Bring It On!

Archive for December, 2006

Freedom of Speech

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

in Islamic nations leaves something to be desired...quite a lot, actually: Muhammad Assadi of the Yemen Observer daily was found guilty of denigrating Islam and fined 0.5m riyals (£1,280). The cartoons caused Muslim anger around the world. Mr Assadi said he wanted to show Yemenis how insulting they were. Last month a Yemeni ...

Thank you, Nancy Pelosi

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

for selecting Silvestre Reyes as the next House Intelligence Committee Chairperson and thank you Silvestre Reyes, for having some common sense and the willingness to say this out loud. “We’re not going to have stability in Iraq until we eliminate those militias, those private armies,” Reyes said. “We have to consider ...

Crafting A National Pension Plan

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

(This is the second in a four part series on Social Security reform originally written in May of 2005. Part one was recently republished on Bring It On! here.) Opponents of a national retirement program, commonly referred to simply as “Social Security,” tend to take the view that each person is ...

Iraq Study Group Report*

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Below is the full text, in it's entirety, of the Iraq Study Group Final Report.* Eh, whatever. (*just in case you are a moron - it's not really.) JMJ

Land of the Enslaved and Home of the Wussy

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight' O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that ...

Hillary Clinton and Our Next Republican President

Monday, December 4th, 2006

First, she began the presidential exploratory, then she started talking up top Dems for possible future support, finally she gets a top national fundraiser... Hillary Clinton is running for President of the United States of America. Oh, and just so we all know... she will lose. And so will America. Normally, a sane ...

Defining Social Security

Monday, December 4th, 2006

(Originally posted on Common Sense in May 2005, this is the first of a four part series on Social Security. Although the president is no longer kicking the SS can around, the topic of our Social Security program still presents a crucial problem for our nation's finances in ...

Has the American Press just been making shit up?

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Jules Crittenden says yes.

Steve’s Non-Political Message to the Blog

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

I spent all day cleaning (Dude, Steve O you are so right we need a Roomba) and now I am cooking... Got a mean pot of spaghetti brewin... Bought some ice cream sandwiches. About to enjoy a bottle of Chianti. I put up the Holiday Christmas Tree all ...

Time’s Person of the Year 2006 (what a joke)

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

So much for the "Liberal Media!" Time Magazine's "Person of the Year," 2006? Yessiree - it's Condoleezza Rice! Oh, and she's a possible candidate for president in 2008. Sur-prise, Sur-prise! Time Magazine - American shit-rag for dummies. Okay, so, why the f@#% is this woman "Person ...