The right wing seems to think that the Spaniards are now sniveling cowards, too terrified of the big bad al-Queda to ever stand up against them, and that the vote is a terrible blow against democracy. What a load of crap, spewed by the whiniest bunch of losers I have had the displeasure to read. [...]
Archive for March 15th, 2004
Spanish Vote a Victory For Democracy
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 | 7 Comments »
The Real Meaning of Spain
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 |
Insty, meet Southerly Buster He has a few words you should pay attention to: The best analysis I’ve seen yet of the Spanish result. The right is proclaiming this a case of cowardice, of surrender. When 70 million Spaniards marched, knowing that a mass demonstration was liable to be the target of another outrage, they [...]
Tgirsch to NHL: Kill The OTL Point
Posted in Sports on March 15, 2004 | 9 Comments »
Looking at the current NHL standings, this hardly seems fair: Northeast GP W L T OTL Pts Boston 72 35 16 14 7 91 Ottawa 72 38 20 9 5 90 Toronto 72 38 22 9 3 88 To me, it looks to me like Boston is being rewarded for going to overtime a lot [...]
Bushies Hoped Spanish Attack Would Help Them
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 | 3 Comments »
I want to to highlight something in this article. Apparently, the Bushies are completely disconnected from how others actually think. Only last week several senior members of the administration said they fully expected that his conservatives would emerge victorious. In fact, months ago a senior adviser to Mr. Bush predicted that should a terrorist attack [...]
Spain Rejects Bush Ally
Posted in Politics on March 15, 2004 | 4 Comments »
I guess we can add one more name to the list of foreign leaders hoping for a Kerry win The ouster of the center-right party in Spain, only days after a terrorist bombing that may be linked to Al Qaeda, is the first electoral rebuke of one of President Bush’s most steadfast allies in the [...]