“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! … Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” – Barry Goldwater
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Cecil Moon: Welcome to the wonderful world of protest. Saturday marked my fifth Tea Party and I hunger for more and...
Island Girl: Dear Mr. Basil, You post some terrific entries on IMAO. I loved your coverage of the tea party at...
Dohtimes: The Dylan / Snow link also had story of Egyptian billionaire sentenced to death. That doesn’t happen...
on-the-rocks: Maybe they haven’t showed the real bunker to Joe Biden. They probably figgered he couldn’t...
aA: I agree. With the “24″ thing. If Jack’s kill ratio does not improve, instead of standing around...
MAS1916: Man… Pelosi, Biden.. what more could Republicans ask for. Even the media asked Pelosi a question at...
Jeff H: re: POTUS doesn’t know how to allow gays in military The linked article is headlined “Law only answer...
The Big Sister (who's 5'4"): Thank you for your kind words about my son.
Harvey says "Basil's Blog should be avoided at all costs."
January 30th, 2007 at 7:35 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Psychologist Bruce Beaton….
January 30th, 2007 at 9:12 am
HELP WANTED: Would you pick Apples for $25 an hour?…
The Agriculture Industry needs immigrants to do the $50,000 per year jobs that Americans wont do.
Jack King, manager of national affairs for the California Farm Bureau Federation said,
“Labor shortages are becoming more pronounced and severe in …
January 30th, 2007 at 9:27 am
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January 30th, 2007 at 9:28 am
More Problems With Massachusetts’ (Forced) Healthcare…
As I mentioned here, the problems are mounting as the law takes shape in Massachusetts. From todays Boston Globe, comes more, which I highlighted, but encourage you to read.
More than 200,000 people with health insurance would have to buy addition…
January 30th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Hating Carter, Living with Apartheid…
Jimmy Carter has somehow become more despised than one of the worst human rights violations in modern times….
January 30th, 2007 at 11:19 am
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January 30th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Security clearances – “liberally” issued to, “conservatively” revoked from the “Elites”; “conservatively” issued to, and “liberally” revoked from the “pleebs”….
As most of you probably know already, Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, Scooter Libby, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and former (outed) CIA officer Valerie Plame are all in the news again. Scooter Libby is finally facin…
January 30th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Hating Jimmy Carter, Living With Apartheid…
We seem more comfortable vilifying the messenger than we are about eliminating apartheid….
January 30th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Muslim Medicine – An Oxymoron…
The Saudis have so much loose cash lying around that they could set up hospitals in inner cities and provide free care to the poor and non-insured among us. Well, you may wonder, “What’s wrong with that? If the Saudis want to take care of our poor w…
January 30th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
The Patriotic Terrorists…
The article below is actually on Huffington Post. I had to read it twice to be sure I wasn't mis-reading and missing the punch line that everything wrong in the world is Bush's fault….
January 30th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Bindi Irwin Likes Snakes Better than the Press…
As they say …. from the mouth of babes ……..
January 30th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Training the Force…
The Colorado Springs Gazette, Tom Roeder: Leaders say they have 100 training days to get the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion ready for war. It's a tall order for Fort Carson's newest unit. Half of the soldiers have been in the…
January 30th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Doozie of the DaY: Michael Petit…
Today's Doozies:Lines that ought to be jokes..but are dead serious.
Angel's first prize goes to:
Michael Petit, .."Living in a state that voted for George W. Bush in 2004 can be hazardous to a child's health..".
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January 30th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
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January 30th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
The wrong lesson…
I heard this read on the radio this morning on my way in to work. It’s a pretty interesting piece of commentary from Foreign Policy, and I think it’s worth a read….
January 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Battle in Iraq Decimates Jihadist Warrior Cult…
This was a significant battle, a huge victory for Iraqi and American Troops and it's not hardly mentioned in the news….
January 30th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
John Edwards and His Six Million Dollar Mansion…
The Breck Girl candidate has built himself a 29,000-square-foot mansion. TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET!!!!…
January 30th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Smoldering Body in LA…
Police responding to a call for a rubbish fire found a smoldering body of what appeared to be an African American woman in her 30’s. The cause of death has not yet been determined but the dead woman was issued a warning by the local police in a…
January 30th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Hillary Clinton and the Wild-Eyed Promise…
Yesterday conservative columnist David Limbaugh discussed the scary prospect of a Hillary Clinton Presidency. There is something deeply disturbing about Hillary’s announcement , and I think it’s in this paragraph. You know, after six years of George …
January 30th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Jimi…
A Seattle company is trying to capitalize on the late, great Jimi Hendrix……
January 30th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
United We Stand, Divided We fall — Multiculturalism Out, Assimilation In…
Multiculturalism isn’t working so well for the British. Zia Haider Rahman writes “Diversity will never unite us”. He’s talking to the Brits and he thinks there is still hope for them: An important and timely study published by the Policy…
January 30th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
When a whiney little beotch forgets their meds…
Ted Rall, who else?…
January 30th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
FaT KidS and Dhi-mmitude…
SOCIAL workers are placing obese children on the child protection register alongside victims thought to be at risk of sexual or physical abuse.
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January 30th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Barack Obama wants to end the bloodshed…
The Senator from Illinois and messianic candidate for President, has proposed a binding resolution regarding Iraq….