In the first of what is hopefully many good signs to come tonight, Tim Kaine defeated Republican Jerry Kilgore for the top job in the state of Virginia. This was one heavily watched race by analysts as they feel it will set the stage for next years mid-term elections. Kaine got his victory with 51.2% […]
Six soldiers were killed in Iraq today bringing the total amount of U.S. casualties to 2024 according to icasualties.org. In the month of October, 91 soldiers have been lost which makes it the fourth deadliest month since the war started. The most troubling of this data is the fact that we suffered 46 deaths in […]
Taliban rebels have killed 19 police officers in a convoy down a dirt road in the Helman province. Included amongst the dead officers is the deputy chief. Attention seems to focus more on the Iraq war than what is taking place in Afghanistan. This is somewhat troubling. Last month, Afghans held a vote, which should […]
Senate passed with a 90-9 vote an amendment to the defense bill which would limit torture of suspects in United States custody. This high rate of passage should send a shock to the White House, where Bush has already promised a veto. Only problem now is that Senate has enough votes to overturn Bush’s veto. […]
US News and World Report is running a small poll to see what readers feel Michael Brown’s new job should be. It is kind of a funny little poll which is why I mentioned it here. The options are Lobbyist for waste management New Orleans street cleaner Publicist for The National Enquirer So far the […]
Just in via the AP Falwell’s ‘Vote Christian’ Criticized A Jewish organization is calling on the Rev. Jerry Falwell to retract a “vote Christian in 2008” statement made months ago in a letter raising money for his ministries. The criticism of Falwell appeared Monday on the Web site of the Anti-Defamation League, a group organized […]
I have just added a new polling question. I ran the previous question for approximately 1 month and had the following results: Do you feel America is certain to experience another terror attack on our home front? Yes – 70% No – 17% Uncertain – 13 % There were a total of 30 votes in […]
This week has been one of the deadliest weeks in Iraq since the war started. Now it even has more Republicans wondering if we should stay the course. Here in Ohio, we were hit hard with a majority of the soldiers who perished this week residing in this state. There is some good news coming […]