Below The Beltway

As Tuesday night faded into Wednesday morning, I found myself persuing the iPod and listening once again to one of my favorite live recordings —- Sinatra At The Sands.
Two New Jersey natives, one from Hoboken, the other from Red Bank, together on stage in 1965 at the premier casino in Las Vegas.
If you’re at all [...]

Good morning and welcome to the 45th edition of the Carnival of Liberty, hosted this week at Below the Beltway. I’ve been laying low in the blogosphere for the past several weeks, and I’ve really enjoyed reading this weeks entries, which hopefully will help inspire me to get back to my old habits.
But enought about [...]

Zacarias Moussaoui has begun serving his life sentence at the most secure prison in America.
DENVER, May 13 — Convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui began serving his life sentence Saturday at the nation’s most secure prison after U.S. marshals flew him overnight from Alexandria, Va., to Colorado.
Marshals brought Moussaoui, prisoner 51427-054, before dawn Saturday to [...]

I will be hosting the upcoming edition of Carnival of Liberty on Tuesday. If you haven’t submitted something already, here’s your chance to do so. As usual, there are several ways to get submissions in. I will accept submissions that arrive before 8pm Eastern time on Monday May 15th.
1. Via email to carnivalofliberty@gmail.com
2. [...]

In today’s Washington Post, George Will looks at some recent comments by Arizona Senator John McCain and reinforces for me the reasons while I will never vote for him.
Presidents swear to “protect and defend the Constitution.” The Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech.” On April 28, [...]

Big news from the iPod/iTunes world, and big news for 24 fans:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL.O) iTunes has started to sell episodes of shows from News Corp.’s (NWS.N) Fox television network, the latest major U.S. TV network to reach a deal with Apple’s Internet download service.
Shows including “24″ and “Prison Break,” as [...]

The 44th edition of the Carnival of Liberty is up at Robot Guy. Go check it out, unless, of course, you’re a freedom-hating Communist.

Once again, Barry Bonds reveals his true nature.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carlos Oliveras has a home run ball specially marked to assure authenticity.
It just doesn’t have Barry Bonds’ autograph as the slugger refused to sign the ball.
(….)
Oliveras, an Airman 1st Class who lives on McGuire Air Force Base in Fort Dix, N.J., paid $20 for his [...]

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Okay, maybe I’m being a bit presumptuous, but, once again, Brad Warbiany has a post up that echoes alot of things that have been going through my head lately.
In essence Brad writes about what constitutes happiness. Is it materialism ? Family ? Money ? Fame ?
Frankly, I don’t know what the answer is. Each person [...]