The guys at Car Talk ask and answer the question, and a look at how easy it is to be qualified as a “truck” by Federal standards: We would be remiss if we didn’t point out that other companies do this, too, because the loophole is the size of a Ford Excursion. It’s something the [...]
Archive for March 15th, 2004
When Is a Car Not a Car?
Posted in Environment on March 15, 2004 | 2 Comments »
"No Parent Should Have to Make That Choice"
Posted in Culture on March 15, 2004 | 4 Comments »
This is heartbreaking, and a condemnation of our current social structure. Because these parents were not filthy rich, they and their children were abandoned. It makes me ashamed.
Bush Using Homeland Security For Campaign Prop
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 | Comments Off
Pandagon points out that Homeland security resources are being diverted, if only in a small way, to make Bush look good: Administration sources tell TIME that employees at the Department of Homeland Security have been asked to keep their eyes open for opportunities to pose the President in settings that might highlight the Administration’s efforts [...]
Voting in the Face of Terrorism
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 | 12 Comments »
As I have already mentioned, several people on the right and some on the left (without the cheap insinuations that the Spanish are somehow cowardly) have stated that the Spanish elections were a victory for terrorism. The idea that the Spanish are running away form the fight is beneath contempt, and I will not deal [...]
Law Wants Out of New England
Posted in Sports on March 15, 2004 | Comments Off
According to the Associated Press, veteran cornerback Ty Law wants out of New England: “Right now, it’s not about money,” Law told The Boston Globe. “That bridge is burned. I no longer want to be a Patriot. I can’t even see myself putting on that uniform again, that’s how bad I feel about playing here.” [...]
Make Your Own Campaign Poster
Posted in Politics, Satire on March 15, 2004 | 5 Comments »
According to Wired.com, the White House web site has disabled a tool that would allow you to create your own campaign posters — because anti-Bush people were using it to mock the administration: The Bush-Cheney presidential campaign disabled features of a tool on its website Thursday that pranksters were using to mock the Republican presidential [...]
So Normal It's Scary
Posted in Culture on March 15, 2004 | Comments Off
Gays are just like you and me except the GOP hates them even more.
Matthew Yglesias has the dynamic down well: But of course logic has nothing to do with this. The right would like to set up the following argument: If there are no attacks between now and the election, then Bush has defended us from terror and deserves re-election; if there is an attack between now and [...]
O'Reilly's Not as Dumb as He Likes to Sound
Posted in Culture, Politics on March 15, 2004 | Comments Off
Bill O’Reilly makes sense when he’s not being an ass. He cites angry rhetoric from media figues as a source of the cultural divide, and predicts it will be a deciding factor in the 2004 election.
Here is What a Capitulation Would Look Like
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 | Comments Off
If the Socialists in Spain were really running scared, they would Release all Islamic terrorists and suspects Pull out of Afghanistan Refuse to co-operate in shutting down terrorist funding Refuse to co-operate in investigating Islamic terrorists Drop the investigation into the Madrid bombings Stop prosecuting the war against ETA That is what a surrender would [...]
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