Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
My Way News – White House, Kerry Exchange Accusations Kerry said the comment in question was “a botched joke about the president and the president’s people, not about the troops … and they know that’s what I was talking about.”
So, if you believe that, I’ve got some oceanfront property in Colorado for sale.
What I love about [...]
John Kerry had this to say after George W. Bush, Tony Snow and John McCain demanded an apology for his despicable insult of American military men and women:
“I am sick and tired of a bunch of despicable Republicans who will not take responsibility for their own mistakes,” Kerry said. “Enough is enough. We are not [...]
“No, we’re not biased! How can you say such a thing! How can you think that? What are you, some sort of provincial boob?”
“It’s just that we can’t find a single, solitary Republican who is fit to serve in any office. That’s all. Now be off with you!”
John Kerry was giving a speech at a college this weekend and said the following:
“You know, education — if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well.
“If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
Now he’s accusing the [...]
So, I don’t “get” Halloween. I never did, really. As a kid Halloween was a favorite holiday for the sheer selfish pleasure of getting a bag full of goodies. For much of my young childhood my family lived in the enlisted family quarters on a variety of Air Force Bases, except for those times that [...]
Global Warming could have impact comparable to the Great Depression or WWI or WWII.
Now this is an actually serious analysis and reasonable conclusion. Not “the end of the world” as Al Gore says, but serious and devastating enough to worry about.
This sort of analysis gets my attention a lot more than pictures of the Statue [...]
People who use “mute” when they mean “moot”.
People who use “eek” when they mean “eke.”
People who use “its” when they mean “it’s” and vice-versa.
People who use “myself” when they mean “me.”
People who can’t spell and don’t even know it. Here are some misspellings I recently encountered on a single message board thread, all by adults:
“dreery” [...]
Another “final” repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope may be approved.
I’m a big fan of the Hubble, but at the same time, I’m ready for the next generation and would not want to see that launch delayed because of diverting funds to keep the Hubble going. With adaptive optics technology several earth-based telescopes have [...]
It has now been one year since I started this blog. Hard for me to believe, but there it is.
When I set the blog up I purchased the URL “cosmicconservative.com” for two years, so I have another year left before I have to make an existential decision about this blog site.
I enjoy blogging, but I [...]
A Most Violent Month, and Many Final Farewells – New York Times Burials at Arlington National Cemetery took on a grim regularity in October, when at least 103 American troops were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, the toll had reached 99 by Saturday, making October the deadliest month since January 2005.
Anyone surprised the NY [...]
The newspapers are dying
Big Metros Show Severe Declines in Latest Circ Report NEW YORK The Audit Bureau of Circulations FAS-FAX report for the six-month period ending September 2006 released this morning confirmed yet again that major metros are struggling to show growth. The losses are steep while the gains are meager.
And not soon enough, IMHO. I [...]
NFL notes…
I was very surprised to see Tony Romo get off to a bad start, go down 14 – 0 at the end of the first quarter, and then come back and lead the Cowboys to 35 unanswered points to end up in a blowout of the Panthers, a team I think is a decent [...]
We have a “One Call or One Day per year” policy for jury duty, meaning that I have to go sit in court for at least one day per year, but no more, unless I get put on an actual jury. If I don’t get called onto a trial, I am off the list until [...]
So, it’s pretty clear that Lieberman is going to win his Senate seat back as an independent. He has already said that he will remain loyal to the Democrats if he is in the Senate.
But what if Bush offers him a role in the Bush administration? This would be a way for Lieberman to respond [...]
This is simply amazing. Beccy Cole is an Australian singer-songwriter and her heartfelt effort to explain why she is proud to sing for the Australian troops in Iraq might just bring a tear to your eye.
So today I was outside here in the mountains in jeans and shirtsleeves, throwing snowballs and sweating in the hot sun.
We’re supposed to get more snow tomorrow night. Today it was well into the sixties here at my house.
U.S. Investigates Voting Machines’ Venezuela Ties – New York Times The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading American manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chávez.
This is a little unsettling…
Jury duty that is.
I have to drive to Fairplay, Colorado (about 45 miles) first thing tomorrow morning to be in a jury pool at 8:30 a.m.
If you are a registered voter in Park County, Colorado, you are pretty much guaranteed to get jury duty once each year. Oh well, I’ll let you all know how [...]
OK, it’s more fair to say I hate moving back and forth between “standard time” and “daylight savings time.”
It’s not because is messes me up, because I’m pretty flexible, I don’t even suffer much from jet lag when I travel. It’s because of the sun and my drive to work and home.
For the last few [...]
Castro appears on TV, scoffs at rumors of his death – CNN.com HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — The ailing Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban state television for the first time in more than a month Saturday, looking thin and tired but walking and ridiculing recent rumors of his death.
Sigh. I have to admit I’m actually disappointed that [...]
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