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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
A Shameless Bit Of Sel-Promotion
Gateway Pundit and Val at Babalu Blog note a crass PR move by Hugo Chavez. Venezuela has responded to Peru's eathquake disaster with food shipments -- and with Hugo's smiling picture on the cans. He also uses the tuna-can label to undermine President Garcia of Peru, who narrowly defeated Chavez' pal Ollanto Humalla, whom the labels extol for his "solidarity" with Chavez.
Tacky beyond belief.
Comments (14)
Posted by bulbasaur | June 29, 2007 3:34 PM
If democrats are this feckless in battling republicans, how in the world can we expect them to keep America safe from terrorism?
Posted by John O | June 29, 2007 4:03 PM
If Coleman is so committed to free speech, why doesn't he sponsor a bill to repeal BCRA?
Posted by Del Dolemonte | June 29, 2007 4:17 PM
Problem is, Harry Reid does NOT have an ounce of sense.
He's full of nonsense (and also full of something else, but this is a family program).
Posted by docjim505 | June 29, 2007 4:23 PM
Remember, everybody: the Fairness Doctrine isn't about muzzling free speech. It's about preventing nasty ol' media conglomerates from taking over the airwaves! Democrats LOOOOVE free speech, and they're committed to making sure that it stays free by putting it under complete government control.
/sarcasm
As for the Republicans in the Senate mending fences with the base, they've got a helluva lot of mending to do. I can think of one fence several hundred miles southwest of here where they can start.
Posted by Philip | June 29, 2007 4:58 PM
awh...but I like watching Harry Reid get his @$$ kicked.
Posted by Bill Faith | June 29, 2007 5:09 PM
But, but, but... Trent and Teddy already had their Comprehensive Bipartisan Omnibus Bill To Clean Up Talk Radio And The Internet half written! Surely no one wants all that work to go to waste! I excerpted and linked.
Posted by GarandFan | June 29, 2007 6:59 PM
I can only hope and pray that the Dems will go forth to slay the demons of talk radio. Hopefully, Professor Dean will make it part of a national platform. It's a logical extension of what they tried under the guise of "union reform". Wonder if the Professor would be interested in a tan uniform with jack boots?
Posted by Dale | June 29, 2007 8:36 PM
Using Harry Reid and sense in the same sentence is an outrage
Posted by Steve | June 29, 2007 9:44 PM
Dear Captain,
I beg you to reconsider the title of your article. As a South Carolinian, isn't being saddled with the reality of Lindsay Graham enough? We need all the positive recognition we can get to compensate, and Jim Demint is doing a great job.
Thanks
Posted by Dave | June 29, 2007 10:40 PM
What I find truly aggravating is that such a law is necessary in the first place. It just goes to show how far we've allowed things to go. The Constitution does not say "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, except when they can think of a good enough reason."
Posted by Dave | June 29, 2007 11:06 PM
What I find truly aggravating is that such a law is necessary in the first place. It just goes to show how far we've allowed things to go. The Constitution does not say "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, except when they can think of a good enough reason."
Posted by negentropy | June 29, 2007 11:41 PM
simple. conservative talk show hosts can purchase a bunch of tote bags from NPR. Consider it 'liberal offsets'
Posted by Pike Hunter | June 29, 2007 11:46 PM
South Dakota Rocks! Go Thune! A true conservative.
Posted by Charles Maxwell | June 30, 2007 8:02 AM
I pray that the Democrats will push the Fairness Doctrine as hard as they can. Watch and see what happens. It will be a beautiful thing. If you think the public revolt against the immigration bill was strong, you haven't seen anything yet! Talk radio did a superb job of informing the public of the sneaky ways the congression bullies tried to pull the wool over out eyes. Now it's talk radio's chance to defend its own best interest!! Here comes the steam roller and I want to be on it, not under it! The Democrats will surely be under it and that's a good think!