No matter how gloomy the occasional violence-filled headline, the Washington Post today confirms that there is an underlying desire for democracy and elections.BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 -- An overwhelming majority of Iraqis continue to say they intend to vote on Jan. 30 even as insurgents press attacks aimed at rendering the elections a failure, according to a new public opinion survey. … [Read more...] about The Democratic Desire IS There In Iraq

Or is it a classic case where dreams don't live up to reality? Introducing the Apple MacMini (I thought I ate something called that at McDonald's). … [Read more...] about The Answer To Your Computing Dreams?

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo...whoops, his blog is all in lower case so: skippy the bush kangaroo has a MUST READ post here that crystalizes the let's-circle-the-wagons mentality of a not-unanimous part of the administration's supporters. Ever since it came out that conservative commentator Armstrong Williams had been paid $250,000 to shill the Education Department's policies (and … [Read more...] about Diverting Attention From Armstrong Williams

....a song and dance courtesy of JibJab. (The Real Dummy thanks Southerner Daily News for the tip.) … [Read more...] about So It’s George Bush’s Second Term….

An interesting footnote to 911 and the debate over the role of Saudis comes to us from the Crossroads Arabia blog:WASHINGTON, 20 January 2005 — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, three Saudi princes, several Saudi businessmen and Saudi financial institutions were dismissed as defendants on Tuesday in lawsuits accusing them of supporting Al-Qaeda before the Sept. 11 … [Read more...] about Lawsuit Against Saudis Related To 911 Is Dismissed

President George Bush's inaugural speech basically tells Americans -- and the world -- that no matter what, the U.S. will not lose sight of the ball in play here and abroad: protecting and nurturing freedom. Remember that very few inaugural speeches have a shelf life beyond a few weeks (or less) after the inauguration. Yes, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, FDR and JFK may … [Read more...] about Bush’s Speech: A Conceptual Framework Pegged On Freedom

We will do something more extensive later with a roundup, but our initial reaction is here. … [Read more...] about On George Bush’s Inauguration Speech

NOTE TO READERS: It turns out that the story about Michael Moore's bodyguard being arrested on gun charges IS NOT TRUE. The source story came from Fox, which took it off their site. Remember what we constantly remind readers and bloggers on our posts: most blog posts are based on the assumption that the source material is true; this one wasn't. However, there were many … [Read more...] about On The Michael Moore’s Bodyguard Arrested On Gun Charge Story

Did you know that SpongeBob Square Pants is an evil influence on kids? Well, according to Dr. James C. Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, you should have because he is:On the heels of electoral victories barring same-sex marriage, some influential conservative Christian groups are turning their attention to a new target: the cartoon character SpongeBob … [Read more...] about Sponge Bob Square Pants Attacked By Conserative Focus On The Family

...there have been horrible floods in Costa Rica that have gotten little attention. Look at this. Clearly, something has been happening to weather patterns throughout the globe. A lot of bad events are happening in a compressed period. … [Read more...] about While Everyone Follows The Tusnami….

Emergency shelters are being set up within a 200 mile radius of Washington, just in case, reports WPBF News:BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A school in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley is one of a number of shelters the American Red Cross is setting up in the event of an emergency at Thursday's presidential inauguration. It's the first time the Red Cross has taken such extensive … [Read more...] about Shelters Are Readied In Case Of Inaugural Emergency

Bloggers Dean and Rosemary Esmay have posted. His name is Drake and the nice thing about the Internet is we can read about everyday, non-political developments like this, too. When you get right down to it, people who are married or single, Democrats or Republicans are all people and this fact repeatedly comes out in tragic events such as 911 or the tsunami, or beautiful, … [Read more...] about The Baby Has Landed For Husband-Wife Bloggers

Federal and state officials are looking into reports of a nuclear threat (possibly dirty bomb) to Boston. Details are here. A "massive manhunt" is underway for the four suspected terrorist. A few thoughts on this: It would stand to reason that if there was an attack in the works they would want a highly symbolic date and what better date than close to the … [Read more...] about Officials Investigate Nuclear Threat To Boston

If you've read the post below you can see that blogger Dean Esmay's wife is about to have a baby. Due to this for quite understandable reasons he can't post over the next day or so. TMV Guest Blogs there on weekends so over the next few days (at least until Friday) you may see some (mercifully) short posts referring you elsewhere (Dean's World) for a longer post (usualy … [Read more...] about Note To Readers:

The toll in what is believed to be South Asia's deadliest tidal wave ever has gone up to 225,000:JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's Health Ministry raised the country's death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami to 166,320 on Wednesday, pushing the total number of people killed in the disaster above 225,000. A Health Ministry statement said the new figure was based on latest reports … [Read more...] about TSUNAMI: The Toll Zooms To 225,000

She came, she saw -- and she got clobbered by Democrats. Condoleezza Rice visited Congress yesterday to start her confirmation hearings for her new job as Secretary of State. And if she expected that it was going to be love-fest, she was in for a biiiiiiiiig surprise. Key Democrats pounded her on her past statements on weapons of mass destruction, whether there was a … [Read more...] about There’s Something About Condi

Our occasional collection of links from all over Blogtopia. Links are NOT selected due to political position and posts listed here do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice. RALPH REED IS APPARENTLY DREAMING OF A WHITE...HOUSE...SEAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE: And Bull Moose wonders about a ticket of Reed and someone with the initials K.R....and even offers a … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

A member of the Senate, known for his hot temper and acid tongue, explodes one day in mid session and begins to shout:"Half of this Senate is made up of cowards and corrupt politicians!"All the other Senators plead to the angry member that he withdraw his statement, or be removed from the remainder of the session. After a long pause, the angry member … [Read more...] about The Art Of Compromise

Blogger Dean Esmay's wife Rosemary is about to have a baby by c-section. Read his whole post on his thoughts as he vanishes for a few days and has others fill in for him on his weblog. A small taste:It's hard to describe what this feels like. Our first was born a bit over 7 years ago. That's a long time between kids. We're older now, calmer now. We most likely know what to … [Read more...] about Waiting For The Baby

...be sick. … [Read more...] about I Think I’m Going To….