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….

CBS is probably going to replace Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News with an anchorperson team -- and we know just the three guys who are perfectly suited to fill Dan's shoes. Oh. They're not available. SPREAD OUT!!!! Since Rather and the 60 Minutes Wednesday crew poked their finger in the CBS eye with the Memogate fiasco, and an independent panel's report issued a blistering … [Read more...] about CBS Could Replace Dan Rather With A Team

Long haul air travel may never be the same again with the unveiling (and they needed a pretty big veil, let me tell you) of Air Bus's A380 a double decker "superjumbo" jet with a 262 foot wing-span. Just think...a huge plane...Twice the number of people to give stale snacks to...twice the number of people on one plane whose luggage can be lost or mangled. It will … [Read more...] about Now An Airplane Can Serve Twice As Many Stale Pretzles

Keep checking back but we are doing limited posting tonight. If we post the posts will be (mercifully) shorter than usual. The reason: a ton of non-blog work to do (that does exist, you know) plus the fact that The Moderate Voice has to look into options now that his trust laptop is 100 percent dead and cannot be revived. This laptop has been central to our blog and business … [Read more...] about Limited Posts Tonight

We're getting an awful lot of trackbacks again that are from sites that haven't linked to our posts. Although we love reading posts (and we love reading all sides) it's common knowledge that trackbacks are supposed to be sent to let a site you haved linked to know that you have linked to them. When we do our Around the 'Sphere we link to a lot of sites and if they have … [Read more...] about A Reminder Again On Trackbacks

Just when you think the New York Times might be attempting to rebuild its recently-shattered image as a role model for journalism you see an article like this -- reflecting biases out of the starting gate, telling assumptions that put it in the category of "advocacy journalism" and leaving you with an overall feeling that you need to take a mental and physical shower … [Read more...] about The New York Times Blows It Again

THANK YOU, RANDOM FATE Jack Grant of Random Fate is interviewing The Moderate Voice in a 20-part, on-line interactive interview. You can read the first part of the interview here. … [Read more...] about The Moderate Voice Is Being Interviewed

Are you bored by the goody-two-shoes feeling at Disneyland? Are you sick of the feeling all that happiness and joy as you watch your kids frolic at Knotts Berry Farm? Then, wait: this is good news for you (but perhaps less so for your family): Take your family to.........Stalin World. That's Right! Stalin World in Lithuania was opened on April 1 as an April Fool's joke...but … [Read more...] about A GREAT VACATION IDEA: Take Your Family To A Prison Gulag Theme Park

Our idea stew of links from all over the Blogo-you-know-what. Links are NOT SELECTED or recommended on the basis of ideology and represent differing political views. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of The Moderate Voice. THERE'S A NEW PROBLEM WITH KIDS AND THEY'RE CALLED TWIXTERS: Stephen Green explains:"Apparently, there are millions of these … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

I see we're having some technical problems on this site today. Even here at The Moderate Condo it's taking a along time for our site to download. We've removed some photos to see if that makes a difference but it doesn't so there is something apparently from the Typepad end (we have had several technical problems here the past month). Hopefully it'll pass and if it lasts too … [Read more...] about Some Technical Problems

Amid the continued controversy raging over Sy Hersch's New Yorker story, President George Bush has left the door ajar for military action against Iran, if need be. Is this sending Iran a message? Or the reflection of some actual contingency plans close to what Hersch wrote about in his story? Here's the news report:WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Monday he would … [Read more...] about Bush Won’t Rule Out Military Action On Iran

Yegads, we forgot to post the exaulted winners of the Watcher of Weasels' Council for January 7. Rather than add them to Around the 'Sphere, we'll give you this special edition. Note that even though the WofWC votes and picks a council member post, ANYONE can submit their post for consideration. Any post can be submitted, unless the post has a horse tied to it. The January 7 … [Read more...] about More Choice Posts From The Weasel Watchers

Award winning and controversial journalist Seymour Hersh is at the center of a furor again -- this time over his report in the New Yorker saying U.S. commandos are in Iran looking for taboo weapons...and that the U.S. is poised to attack Iran as the next target in the war against terrorism. The Pentagon has issued a  devastatingly sarcastic denial, but if you look at … [Read more...] about Sy Hersh: U.S. Targeting Iran…Can He Be Believed?

NOTE: This was posted this weekend on Dean's World as well. La Shawn Barber is working on a research/writing project and wants to find out from people who have weblogs whether blogging is addictive. She's posting four key questions: 1)How long have you been blogging? 2) Do you believe you're addicted to blogging? Please explain, and be honest. 3) Have you ever taken a … [Read more...] about BLOGGING: Can Blogging Become Addictive?

Our occasional medly of links from weblogs of all political persuasions. Opinions do not necessarily represent the opinion of The Moderate Voice (unless they are expressed by The Moderate Voice). THE REAL COST OF THE WAR IN IRAQ: Whether you're a liberal, conservative, Republican or Democrat, you want to read Jack Grant of  Random Fate's cautionary note on the real cost … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

Is it going to be the same 'ol same 'ol with a Palestinian leader -- or is it for real this time: RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ordered Palestinian security forces to stop attacks by Palestinian militants on Israelis. The move comes after a Palestinian attack Thursday on the Gaza-Israel border that killed six Israeli … [Read more...] about New Palestinian President: Lip Service Or A Real Change?