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Ex-Lawmaker Wins Ohio Congressional Race

A Republican former state lawmaker claimed a seat in Congress on Tuesday by narrowly defeating an Iraq war veteran who drew national attention to the race with his military service and a series of harsh attacks on President Bush.

Good news for the GOP here - not so hot for the anti-Bush, anti-war moonbats.

Democrats had viewed the race as a bellwether for 2006, saying even a strong showing by Hackett in such a heavily GOP district would be a good sign for them in the midterm elections. "We began this race way back in late march, and no one had thought we'd be the focus of the national media or be the so-called first test of the Republican Party and the Bush mandate. Well, ladies and gentleman, we passed that test," Schmidt said.

So he did, indeed.

Backlash ends Chinese bid for Unocal

China's CNOOC Ltd. on Tuesday abandoned a bold $18.5 billion offer to acquire Unocal Corp. (UCL) in the face of strident political opposition

This generated enough of an uproar, that the ChiComs' CNOOC gave up on trying to snarf up UNOCAL in an $18B+ deal. IT seems that lots of folks here felt pretty queasy about this one, and that concern managed to penetrate into Congress and elsewhere in D.C. Finally the ChiComs decided that it was more trouble than it was worth.

The Chief has a hunch that there's a bit more to it than that - perhaps the backdown was to keep us from getting too riled up at them before they're ready for their moves on Taiwan. In other words, they want to keep the sleeping giant asleep. Hopefully it doesn't work out for them that way.

Been busy today. Ain't I some kind of blogger? Heh. See you tomorrow....

This comment was put on the Rapid City Journal's Mount Blogmore under the post covering the four South Dakota bloggers who went to Ohio: I?d like to elaborate a little further on some of the behind the scenes blogging activities...

Astronaut to Employ Ingenuity in Repair

The aforementioned threesome of objects are WD-40, to use if something isn't moving and you need for it to move; JB Weld if it's moving and you never want it to move again; and Duct Tape - whose applications are manifold.

Employing the kind of NASA ingenuity seen during Apollo 13, an astronaut prepped for an emergency repair job on Discovery's exterior Wednesday with forceps, scissors and a hacksaw fashioned out of a blade and a little duct tape.

Ya gotta love it!

Todd Epp went off the deep end today, because I got a bad link to Nathan Peterson?s web site from his Top Referrers section of his sidebar. Excerpt:Sibby writes that Nathan Peterson has pulled his blog, Politics in a Dangerous...

From NewsMax: The National Rifle Association is urging its 4 million members to boycott ConocoPhillips gas stations and products because the oil giant is trying to block an Oklahoma law that allows employees to keep guns in their cars when...

The NSU Faculty Handbook tells us that we have every right to engage in political activity and to make our opinions public. I had not seen the NVB post Ken Blanchard alludes to below. I will not take the time...

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