From the monthly archives:

June 2007

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!

June 17, 2007

Happy Father’s Day, from all of us here at AOR!  Culturally, we sometimes underestimate the importance of good fathers in our society.  On TV, Dad is usually the weak one getting walked-over or capitulating on his principles for a laugh at his expense, or unfortunately, the one showing up on the weekends or holidays.  My father [...]

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Big Brother Flashback: Dr. Will

June 16, 2007

Only one Big Brother houseguest could ever deliver a jury speech like this one and still win the game. Dr. Will Kirby entered the Big Brother house at the beginning of Season 2 determined to lie to everybody and lose every challenge before finally winning in the end. He didn’t exactly hide what he [...]

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Pat’s in Kyrgyzstan!

June 16, 2007

My soon-to-be Sargeant First Class brother Pat has just entered Kyrgyzstan to liase with some of the mountain folk out there.  I can’t get more specific at this point, but Kyrgyzstan?  Where the heck is Kyrgyzstan?  Somewhere near Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, I suppose!  As a history teacher I knew, but very few others could [...]

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The Gore and Thompson Syndrome

June 16, 2007

I was on my way back from Barnes and Noble’s today when I popped on Monica Crowley and her Saturday afternoon radio talkshow on 77 WABC here in Jersey.  Monica’s show is usually good at pointing things out, but not so great at in-depth analysis, yet today she brought up an excellent point worth parroting:  [...]

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Big Brother Flashback: Lori

June 15, 2007

It’s Friday. Here’s some fluff. Big Brother 8 is a little less than three weeks away and I can’t wait. For that reason, I’m going to post some memorable clips from seasons past every couple of days until the new season begins. Let’s begin with Lori from Season 3. Although she [...]

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Amnesty Alive

June 14, 2007

Like the medieval peasant in Monty Python, the amnesty bill isn’t dead yet. In fact, it has been revived and is now on its way to final passage.
It’s no secret that the Republican Party has been spineless for years now. What’s frustrating is that this is the issue that caused them to find [...]

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The People’s House

June 14, 2007

I’ll believe it when I see it but word is that the House Republicans may have discovered their spines.  After the Democrats won the 2006 election, they passed a rule requiring that earmarks in spending bills be revealed before voting on said bills.  The Democrats being Democrats however, quickly decided to ignore their own rules [...]

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Hamas v. Fatah, Round 1

June 14, 2007

Suddenly the situation in Palestine has deteriorated to the point where the two main factions, Hamas and Fatah, are in an open armed conflict tantamount to a potential civil war.  90 people have been killed in the fighting since Sunday.  In Gaza, Hamas executed many members of the Fatah Party yesterday at a Fatah-controlled security [...]

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Camille Paglia Gets It.

June 13, 2007

A few days ago I mentioned that George W. Bush will not be on the ballot in 2008. This observation wasn’t exactly rocket science, but hey none of the Democrats running for President have noticed. With neither the lame duck nor anyone from his administration in the Republican top tier, the Democrat candidate [...]

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Spielberg’s Endorsement

June 13, 2007

Let me just go on the record saying how much I despise Hollywood types who think we care what they think, or even worse, those who try to be our moral superiors and tell us what we should think.  Such activism taints the films and roles that they’re in, which is a shame since the figure as an [...]

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O-B-E-S-E

June 12, 2007

I don’t have kids.  But I know that some kids are overweight.  Back in my Gen-X childhood, we called overweight kids “fat.”  There was a stigma, and those of us who were fat (I was a little chubby) either became funny people or lost the weight (which subsequently happened with my adolescent growth spurt).  But for [...]

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WHO is the Liar Again?

June 12, 2007

George W. Bush is a liar because Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had no connection to terrorism. How do I know that? Simple. Al Gore said so, over and over and over again. There is a problem with this accusation however.
The problem with Gore’s claim is that the administration he served during sang a [...]

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Harry Reid, Meet 19%

June 11, 2007

People are starting to notice the shinanigans of Dingy Harry Reid.  He’s whiney and wimpy even for a Democrat, and people are starting to notice.  He’s down to a whopping 19% favorability rating in the latest round of Rasmussen polls.  Even Dick Cheney is at 38%, which is actually more popular than President Bush (though with illegal immigration vexing Dubya, this [...]

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Democrats Propose Vote of No Confidence

June 11, 2007

Frustrated that the President has control over the President’s appointees, Democrats recently targeted Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez over the firing of U.S. attorneys. Now that their pressure has failed to remove Gonzalez, Democrats and Arlen Specter plan to offer a motion of no confidence in Gonzalez. This tells us that the Democrats have [...]

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Sopranos Finale

June 10, 2007

Brilliant. I don’t think it was open-ended. It ended with Tony’s perspective.
UPDATE: Click here for the official HBO Sopranos community

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Sarko Keeps Winning!

June 10, 2007

Simple lesson for conservatives and Republicans in America:  watch Sarkozy!  According to the polls in France, Sarko’s UMP party is on the verge of taking nearly half of France’s parliament in today’s elections.  The run-offs for those candidates who did not get a majority is next Sunday.  This projected result would break with precedent that leftist [...]

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Bush and Benedict

June 9, 2007

President Bush had his first audience with Pope Benedict XVI today and many things were discussed, like Iraq, Africa, HIV/AIDS, etc.  I like that the Pope was concerned about Iraq’s Christian population and didn’t dwell on the whole “just war” thing that JPII was so concerned with. 
The state of Iraq’s Christians are a side to the war [...]

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No Anderson Cooper. THIS Is She Who Must Not Be Named.

June 8, 2007

Anderson Cooper is actually pretty tolerable for a CNN journalist. Although he is clearly a liberal, I’ve recently had the sense that he at least tries to be fair. His program is also fairly substantive. Now that the compliments are out of the way, I have to take issue with his [...]

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Another Democrat Tax Scheme

June 8, 2007

The Democrats have never met a tax that they didn’t like or a group they didn’t think about targeting.  According to this Washington Post article, the Dems want to soften the blow of the Alternative Minimum Tax*** on millions of Americans.  However, there’s a catch.  To balance out the equation, 3 million people are going [...]

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It’s Not Dead Yet

June 7, 2007

But the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill is on life support.
Harry Reid and other pro-amnesty Senators twice failed to invoke cloture on the bill today. Michelle Malkin has a thorough roundup of the Senate shenanigans leading to today’s events. My favorite part of Malkin’s coverage is when she discusses Harry Reid’s claim that one amnesty [...]

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Reinforcing the Fred Factor

June 7, 2007

A new Fox News poll continues to show that there is no real movement between any of the candidates on either side of the race.  She Who Must Not Be Named and Rudy seem to be the frontrunners amongst registered voters, but I found one part of the poll to be of interest:  the Fred [...]

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Bush ‘08?

June 6, 2007

Listening to the questions and reactions from last nights debate, you’d think that Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and Dubya found some seemy clandestine way to repeal the 22nd Amendment, term-limiting the President to two four-year terms!  I had no idea that last night’s Republican Presidential Candidate Debate was supposed to be about George W. Bush.  Just look at [...]

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Huckabee’s Home Run

June 6, 2007

This moment from last night was so inspiring it deserves its own post. When one of the journalists actually asked Mike Huckabee for detailed information regarding his theological opinion on how God created the world, the candidate hit it out of the park. Huckabee’s eloquent defense of his faith coupled with Wolf Blitzer’s cluelessness [...]

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Rudy Giuliani Wins Third Republican Debate

June 5, 2007

The following is this undecided conservative’s thoughts on tonight’s Republican debate.
All of the frontrunners performed well in tonight’s Republican debate on CNN. The same can be said of two lower-tier candidates. Of the ten ten candidates on stage, it’s clear that nine are well-qualified to be Commander in Chief of the U.S. military. [...]

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CNN Debate Seating

June 5, 2007

I don’t think CNN sat the Presidential candidates randomly. When the Democrats embarrassed themselves the other night, Obama and She Who Must Not Be Named were placed in the center, with Edwards and Richardson beside them. Tonight, McCain and Rudy are in the center with Romney beside them. In both [...]

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What A Strange Talking Point

June 5, 2007

James Carville and Paul Begala have been using a strange talking point in recent days.  Carville framed it in terms of a civics lesson.  What he wanted young people to do was watch the Democrat debate and count the number of times George W. Bush is mentioned.  Then he wanted them to watch the Republican [...]

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Why Comprehensive Immigration Reform Won’t Work

June 5, 2007

Today, the Senate is reaching a very important phase of the debate over comprehensive immigration reform.  Republicans who went home and actually listened to their constituents are ready to sabotage the Kennedy-Kyl ”grand bargain”.  But, these efforts, even if passed, won’t work. 
Newt Gingrich spelled out the details last year in this National Review Online article, when [...]

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Democrats Wear Faith on their Sleeves

June 5, 2007

When President Bush speaks about his faith, Democrats accuse him of wearing it on his sleeve and imposing his views upon everyone else. When Democrats speak about faith, its a source of strength which keeps them grounded. I think the Democrats need to clarify their position. Is it legitimate for candidates [...]

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Senator Craig Thomas (1933-2007)

June 4, 2007

Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) died tonight at the age of 74. He was suffering from leukemia. May he rest in peace.

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It’s Cold in William Jefferson’s Office

June 4, 2007

Louisiana Congressman William “The Fridge” Jefferson was indicted today on 16 charges relating to bribery, racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice.  Remember, he was the guy who had $90,000 cash in his office freezer back in 2005.  The investigation led the authorities to dig in and finally indict Jefferson despite his and other Democrat complaints [...]

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