ON NOW!
What's interesting; is that Clarence Thomas can still talk about Anita Hill; and it jars the memory banks.
He's also let affirmative action prove itself out to be the total flop that it is. Yes. Catching Blacks and women in the reality that as "leaders" go ... they crapped out at the table.
EXCEPT FOR THOMAS. His stature just grows and grows.
And, since the next liberal horse to fall will be this leaderless, rudderless, previously successful ship, will be the rebellion people will supply, when they really get angry. Not just the swill thrown at kids. Not just the disrespect for men. And, the military. But just in general. When you've gone to war against the TRUTHS we HOLD FREE.
Unintended consquences come due.
And, that's what makes My Grandfather's Son a worthwhile listening and hearing journey.
What a wonderful man!
Posted by daveinboca | October 1, 2007 1:00 PM
Clarence Thomas is a true credit to his people. He saw the light that others may have seen, but turned away from for the cheap plaudits of a treacherous ultra-left that uses blacks like Kleenex and then throws them away.
I like especially how he faced up to the ridiculous hypocrites on the Senate Judiciary Committee, half of whom were scions of the rich, unconvicted criminals [Kennedy---manslaughter & fleeing scene of an accident, e.g.], or blowhard frauds. But rather than let these creeps "Bork" him, Thomas stood up and delivered a knockout punch to these impostors on national television.
They've never forgiven him & their lackeys like Linda Greenhouse at the NYT keep barking at his heels incessantly, which, along with his impressive 60 Minutes interview, is a reason I'm going to buy his book.
Posted by Mike Toreno | October 1, 2007 6:54 PM
One thing troubles me. I read "Supreme Discomfort" and they apparently have people other than Hill saying that Thomas said to them, "Who put pubic hair on my Coke?"
So I'd say the analysis is something like this:
Proposition: Thomas is a liar and a crybaby.
Thomas denies sexually harassing Anita Hill, and characterizes her claims, and his having to answer for them, as comparable to lynching of blacks in the South, events in which men were beaten and murdered.
Hill says Thomas said to her "Who put pubic hair on my Coke?", a bizarre and creepy remark and something that has never been said by any human being other than (according to Hill) Clarence Thomas.
Other people have said that Thomas said to them, "Who put pubic hair on my Coke"?
q.e.d.
Posted by qrstuv | October 1, 2007 7:23 PM
Toreno,
q.e.d. what? Was there supposed to be a point there?
Posted by crossdotcurve | October 1, 2007 7:30 PM
Ask him why he preferred Long Dong Silver to John Holmes.