First Cup 10.03.06

By Jim Lynch on Oct 3, 2006 in Blogiversary Database, Blogs and blogging, Conservative Politics, First Cup, Politics, President Bush, Radical Islam, War on Terrorism

First Cup Well, let’s have some coffee and then take a swim. ~ Johnny Weissmuller

Right Wing News (John Hawkins) Big Government Republicans Are Part Of The Problem, Not The Solution — “The hot issues of the day? They come and go. But, getting control over spending is a conservative principle and eventually, if a Republican ignores that principle, there is going to be hell to pay — which is something that George Bush and the GOP in Washington are going to see later on this year. They’ve spent 6 years dancing with the devil on spending and in November, the check is coming due. All we can do at this point is hope that the tab isn’t so big that it costs them control of Congress.”

Blue Crab Boulevard Spending Spree — “The Washington Post has a report on what McCain-Feingold has brought about by limiting “soft money”. A virtual forest of 527 groups has sprung up all over the political landscape and is wreaking havoc with local races. Enormous amount of money are being pumped into local races at a record pace. Many of the groups doing this are quite shadowy on both sides of the political aisle.”

Blogs for Bush (Mark Noonan) Fatwa to Kill the Pope Issued — “There is a horrific monotony in this - our enemies are impervious to reason and so they must be killed or taken, but we’ve a divided country and a divided non-Moslem world. Too many people don’t seem to want to understand what is happening here and I hope that it doesn’t take the murder of the Pope or some equally horrific crime to wake people up to their peril.”

Happy 3rd Blogiversary and Congratulations to:

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Three Years Of CQ — “When I first started this blog, I expected it to serve two purposes: an archive of my thoughts and important stories on current events, and a way to hone my writing skills and discipline. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect the success I have experienced. In fact, had I known it would get anywhere near this kind of attention, I would have used a different nom de plume. “Captain Ed” was a nickname well known to my friends and family, who were the only people I thought would ever read this.” [Captain's Quarters was one of the first blogs that I read on a regular basis, and is still one I read every day. Congratulations Ed! - Jim]

Sister Toldjah Happy 3rd blogiversary to the ST blog — “I don’t get the hundreds of thousands of hits that Instapundit or Malkin get daily, but I’m happy with the traffic I get everyday, and hope it grows. But if it doesn’t, I’ll still be here regardless, blogging about what I’m passionate about. I love doing this, and can see myself doing this for a very long time to come. Maybe one day, I can do something like this from home full time, so I can make the blog even better.” [Another stop on my daily blog travels, and always worth the trip. - Jim]