I'm So Glad We've Had This Time Together- February 29, 2008 The time has come to sail Captain's Quarters into drydock. Tomorrow I officially start my new adventure at Hot Air, and as we have discussed all week here, all of my blogging efforts will go into building on the success at that site. I will continue to write as I like, as often as I like, on subjects that I like, with my own perspective, and gain access to a much larger platform at which to do it. The site will remain on the Internet. The archives will be accessible at this link, so if you ever.http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017170.php Heading Right Radio: The Week In Review!- February 29, 2008 Note: This post will remain on top until show time; newer posts may be found below. Today on Heading Right Radio (2 pm CT), Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show joins us for the 90-minute week in review. Call 646-652-4889 to join the conversation! And don't forget to join our chat room! Did you know that you can listen to Heading Right Radio through your TiVo service Click here for the instructions. Also, you can subscribe to Heading Right Radio through iTunes now by clicking.http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017169.php Fear And Loathing In The Hillary Clinton Campaign- February 29, 2008 "Knows the military" I'd call this the last act of a desperate woman. Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton present themselves as the person most people would want answering the phone at the White House in the middle of the night. In fact, the Democrats have done their best to minimize the threats to the US, especially since it became clear that John McCain -- with his decades of work on military policy -- would be the Republican nominee. Does anyone remember the line that the "war on...http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017168.php AOL Hot Seat Question Of The Day- February 29, 2008 AOL and BlogTalkRadio have partnered on the Hot Seat poll, extending the debate to our listenership. I will host a 15-minute show weekdays at 1:00 pm ET to review the poll, interview the blogger, and take calls from the participants. We'll speak to a wide spectrum of bloggers and callers alike for each day's poll -- including today's: embedSWF(9, 0, 0, "widget", "recent")This content requires the most recent version of the Adobe Flash Player. Get this version below:Get Flash Be sure to tune it..http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017167.php Obama Double-Talk On NAFTA Confirmed: CTV- February 29, 2008 After reporting on Barack Obama's dance with the Canadians on NAFTA yesterday, Canadian broadcaster CTV got accused of perpetrating a smear against the Democratic front-runner. They insisted that Obama meant every word he said about overturning the free-trade treaty, and that no one had contacted the Canadian diplomatic corps to reassure them that it was mere demagoguery. CTV responded today by naming names -- and suddenly the Obama campaign has grown quiet: The Obama campaign told CTV late...http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017166.php Israel To Gaza: Get Ready- February 29, 2008 The Israelis have sent a warning to Gaza and its Hamas leadership after the latest rocket attack on Ashkelon. If the attacks continue, Israel will invade Gaza and conduct large-scale military operations to eliminate the threat: Israeli leaders warned Friday of an approaching conflagration in the Gaza Strip as Israel activated a rocket warning system to protect Ashkelon, a city of 120,000 people, from Palestinian rockets. Ashkelon was hit by several Grad rockets fired from Gaza on Thursday, a...http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017165.php Hillary: I Want My VRWC- February 29, 2008 What's worse in politics than being attacked Being ignored -- and Hillary Clinton wants it to stop. She wants back into the national discourse after mostly being overlooked since the debacle of Super Tuesday: There was a time not long ago when Hillary Clinton dominated the discourse in both parties presidential contests. Now, shes struggling to get her message out and remain part of the campaign conversation as the media and her remaining rivals, Barack Obama and John McCain, stampede toward a..http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017164.php Turkey Made Its Point- February 29, 2008 Turkey has ended its incursion into northern Iraq, according to the Iraqi government, and its troops will return home shortly. The raid intended to wipe out PKK bases in the Zap valley, and some sources in Turkey claim that they have succeeded: Turkey wound down its major ground offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels inside northern Iraq on Friday, although it declined to confirm an Iraqi minister's statement that it had already withdrawn all its troops. Turkey sent thousands of soldiers into...http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017163.php The Economics Of Fear- February 29, 2008 The Economist takes a look at Obamanomics, and it sees William Jennings Bryan and class warfare. Instead of offering hope, Barack Obama offers the same fear- and envy-based tactics on which populism has always thrived. While Democrats have often used these tactics in primaries, the Economist worries that Obama might try to govern based on these promises: FOR a man who has placed hope at the centre of his campaign, Barack Obama can sound pretty darned depressing. As the battle for the Democratic.http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017162.php Black Superdelegates Get Harassed By .... Obama Supporters- February 29, 2008 Black superdelegates report harassment, intimidation, and namecalling in attempts to get them to change their votes. Has this come from the vaunted Clinton machine, desperately attempting to pull out a miracle win No -- it comes from affiliates of the Barack Obama campaign, which hardly needs the hard sell (via Memeorandum): African-American superdelegates said Thursday that theyll stand up against threats, intimidation and Uncle Tom smears rather than switch their support from Sen. Hillary...http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017161.php |