Daily News For December 16, 2005
by John Hawkins | December 16, 2005 4:19 am
Foreign
Millions of Iraqis Vote in Relative Peace. Turnout Appears To Be Over 70%[1]
Iraq Mistakenly Freed Terror Leader[2]
Six Iraqis In Jordan Charged With Vote Rigging[3]
Domestic
Bush Accepts McCain’s Ban on Torture (How Many Americans Will Die Because Of This?)[4]
Bush Secretly Lifted Some Limits On Spying In U.S. After 9/11, Officials Say (Free NYT Reg Req)[5]
House GOP Bill Rejects Iraq Withdrawal[6]
House Votes For 698 Miles Of Fences On Mexico Border (Free Nyt Reg Req)[7]
John Kerry’s “Joke”: “If We Take Back The House, There’s A Solid Case To Bring Articles Of Impeachment Against This President.”[8]
White House Defends Bush Comments On DeLay[9]
Students Sue For Tuition Parity With California Illegals[10]
Wal-Mart Viewed Favorably In Pew Survey[11]
Columns
Matt Potinger: Why I Gave Up Journalism To Join The Marines. (Free WSJ Reg Req)[12]
Tony Snow: The Cut-And-Run Crowd[13]
Charles Krauthammer: Iraq’s Not-So-Good Neighbor[14]
Andrew McCarthy: McCain & Miranda[15]
Left-Overs
Go Vote For Byrd Droppings Please[16]
Morgan Freeman: Believes The Labels “Black” And “White” Are An Obstacle To Beating Racism[17]
The Arnold Schwarzenegger Football Stadium In Austria’s Second-Largest City Graz Is To Be Renamed Because Arnold Didn’t Stop Tookie’s Execution[18]
Chewbacca Sings Silent Night[19]
Top Ten Kos Kidz Reactions to Today’s Elections In Iraq[20]
Website Of The Day: Hog On Ice[21]
Endnotes:- Millions of Iraqis Vote in Relative Peace. Turnout Appears To Be Over 70%: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051216/D8EH2N0G0.html
- Iraq Mistakenly Freed Terror Leader: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-al-zarqawi,0,4125769.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
- Six Iraqis In Jordan Charged With Vote Rigging: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1069288.php/Six_Iraqis_in_Jordan_charged_with_vote_rigging
- Bush Accepts McCain’s Ban on Torture (How Many Americans Will Die Because Of This?): http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/15/D8EGSN0O0.html
- Bush Secretly Lifted Some Limits On Spying In U.S. After 9/11, Officials Say (Free NYT Reg Req): http://nytimes.com/2005/12/15/politics/15cnd-program.html?ei=5094&en=0a4739ca3ab6d63b&hp=&ex=1134709200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
- House GOP Bill Rejects Iraq Withdrawal: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5482875,00.html
- House Votes For 698 Miles Of Fences On Mexico Border (Free Nyt Reg Req): http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16border.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1134722070-VZ4VoQ6CfPvJFup3I5cxMQ
- John Kerry’s “Joke”: “If We Take Back The House, There’s A Solid Case To Bring Articles Of Impeachment Against This President.”: http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2005/12/kerry_links_ret.html
- White House Defends Bush Comments On DeLay: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/15/national/w125827S77.DTL
- Students Sue For Tuition Parity With California Illegals: http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051214-115702-9460r.htm
- Wal-Mart Viewed Favorably In Pew Survey: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1069359.php/Wal-Mart_viewed_favorably_in_Pew_survey
- Matt Potinger: Why I Gave Up Journalism To Join The Marines. (Free WSJ Reg Req): http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007681
- Tony Snow: The Cut-And-Run Crowd: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2005/12/16/179345.html
- Charles Krauthammer: Iraq’s Not-So-Good Neighbor: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/charleskrauthammer/2005/12/16/179343.html
- Andrew McCarthy: McCain & Miranda: http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200512151421.asp
- Go Vote For Byrd Droppings Please: http://weblogawards.org/2005/12/best_of_the_top_25013500.php
- Morgan Freeman: Believes The Labels “Black” And “White” Are An Obstacle To Beating Racism: http://markinmexico.blogspot.com/2005/12/morgan-freeman-is-on-fire.html
- The Arnold Schwarzenegger Football Stadium In Austria’s Second-Largest City Graz Is To Be Renamed Because Arnold Didn’t Stop Tookie’s Execution: http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/arnies-terminated/2005/12/16/1134676432847.html
- Chewbacca Sings Silent Night: http://christmaschebacca.ytmnd.com/
- Top Ten Kos Kidz Reactions to Today’s Elections In Iraq: http://decision08.net/2005/12/15/top-ten-kos-kidz-reactions-to-todays-elections-in-iraq/
- Website Of The Day: Hog On Ice: http://www.hogonice.com/