Below The Beltway

Frankly, I was beginning to think that I was wrong in my prediction that the story about Ron Paul’s campaign receiving a $ 500 donation from the guy who runs the Stormfront website would eventually be picked up by the mainstream media as Paul became more of a story in the race.
It appears, though, that [...]

Some people believe some really crazy things:
DALLAS, Texas (CNN) — If you turn to the Bible — Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 8 — you will see a passage that in part says, “A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.”
Now, is it possible that this “highway” [...]

Hillary Clinton as Santa Claus giving us all presents.
Ummm, except for the fact that all of her “presents” are paid for with someone else’s money.

Last Friday was the deadline for candidates to file their nominating petitions to get on the ballot for Virginia’s February 12th Primary, and twelve candidates (six from each party) got their petitions in on time:
RICHMOND, Va. - A dozen presidential candidates–six Democrats, six Republicans–met Friday’s deadline for submitting petitions to qualify for Virginia’s Feb. 12 [...]

Time Magazine has named Russian President Vladimir Putin their Person of the Year for 2007:
Russia lives in history—and history lives in Russia. Throughout much of the 20th century, the Soviet Union cast an ominous shadow over the world. It was the U.S.’s dark twin. But after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia receded from [...]

First Britney, now her sister ?
NEW YORK (AP) — Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way — and it’s not Britney’s.
Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old “Zoey 101″ star and sister of Britney, told OK! magazine that she’s pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge.
“It was a shock for both of us, [...]

The Washington Examiner reports that Prince William County Supervisors took the first step toward approving a budget that would raise property taxes by ten percent:
Prince William County supervisors directed administrators Tuesday to draft a budget that would raise the average homeowner’s tax bill 10 percent and put funding
for many top priorities within reach.
The tax rate [...]

This is about as unequivocal as you can get:
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Clemens denied allegations by his former trainer that he took performance-enhancing drugs, calling them ”a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take.”
The accusations against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner from former trainer Brian McNamee were the most striking [...]

Today’s New York Times reports that moderate alcohol consumption may help ward off the virus that causes the common cold:
It’s not difficult to see how mild inebriation might have the potential to relieve cold and flu symptoms, but so far no study has shown that alcohol has the ability to kill germs in the bloodstream [...]

This is as good an explanation as I’ve heard anywhere else:
[T]he fear is not of fundamentalism itself. The fear is losing. On some level, they know that these positions freak out mainstream America. That’s why Bush fumbled about on Roe v. Wade during the 2004 debates and could only bring himself to speak in code [...]