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Posts Tagged ‘national anthem’

Dennis Hastert Destroys the National Anthem

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Immigration Protests: The Sound and the Fury

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Via Miscellaneous Objections, here are two videos of immigration protestors and counter-protestors mixing it up in midtown Manhattan. MORE »


Nothing Quite Like A Lame Duck Press Secretary

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Here’s the White House rebuttal to allegations that President Bush, despite his recent assertion that the national anthem should be sung in English, used to sing it in Spanish while on the campaign trail: MORE »


Daily Briefing: Something to Tout

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

* Republicans in Congress settle on $70B tax-cut package as proposal for $100 gas vouchers withers; Bush “implored lawmakers to deliver an agreement he could tout.” [WP, WP, NYT]
* Immigration rallies apparently made little influence on Congress. [NYT]
* Democrats aim to pick up House seats in the Northeast. [NYT]
* Bush may have sung a Spanish version of the national anthem at a campaign event. [WP]
* House votes on lobbying reform today. [USAT]
* Administration is testing “antisatellite weapons.” [NYT]
* Democrats threaten to filibuster one, maybe two, conservative judicial nominations. [WP]
* Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is on a one-man mission to eliminate earmarks from the emergency spending bill. [WP]
* The Supreme Court under John Roberts has become more contemplative and patient. [NYT]
* Blogosphere bloviates about Stephen Colbert’s performance. [NYT]