End of Year Quick Hits

We near the end of the year, (Hey! That rhymes!) and I'm submitting my final post of 2005 with the (I'm assuming) detested Quick Hits I've found interesting around the web.

I couldn't make it through "What If," a book on military conflicts gone wrong. So, I started reading Larry Elder's "The Ten Things You Can't Say in America." Good stuff. He's also posted another spot-on column this week. His writings are always a fun and easy read.

Ann Coulter's got an old column up exposing the craziness of Kwanzaa. For those who won't read it, the holiday was created by a convicted felon in 1966. On top of that, the seven principles of Kwanzaa happen (Coincidence? I think not.) to be the same principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army, "killer of housewives and police." I'll stick to not celebrating other made-up holidays.

A quick "Did You Know" for all who praise the Kennedy brothers as civil rights advocates: John Kennedy wanted to wait until after the 1964 election to push for civil rights legislation (I'm not condemning the move.) fearing loss of the southern vote. Attorney General Robert Kennedy authorized wiretaps on Martin Luther King Jr. These two men were great leaders. This would would have been a better place if RFK was a President from '69 to '73. But some facts need to be revealed to show they were not the glorious civil rights leaders some champion them to be.

What happened to that bird flu epidemic? Did it pass over? Will it come back next year to boost the ratings of Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC? I guess we'll have to wait and see. I still don't get flu shots.

Another reason to hate lawyers: Iyman Faris, a man who confessed to planning to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge, is planning to sue the president. David Smith, his attorney, says Faris should get off because the NSA wiretaps that caught him were illegal. I'm surprised Ramsey Clark didn't hop on this one.

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Enjoy the rest of your year and may you be greeted with an even better '06