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On the day the House votes on the stimulus, DC gets covered in ice. Coincidence?

By ⋅ January 28, 2009 ⋅

As a native Wisconsinite, I’ve always found the reaction of those in DC to insignificant amounts of snow humorous, and sometimes even pitiful. However, this morning was a bit different. After a few inches of nice snow, followed by a few hours of sleet, capped off with an overnight shower of freezing-rain, the entire DC-metro [...]

Strange Congress: 1838, Graves kills Cilley

By ⋅ January 27, 2009 ⋅

On February 24, 1838, Congressman William Jordan Graves, a Whig from the state of Kentucky, fatally shot Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley in a duel. Cilley was challenged to the duel by Graves because he claimed that a Virginian was responsible for a newspaper article that charged another Congressman with immortality. While many demanded that action [...]

Taking The Air Out Of The Dirigible

By ⋅ January 26, 2009 ⋅

I was driving to the Shoppette to buy some booze. Hardin County, being the inexplicably dry, or “Clean” county that it is, often forces this inconvenience on me. This particular night the local AM station was re-running an episode of Rush Limbaugh from 21 JAN and tonight Rush was more bombastic than usual. Following the [...]

The 2011 Extinction of the Liberal

By ⋅ January 25, 2009 ⋅

It came to me earlier this afternoon while I was soaking in the tub. As is my habit during the winter, I take a hot bath to soothe away my achy legs, feet and back. Though I am not an old man, nor as young as I used to be, Army medicine has left its [...]

2009 March for Life Swarms DC

By ⋅ January 23, 2009 ⋅

On Thursday, nearly (possibly more than) 200,000 people flocked to Washington, DC for the 36th annual March for Life, which is held every year on January 23rd, the day a decision was granted in the Roe. v. Wade case. Last year I saw some of the march and in terms of numbers, it was extremely [...]

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