Thursday, September 27, 2007

McCain Kicks Off CofC's Bullpit Series

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 3:48 PM

Here comes the straight talk. Sen. John McCain will be speaking at the College of Charleston on Wednesday as part of the school's Bully Pulpit Series on presidential communication.

Senator McCain is the first presidential candidate to speak in this series, which invites the individual presidential candidates to speak with students and Charleston community members on such topics as the frequency of press conferences, the candidate’s relationship with journalists, and the power of the president to persuade.

Considering this is a speech on the media in front of a crowd of young people, one can be assured that McCain's comments will include his clever jabs at the media ("And now I'll take questions. None? Great.") and teens ("You little jerk. Your drafted.").

The event will take place at College of Charleston’s Physicians Auditorium on October 3, 2007 from 6:30pm – 7:45pm. A reception will follow the Town Hall event.  A ticket is required for entrance.  Tickets will be available for students at no charge at the information desk on the first floor of the Stern Student Center on the College of Charleston campus.  Tickets cannot be reserved via phone call or e-mail contact.

Trunk Bomb Case Tied Closer to Terrorism

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 10:18 AM

The State reports more evidence of a terror link in the case of a man arrested in Goose Creek earlier this summer with an explosive device in the trunk of the car. Including details regarding previous reports that he instructed others on how to create explosive devices.

In a 12-minute video posted on YouTube, an Egyptian man wearing a white shirt, khaki pants and rubber gloves explains in Arabic how to turn a toy boat into a bomb.

Mohamed told FBI agents he made the video to teach “those persons in Arabic countries to defend themselves against the infidels invading their countries,” according to federal court documents released late Tuesday.

It could be found on YouTube by entering a complicated 14-word search term, which included the words “martyrdooms” and “suiciders.”

After examining Mohamed’s laptop computer, which was in the 2000 Toyota Camry that was stopped in Goose Creek, agents found an electronic folder titled “Bomb Shock.” The folder contained several computer files about explosives, including TNT and C-4, a military-grade plastic explosive.

The court granted bail for the other passenger in the car, Youssef Samir Megahed, but he remains in a Tampa jail while prosecutors appeal the ruling. They consider him a flight risk.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Lindsey Gives Iraq 90 Days

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 6:13 PM

Time's reporting that Sen. Lindsey Graham's patience is wearing thin on Iraq.

Graham told TIME Wednesday that the Iraqi leaders have 90 days to start resolving their political differences with real legislative agreements or face a change in strategy by the U.S. "If they can't do it in 90 days," he said, "it means the major players don't want to."

"We've won the day here politically, to give them the infrastructure they need to do this. It's been missing up until now. I am vocally saying it's up to [the Iraqis] to deliver. We've done our part."

Well, 90 days should be just long enough for another shopping trip. We jest because we care.

New Yorkers At Odds Over Horse Carriages

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:44 AM

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Newsweek has a story about recent carriage horse deaths. At first, I figured it was the same argument we see around these parts about the heat. Nope, it's worse.

New York has the highest carriage-horse accident rate in the country, a fact that came to light last week after the death of Smoothie on Sept. 14, a mare who was spooked by a drum sound and took off running. She caught her carriage in a tree, broke her leg and went into shock. (A second horse, frightened by Smoothie’s outburst, bolted into a Mercedes-Benz, though he was not seriously injured.)

There were two additional accidents involving the horses this summer, one of which sent a cabby to the hospital. All that trouble has renewed nationwide calls for the industry’s ban; opponents to the concession have been holding candlelight vigils in front of Central Park.

“We’re trying to keep alive a 19th-century conveyance in 21st-century Manhattan,” says Holly Cheever, one of America’s foremost equine veterinarians, who has worked since 1988 as the primary equine adviser for two states and 18 municipalities, including New York. “Horses are herbivores whose unique response to stress is to run their butts off. Because of that, in a split second you can have a horse go from being half asleep to being 1,200 pounds crashing through traffic.”

Monday, September 24, 2007

Heaven For Crazy Christians: Iran?!

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 2:42 PM

In his much hyped visit to the U.S., Iran's president said that they don't have gay people in his country.

Pressed by Dean Coatsworth on the original question about homosexuality, Mr. Ahmadinejad said: “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that in our country.”

I'd say what he meant to say was that the Iranian government thinks it has "taken care of" all the gays.

The audience booed and hissed loudly.

Right on! But seriously, sometimes we get wrapped up in our concerns about adoption, marriage, health benefits, and inheritance and we forget that being gay is still a matter of life and death, particularly in the Middle East.

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