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Ohrdruf

March 30th, 2004 | Comments Off

I’ve mirrored a series of posts from Bigwig at Silflay Hraka about the little known Nazi concentration camp at Ohrdruf. I’ve just updated my site to include several e-mailed comments that I received from a man named Thomas Hollingsworth, who was there at the liberation of the camp. I was there. 282 FABN . I was told that the prisoners were marched out of camp to work and back. The people in town had to know. These pictures are still vivid in my mind even though I had 9 months of combat and seen much, it sickened me also. I can even still smell the stench. I was told that the Germans tried desperately to hide the identities of many of the prisoners. That is why they were burned on the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Military, Society, War on Terror, World War II

Poverty Rate Lower than Clinton Era

March 24th, 2004 | Comments Off

Econopundit, Steve Antler graphs the poverty numbers for children and comes to a startling conclusion. Poverty is down. The source data for his graph is the U.S. Census Bureau. I’M SO CONFUSED. I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE JUST GETTING POORER AND POORER. Let’s use the same source, the Census Bureau, to look at the percentages of Americans and Americans in families living in poverty: TERM AVG % ALL AVG % FAMILIES Reagan I 14.7 13.3 Reagan II 13.5 12.0 Bush 41 13.8 12.4 Clinton I 14.3 12.8 Clinton II 12.3 10.7 Bush 43 11.9 10.2 It actually looks like George Bush has the lowest poverty levels in a generation. Not since the end of the Carter years has the percentage of the U.S. population in poverty been so low. Why don’t we read that on the front page of the paper? … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Economy, Analysis, Growth, Original writing, Poverty, Unemployment

Why Kill Ahmed Yassin?

March 22nd, 2004 | Comments Off

Here’s why: Date Location Casualities Responsibility Notes March 14, 2004 Ashdod 10 killed, 16 wounded Hamas and Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades Twin suicide bombings at port September 9, 2003 Tel Aviv 8 killed, 32 wounded Hamas Suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers September 9, 2003 Jerusalem 7 killed, 50 wounded Hamas Suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel August 19, 2003 Jerusalem 22 killed, 135 wounded Hamas Suicide bombing on a bus. May 19, 2002 Netanya 3 killed, 59 injured Hamas and the PFLP Suicide bomb in market May 7, 2002 Rishon Lezion 16 killed, 55 injured Hamas Suicide bomb in pool hall Apr 10, 2002 Kibbutz Yagur 8 killed, 22 injured Hamas Suicide bombing on bus March 31, 2002 Haifa 14 Killed, 40 Wounded Hamas Suicide bombing at restaurant March 27, 2002 Netanya 22 killed, 140 Wounded Hamas Suicide bombing at Passover Seder at Park Hotel March 9, 2002 Jerusalem 11 Killed, 54 Wounded Hamas Suicide Bomber at Cafe February 10, 2002 Be’er Sheva 2 Killed, 4 Wounded Hamas Drive-by Shooting February 6, 2002 Moshav Hamra 2 Killed, 5 Wounded Hamas Gunmen Infiltrates Moshav January 9, 2002 Kerem Shalom 4 Killed, 2 Wounded Hamas Gunfire and Expolsives December 12, … Read entire article »

Filed under: War on Terror

Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

March 15th, 2004 | Comments Off

Kodak, a brand name known world-wide, is headquartered in Rochester, New York. In many respects, it stands for photography just as Xerox stands for photocopying. At its height, it was the largest employer in the city and its facilities covered hundreds of acres in and around Rochester. When you read a blogger or hear a politician talking about “good jobs”, it’s jobs like Kodak’s that they’re talking about. The best wages in the city. No union. Whole suburbs sprang up built with Kodak wages. In many respects, in the three decades after World War II homeownership in Rochester meant that you worked for Kodak. Kodak was a good employer to work for. It gave preference to relatives of existing employees when filling new jobs. If you had a job with Kodak, you … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Economy, Commentary, Growth, Original writing, Unemployment

Lexa Doig

March 13th, 2004 | Comments Off

Lexa Doig, who plays the delicious android Romy on Andromeda … Read entire article »

Filed under: Gratuitous Pics, Photos

I Spy

March 11th, 2004 | Comments Off

Yahoo NEW YORK – A former journalist and congressional press secretary was arrested Thursday on charges she acted as an Iraqi spy before and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, accepting $10,000 for her work, prosecutors said Thursday. Susan Lindauer, 41, was arrested in her hometown of Takoma Park, Md., and was to appear in court later in the day in Baltimore, authorities in New York said. She was accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in prohibited financial transactions involving the government of Iraq under dictator Saddam Hussein. Lindauer worked at Fortune, U.S. News & World Report and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before beginning her career as a political publicist. She worked for then U.S. Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., before joining the office of former … Read entire article »

Filed under: Crime and Punishment, War on Terror

It Could Happen

March 8th, 2004 | Comments Off

Once again, headlines that “could” happen: Rosie Dumps Kellie for Oprah Matt Drudge Revealed to Be Karl Rove Novak’s Plame Source Found to Be Bill Clinton Chelsea Clinton and Bush Twins Film Presidential Chicks Gone Wild on Spring Break Janet Jackson Admits Borg Implant; Vows to Assimilate America Paris Hilton Found to Be Too Dumb to Be Allowed Out; Must Wear Leash At All Times Iraq Holds Vote Bush Rallies Nationwide Day Prior to U. S. Elections Kerry Claims To Be Sole Survivor of 9/11 Flight 93; Parachuted for Help Before Crash Kerry Claims He Aided Firefighters in WTC on 9/11; Paraglided for Help Before Collapse Kerry Claims He Was Refused Entry to Pentagon on 9/11; Reason Plane Struck Building Howard Dean: Kerry’s Nutso! I Am John Kerry’s Lovechild - Vietnamese 7-11 Owner in Dubuque. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Fake News, Mocking, Original writing

Gay Marriage

March 4th, 2004 | Comments Off

Hugh Hewitt The proponents of gay marriage want to focus on the issue of the joining of same sex couples, but it is intellectually dishonest to pass go without paying 200 dollars to the process employed. It is a cultural coup, pure and simple: people with power using the power to dominate and impose a resolution rather than persuading majorities to their side. It is no different than any other coup at any other time, except that cultural elites favor the result. Though of course both hitching and Sullivan have been strong advocates of freedom and democracy around the globe, they are abandoning democracy now that it is inconvenient to their own agenda. When the mullahs in Iran found the election process dangerous to their goals, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging, Commentary, Gay Marriage, Original writing, Other Bloggers, Society