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Just heard off the wire that Farve has been traded by GB to the Jets.

Sunday night, May 11, the Israeli army was poised to strike Hizballah. The Shiite militia was winding up its takeover of West Beirut and battling pro-government forces in the North. When he opened the regular cabinet meeting Sunday, May 11, prime minister Ehud Olmert had already received the go-ahead from Washington for a military strike to halt the Hizballah advance. The message said that President George W. Bush would not call off his visit to Israel to attend its 60th anniversary celebrations and would arrive as planned Wednesday, May 14 - even if the Israeli army was still fighting in...

Well, folks, just spotted this gem in a John Podhoretz post on The Corner today. Methinks any thoughts of appeasing the Iranians and their young client, the Boy President, just went out the window. Think of this as a vision as to how we're going to handle the Syrians from here on in. Statement from the White House on behalf of the President: The United States supports the Syrian people's desire for democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. Syrians deserve a government whose legitimacy is grounded in the consent of the people, not brute force. The Syrian regime should...

This may be nothing, it may be something, but if you go to Matt's front page, the capitol dome, which was tilting straight up a half hour ago, is now tiliting to the right.

Condi used the Civil War as an example to support the effort in Iraq. Money quotes from her interview in Essence Magazine. Secretary of State Rice compared the Iraq war with the American Civil War, telling a magazine that slavery might have lasted longer in this country if the North had decided to end the fight early. "I'm sure there are people who thought it was a mistake to fight the Civil War to its end and to insist that the emancipation of slaves would hold," Rice said in the new issue of Essence magazine. "I know there were people...

Rice calls Lebanese PM to warn him that if the UN Lebanon resolution is not implemented, “We will not be responsible for the consequences” August 13, 2006, 10:18 PM (GMT+02:00) Earlier, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni put in urgent calls to the US secretary and the French foreign minister in an effort to salvage the ceasefire from Iranian-backed Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s 12th-hour retraction of his consent.

Well, Freeps, we did it. We bought a sixty-second block of time on tomorrow night's premiere of Commander in Chief on WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire. This show appears to be a celebration of a liberal woman in power. We think that the show's producers have a good idea of who they'd like to see elected in 2008. And so, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to showcase our TV ad on behalf of Condi Rice. We're not so sure that the show's producers would agree with us, but it's our money. So, we've been answering press queries all...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the late afternoon sun glistening off of polished car hoods and new prosthetic limbs, wounded troops recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here gathered to take a peek at a row of NASCAR racecars parked in front of the hospital's Mologne House hotel. The cars were lined up at Walter Reed on Sept. 7 as part of a daylong NASCAR tribute to American service members, many who sacrificed body parts in service to their country. Several NASCAR drivers and executives were on hand to show just how much they appreciated this sacrifice. "They defend everything...

Just by looking at the Idiot box, I get a distinct impression of a superbly crafted and executed evacuation plan. I mean, we have real live bus drivers here. The anticipatory response of Governor Perry and the Texas State Homeland Security Department just begs to be contrasted with the catlike reflexes of Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin. It's like night and day. So far, the only thing I see going wrong is that huge traffic jam on 45. They should have begun counterflow some time ago, as in, last night. But you'll notice that no one is running around like...

From Xenophon's Milblog, some very good news at the end of some very mournful news.... I’ve spent all this last week attending the services and funerals of the six Marines killed in Iraq on August 1st. I knew two of them well, LCpl. Montgomery and LCpl. Deyarmin. The rest I did not know, but they are brothers just the same. The families seem to be holding up well considering the circumstances. I was in Weapons Company, 3/25 for five years before being commissioned, and I’m still very close with those Marines. The only point of light this week has been...

The Power of Rice The Hotline also polled on some questions concerning 2008. In their poll, Hillary Clinton has a positive approval rating of 48 to 44 percent. By contrast, Condoleezza Rice has a 59 to 25 percent approval rating. By an overwhelming percentage of 85 to 9, respondents said they would be comfortable supporting a female candidate for the White House. And by a greater margin, 86 to 4 percent, participants said they would vote to support an African-American candidate who was well qualified. Rice also strongly outpolls Clinton on all national security questions: who is stronger on national...

Slavery And The Second Amendment By GEORGE E. CURRY, NNPA SPOTLIGHT June 03, 2005 My column two weeks ago took Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to task for misinterpreting the Second Amendment right to bear arms. In retrospect, I realize I owe her an apology. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize to Secretary Rice - for being too light on her. For those who missed it, Rice appeared on CNN's Larry King Live May 11 and talked about her father and his friends arming themselves against nightriders in Birmingham, Ala. in 1962 and 1963. She said, "...We have...

In light of this story that appeared in the Washington Whispers column of U.S. News and World Report: Rice Wants It--But in Draft Form Political associates of Secretary of State Condi Rice are stirring the 2008 presidential pot on her behalf. While she takes the high road, they're pushing her name out there. "She definitely wants to be president," said one. But, the friend added, Rice isn't planning on quitting to run. "She wants to be drafted," he said. our organization, Americans for Dr. Rice, would like to announce that it is our organizational intention to place Dr. Rice's name...

GERORGE E. CURRY: Condoleezza Rice Misfires by George E. Curry May 17, 2005 Few things are as repulsive as Black conservatives trying to advance the Republican agenda by mischaracterizing the Civil Rights Movement or distorting history. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice provided a textbook example of this during a recent appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” When asked her thoughts on gun control, Rice replied: “Well, Larry, I come out of a – my personal experiences in which in Birmingham, Ala., my father and his friends defended our community in 1962 and 1963 against White nightriders by going to the...

Hot on the heels of Condi's Larry King appearance, we here at Americans For Dr. Rice would like to announce a multi-week media campaign in New Hampshire and Florida. Initially, we'll be on WNTK-AM in New Hampshire and WKAT in Greater Miami. The ad campaign starts today to coincide with Freedom Fest, at which we are one of the exhibitors, and will run for several weeks. These are prototype radio spots, some of which will be converted to television ads in 2006. Surprises are fun. Be Seeing You, Chris

Any one of you who have followed the contest over judicial nominations have missed a lot if you have missed Hugh Hewitt's website. To catch up on what's going on with the filibuster, and how the present sad excuse for Republican leadership is failing the rank and file, please click on the link provided above. However, I have a modest proposal. For all the differences that I have had with many of you over Condi Rice and other things, I suspect that we all share a passionate disgust when the subject of Bush's judicial nominations are raised. These are...

Good Evening Fellow Freepers. I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that your friendly grassroots Condoleezza Rice for President 527 Committee, also known as Americans For Dr. Rice, has finally set up a message board that we affectionately call TEAM CONDI. Yes, we know that President Bush was only inaugurated two months back. We also know that due to the activities of the Grand Kleagle and Babs, Miss Condi has been on the job for a shorter period of time than that. But since Hillary Clinton is already hiring staffers for her 2008 campaign, we figured that we'd...

Speculation over Rice's future has GOP abuzz BY HELEN KENNEDY New York Daily News WASHINGTON - (KRT) - President Condi? Political speculation starts earlier and earlier these days, but it's particularly strong now as President Bush starts his second term without the usual clear successor. Condoleezza Rice - one of Bush's most trusted advisers and now as newly minted secretary of state, arguably the most powerful woman in the world - is setting GOP hearts aflutter in the wake of her boffo first foreign trip. Already, many are starting to dream of a Condi Rice-Hillary Clinton smackdown in `08. "That's...

File this under rumor, the kind of which has the ring of truth to it. From the Shape of Days blog: February 09, 2005 One for the rumor mill: ‘44’ I wish I could remember where I heard this. I've been meaning to post it for a couple of weeks, and in the intervening time I've completely forgotten who told me about it. So file this one under rumors-comma-amusing. Everybody knows that the President refers to his father affectionately as "41," right? After the fact that George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States. Bill Clinton...

Thought I'd gin up a live thread. If she starts in French, we'll need a translator.