tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:15:29 +0000http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/noreply@blogger.com (Paul)Blogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-5288763741114227948Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:12:00 +00002008-07-11T11:24:51.061-07:00Posting at ScribblingMonk has been light to non-existent for a long time due to concerns over running afoul of the ethics policy at my now former employer. Obviously that's not a problem now. http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2008/07/free-at-last-free-at-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-2468439110736809991Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:31:00 +00002007-02-21T12:35:18.314-08:00 A new song and video from the Right Brothers. Another song of theirs is featured here. Their site is here.http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/half-of-her-heart-is-in-iraq.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-2134154934686959313Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:11:00 +00002007-02-11T15:02:39.954-08:00 More of this, PLEASE!http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/iraqi-speaks-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-7509006818557801103Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:58:00 +00002007-02-11T08:35:06.646-08:00Arizona is experiencing the results of a mandated increase in the minimum wage. Democrats in the U.S. Congress should pay attention. According to azcentral.com some high school students are learning an important lesson in government and economics. Mark Messner, owner of Pepi's Pizza in south Phoenix, estimates he has employed more than 2,000 high school students since 1990. But he plans to lay http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/cost-of-minimum-wage-increase.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-7314246740083823969Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:14:00 +00002007-02-11T08:13:05.856-08:00IslamFrank Pastore says Islam is not the enemy and offers six reasons why in his Townhall.com column. It's a tough sell, as callers to Pastore's talk show insisted. Callers insisted I was wrong, repeating over and over again things like, "there is no such thing as moderate Islam, there are only moderate Muslims who don’t really understand Islam," that "real Islam, and therefore real Muslims, seek http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/at-war-with-islam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117114116016082383Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:47:00 +00002007-02-10T12:59:20.173-08:00Michelle Malkin offers a perspective on the deaths of U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq not usually found in the media's tragic tolls. Here's what was said of Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell 20, of Bel Air, Md., who died Wednesday in Anbar province."We do not believe that Jenny's life was taken. We believe that her life was given," Fender said. "She was a good kid. Anyone would love to have her http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/lives-given-not-taken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117096740013633813Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:31:00 +00002007-02-08T12:49:37.670-08:00 Mudville Gazette features an exchange Newsbusters posted between Tim Russert interviewing New York Times foreign correspondent John Burns. Not only does Burns correct Russert by testifying that American troops were greeted as liberators by Iraqis, he also closes the clip with the assertion that there was nothing that could have been done to prevent the chaos that erupted after liberation from http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/speaking-truth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117078938162957366Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:10:00 +00002007-02-06T11:16:21.640-08:00Bash the President. Correction: Bash Bush. Newsbusters has it from the horses mouth, or Newsweek's other orifice if you like. Evan Thomas: "Well, our job is to bash the president, that's what we do almost --" Why this important role? Since I went to J-school at Syracuse in 1980 it's been taught that a role of the media is to be an adversary to the government. That adversary role seems to only http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/medias-job.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117078708653759607Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:33:00 +00002007-02-06T10:38:06.550-08:00of Sweden's Post-och Inrikes Tidningar newspaper has stopped its print edition started in 1645 by Sweden's Queen Kristina and exists in a digital edition only. The Guardian has the details. I and many other newspaper employees watch this trend with great concern. I'm a very big fan of online news but also know the revenue from online newspapers is fer lower than the print editions and can't http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/oldest-newspaper-goes-digital-only.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117074259441763547Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:00:00 +00002007-02-05T22:16:34.430-08:00Any data analysis is useless unless it follows the old axiom requiring the need to compare "apples to apples." Citing raw dollars in the U.S. budget over the span of decades borders on useless. As the size of the U.S. and global economy grows a more valid comparison would be percent of GDP. It seems in coverage of the economy most mainstream media folks just wants to stick with sour grapes. It http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/economic-sour-grapes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117074070109696318Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:41:00 +00002007-02-05T21:58:46.636-08:00Oh, the spin! The SPIN! Several bloggers are challenging AP's spin on the Senate vote. Second Hand Conjecture has a summary which includes a link to some comment from Captain Ed. RedState has another report focusing on CNN's coverage. Here's how they called it: . . . probably the most stupendous piece of bias I have ever seen in anything that has tried to pass itself off as "news," ever. http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/republicans-block-debate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-117071745870395000Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:06:00 +00002007-02-05T15:17:38.716-08:00Senator Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.) just delivered a great speech on the floor of the Senate. What we say here is being heard in Baghdad by Iraqi moderates, trying to decide whether the Americans will stand with them. We are being heard by our men and women in uniform, who will be interested to know whether we support the plan they have begun to carry out. We are being heard by the leaders of the http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/02/joe-on-senate-irresolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116950606929468319Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:23:00 +00002007-01-22T14:47:49.333-08:00Cindy Sheehan and other detractors who have suffered loss because of the war in Iraq or the Global War on Terror have absolute moral authority according to the media. Their loss gives them unassailable insight and the final word on the conflict. What could possibly trump that kind of authority? What about a voice from the grave, a testimonial from someone who gave their life for a cause they http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/01/absolute-moral-authority.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116948564473595890Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:42:00 +00002007-01-22T09:07:24.780-08:00According to this article in the Houston Chronicle, some scientists are questioning whether their talk about weather is what's overheated.In their efforts to capture the public's attention, then, have climate scientists oversold global warming? It's probably not a majority view, but a few climate scientists are beginning to question whether some dire predictions push the science too far. "Some http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/01/overheating-oversold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116884420611931667Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:51:00 +00002007-01-14T22:56:46.120-08:00This blog doesn't get many readers outside family members looking for the latest photos of the grandkids. But whenever I find a blog that's new to me and worth reading It seems appropriate to share it. My short links list has a new addition. Acute Politics, written by a soldier at Camp Fallujah, is well worth your time. It's well written, has a sense of history and the blogger's place in it, http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/01/another-favorite-milblog-acute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116884384292977534Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:43:00 +00002007-01-14T22:50:42.930-08:00Kurt at Flopping Aces posted on a speech given by Tony Blair Friday. As usual, Blair says what needs to be said.What we face is not a criminal conspiracy or even a fanatical but fringe terrorist organisation. We face something more akin to revolutionary Communism in its early and most militant phase. It is global. It has a narrative about the world and Islam's place within it that has a reach http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/01/tony-blair-calls-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116884301373450500Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:33:00 +00002007-01-14T22:36:53.750-08:00I've discovered that the Christmas/New Year holiday is a difficult time for blogging for me. All's well, just busy with family, work and thoughts distant from blogging. Hopefully I'll be back at it in the next few days.http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2007/01/too-long-absent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116717870202906643Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:13:00 +00002006-12-26T16:18:22.040-08:00Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the country's parliament the Natanz plant has succeeded in enriching nuclear material with 3,000 centrifuges. If so, this will significantly increase Iran's march toward achieving a nuclear weapon. Here's the story from the Jerusalem Post. Here's a look at what's under the ground at Natanz from GraphicLens.http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/natanz-fulfilled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116676832758868709Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:02:00 +00002006-12-21T22:18:47.606-08:00My brother sent me an e-mail with an article written by Craig R. Smith at World Net Daily. It's chock full of positive statistics you're not likely to see in the legacy media, or should I say the spoiled brat media.Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S. Yet has a great disdain for its citizens. They see us for http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/too-many-spoiled-brats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116655228806694760Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:05:00 +00002006-12-19T10:18:08.133-08:00David Zucker has a new short video focusing on James Baker and the ISG report. See Zucker on the Taxman. On North Korea and Madeline Albright here.http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/isg-plan-zuckered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116634090716315706Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:31:00 +00002008-07-21T12:02:11.654-07:00Victor Davis Hanson has a plan, and some perspective, on Iraq too. I especially like his thoughts on why we're coming unhinged but shouldn't be.A media that makes Cindy Sheehan, Valerie Plame, Mark Foley’s email, or lies about flushed Korans in Guantanamo into headline stories is itself nearly lunatic. The once quick victories in Afghanistan (8 weeks) and Iraq (3 weeks), following the easy wins http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/hanson-plan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116634021448888106Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:18:00 +00002006-12-16T23:23:34.513-08:00Conservatives in the Episcopal Church are jumping ship. The New York Times has an article worth reading as part of understanding the underpinnings of this nation. “The Episcopalian ship is in trouble,” said the Rev. John Yates, rector of The Falls Church, one of the two large Virginia congregations, where George Washington served on the vestry. “So we’re climbing over the rails down to various http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/episcopal-secession-in-virginia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116633900346296526Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:47:00 +00002006-12-16T23:03:26.730-08:00There are so many noteworthy plans for victory around it's a wonder why anyone put so much stock in the ISF's aged surrender monkeys. Commentary Magazine has a suggestion by Arthur Herman, noted author and professor of history at George Mason University, for bringing Iran's mullahs to heel.The first step would be to make it clear that the United States will tolerate no action by any state that http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/plan-for-iran.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116633642879911226Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:14:00 +00002006-12-16T22:20:28.810-08:00Stars & Stripes has an interesting report of a battle that took place Nov. 5 but got little attention in the media. On that day Saddam was sentenced. The media had predicted lots of violence but instead reported the general calm. They missed what happened to Company C of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment operating in Baghdad’s mostly Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah. The troops of Company http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/not-socalm-day-in-adhamiyah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20379308.post-116633191033918582Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:59:00 +00002006-12-16T21:05:10.356-08:00Well, not just me. Time named anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web the "Man" of the year. I'd say TIME's a little late but their recognition is appreciated. Now, where's my Major Award? This is a good reminder of something I've been saying at work for years. Here's what I said in one of my first posts on this blog on Dec. 31, 2005.The world is in the midst of what many believe http://graphiclens.com/scribblingmonk/2006/12/times-man-of-year-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul)