HoodaThunk?

The mental wanderings of a common man.

Skip to: Content | Sidebar | Footer

Date: July 12th, 2007

Dems play politics with GWOT (again), pass useless measure

12 July, 2007 (23:07) | GWOT, Politics | By: ricjames

By a vote of 223-201 the House today passed a measure requiring combat troops to bug out of Iraq starting in no less than 120 days and to be completed by April 1, 2008. Perfect timing. The Dems can all get together and shout “April fool!” to the Iraqis who thought America would be able [...]

"Missing pants" judge continues digging his hole

12 July, 2007 (10:40) | Human Interest, Law | By: ricjames

Judge (and I use the term here only as an official title, not intended to connote any particular efficacy in the man’s judgement) Roy Pearson is continuing his campaign for the title of “Most Embarrassing Excuse for a Judge.” Seems after getting smacked around for trying to sue a mom-and-pop dry cleaner for $54 million [...]

NRC stung by Congressional investigation; gives out nuke license to fake firm

12 July, 2007 (09:43) | Law, Politics | By: ricjames

This is comforting. Some guys in a congressman’s office set up a fake company with nothing more than a post office box and applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to order and handle nuclear material, apparently in enough quantity to create a dirty bomb. They got the license inside a month. Congressional [...]

If you want to talk about urban blight…

12 July, 2007 (06:24) | Human Interest, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

There’s an interesting story in the recent edition of the Loudoun Times-Mirror regarding a building I was aware of but haven’t seen for a long time. As you ride westbound on Route 7 out of Tyson’s Corner, you’ll pass into Loudoun very close to Dranesville. The section of Route 7 right there at the county [...]