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A SIMPLE EXPLANATION WHY HEALTHCARE.GOV WILL FAIL One of my smarter liberal friends brought up this really good question, and it also came ...

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton essentially fell on her sword to take the blame for the poor security and failures leading up to the Benghazi at...

I watched bits and pieces of the events on Wednesday evening.   The most amazing part was the amendment vote to restore “God-given pote...

Now the Republican National Convention is over, and WOW.  Great run and finish by all of the major players, and it was very impressive.  Th...

HERE I GO AGAIN! As you can tell, it's been almost 3 years since my last post. I've been busy! In the last three years, I have ex...

VERY PROPHETIC QUOTE FROM GLENN REYNOLDS: From June 2008 : "I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of ...

VERY SCARY STUFF.... "US Loses Most Jobs At Fastest Rate in History Under Obama" Link here . The graphs are actually...terrifying...

NOW THIS IS FUNNY....BUT SHOULD I SUE SINCE GRAPE-NUTS HAS NO GRAPES - OR NUTS? Woman sues Cap'N Crunch cereal because "Crunchberri...

IS CYBERSPACE JUST A LITTLE TOO PUBLIC? I have a Twitter account, which apparently a LOT of people swear by as the "next big thing....

A NEW PROJECT! YEA! Tonight I’m at Java Joe’s, a coffee bar located in downtown Des Moines, where my current assignment is. This is Irish M...

ARLEN SPECTOR BOLTS GOP... Surprising no one. Don't let the Republican door hit you on the way out, senator. Will the Democrats sing ...

AND THE MEDIA CONTINUES TO SELF-DESTRUCT.... Bill Whittle has an excellent analysis of the media bias rampant today.

TYPICAL...FOR OAKLAND.... Man goes berserk, and kills 4 police officers before he goes down. A candlelight vigil has been held..... ...for t...

NEWSPAPERS…RIP? Speaking of the news, newspapers have been on the skids for years now. Part of the problem has been the decline of quality, ...

I HAD NO IDEA THE LA TIMES WAS THIS BAD.... Patterico has a summary of all of the reviews he has done of the LA Times . What an ugly mess.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!! And goodbye to 2008. Not a terrible year, but certainly plenty of ups and downs. 2008 was my first full year as an ...

FESTIVUS IS JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY!!! ARE YOU READY??? You can get your Festivus Pole here . Instapundit : "Ah, there’s nothing like s...

A COOL WEBSITE.... This site lists ships that are anywhere in the world, where they're going, plus lots of other cool information. The...

HEH...NEW TORTURE TECHNIQUES IN QUANTANAMO ARE GETTING RESULTS .

MUST...CONTROL...GAG REFLEX... Time Magazine is just gone gone. Here are the first words of reporter Nancy Gibbs defining the Obama Victory...

MARK STEYN'S LATEST... I don't need Barack Obama's help to "spread the wealth around." I spread my wealth around every...

BLOG OVERHAULED! I never liked the colors of my blog, and it was time to freshen it up. Also, I now have ads! Please check them out from t...

THE DAY AFTER.... Well, surprising no one, Barack Obama is our President Elect. Congratulations to him and best of luck to his administrati...

I WAS ON NEAL BOORTZ THIS MORNING! Hardly had to wait, too. I call in about every 5 years, so it was time. I wanted to talk about the Democ...

IT'S ELECTION DAY!!!! I'm gonna vote for Palin and that other guy. Heh: "Vote for McCain, he may win." UPDATE: My pollin...

OH, NOW I FEEL BETTER ABOUT VOTING FOR OBAMA.... Obama will explain how he will spend the $700 billion bailout money, on Wednesday. Ben Sm...

BIDEN BOTTLED UP... After some questionable performances, such as engaging in an interview that finally asked some straight questions about...

IS OBAMA AN AMERICAN CITIZEN? Quite a few folks say, well, no: Summary: Philip J. Berg has brought a lawsuit in Philadelphia has not proven...

NEAL HEFTI HAS DIED .... Who is Neal Hefti, you ask? Why, none other than the composer of the most memorable song of my childhood: The Bat...

SO SIMPLE A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT... A great piece from Jim Manzi on how Wall Street works, and what's going on today.

BUSH'S SPEECH THIS MORNING... Yeah, I caught it, while waiting on a new battery for my car. The most inspiring words since Jimmy Carter...

A GREAT AD FROM THE NRCC: Check this out!

HOW A FINANCIAL DISASTER BEGINS.... A New York Times article from 1999 sets the stage.

WALL STREET BURNS WHILE CONGRESS CONGRATS ITSELF... Thanks for nothing, Congress (and Mr. President). In spite of Rep. Linder's efforts...

THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: No, I didn't watch them - I'll review excerpts later. But the reviews are coming in. A USA Today edi...

SAY NO! TO PORK-LADEN BAILOUTS! This article got me mad. So I wrote my Congressman: Dear Representative Linder, It is a rare moment when I...

ALL I CAN SAY IS, "WOW..." The I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, which collapsed last year, has already reopened. Months ahead of the...

IF PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD HAD THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC MINDSET : Kennedy: I propose that we send a man to walk on the moon. Science Advisor: But ...

USS NEW YORK LAUNCHED - MADE WITH 9/11 STEEL... I think this is kinda cool: It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade ...

HEY ISLAM! YO MOMMA WEARS ARMY BOOTS! Let's see Kuwait come and get me.

THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS A CHEMIST WON'T DO.... Derek Lowe has published a series of short articles on "Things I Won't Work W...

FROM THE TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS DEPT: Human Tetris.

NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE NUTS Good article from the Baltimore Sun . Javeed Akhter discusses how terrorists abuse the Islamic writings, twisting ...

ADVENTURES IN DINING OUT Rule 1: If you skip out on a big bill, don't go to another restaurant, owned by the same Judo-trained manager,...

FICKLE WORSHIPPERS.

I HAVE PICTURES! I finally created a Flickr account, and I'm slowly adding pictures to it. You can view my work in progress here .

CUBA!!! Right now I’m flying over Cuba! Around 32000 feet up, barely six miles over this communist country. Hard to see a lot of details, be...

THIS IS FUNNIER THAN I EXPECTED: Star Wars quotes that are improved by changing one word to 'pants.' Note: Don't waste your time...

FROM THE 'WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS - FIRST' DEPT: http://www.cereality.com/main.php Simple idea. Simple implementation. Argh....

THEY SHOULD TRY THIS AT SIX FLAGS... Jonah Goldberg of NRO brings up this amusing story: The largest theme park in Great Britain, Alton Pa...

PEACE??? It's now war between, well, Israel and, er, terrorist organizations in Syria and Lebanon. I suppose that the idea of war betwee...

NOW THIS IS AN OBITUARY.... Heh.

AL-ZARQAWI SURVIVES BOMBING; DIES SEVERAL MINUTES LATER Report from CNN . All I can say is, GOOD. Wouldn't want him to go without suff...

UPDATES! I HAVE UPDATES! I really have been working on my website, www.halcrawford.org . Last month I added links to the Easter service at...

IS AMERICA TORTURING PRISONERS? A report from the Amnesty International prepared for the United Nations declares that tortune and inhumane ...

SO LONG TO 'THE VIEW'... Meredith Vieira is leaving the ABC show to replace Katie Couric on 'Today' - guess who's replac...

COOL WEATHER VIDEO.... ...located here . (you have to scroll down a little to see it.)

COME ON, DUBYA! What ARE you thinking? What's the matter, too many American companies want to charge too much to manage our ports? Don...

SORRY... But I've been too busy to say anything here - been wrapping up projects in Atlanta, trying to get new business in Richmond, wor...

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER PLOTS THE EXIT STRATEGY FOR MIERS Hey, he's only trying to help : ...imagine the hearings. First she will have to pa...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WEIGHS IN ON MIERS: "A political blunder of the first order."

PORKBUSTERS TAKES A SETBACK I don't have time to provide links or better research, but Senator Coburn (not sure what state he's from...

HARRIETT MYERS PETITION: OVER 6000 Not too late to sign! Update 2006 - actually, it is now. Link's broken. But it's okay! We won...

ANN COULTER ON HARRIETT MIERS One person I wouldn't want to be upset with me. Her first column on Miers - October 5 . She defends the c...

TIME RANKS 100 GREATEST BOOKS SINCE 1923 What? My autobiography isn't there? Home sick today - aging digestive tract is rebelling. This...

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF MIERS... Check out her blog! (note - it's a satire) (image 'borrowed' from her website)

MORE ON MIERS: The more we learn about Harriet Miers, the scarier things get. Look, I think that Roe v. Wade was bad law. I think that, g...

SIGN THE PETITION! Are you a frustrated conservative? Wouldn't you like your President to just act like one? Did the nomination of Ha...

HOW DESPARATE ARE WE FOR NEWS? The contents of Karl Rove's garage!

REPUBLICAN CANNIBALISM IN RHODE ISLAND: The National Republican Senatorial Committee is sponsoring ads in Rhode Island, defending RINO Sena...

ALL CONSIDERED, IT'S STILL A COOL OBITUARY: Theodore Roosevelt Heller, 88, loving father of Charles (Joann) Heller; dear brother of the ...

SUPREME COURT NEWS: With the words, “Trust me,” Bush has nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. And everyone is scrambling to find ...

WHEN ARCHIMEDES IS ON YOUR SIDE, WHO NEEDS LASERS? This is kinda cool....

PIGLET... BANNED???

FIREFLY IS BACK! Well, it's never really BEEN back - ruthlessly cancelled by FOX before a full season could be completed back in 1993, ...

DOWN BUT NOT OUT... As bad as it's been in New Orleans - tens of thousands of homes flooded, millions displaced, things are hopeful for ...

KATRINA DELIVERS...SEAFOOD...? Driving back into the office tonight, I found this little creature running around in the driveway.... It was ...

CATEGORY 3 - NEW ORLEANS SPARED... Whew.

KATRINA LINKS YOU CAN USE: New Orleans Radar - you'll know it's bad when this link goes down Mobile Alabama Radar - just in case C...