May 2004

Dept. of Corrections

ArchPundit May 18, 2004 No Comments

On the post concerning Rich Williamson:

I’m tracking down what his position was exactly, but Williamson is back at Mayer and whatever long name it has now as a law firm. His position at the UN wasn’t likely a deputy to Negroponte, but I haven’t had time to figure out exactly where he was in the organizational chart.

And in 2000, he had no official candidate he was backing in the primary as he was Republican Party Chair at the time.

My apologies for the mistakes and thanks to Jeff Berkowitz for catching them.

Volunteer for the Illinois Democratic Party

ArchPundit May 17, 2004 No Comments

The Crack Web Site indicates you can contact someone in the following ways;

Democratic Party of Illinois
P.O. Box 518
Springfield, IL 62705
Phone: 217/546-7404
Fax: 217/546-8847

Yeah, great. A new web site any time soon guys?

Or is that new fangled technology too much to take advantage of?

Speaking of which, I think Obama’s campaign is starting to move towards its next step in the campaign. Fortunately for them, they already have some built in infrastructure from Democracy for America.

Testing missile defense before deployment?

ArchPundit May 17, 2004 3 Comments

The Pentagon plans to deploy national missile defense later this year — just in time for the November elections. Incredibly, 13 Republicans and 1 Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee last week refused to require the Pentagon to thoroughly and realistically test national missile defense Click Here for the votes. The General Accounting Office has said that such testing is required to determine if the system will work. So has the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester. Why have Senators opposed testing? They seem to be afraid that realistic testing will show the deployment to be a sham. The full Senate will have another chance the week of May 17, when Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) offer an amendment to require thorough testing of national missile defense. (Click on to learn more about missile defense.) (Click here to contact Members of Congress.)

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Great, now we have a faith based military. Dandy.

He wanted to help and quietly did his job and made a difference

ArchPundit May 17, 2004 No Comments

Just Because:

The last time Spec. Casey Sheehan talked to his parents, he mentioned Kuwait’s sweltering heat and said he was on his way to mass. A deeply religious soldier, Sheehan took his Bible and rosary on his Iraq deployment and hoped to serve as a field minister.

Sheehan, 24, of Vacaville, Calif., died April 4, when his convoy was ambushed outside of Baghdad. The specialist, who was assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, had been in Iraq fewer than two weeks when he was killed.

Sheehan, the oldest of four children, was shy and quiet. But what he had to say was generally funny or thoughtful, said his father, Pat.

Growing up, Sheehan served as an altar boy, was active in his church youth group and spent weekends maintaining a ranch given to his parish. He enjoyed the camaraderie of the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and he eventually earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

He enlisted in 2000 and served as a Humvee mechanic. After his death, his parents learned he had volunteered to go on the convoy in which he was killed to help rescue a group of soldiers, said his father.

“That’s typical of his whole life,” said his father. “He wanted to help and quietly did his job and made a difference.”