Monthly Archives: January 2005
Goodbye Johnny
Early today, 3 decade Tonight Show host and American legend Johnny Carson passed away at his home in California at the age of 79. As good as Jay Leno may be, it will take years for someone as great as Johnny to come along again.
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RIP Dimebag Darrell
© 2004 AP Late but better than never at all. RIP Dimebag, may your work inspire a great number of future axmen.
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Iraq is no quagmire
According to a new article in the National Review by Richard Lowry, there are a good number of examples from the past few centuries of invading forces winning the battle against guerilla insurgencies, many of them quite similar to the one facing us in Iraq now. Especially if we are to learn from the past [...]
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Anti-American sentiments rampant abroad
A new BBC World Service poll has found that anti-Americanism appears to be very popular outside the US. What’s even worse is that most of those polled are unable to distinguish between a country’s people and and its President: As the vast majority of them disapprove of President Bush’s policies, they are foolishly assuming that [...]
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Happy Birthday Elvis!
Had he not passed away 28 years ago, Elvis Presley would have turned 70 today. On a less positive note, his daughter has just proverbially urinated on his grave by selling 85% of her ownership of Elvis’ estate. Now Elvis may finally become the sell out many considered him to be in the 1970s.
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