Ukrainian
Thursday, December 30th, 2004Could it be? Could freedom and the Orange revolution have actually won in the Ukraine? I know Putin has to be slightly miffed by his own roll in the failure of his take over bid.
Archive for December, 2004
Tsunami Toll 114,000
Thursday, December 30th, 2004It now looks like the Thai meteorolgists gambled and lost. A gamble that cost 114,000 lives. Unfortunately I doubt this is the final number.
Pentagon ousts official who tied Russia, Iraq arms – The Washington Times: Nation/Politics – December 30, 2004
Thursday, December 30th, 2004The headline might ought to read Pentagon official falls on sword over Russia-Iraq connection disclosure. I’ll be interested to see where Mr. Shaw lands because it will be on his feet.
Beware ‘Under-Intelligent’ Gun Owners
Thursday, December 30th, 2004It is to laugh. Even other gun control groups are critical. “I don’t think that any gun owners are likely to be persuaded by a press release that effectively calls them stupid,” Do ya think?
Gun control doesn’t reduce crime, violence
Thursday, December 30th, 2004Now most of us have known this for a long long time bu the anti-gun crowd must be crying in their non-dairy, non-fat, decafinated latte’s over the the reports from the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council. Also of note and again something we already knew, criminals largely don’t buy from retail [...]
Ramsey Clarke to defend Saddam
Wednesday, December 29th, 2004It is really no surprise that someone who hates America that much should join Saddam’s defense team. “The special court in Iraq was created by the Iraqi governing council, which is nothing more than a creation of the US military occupation and has no authority in law as a criminal court,” When they put the [...]
New Year’s Celebratory Gunfire
Wednesday, December 29th, 2004While reading a CDC blurb on New Year’s Eve Injuries Caused by Celebratory Gunfire I came across a rather interesting note: In 2001, a total of 738 deaths were attributed to firearm injuries, a rate of 19.2 per 100,000 population, which is substantially higher than the U.S. national rate (10.4) and higher than the rates [...]
Gallery Update
Monday, December 27th, 2004The gallery software has been updated. Comments are now allowed there as well. As an additional reminder those who try to hotlink images from my site are in for a rude surprise if they do not request permission first. My policy is posted here and is also linked from the gallery footer.
Iraq / 3
Sunday, December 26th, 2004I have mixed thoughts on possibly dividing Iraq into 3 countries. Historically Iraq’s boundries today are what the British thought most expedient. There are 3 distinct groups in Iraq; Sunni, Kurd and the Shi’ite, who have only thus far gotten along because of the iron fist of Saddam Hussein. The fact is that of the [...]
Ukraine Elections Underway
Sunday, December 26th, 2004Looking at the exit polls thus far and all I can say is that I hope they weren’t done by Zogby. The biggest problem I’ve had watching the Ukraine election is that everyone involved seems to be named Yush-something. Thankfully the media has done a fairly decent job of indicated which Yush- is which.
