Below The Beltway

According to a new AP-AOL poll, Americans think we will either go to hell in a hand basket in 2007, or that things will be just dandy.
First the gloom and doom:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans’ grim predictions for the […]

Howling Latina, a leftist blogger from Virginia, makes this rather astonishing comment about the execution of Saddam Hussein:
Howling Latina wept as she saw a picture of Saddam Hussein next to the rope that would soon end his life, as posted earlier this evening on the Web site of a national newspaper and thankfully taken down.
Tell […]

Even after Rutgers University earned it’s first-ever bowl game victory, the media focus was still on Greg Schiano and his refusal of a coaching position at Miami:

HOUSTON, Dec. 29 ? Greg Schiano led the Rutgers football team to 11 victories this season, its first bowl championship, its highest national ranking, its longest flirtation with prominence.
But […]

On the way home from running errands tonight, we picked up Little Miss Sunshine Chock this rental up as yet another movie I just don’t get.
It was billed as a comedy but wasn’t very funny. And, at most moments, was really quite bizarre. If you’re walking down the video aisle this weekend, take my advice […]

Kellie and I took in a very early matin?e showing of Rocky Balboa, the sixth and final installment of a saga that began more than twenty years ago.
I’m not ashamed to say it. I loved this movie. Not only it is reminiscent of everything that was great about Rocky and Rocky II, it was just […]

In the fall of this year, our Lhasa Apso, Riley, began having some behavioral issues which stemmed mainly from what was clearly a bad experience with a groomer my wife Kellie and I had previously thought to be completely reliable. After consulting with our veterinarian, we enrolled him in training classes to cure what? turned […]

Say what you will about the current situation in Iraq and America’s place in it, but there can be no question that the death of Saddam Hussein is good news for anyone who believes in human freedom:
BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 — Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who rose from humble beginnings to build the Arab world’s […]

Newt Gingrich circa 1978:
Do you like the state of the Republican Party? Do you think you ought to respect Bill Brock because he has done such a great job? Or Richard Nixon, or Gerald Ford, the only incumbent president since Herbert Hoover to lose an election? They have done a terrible job, a pathetic job. […]

Yes, this seems just about right.
H/T: Club For Growth

It seems the U.S. Park Service is being told not to offend creationists who visit the Grand Canyon:
Washington, DC ? Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval […]