tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62262992011-12-14T21:47:33.614-05:00Florida CrackerA Southern woman on the 'Net.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comBlogger6911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1103473242063213522004-12-19T11:18:00.000-05:002006-01-28T22:18:40.626-05:00Florida Cracker Has MovedFlorida Cracker has moved again. You're welcome to join us over at the new site.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083149299169632162004-04-28T06:47:00.000-04:002004-04-29T00:53:25.013-04:00It's Wednesday and y'all have been waiting all week for more Duane Allman.
Here he is when he was working at Muscle Shoals. Wail on, Skydog!
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083148393016789322004-04-28T06:15:00.000-04:002004-04-29T00:54:09.153-04:00Ace of Spades is moving into a new home. His curtains are up, so he's ready for visitors.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083117397870194052004-04-27T21:50:00.000-04:002004-04-29T00:55:12.060-04:00I'm in the mood for some Dead Man Eating
Hey, DME! What was on the menu for South Carolina murderer Jerry McWee?
Steak, jumbo fried shrimp, broccoli with cheese, french fries, lemon meringue pie and iced tea.
Yum, yum!floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083113952325661342004-04-27T20:56:00.000-04:002004-04-29T00:54:40.513-04:00I'm sure y'all have seen this article from the Village Voice, since it was on Drudge, but I really like it.
John Kerry Must Go
Note to Democrats: it's not too late to draft someone—anyone—else
WASHINGTON, D.C.— With the air gushing out of John Kerry's balloon, it may be only a matter of time until political insiders in Washington face the dread reality that the junior senator from Massachusettsfloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083077816482629392004-04-27T10:54:00.000-04:002004-04-27T11:07:05.843-04:00.Kerry a cheapskate
Well, this does it for me. I just cannot abide a cheap man.
Fellas, reaching for your wallet quickly and often makes you look handsome!floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083072890329643612004-04-27T09:30:00.000-04:002004-04-27T11:07:41.450-04:00.A wise decision
Judge Rapkin, who was so darned kind to killer Joseph Smith, has decided not to run for re-election. No way was this guy going to be voted back into office. floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083071639673429142004-04-27T09:05:00.000-04:002004-04-27T09:18:13.983-04:00.The police have moved ahead and are prosecuting Kerri Dunn. I think it was the insurance fraud that forced their hand. Insurance fraud investigators are not the least bit PC.
Professor charged in hate-crime hoax
A visiting psychology professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., was formally charged by prosecutors Monday in connection with a hoax hate crime that triggered floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083041089097251832004-04-27T00:43:00.000-04:002004-04-27T08:53:29.076-04:00.Sassy got ahold of the Barbie sex tape and is posting stills. Why would Barbie do this?floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083036286193928632004-04-26T23:19:00.000-04:002004-04-26T23:30:51.060-04:00.Here's an excellent article on the Lee County woman who fought off an alligator attack the other day. I had my conversational English students read this one out loud to me tonight. They all say "Oh, my God!" very well. Who doesn't like a good alligator story?
Trappers on Wednesday night haul away the 9-foot, 7-inch alligator that attacked a 74-year-old Sanibel woman and pulled her into a floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1083035507158776422004-04-26T22:59:00.000-04:002004-05-07T21:46:49.950-04:00Where on earth did those tons of chemicals seized in Jordan come from? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082991868431326252004-04-26T11:02:00.000-04:002004-04-26T11:08:41.560-04:00."I cannot tell a nuance. I cut down the cherry tree."
-young George Washingtonfloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082988646815926372004-04-26T09:51:00.000-04:002004-04-26T10:34:24.246-04:00.I posted last Thursday about the Japanese activist-hostages getting a cold reception back home.
Tony, in a comment at Tim Blair's, gives an update that the "hostages" were asked to pretend to be scared in the video. It was all an act.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082984734548684042004-04-26T08:49:00.000-04:002004-04-26T09:25:46.606-04:00.The Anchorage Daily has a multimedia report on what can happen when a cop over-reacts.
There are three re-enactment videos but the audiotape of this encounter is especially gripping. Two State Troopers go to investigate a man sitting in his car. The man is lucid and coherent. He's half-paralysed though and doesn't respond quickly enough. He gets pepper-sprayed. Less than ten seconds after that floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082945433236390862004-04-25T22:08:00.000-04:002004-04-25T22:21:14.920-04:00.Singing a hymn to Baal
Carol Johnson of Portland, Ore., left, Rev. Bill Ingraham of Ann Arbor, Mich., Joyce Georgiff of Santa Anna, Calif., sitting, and Katherine Humphrey of Grand Rapids, Mich., sing during an interfaith prayer service on the Mall in Washington, Sunday, April 25, 2004, as tens of thousands of women gathered for an abortion-rights rally.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082935503454816132004-04-25T19:21:00.000-04:002004-04-25T19:44:17.763-04:00.
Here's an appropriate site on this our Australian cousins' ANZAC Day.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082933863659763552004-04-25T18:40:00.000-04:002004-04-25T19:14:07.530-04:00.Well, I've been a busy little beaver. Not here, though - on the other blog. Isn't that thrilling? No?
I understand "The Enviro-Friendly Man of the People (who, btw served in Vietnam)" has SUVs, foreign cars, mansions, an iffy service record and a gazillionaire wife who's now put in for an extension on her taxes rather than make them public. Does that about cover it? Oh yeah, and he tends to floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082904265040708802004-04-25T10:35:00.000-04:002004-04-25T10:48:36.233-04:00.The Buffalo paper has an outstanding commentary on Pat Tillman.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082860784786310962004-04-24T21:59:00.000-04:002004-04-24T22:44:24.590-04:00.North Korea
The Nork coverage has been interesting. Maybe, like the Chernobyl disaster, this will help open up a secretive society.
Next thing they'll be asking the FBI to help them catch a serial killer. floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082818377074731112004-04-24T07:30:00.000-04:002004-04-24T23:00:04.123-04:00.Erick of Confessions of a Political Junkie is trying to start something with Karl Rove. Erick's going to lose. Karl will be stepping out of the shadows at any moment.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082805043215684592004-04-24T07:09:00.000-04:002004-04-24T07:25:28.293-04:00.A dog of war comes home
Bashur the Iraqi dog gets a ticket to the good life.
I see other people read the book "Animals You Will Never Forget" when they were kids and remember the stories as vividly as I do. What a great book. Bashur's warning of incoming reminded me of the story "The Dog from No Man's Land".
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082768292084418382004-04-23T20:50:00.000-04:002004-04-23T21:03:49.090-04:00.Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to embed one of those little radios into my posts.
For now, I'll make do with giving y'all a link to a nice and fitting song by John Michael Montgomery called "Letters from Home".floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082759346852796202004-04-23T18:25:00.000-04:002004-04-23T18:33:16.046-04:00.I'm over at my new site trying to pretty it up. MT is in and I have a ticket in to have this site's content moved over. I have no idea why I'm moving this content, but I am.
If any of you MT'ers have a bit of advice that you wish someone had told you when you were starting up your new MT blog, please let me hear it.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082757664511550592004-04-23T17:59:00.000-04:002004-04-23T21:38:31.013-04:00.Did y'all see this? This is awesome.
Military Phone Card Donation Program Goes Public
The Department of Defense announced today that any American can now help troops in contingency operations call home. The Defense Department has authorized the Armed Services Exchanges to sell prepaid calling cards to any individual or organization that wishes to purchase cards for troops who are deployed. floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082754309794650462004-04-23T16:24:00.000-04:002004-04-23T17:09:19.140-04:00.President Bush visited Southwest Florida today to speak on environmental issues. Nice to have him back.
I thought this APF article was a bit fanciful:
Bush lands in a crocodile swamp to promote conservation
NAPLES, United States (AFP) - President George W. Bush landed in a tree-lined mangrove swamp as part of an election campaign tour to push his record as a protector of the environment
In floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082734050670205752004-04-23T11:22:00.000-04:002004-04-23T11:31:39.483-04:00.The Boston Globe is all over the records posted on the Kerry website.
Vietnam combat records posted on John F. Kerry's campaign website for the month of January 1969 as evidence of his service aboard swift boat No. 94 describe action that occurred before Kerry was skipper of that craft, according to the officer who said he commanded the boat at the time.
(Via Lucianne.)floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082732584257800972004-04-23T10:58:00.000-04:002004-04-23T11:07:13.280-04:00.RIP Pat Tillman. He was as good as they come.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082689253206821682004-04-22T22:57:00.000-04:002004-04-23T16:16:08.420-04:00.
I understand that images like this make men feel unhappy about their bodies. Not everybody can be USDA prime, fellas.
Love.that.drawstring.
UPDATE
There's no need for you boys to be envious of this:
After all, you have very good blogs.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082688210350724552004-04-22T22:39:00.000-04:002004-04-22T22:47:38.280-04:00.Those returned Japanese peace-activist hostages are catching some well-deserved hell back home
The young Japanese taken hostage in Iraq returned home this week, not to the warmth of a yellow ribbon embrace but to a disapproving nation's cold stare.
The first three hostages, including a woman who helped street children on the streets of Baghdad, first appeared on television two weeks ago as floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082684768763729272004-04-22T18:57:00.000-04:002004-04-22T22:29:38.826-04:00.Don't you hate it when you're gardening in your backyard and an alligator comes up and bites you and drags you into a lake?
If that lady's husband hadn't have been home, she would have been killed.
It's also aggravating when you're out in the backyard and you fall and hurt yourself and then an alligator comes up and wants to dine on you.
This lady survived because her dog fought the alligator floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082659786492025662004-04-22T07:45:00.000-04:002004-04-22T14:53:53.903-04:00.Michael Moore feels peckish, eats city. Ace is on the scene.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082655418531531482004-04-22T07:12:00.000-04:002004-04-22T13:42:53.200-04:00.Jesse Jackson is doing his shakedown routine on the Coca-Cola company
A group that monitors corporate ethics says the Coca-Cola Co. is "finding out the hard way" that cooperating with the Rev. Jesse Jackson -- and contributing to his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition -- doesn't stop Jackson from complaining or protesting.
Peter Flaherty, president of the National Legal and Policy Center, is urging the floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082632303858897572004-04-22T07:10:00.000-04:002004-04-22T07:22:32.216-04:00.Here's Duane Allman up to no good.
His brother said that if he hadn't been killed in the crash, he would probably have drunk himself to death. I think he could have gotten his act together instead. Wail on, Skydog!
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082598740226156872004-04-21T21:48:00.000-04:002004-04-21T22:02:23.826-04:00.Yup.
Michael Jackson indicted
He's going to need to have some sort of coach to help him conduct himself in a semi-normal fashion during the trial. No showing up late, no moon-walking for the crowd. Nah, that would be too hard.
Any bets on Nation of Islam guards, a big race trial, and some sort of Jewish conspiracy?
You know it's going to be a freakshow.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082595660242801042004-04-21T20:45:00.000-04:002004-04-21T22:05:02.513-04:00.Michael of Ramblings' Journal casually mentions that Condi's boyfriend is former football player Gene Washington. I didn't even know Condi had a boyfriend. She has time for a life? I know she took some time off to go watch tennis, but that goes without saying.
Anyways, I had to look him up. This is the fellow. He's the NFL director of football operations. He's the guy that doles out the fines.
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082561724708444342004-04-21T06:55:00.000-04:002004-04-21T15:39:07.200-04:00.Lovey
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082560593647698842004-04-21T06:54:00.000-04:002004-04-21T15:42:51.296-04:00.Dovey
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082544953483348562004-04-21T06:51:00.000-04:002004-04-21T18:28:34.670-04:00.Firas's site is back up.
Don't let it happen again, Mister! Keep it up and running with lots and lots of posts.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082543238888899842004-04-21T06:25:00.000-04:002004-04-21T06:32:49.890-04:00.Here's an interesting article on why so many hate crime hoaxes happen on college campuses.
Colleges perfect milieu for hate crime hoaxes
More than 20 hate crime hoaxes have been suspected or confirmed at college campuses nationwide in the past seven years as students draw on the socially conscious atmosphere of a college campus to perpetrate their fraud.
"A person who is a victim of a hate floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082517971420538572004-04-20T23:25:00.000-04:002004-04-20T23:33:42.216-04:00.This one made me smile.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082510513004595212004-04-20T21:20:00.000-04:002004-04-20T21:25:58.233-04:00.Firas's site has been down for days. Anybody heard from him?floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-108246887759309862004-04-20T09:38:00.001-04:002004-04-20T09:59:11.653-04:00.John Kerry refuses to release military records
Kerry, in an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," was asked whether he would follow President Bush's example and release all of his military records. "I have," Kerry said. "I've shown them -- they're available for you to come and look at." He added that "people can come and see them at headquarters."
But when a reporter showed up yesterday floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082429560712732972004-04-19T22:43:00.000-04:002004-04-19T22:59:05.780-04:00.Since Cracker Barrel Philosopher has stripped off his blog-mask, I think it's time I reveal my true identity as well.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082425216498665432004-04-19T21:21:00.000-04:002004-04-19T22:39:23.436-04:00.Mya the dalmation has been in the news around here a lot lately. She got bit by an Eastern Diamondback rattler over in Hendry County, her people drove her down to an animal hospital in Broward County, and Capt. Al Cruz, head of the Dade County Fire Department's anti-venin unit, drove up from Dade County with the anti-venin to save her life.
Everyone's been very concerned about her, but the vet floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082402068915982862004-04-19T11:08:00.000-04:002004-04-19T21:11:46.280-04:00.More on the latest nastiness in Madrid.
I wonder when the Spanish will realize what they're dealing with.
UPDATE: Islamic revenge?floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082383722793880602004-04-19T10:03:00.000-04:002004-04-19T10:17:45.546-04:00.Lovely. This brave man can't even be allowed to rest in peace.
Coffin of police agent killed in suicide blast vandalised
A coffin containing the body of a Spanish police agent killed in the suicide blast by alleged Madrid rail bombing suspects was taken from its grave, doused with fuel and set on fire, a radio station reported on Monday.
Cadena SER said the coffin was pulled from the tomb in floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082379261133146822004-04-19T08:47:00.000-04:002004-04-19T08:58:24.610-04:00.Kosovo Ambush
Officer Janice Biggs, from St. Louis, Missouri, was shot several times, but is expected to live.
The gunbattle began as three U.N. vehicles carrying 21 U.S. correctional officers, two Turkish officers and one Austrian were leaving the prison, which was guarded by five Jordanian special police unit officers, officials said.
The correctional officers had arrived in Kosovo just 10 floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082348495987845352004-04-19T00:18:00.000-04:002004-04-19T00:27:21.840-04:00.More on the story of Pistol, the Iraqi dog.
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082344853712370672004-04-18T23:19:00.000-04:002004-04-18T23:24:56.403-04:00.Isn't this a cool (big!) pic? It's from the Corkscrew Swamp near my home.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082342635158348212004-04-18T22:36:00.001-04:002004-04-18T23:00:11.216-04:00.Lucky break in the Kosovo ambush
Beth Mechlor of Topeka, Kansas, was riding in the same car as the two slain Americans. She was shot, but she'll make it. It was her first day of work.
A U.S. officer on the scene said it was "clearly an attack against Americans."floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082339537703460542004-04-18T21:47:00.000-04:002004-04-18T21:56:20.576-04:00.Blog stuff
They're installing Movable Type on my new site and I've spent the day reading up on things.
I've also been gathering allllll my Duane Allman pics together from three different computers. I'll finally get those things uploaded.
Everyday's gonna be Duane Allman day at Florida Cracker.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082305254256574292004-04-18T12:15:00.001-04:002004-04-18T12:54:44.280-04:00.Disfigured Iraqis getting new ears
They're buying new cars, new houses, new ears...
Rolling on a gurney toward the dank operating room of Al Kindi Hospital recently, Khalid Abid Nimer flashed back to a decade earlier, when he had made a similar trip in the same hospital for a far different operation.
Back then, Nimer's arms were bound and his eyes were blindfolded to prevent him from seeing floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082302774571904772004-04-18T11:38:00.000-04:002004-04-18T13:00:35.920-04:00.Female or she-male?
It had a moving, profound experience recently, btw.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082256240594333422004-04-17T22:40:00.000-04:002004-04-17T22:49:28.310-04:00.D-Day takes place in Norway, Canadians storm Juno Fjord
The Prime Minister of Canada shows himself to be a tad confused about WWII.
Prime Minister Paul Martin rewrote Canadian military history Wednesday as he described the great Canadian contribution to the liberation of Europe in 1944 as the invasion of Norway instead of Normandy.
"Sixty years ago, Canadians were working alongside their floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082255040075984782004-04-17T22:19:00.000-04:002004-04-17T22:28:28.123-04:00.God rest the souls of the brave crew of the Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy ship.
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082246980832725622004-04-17T20:05:00.000-04:002004-04-17T20:26:51.450-04:00.Bull's-eye in Gaza
The White House declined to criticize Israel's missile strike assassination of a top Hamas leader Saturday, saying instead that Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorist attacks and urging Palestinians to use restraint in responding.
Hamas has selected this guy for the dangerous job of being their next top leader.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082246611338834402004-04-17T20:01:00.000-04:002004-04-17T20:15:00.013-04:00.Here's an update on the Kosovo shootoutfloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082231111911188112004-04-17T08:39:00.000-04:002004-04-17T16:05:51.513-04:00.What the heck?
U.N. Police Die in Kosovo Prison Shootout
A shootout at a prison in Kosovo killed three international police officers, including two American women, and wounded 11 others, a U.N. spokesman said. At least five Americans were among the wounded, a doctor said.
Witnesses and international sources in the divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica told The Associated Press that the U.N. floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082229824148595932004-04-17T08:00:00.000-04:002004-04-17T15:29:50.123-04:00.Hamas sets them up, and Israel knocks them down.
Lots of turn-over in the Hamas corporate office these days.
The Islamic militant group Hamas vowed revenge for Israel's assassination of top leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi on Saturday and said it would not be deterred in its struggle to destroy the Jewish state.
Rantissi was killed by a missile strike on his car in the Gaza Strip, the powerbase offloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082174275426827342004-04-16T23:55:00.000-04:002004-04-17T00:05:42.060-04:00."YEAHHHHH!"
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082170737115395782004-04-16T22:53:00.000-04:002004-04-17T22:00:39.466-04:00."...Bones would rain from the sky"
Pistol, a dog saved in Iraq by a Marine Sgt. David Donnelly, is shown in Westfield, N.Y., Friday, April 16, 2004, where he is up for adoption. The dog was saved by Donnelly in a combat zone and then reunited with his rescuer after a long journey to America but now finds himself homeless again, after the Marine was redeployed overseas. Due to the efforts of floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082168284537033142004-04-16T22:13:00.000-04:002004-04-16T22:22:04.436-04:00.When I was in Saudi we used to joke around and say "Forget the Kuwaitis. Let's free the Saudi women!"
Dalek has the story on what happens when a Saudi woman gets a little too uppity.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082165135294966802004-04-16T20:39:00.000-04:002004-04-16T21:34:35.093-04:00.While reading the news I came across a Fort Myers boy who's in the Marines and mixing it up over in Iraq. I thought I'd see what else I could find out about him. He's come a long ways from when he was representing the Fort Myers Track Club at the Edison Pageant of Light.
Khristopher Williams has been kickin' butt and takin' names.
Here he is in Kuwait in Feb. '03.
CAMP COYOTE, Kuwait - Cplfloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082155762568539612004-04-16T18:47:00.000-04:002004-04-16T19:00:01.793-04:00.I signed up on Bloghosts today. Thus begins my flight from Blogger and Blogspot.
Onwards and upwards.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082086761041898902004-04-15T23:32:00.000-04:002004-04-15T23:46:27.360-04:00.Veep-O-Matic
To select John Kerry's running mate, I checked three boxes: Southerner, Name Recognition, and Foreign Policy Experience. I got...Wesley Clark. Eeew.
There should be a box for "Not a Lunatic".floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082058072425198452004-04-15T15:29:00.000-04:002004-04-15T15:45:10.186-04:00.Forget it, Hillary. You're not rich enough to tempt him.
"Let them eat cake!"
Pony up the tax returns, Teresa. Nobody's going to put up with this nonsense.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082049424434655032004-04-15T13:02:00.000-04:002004-04-15T13:43:55.653-04:00.For fellow Laura Bush fans
NPR has a wonderful interview with Laura on her project of restoring native plants, flowers, and grasses at the Crawford ranch. She's a lovely, articulate speaker, and her love and commitment to the natural ecology of Texas reminds me very much of Lady Bird Johnson.
(Via reader James.)floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082044337648266102004-04-15T11:37:00.000-04:002004-04-15T12:05:03.610-04:00.Chester Cheetah is suggesting to Marines they use a trail of the new "Twisted" Cheetos to lure the Cheetos-crazed Moqtada al-Sadr out of his hidey-hole. "Sadr hasn't tried these new ones. There's no way he'll be able to resist their twisted cheesiness," Chester said.
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082042779277808292004-04-15T11:18:00.000-04:002004-04-15T11:30:16.996-04:00."Osama" still can't seem to scare up a camcorder.
A tape recording has been released wherein the supposed Osama offers a truce to Europe if they pull out of Muslim nations.
France is probably getting ready to surrender itself.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082041926493233782004-04-15T11:09:00.000-04:002004-04-15T11:16:04.390-04:00.Sam of Hammorabi summarizes Wahabism and looks into his crystal ball:
The world is changing yet the Arabs are not! They try their best to prevent any changes in their neighbour country called Iraq but changes are coming to their own courtyard whether they accept or not!
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1082039865046487522004-04-15T10:03:00.000-04:002004-04-15T12:16:37.356-04:00.What a brave man. I can see why Al-Jazeera doesn't want to air this tape. RIP Fabrizio Quattrocchi.
Italian hostage defied killers
The Italian hostage killed by kidnappers in Iraq was a defiant hero in his final moments, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says.
The dead man was identified as Fabrizio Quattrocchi, 36, a security guard.
As the gunman's pistol was pointing at him the floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081999075358647802004-04-14T23:11:00.000-04:002004-04-14T23:23:30.513-04:00.My take on Sadr? I'd say he's played the part of a damned scoundrel, and is a coward, and if he were any part of a man I would slap his jaws and force him to resent it.
Wait, that was NB Forrest to Braxton Bragg.
Nevermind.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081993378691510022004-04-14T21:38:00.000-04:002004-04-14T21:53:45.373-04:00.Omar of Iraq the Model's description of Moqtada al-Sadr's situation:
"(W)hen someone sh**s in his pants, every move he makes will make his mess worse".floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081985024700796552004-04-14T19:18:00.000-04:002004-04-14T19:27:41.530-04:00.Audrey Seiler faked her kidnapping to get her boyfriend's attention
Audrey, you should have just quit eating and left it at that.
The police are charging her for her crime.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081974734374269832004-04-14T07:40:00.000-04:002004-04-14T16:46:00.373-04:00.The BostonIrish blog is now officially on a war-footing. Once we get done in Iraqistan and Afghanistan, Boston will opt for us to be heading on up to Kanukistan to MOAB the French-Canadian sportsfan, I should think.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081971752300333272004-04-14T07:35:00.000-04:002004-04-14T15:49:51.140-04:00.Ace, a good sport, humored my request and made a top ten list for Andy Rooney. His Top Ten Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile include:
10. Says that he invented spicy Chinese chicken-and-broccoli dish; has filed an infringement lawsuit against famed military leader/cooking enthusiast General Tso.
8. Claims that he leaves on his car's left-turn indicator for weeks at a time "as an act of floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081958024610501342004-04-14T07:15:00.000-04:002004-04-14T15:48:57.373-04:00.The photo CAIR is so bent out of shape about.
I don't know any Marines that have a sense of humor, so my vote is for photoshopping.
Ah, here's the real photo.
(It's been updated now to add some preachifying.)
Too funny.
Now the Marine Corps has to investigate this nonsense. floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081956154098935822004-04-14T07:09:00.000-04:002004-04-14T11:26:54.793-04:00.Moqtada is dropping all conditions. D'oh!
Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr has agreed to drop all his conditions in negotiations with the US-led coalition and to follow the guidance of the highest Shiite religious authority, a close aide said.
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081948117960279572004-04-14T07:07:00.000-04:002004-04-14T09:12:34.403-04:00.Thank God it's Wednesday- time for a Duane Allman pic. Here's Duane at Fillmore East. Wail on, Skydog!
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081940772569507302004-04-14T07:03:00.000-04:002004-04-14T08:43:14.496-04:00.Iraq rebel cleric proposes deal with U.S
An Iraqi envoy appointed by Moqtada al-Sadr says the Shi'ite cleric has asked him to convey a set of peace proposals to U.S. officials.
Sadr's supporters have been rising up against the U.S.-led occupying forces in south and central Iraq.
"Sayyed Moqtada made positive proposals to end the crisis. I cannot disclose the details. He realises that an armed floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081892981757947602004-04-13T10:38:00.000-04:002004-04-13T17:58:27.310-04:00.Unless you're an heiress...
Kerry doesn't build emotional bonds
Democrat John Kerry "doesn't warm anybody up," and organized labor must help him create an emotional bond if fence-sitting union members are to vote for him in November, according to focus groups of undecided union voters.
But these union members find President Bush likable and strong, "with a nice family and good moral values," floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081887893533039162004-04-13T10:20:00.000-04:002004-04-13T16:32:12.733-04:00.Don't you hate it when you're a county commisioner and you pass out in your car in a city park and your friend sneaks up and yanks your pants down and leaves, and then a cop comes by and wakes you up and then your worst political enemy finds out and gets on the horn to all the media?
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081863782714837712004-04-13T09:18:00.000-04:002004-04-13T09:52:55.356-04:00.I wonder if the mobile UN will be accountable for its funds? The real UN certainly isn't. How appropriate that it would roll through the country blowing smoke.
U.N. may be going on road
TAMPA - (AP) -- An investment banker is trying to raise $1.5 million to create a 53-foot mobile classroom to travel across the country and teach schoolchildren about the United Nations.
Malcolm Taaffe, 46, floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081820681482803502004-04-12T21:36:00.000-04:002004-04-12T22:04:15.700-04:00.Looks like somebody let his perverse, senile, Depends-ridden, coot of a grandpa borrow the laptop again. Smack him with a slipper, Ace.
To some, soldiers can never be heroes, they can only be victims.
Those who have no honor themselves are incapable of seeing it in others.
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081819896835426522004-04-12T21:15:00.000-04:002004-04-12T21:35:30.936-04:00.Go take some more steroids, Barry.
Barry Bonds is a disgrace to the game of baseball.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081808320744954832004-04-12T10:15:00.000-04:002004-04-12T18:22:34.826-04:00.Behold a thing of beauty
I get suspicious of a newspaper article, but Belmont Club goes Barnaby Jones on the thing.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081794718336368692004-04-12T10:00:00.000-04:002004-04-12T14:40:35.653-04:00.Looks like those Purple Hearts are coming back to haunt John Kerry.
It's better to deserve an honor and not get it, then to get an honor you don't deserve. Seeking out honors you don't deserve is even worse.
(Via Lucianne.)floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081736617072105882004-04-11T22:21:00.000-04:002004-04-11T22:40:15.216-04:00.Mr. Cracker can get me some of this.
At last! The smell of maritime disaster
Southampton liner Titanic will be resurrected at a science festival today.
An audience at the Edinburgh International Science Festival will be among the first members of the public to smell the perfume, which was found near the wreck of the liner in 2000.
It was recreated by perfumers who established a "fingerprint" floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081735526747311052004-04-11T22:02:00.000-04:002004-04-11T22:18:04.373-04:00.I want to give y'all this site while I'm thinking about it. It's a site that tracks hate crime hoaxes. Not all of its links are still good, but most are. It's an admirable effort.
Many of these hoaxsters are tripped up in the end by insurance investigators.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081733724590137332004-04-11T21:28:00.000-04:002004-04-11T21:57:14.233-04:00.Sometimes you just have to laugh.
This journalist is 'captured' by the bad guys, treated wonderfully well, told to tell the truth, then released. Right.
Lots of pregnant women in this story. It's a nice touch. The author overdid it, though. It was these descriptions that set my alarms off. There's not a hale and hearty woman in the bunch.
First:
The highway out of Fallujah was filled with floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081731782451394282004-04-11T20:27:00.000-04:002004-04-11T21:24:17.420-04:00.A good article from Naval Institute Proceedings:
Why Are Victims Our Only War Heroes?
We are at war. Our enemy, the terrorist, knows he cannot win militarily, certainly not in terms of manpower or weaponry, so he somehow must get us to back down—wear us down and diminish our resolve. He hopes to do that through images and perceptions. The ultimate battle of the global war on terrorism will befloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081672412563675772004-04-11T04:28:00.000-04:002004-04-11T05:02:28.280-04:00.
Happy Easter!
floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081668382332478932004-04-11T03:17:00.000-04:002004-04-11T03:43:09.246-04:00.Interesting rumors that those Japanese hostages are pulling a stunt
From Zeyad:
There have been rumours on the Internet that the three Japanese hostages faked the video that was displayed two days ago with the help of Iraqis in an attempt to pressure the Japanese government in withdrawing their troops. All three of them are anti-war activists. Noriaki Imai was in Iraq researching the effect of floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081615212201342252004-04-10T07:50:00.000-04:002004-04-10T12:45:21.950-04:00.America is finger lickin' good.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081605267343664232004-04-10T07:28:00.000-04:002004-04-10T10:19:38.090-04:00.Don't You Know Who I Am?
Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and his entourage got their luggage searched at Miami International. The Prince had multiple hissy fits and made himself a royal pain in the ass. The entourage had hissy fits. His girlfriend chose to hold her pee rather than get her purse re-searched. Iberia Airlines is threatening to pull out of MIA. All in all, they objected strenuously tofloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081566397339347982004-04-09T23:04:00.000-04:002004-04-09T23:10:27.763-04:00.Nobody likes a smart-ass Guess the Dictator and/or Sit-Com Character game
I win again! You are player number 1440 to have chosen June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver. I knew you were June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver from the start, but I strung you along for a while to make it seem more sporting. I hope that one day you will overcome the powerful sense of humiliation that you now feel. Untilfloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081564806772353392004-04-09T22:01:00.000-04:002004-04-09T22:45:04.373-04:00.God gave you your very own brain. It's not one brain for every ten people.
Here's a good page that shows the basic criteria for judging the reliability of sources.
Whether you're reading a book, newspaper, or blog; whether you're watching the news on TV or listening to someone give a lecture, think about reliability of sources and ask yourself what expert knowledge the person has to opine on afloridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081559756681345112004-04-09T21:12:00.000-04:002004-04-09T21:21:15.500-04:00.Iraqi Governing Council demands pony rides, cotton candy for Fallujah
Several of the council's 25 members spoke out against what they called the "mass punishment" of Fallujah's people in the siege, launched early Monday by U.S. forces to uproot Sunni insurgents in the city.
Oh, you haven't seen mass punishment, babycakes. We could have totally f'ed that city up if we'd have wanted to.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081558212854881032004-04-09T20:48:00.000-04:002004-04-09T20:55:42.530-04:00.Now this did make me smile. It's the only time I've enjoyed a New York Times front page that I can think of.floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226299.post-1081556988842285972004-04-09T20:15:00.000-04:002004-04-09T20:35:04.340-04:00.Jesse Lee Peterson sent in a letter to the U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct calling for a probe of the activities of the Congressional Black Caucus in regards to Aristide.
I'd like that to, but I doubt it will happen. Good that Jesse's giving it the old college try, though.
Among the points in his letter:
"Within the past seven weeks, Rep. Waters has made several trips floridacrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866710659394836758noreply@blogger.com