Archive for March 8th, 2008
Don’t Complain to the Hairstylist if You Don’t Like Your Haircut, OK?
March 8th, 2008
She thought she was getting a bad haircut, but police in southwestern Pennsylvania say when Lauren Newton complained, she got a bullet in the back.
Newton’s hairstylist is now facing charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
Police say the two had been arguing yesterday about the style of the cut when the hairstylist left the room and returned with a gun. Newton and her sister tried to flee after the stylist fired a shot into the ceiling, but police say that’s when a second shot hit Newton in the lower back.
She was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment. Her injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.
The hairstylist is being held in a Washington, Pennsylvania, jail on $50,000 bond.
See if I ever tell Sharyn she cut my hair too short again. 
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A Welcome Development In Iraq
March 8th, 2008
If this report is accurate then one has to wonder for how long Al-Sadr has understood that neither his power grab or his militia would never have been successful in Iraq:
The leader of the Shi’ite Sadrists in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has announced in a letter to his followers that he is stepping down from his position, distancing himself from people, and focusing on his studies.
He explained that he was doing so because he had failed in carrying out his father’s will to liberate Iraq from the occupation and turning its people into believing Muslims.
He wrote that the continuation of the occupation, the many who were distancing themselves from the true path, and their turning to politics and affairs of this world had motivated him to sequester himself from human society, in order to carry out his obligation to Allah and not to add sin to the crime.
Much more: Here
“I don’t seek the office out of a sense of entitlement”
March 8th, 2008
Those words from Senator McCain in this latest campaign ad are music to my ears:
Hmmm..I think he might just be the best qualified to “answer that phone.”
HT:Blackfive
It’s Not A Question Of Patriotism But One of Leadership
March 8th, 2008
Remember as you watch:
…this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Syria, a country President Bush has shunned as a sponsor of terrorism, despite being asked by the administration not to go.
Murtha: “they killed innocent civilians in cold blood”
President Bush joined GOP lawmakers Tuesday in blasting Sen. John Kerry for telling a group of college students they could either work hard in school or “get stuck in Iraq.”
Former US President Jimmy Carter called Yasser Arafat (news – web sites) “a powerful human symbol and forceful advocate” who united Palestinians in their pursuit of a homeland.
Using blunter language than any other Democrat in the last two days, Mrs. Clinton told General Petraeus that his progress report on Iraq required “a willing suspension of disbelief.”
There are no take-backs on certain words and actions This is especially true when they emanate from those chosen to lead.
