Andymatic

Month: December 2005

  • Ben Stein On Bush the Peacemaker

    Ben Sten on Bush:  CAVUTO: So, given the positive turnout in Iraq, will it be a positive for our U.S. markets and will it help to finally take the Dow back above 11,000? We didn’t quite see it today, but it’s sort of like waiting for Godot. Eventually it’ll happen. […] CAVUTO: Ben Stein, Ben […]

  • Blogger Roundup

    Sam recognizes that new guy in his office. KC on movies to cry to. Nut Job goes to the ER.  Jake is embroiled in a nameless plight. Chris won Best Law Blog.    

  • Senate Blocks PATRIOT Extension

    A glimmer! The 52-47 roll call by which the Senate voted to reject reauthorization of several provisions of the USA Patriot Act. Sixty votes were needed to overcome a filibuster of the bill.

  • Quick News Roundup

    Too much to report – much of it old but I have to chronicle: Securites Fraud Litigation Filed Against Diebold Iraq Authorities Had Zarqai – Let Him Go Congress Didn’t See Same Pre-War Intelligence as Bush Katrina Aftermath House Hearing: "They hand-picked the white people to ride out first." And the McCain amendment gets defanged. […]

  • Sans WMDs, Bush Still Would Invaded

    Lack of evidence, common sense and imminent threat isn’t going to stop George: It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong…. My decision to remove Saddam Hussein was the right decision… We are in Iraq today because our goal has always been more than the removal of a brutal dictator."

  • Vote for Me for Best Gay Blog of 2005

    I’ve been nominated as one of the Best Gay Blogs of 2005. Please vote for me when you can – vote for Andymatic nominated in the third category. You can also write me in for any of the other categories.

  • Fosap

    It is Thursday. Ron was doing a flight from Seattle and back yesterday. The snow storm we had predicted turned out to just be drizzling ice. Hopefully we can go see King Kong today – I’m hoping we can get in to an early afternoon showing. It is sort of exciting that Brokeback Mountain is […]

  • Ford Gains Balls Back: Adverts in Gay Media

    Ford will again advertise in gay publications On Wednesday, Ford wrote the gay rights groups that the luxury brands "made a business decision about their media plans and it would be inconsistent with the way we manage our business to direct them to do otherwise." Ford pledged to run corporate ads in the publications that […]

  • Bush Jokes About 30,000 Dead Iraqis

    From DailyKos: Q Since the inception of the Iraqi war, I’d like to know the approximate total of Iraqis who have been killed. And by Iraqis I include civilians, military, police, insurgents, translators. THE PRESIDENT: How many Iraqi citizens have died in this war? I would say 30,000, more or less, have died as a […]

  • GM Triples India Production After Cutting US Jobs

    From the AP: General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it plans to nearly triple the number of cars it produces in India to meet growing demand in the South Asian country. The announcement came just weeks after the company said it would slash 30,000 jobs and scale back production in the United States.