Friday, April 30, 2004
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Don't shoot!
Arafat threw a party but not everyone came.
A meeting of the PLO executive committee and heads of all Palestinian factions at Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah on Wednesday night was not attended by Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives, a Palestinian official said.
"They probably stayed away fearing an Israeli assassination attempt," one PA source said, adding that all Hamas leaders have gone into hiding since the IDF killed Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi.
Too bad, it would have made for easy-pickin' for the IDF.
Arafat threw a party but not everyone came.
A meeting of the PLO executive committee and heads of all Palestinian factions at Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah on Wednesday night was not attended by Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives, a Palestinian official said.
"They probably stayed away fearing an Israeli assassination attempt," one PA source said, adding that all Hamas leaders have gone into hiding since the IDF killed Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi.
Too bad, it would have made for easy-pickin' for the IDF.
Contact the SOB that wrote the disgusting article
The bastard Rene Gonzalez that wrote that travesty about Pat Tillman needs to know how wrong he is. Here is his contact info:
email: rene@student.umass.edu
phone: (413) 253-9639
Let the bastard know what we think, and just remember Rene, "you had it coming."
The bastard Rene Gonzalez that wrote that travesty about Pat Tillman needs to know how wrong he is. Here is his contact info:
email: rene@student.umass.edu
phone: (413) 253-9639
Let the bastard know what we think, and just remember Rene, "you had it coming."
Disgusting journalism
Every so often a piece of garbage gets published that is just beyond what we expect even from the most lefty bastard. This son of a bitch writing for the Univ of Massachusetts says that Pat Tillman "got what was coming to him."
When the death of Pat Tillman occurred, I turned to my friend who was watching the news with me and said, "How much you want to bet they start talking about him as a 'hero' in about two hours?" Of course, my friend did not want to make that bet. He'd lose. In this self-critical incapable nation, nothing but a knee-jerk "He's a hero" response is to be expected.
I've been mystified at the absolute nonsense of being in "awe" of Tillman's "sacrifice" that has been the American response. Mystified, but not surprised. True, it's not everyday that you forgo a $3.6 million contract for joining the military. And, not just the regular army, but the elite Army Rangers. You know he was a real Rambo, who wanted to be in the "real" thick of things. I could tell he was that type of macho guy, from his scowling, beefy face on the CNN pictures. Well, he got his wish. Even Rambo got shot in the third movie, but in real life, you die as a result of being shot. They should call Pat Tillman's army life "Rambo 4: Rambo Attempts to Strike Back at His Former Rambo 3 Taliban Friends, and Gets Killed."
I've got a wish: to take a bat to this Rene Gonzalez bastard (what a coincidence he has a French first name) and knock some sense into him. I think he also sounds like he is secredtly in love with Tillman since Tillman was "that type of macho guy" with a "scowling beefy face."
However, in my neighborhood in Puerto Rico, Tillman would have been called a "pendejo," an idiot. Tillman, in the absurd belief that he was defending or serving his all-powerful country from a seventh-rate, Third World nation devastated by the previous conflicts it had endured, decided to give up a comfortable life to place himself in a combat situation that cost him his life. This was not "Ramon or Tyrone," who joined the military out of financial necessity, or to have a chance at education. This was a "G.I. Joe" guy who got what was coming to him. That was not heroism, it was prophetic idiocy.
It's too bad his "old neighborhood in Puerto Rico" wasn't Vieques so the Navy could have bombed his block out of existence for practice.
What he did was make himself useful to a foreign invading army, and he paid for it. It's hard to say I have any sympathy for his death because I don't feel like his "service" was necessary. He wasn't defending me, nor was he defending the Afghani people. He was acting out his macho, patriotic crap and I guess someone with a bigger gun did him in.
History Lesson: Al Qaeda attacked the US and killed 3000 people, and we based out of Afghanistan. Killing these roaches is absolutely defending us. Maybe Rene is just mad that just about every male has "a bigger gun" than he does, if you get my meaning.
Matters are a little clearer for those living outside the American borders. Tillman got himself killed in a country other than his own without having been forced to go over to that country to kill its people. After all, whether we like them or not, the Taliban is more Afghani than we are. Their resistance is more legitimate than our invasion, regardless of the fact that our social values are probably more enlightened than theirs.
That is like hailing the Klan as an example of Americanism. What an ass.
Al-Qaeda won't be defeated in Afghanistan, even if we did kill all their operatives there. Only through careful and logical changing of the underlying conditions that allow for the ideology to foster will Al-Qaeda be defeated. Ask the Israelis if 50 years of blunt force have eradicated the Palestinian resistance. For that reason, Tillman's service, along with that of thousands of American soldiers, has been wrongly utilized. He did die in vain, because in the years to come, we will realize the irrationality of the War on Terror and the American reaction to Sept. 11. The sad part is that we won't realize it before we send more people like Pat Tillman over to their deaths.
The Israelis have started none of the wars over there, and are under constant attack by the Paleswinians. Oh, and Rene, since the IDF started vaporizing the leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian "resistance" has decreased dramatically. And what is the "careful and logical changing of the underlying conditions?" If we kill all of the Al-Qaeda scum, we will eliminate their threat. Logic and diplomacy have never worked in that region.
All in all, Rene Gonzalez should have to spend a weekend at Fort Benning getting blanket parties from men whose jock he couldn't carry.
Every so often a piece of garbage gets published that is just beyond what we expect even from the most lefty bastard. This son of a bitch writing for the Univ of Massachusetts says that Pat Tillman "got what was coming to him."
When the death of Pat Tillman occurred, I turned to my friend who was watching the news with me and said, "How much you want to bet they start talking about him as a 'hero' in about two hours?" Of course, my friend did not want to make that bet. He'd lose. In this self-critical incapable nation, nothing but a knee-jerk "He's a hero" response is to be expected.
I've been mystified at the absolute nonsense of being in "awe" of Tillman's "sacrifice" that has been the American response. Mystified, but not surprised. True, it's not everyday that you forgo a $3.6 million contract for joining the military. And, not just the regular army, but the elite Army Rangers. You know he was a real Rambo, who wanted to be in the "real" thick of things. I could tell he was that type of macho guy, from his scowling, beefy face on the CNN pictures. Well, he got his wish. Even Rambo got shot in the third movie, but in real life, you die as a result of being shot. They should call Pat Tillman's army life "Rambo 4: Rambo Attempts to Strike Back at His Former Rambo 3 Taliban Friends, and Gets Killed."
I've got a wish: to take a bat to this Rene Gonzalez bastard (what a coincidence he has a French first name) and knock some sense into him. I think he also sounds like he is secredtly in love with Tillman since Tillman was "that type of macho guy" with a "scowling beefy face."
However, in my neighborhood in Puerto Rico, Tillman would have been called a "pendejo," an idiot. Tillman, in the absurd belief that he was defending or serving his all-powerful country from a seventh-rate, Third World nation devastated by the previous conflicts it had endured, decided to give up a comfortable life to place himself in a combat situation that cost him his life. This was not "Ramon or Tyrone," who joined the military out of financial necessity, or to have a chance at education. This was a "G.I. Joe" guy who got what was coming to him. That was not heroism, it was prophetic idiocy.
It's too bad his "old neighborhood in Puerto Rico" wasn't Vieques so the Navy could have bombed his block out of existence for practice.
What he did was make himself useful to a foreign invading army, and he paid for it. It's hard to say I have any sympathy for his death because I don't feel like his "service" was necessary. He wasn't defending me, nor was he defending the Afghani people. He was acting out his macho, patriotic crap and I guess someone with a bigger gun did him in.
History Lesson: Al Qaeda attacked the US and killed 3000 people, and we based out of Afghanistan. Killing these roaches is absolutely defending us. Maybe Rene is just mad that just about every male has "a bigger gun" than he does, if you get my meaning.
Matters are a little clearer for those living outside the American borders. Tillman got himself killed in a country other than his own without having been forced to go over to that country to kill its people. After all, whether we like them or not, the Taliban is more Afghani than we are. Their resistance is more legitimate than our invasion, regardless of the fact that our social values are probably more enlightened than theirs.
That is like hailing the Klan as an example of Americanism. What an ass.
Al-Qaeda won't be defeated in Afghanistan, even if we did kill all their operatives there. Only through careful and logical changing of the underlying conditions that allow for the ideology to foster will Al-Qaeda be defeated. Ask the Israelis if 50 years of blunt force have eradicated the Palestinian resistance. For that reason, Tillman's service, along with that of thousands of American soldiers, has been wrongly utilized. He did die in vain, because in the years to come, we will realize the irrationality of the War on Terror and the American reaction to Sept. 11. The sad part is that we won't realize it before we send more people like Pat Tillman over to their deaths.
The Israelis have started none of the wars over there, and are under constant attack by the Paleswinians. Oh, and Rene, since the IDF started vaporizing the leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian "resistance" has decreased dramatically. And what is the "careful and logical changing of the underlying conditions?" If we kill all of the Al-Qaeda scum, we will eliminate their threat. Logic and diplomacy have never worked in that region.
All in all, Rene Gonzalez should have to spend a weekend at Fort Benning getting blanket parties from men whose jock he couldn't carry.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Daily dose of Machiavelli
Niccolo warns the leader to never be caught unprepared:
"So he must never let his thoughts stray from military exercises, which he must pursue more vigorously in peace than in war. These exercises can be both mental and physical."
Just as the US let its guard down between the two world wars and was ill-prepared for Pearl Harbor, Clinton let his thoughts stray to chubby interns instead of military exercises. He neglected both the physical part of national defense, such as properly arming the military, and the mental part, such as intelligence gathering. Bush has closed the gap and is pursuing the enemy with or without the support of France and Germany, while Kerry cannot be trusted to defend us.
Niccolo warns the leader to never be caught unprepared:
"So he must never let his thoughts stray from military exercises, which he must pursue more vigorously in peace than in war. These exercises can be both mental and physical."
Just as the US let its guard down between the two world wars and was ill-prepared for Pearl Harbor, Clinton let his thoughts stray to chubby interns instead of military exercises. He neglected both the physical part of national defense, such as properly arming the military, and the mental part, such as intelligence gathering. Bush has closed the gap and is pursuing the enemy with or without the support of France and Germany, while Kerry cannot be trusted to defend us.
More proof Dems don't get it
I'm watching Fox News right now, enjoying the last day of my vacation. John Sununu Jr and Bill Nelson are on discussing Fallujah. Sen. Nelson shows he is just another stupid dem, as he is worried about bombing becoming fodder for "the Arab street" and Al Jazeera. Unfortunately my Senator needs to realize that dead terrorists are much more preferable to dead Americans.
I'm watching Fox News right now, enjoying the last day of my vacation. John Sununu Jr and Bill Nelson are on discussing Fallujah. Sen. Nelson shows he is just another stupid dem, as he is worried about bombing becoming fodder for "the Arab street" and Al Jazeera. Unfortunately my Senator needs to realize that dead terrorists are much more preferable to dead Americans.
Mark Steyn on Bush's popularity
As is to be expected, Mark Steyn pulls no punches in explaining how the dems just don't get it when it comes to fighting terror.
Another six weeks of Dick Clarke's book tour, of snotty network reporters condescending to the president at his press conference, of showboating hacks badgering Condi Rice at Congressional hearings, of Bob Woodward and his unreadable book filling up slabs of CNN's primetime every night with irrelevant arcana about what did Prince Bandar know and when did he tell Woodward he knew it, another six weeks of things that make Bush "vulnerable" and he'd be heading for a 49-state blowout over Kerry.
That is because fighting terror is not a strong point for the leftists.
How can this be? Well, let's turn to our senior political analyst, the late Osama bin Laden. In his final video appearance two-and-a-half years ago, Osama famously observed that when people have a choice between a strong horse and a weak horse, they go with the strong horse. But, to take that a stage further, the strong horse doesn't have to be that strong when the other fellow's flogging a dead horse.
The 9/11 Commission? Nobody cares. You can't drive the car when you're staring in the rear-view mirror. And, as those polls showed, if Americans are forcibly plonked in front of that rear-view mirror, they lay more blame on eight years of Clinton Administration policy than eight months of Bush Administration policy.
Poor Billy-Boy, the "legacy thing" is getting more and more tarnished everyday.
Visiting foreigners often remark on that popular T-shirt slogan, usually emblazoned below a proud American flag: "These Colors Don't Run." To non-Americans, it seems a trifle touchy. But for a quarter-century the presumption of the country's enemies was that those colors did run – they ran from Vietnam, from the downed choppers in the Iranian desert, from Beirut and Mogadishu. Even the successful campaigns – the inconclusively concluded Gulf War and the air-only Kosovo war – seemed designed to avoid putting those colors in the position of having to run.
As Osama saw it, these colors ran from the African embassy bombings, and the Khobar towers, and he pretty much expected them to run from 9/11, too.
A narrow majority of Americans get this: Being seen not to run – or, if you prefer, being seen to show resolve – is now an indispensable objective of US foreign policy. So, when four contractors get lynched and hung off a bridge in Fallujah, West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd may think it's time for an "exit strategy," but most Americans want to see the thugs who did it hunted down and killed.
I believe most Americans believe that if we are going to fight, then finish the damn thing, regardless of what the Useless Nations, Al-Jazeera, CNN, or any other goofballs think. Steyn closes strong and slams the door hard on Kerry:
If I had to name the definitive Kerry campaign headline it would be this, from the Associated Press last week: "Kerry Says His Family Owns SUV, Not He." Below it was a long explanation from the candidate on how that gas-guzzling Chevy Suburban in the yard was nothing to do with him. Who you gonna believe? A respected environmental crusader, or your lying eyes?
His statement is true in the sense that his "family" (ie, his ketchup-heiress missus Teresa) also owns the house and the grounds, and indeed a big chunk of his presidential campaign. But it's hard to claim that your powers of diplomatic persuasion would have won over the French and Germans when you can't even win over your "family."
And do Americans want to hand over responsibility for Iraq to someone who won't even take responsibility for the car in his driveway?
As is to be expected, Mark Steyn pulls no punches in explaining how the dems just don't get it when it comes to fighting terror.
Another six weeks of Dick Clarke's book tour, of snotty network reporters condescending to the president at his press conference, of showboating hacks badgering Condi Rice at Congressional hearings, of Bob Woodward and his unreadable book filling up slabs of CNN's primetime every night with irrelevant arcana about what did Prince Bandar know and when did he tell Woodward he knew it, another six weeks of things that make Bush "vulnerable" and he'd be heading for a 49-state blowout over Kerry.
That is because fighting terror is not a strong point for the leftists.
How can this be? Well, let's turn to our senior political analyst, the late Osama bin Laden. In his final video appearance two-and-a-half years ago, Osama famously observed that when people have a choice between a strong horse and a weak horse, they go with the strong horse. But, to take that a stage further, the strong horse doesn't have to be that strong when the other fellow's flogging a dead horse.
The 9/11 Commission? Nobody cares. You can't drive the car when you're staring in the rear-view mirror. And, as those polls showed, if Americans are forcibly plonked in front of that rear-view mirror, they lay more blame on eight years of Clinton Administration policy than eight months of Bush Administration policy.
Poor Billy-Boy, the "legacy thing" is getting more and more tarnished everyday.
Visiting foreigners often remark on that popular T-shirt slogan, usually emblazoned below a proud American flag: "These Colors Don't Run." To non-Americans, it seems a trifle touchy. But for a quarter-century the presumption of the country's enemies was that those colors did run – they ran from Vietnam, from the downed choppers in the Iranian desert, from Beirut and Mogadishu. Even the successful campaigns – the inconclusively concluded Gulf War and the air-only Kosovo war – seemed designed to avoid putting those colors in the position of having to run.
As Osama saw it, these colors ran from the African embassy bombings, and the Khobar towers, and he pretty much expected them to run from 9/11, too.
A narrow majority of Americans get this: Being seen not to run – or, if you prefer, being seen to show resolve – is now an indispensable objective of US foreign policy. So, when four contractors get lynched and hung off a bridge in Fallujah, West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd may think it's time for an "exit strategy," but most Americans want to see the thugs who did it hunted down and killed.
I believe most Americans believe that if we are going to fight, then finish the damn thing, regardless of what the Useless Nations, Al-Jazeera, CNN, or any other goofballs think. Steyn closes strong and slams the door hard on Kerry:
If I had to name the definitive Kerry campaign headline it would be this, from the Associated Press last week: "Kerry Says His Family Owns SUV, Not He." Below it was a long explanation from the candidate on how that gas-guzzling Chevy Suburban in the yard was nothing to do with him. Who you gonna believe? A respected environmental crusader, or your lying eyes?
His statement is true in the sense that his "family" (ie, his ketchup-heiress missus Teresa) also owns the house and the grounds, and indeed a big chunk of his presidential campaign. But it's hard to claim that your powers of diplomatic persuasion would have won over the French and Germans when you can't even win over your "family."
And do Americans want to hand over responsibility for Iraq to someone who won't even take responsibility for the car in his driveway?
Fallujah
This editorial in Today's NY Post is so good and to the point, I cannot add anything to it. Here it is:
Fierce fighting broke the so-called Fallujah ceasefire yesterday, with a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship hosing down sections of the city and causing spectacular explosions. Alas, the Tuesday deadline for the town's insurgents to surrender their heavy weapons passed - yet the long-awaited final assault on the town never materialized.
Ba'athist thugs, allied with Arab mercenaries from abroad, have been thumbing their noses at the United States since Fallujah's security was entrusted to Iraqi police in late February.
After these thugs murdered and mutilated four U.S. contractors on March 31, the Coalition promised to pacify it.
So far, nothing
It's not clear exactly what the objective of yesterday's action was; maybe aerial attack was meant to soften the way for a long-overdue assault on the city.
For that assault must come, and soon.
Each postponement - to say nothing of the ceasefire itself - has played into the hands of the enemy.
The terrorists in Fallujah have been able to boast that they stared down the American Marines, and - because that's simply the way Arab culture works - they have therefore gained great status, further undermining the general security situation in Iraq.
At the same time, the unilateral ceasefire - maintained despite massive provocation - has reinforced two dangerous stereotypes of the United States:
* That America's armed forces are fearful of close-in combat; and,
* That post-Vietnam American politicians are so fearful that heavy casualties will affect the polls that they would rather undermine military missions and abandon U.S. allies.
The thugs of Fallujah need to be disabused of these notions.
Each additional day of the "ceasefire" gives them more time to prepare to kill more Americans.
These courageous Marines have taken extraordinary care to avoid civilian casualties, even while fighting for their lives against terrorists who fire at them from mosques after arriving at the battle in well-marked ambulances.
The Marines are ready for business, that's for sure.
Keeping them on the leash sends a very dangerous message to America's enemies around the world: That America, despite the rhetoric, isn't serious about winning the War on Terror.
That's a prescription for more blood, and more misery.
The standoff needs to end. Now.
This editorial in Today's NY Post is so good and to the point, I cannot add anything to it. Here it is:
Fierce fighting broke the so-called Fallujah ceasefire yesterday, with a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship hosing down sections of the city and causing spectacular explosions. Alas, the Tuesday deadline for the town's insurgents to surrender their heavy weapons passed - yet the long-awaited final assault on the town never materialized.
Ba'athist thugs, allied with Arab mercenaries from abroad, have been thumbing their noses at the United States since Fallujah's security was entrusted to Iraqi police in late February.
After these thugs murdered and mutilated four U.S. contractors on March 31, the Coalition promised to pacify it.
So far, nothing
It's not clear exactly what the objective of yesterday's action was; maybe aerial attack was meant to soften the way for a long-overdue assault on the city.
For that assault must come, and soon.
Each postponement - to say nothing of the ceasefire itself - has played into the hands of the enemy.
The terrorists in Fallujah have been able to boast that they stared down the American Marines, and - because that's simply the way Arab culture works - they have therefore gained great status, further undermining the general security situation in Iraq.
At the same time, the unilateral ceasefire - maintained despite massive provocation - has reinforced two dangerous stereotypes of the United States:
* That America's armed forces are fearful of close-in combat; and,
* That post-Vietnam American politicians are so fearful that heavy casualties will affect the polls that they would rather undermine military missions and abandon U.S. allies.
The thugs of Fallujah need to be disabused of these notions.
Each additional day of the "ceasefire" gives them more time to prepare to kill more Americans.
These courageous Marines have taken extraordinary care to avoid civilian casualties, even while fighting for their lives against terrorists who fire at them from mosques after arriving at the battle in well-marked ambulances.
The Marines are ready for business, that's for sure.
Keeping them on the leash sends a very dangerous message to America's enemies around the world: That America, despite the rhetoric, isn't serious about winning the War on Terror.
That's a prescription for more blood, and more misery.
The standoff needs to end. Now.
Wictory Wednesday
It's not just Wednesday, it's Wictory Wednesday, the day of the week where us Bush supporters in Blogdom do our best to get out the support for the reelection of George Bush. How can you help? You can volunteer or donate and join these other bloggers and me in doing our part:
It's not just Wednesday, it's Wictory Wednesday, the day of the week where us Bush supporters in Blogdom do our best to get out the support for the reelection of George Bush. How can you help? You can volunteer or donate and join these other bloggers and me in doing our part:
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Daily Dose of Machiavelli
As we finally pound the bejeesus out of Fallujah Machiavelli approves:
"is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force. "
As we finally pound the bejeesus out of Fallujah Machiavelli approves:
"is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force. "
Kerry being a hypocrite.....again
John Kerry, noted champion of the environment, flew his hairstylist from DC to Pittsburgh on his wife's Gulfstream V jet, per Drudge. I don't know what kind of mileage the jet gets, or how much it pollutes, but that action seems to contradict what Waffles says about the environment on his own web page:
We can, however, develop and deploy clean energy technologies that will make us more efficient and allow us to capitalize on domestic and renewable sources of energy. John Kerry’s plan for a renewable energy trust fund to invest in the development of renewable energy will reduce our oil dependence by more than 2 million barrels of oil a day
A few less private jet flights for the hairdresser might help!
John Kerry, noted champion of the environment, flew his hairstylist from DC to Pittsburgh on his wife's Gulfstream V jet, per Drudge. I don't know what kind of mileage the jet gets, or how much it pollutes, but that action seems to contradict what Waffles says about the environment on his own web page:
We can, however, develop and deploy clean energy technologies that will make us more efficient and allow us to capitalize on domestic and renewable sources of energy. John Kerry’s plan for a renewable energy trust fund to invest in the development of renewable energy will reduce our oil dependence by more than 2 million barrels of oil a day
A few less private jet flights for the hairdresser might help!
Boycott Progressive Insurance
While George Soros gets most of the attention for bankrolling MorOn, the other main contributor is Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance. It's time to boycott Progressive to show Lewis that while he has the freedom to blast our President and be unpatriotic, we have the right to choose other auto, motorcycle, or boat insurance companies. Here are some examples of Lewis's leftist causes:
- pledged to donate 50 cents for every $1 raised for a planned $10m campaign being put together by the online activists Moveon.org. (source The Guardian)
- Lewis gave $340,000 to a 527 account of the Marijuana Policy Project, according to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service and made available yesterday. According to its Web site, the Washington, D.C.-based MPP "focuses on removing criminal penalties for marijuana use" (source Common Dreams)
Check out Boycott Progressive for more dirty dealings of Mr Lewis, such as being the biggest donor in the history of the ACLU.
For those who want to switch insurance companies, go to The Auto Insurance Web Guide to find the websites of many insurance companies.
While George Soros gets most of the attention for bankrolling MorOn, the other main contributor is Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance. It's time to boycott Progressive to show Lewis that while he has the freedom to blast our President and be unpatriotic, we have the right to choose other auto, motorcycle, or boat insurance companies. Here are some examples of Lewis's leftist causes:
- pledged to donate 50 cents for every $1 raised for a planned $10m campaign being put together by the online activists Moveon.org. (source The Guardian)
- Lewis gave $340,000 to a 527 account of the Marijuana Policy Project, according to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service and made available yesterday. According to its Web site, the Washington, D.C.-based MPP "focuses on removing criminal penalties for marijuana use" (source Common Dreams)
Check out Boycott Progressive for more dirty dealings of Mr Lewis, such as being the biggest donor in the history of the ACLU.
For those who want to switch insurance companies, go to The Auto Insurance Web Guide to find the websites of many insurance companies.
Monday, April 26, 2004
Daily Machiavelli
This quote made me think of the irrational hatred of George Bush by the lefties:
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."
He is doing some good things, unlike the pot smoking, draft dodging, Chinese selling out, womanizer that resided in the White House before him.
This quote made me think of the irrational hatred of George Bush by the lefties:
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."
He is doing some good things, unlike the pot smoking, draft dodging, Chinese selling out, womanizer that resided in the White House before him.
Baby Butchers on Parade
The pro-abortion crowd had a rally in Washington yesterday, and the article in the Post is begging for some fisking.
Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Mall and marched along Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday to show their support for abortion rights, loudly identifying President Bush as the leading enemy of "reproductive freedom."
Organizers of the March for Women's Lives said they had drawn 1.15 million people, which would make it the largest abortion rights gathering in history. "This has been the largest march for reproductive rights, the largest march for women's rights and the largest march of any kind in this country," said Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women.
Celebrities, from entertainers to politicians to activists, lent their shine to the event. Actors Cybill Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg attended, as did singers Ani DiFranco and Moby. Feminist icons Patricia Ireland and Gloria Steinem were there, and so were former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). Billionaire Ted Turner was there. So was NAACP Chairman Julian Bond.
"If all we do is march today," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) told the crowd, "that will not change the direction this country is headed under this administration."
The smart ass in me thinks at least a couple of those celebrities are poster children for abortion, although not like they think.
As the marchers thronged 14th Street yesterday afternoon, Guilford College sophomore Parks Marion, 19, recalled his mother dragging him through the same streets during a 1992 abortion-rights rally. Then, he complained about the walk. Yesterday, in the midst of a take-two-steps-and-stop pedestrian crush, he marveled at "just the sheer number" of people. "It's overwhelming and it's wonderful," he said.
Organizers sought to transcend the polarizing issue of abortion, portraying the event as the work of a coalition of groups that want to improve women's access to reproductive education health care worldwide. But the dominant themes of the day were two. Again and again, march participants vowed that abortion was here to stay. And that Bush had to go.
That punk should be thankful his mother was pro-life at the time it came to make a decision about whether or not he was able to become a fully formed baby.
Holding a red fly swatter that said "Stop Bush," Carmen Barroso, a New York-based regional director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, called the day a "mobilization against the war against reproductive rights and reproductive health."
A few feet away, sitting in a folding chair under one of the Mall's shade trees, retired IBM employee Franz Hespenheide of Gaithersburg seemed almost reassured by what he was witnessing. "To see all these people," he said, "just reinforces our belief that this government has to go."
Did I go to sleep and wake up in China? Are Bush and Ashcroft telling people how many kids they can have? Are women being denied health care while pregnant? There is reproductive freedom in this country. Women can not have sex, or if they are going to have sex, use a variety of contraceptives to try to prevent pregnancy. Other idiots spoke:
Sandra Kauffman, crouched in the grass next to her three-wheel bike, watched with tears in her eyes as four lawyers approached the stage -- they had argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of abortion rights. "It's been a long fight. It's incredible to see," Kauffman said.
In the last presidential election, Steve Baker, 40, voted for Bush. But Baker said he told his wife, Cindy Maloney, 34, that if he felt women's rights were being compromised in a Bush administration, he would be the first to march with her at an event such as yesterday's. "I really didn't think this was going to happen," he said.
Mr Baker seems to have given permanent custody of his testicles to his wife.
Kay Kennard had marched for civil rights in the '60s and had been to Washington many times chaperoning students on field trips. But yesterday, the retired teacher emerged from a nine-hour bus ride that began in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood to help teach a lesson to her 15-year-old niece, Brytney Saulters. "We want the right of women to make their own choices," Kennard said.
Charlotte Hummel, 47, chairs the Landsdowne, Pa., Democratic Party, and came yesterday to show her 9-year-old daughter, Zoe Farquhar, "a major national event." Hummel said that women have long been at the wrong end of government intrusion into their bodies. "If you control women's bodies, you control their lives."
What needs to be explained to these pawns, I mean youngsters, is that adults "control their lives" and have the right to decide after conception whether they live or die. Maybe someone needs to discuss the concept of euthanasia with these moonbats, and explain to them that us younger folks can possibly decide whether their wrinkled boomer carcasses live or die.
About 20 feet back from the front line, a tall, slender man in a linen jacket towered above the women around him, walking with a meditative air. It was NAACP leader Julian Bond. "Crowds have a calming influence on me," he said, craning his neck from side to side. " I've been through a lot of these but never on a pro-choice march. We've supported the pro-choice movement since 1968 but never endorsed something like this."
Maybe someone needs to take a cluebat and explain to Mr Bond that abortion was proposed by Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, to control the population of blacks, immigrants, and other "undesirables." DC must have special zoning to fit that much idiocy into one city on one day.
The pro-abortion crowd had a rally in Washington yesterday, and the article in the Post is begging for some fisking.
Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Mall and marched along Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday to show their support for abortion rights, loudly identifying President Bush as the leading enemy of "reproductive freedom."
Organizers of the March for Women's Lives said they had drawn 1.15 million people, which would make it the largest abortion rights gathering in history. "This has been the largest march for reproductive rights, the largest march for women's rights and the largest march of any kind in this country," said Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women.
Celebrities, from entertainers to politicians to activists, lent their shine to the event. Actors Cybill Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg attended, as did singers Ani DiFranco and Moby. Feminist icons Patricia Ireland and Gloria Steinem were there, and so were former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). Billionaire Ted Turner was there. So was NAACP Chairman Julian Bond.
"If all we do is march today," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) told the crowd, "that will not change the direction this country is headed under this administration."
The smart ass in me thinks at least a couple of those celebrities are poster children for abortion, although not like they think.
As the marchers thronged 14th Street yesterday afternoon, Guilford College sophomore Parks Marion, 19, recalled his mother dragging him through the same streets during a 1992 abortion-rights rally. Then, he complained about the walk. Yesterday, in the midst of a take-two-steps-and-stop pedestrian crush, he marveled at "just the sheer number" of people. "It's overwhelming and it's wonderful," he said.
Organizers sought to transcend the polarizing issue of abortion, portraying the event as the work of a coalition of groups that want to improve women's access to reproductive education health care worldwide. But the dominant themes of the day were two. Again and again, march participants vowed that abortion was here to stay. And that Bush had to go.
That punk should be thankful his mother was pro-life at the time it came to make a decision about whether or not he was able to become a fully formed baby.
Holding a red fly swatter that said "Stop Bush," Carmen Barroso, a New York-based regional director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, called the day a "mobilization against the war against reproductive rights and reproductive health."
A few feet away, sitting in a folding chair under one of the Mall's shade trees, retired IBM employee Franz Hespenheide of Gaithersburg seemed almost reassured by what he was witnessing. "To see all these people," he said, "just reinforces our belief that this government has to go."
Did I go to sleep and wake up in China? Are Bush and Ashcroft telling people how many kids they can have? Are women being denied health care while pregnant? There is reproductive freedom in this country. Women can not have sex, or if they are going to have sex, use a variety of contraceptives to try to prevent pregnancy. Other idiots spoke:
Sandra Kauffman, crouched in the grass next to her three-wheel bike, watched with tears in her eyes as four lawyers approached the stage -- they had argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of abortion rights. "It's been a long fight. It's incredible to see," Kauffman said.
In the last presidential election, Steve Baker, 40, voted for Bush. But Baker said he told his wife, Cindy Maloney, 34, that if he felt women's rights were being compromised in a Bush administration, he would be the first to march with her at an event such as yesterday's. "I really didn't think this was going to happen," he said.
Mr Baker seems to have given permanent custody of his testicles to his wife.
Kay Kennard had marched for civil rights in the '60s and had been to Washington many times chaperoning students on field trips. But yesterday, the retired teacher emerged from a nine-hour bus ride that began in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood to help teach a lesson to her 15-year-old niece, Brytney Saulters. "We want the right of women to make their own choices," Kennard said.
Charlotte Hummel, 47, chairs the Landsdowne, Pa., Democratic Party, and came yesterday to show her 9-year-old daughter, Zoe Farquhar, "a major national event." Hummel said that women have long been at the wrong end of government intrusion into their bodies. "If you control women's bodies, you control their lives."
What needs to be explained to these pawns, I mean youngsters, is that adults "control their lives" and have the right to decide after conception whether they live or die. Maybe someone needs to discuss the concept of euthanasia with these moonbats, and explain to them that us younger folks can possibly decide whether their wrinkled boomer carcasses live or die.
About 20 feet back from the front line, a tall, slender man in a linen jacket towered above the women around him, walking with a meditative air. It was NAACP leader Julian Bond. "Crowds have a calming influence on me," he said, craning his neck from side to side. " I've been through a lot of these but never on a pro-choice march. We've supported the pro-choice movement since 1968 but never endorsed something like this."
Maybe someone needs to take a cluebat and explain to Mr Bond that abortion was proposed by Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, to control the population of blacks, immigrants, and other "undesirables." DC must have special zoning to fit that much idiocy into one city on one day.
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Daily Dose of Machiavelli
This one explains why some people are so upset with Bush about foreign policy:
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things."
Bush is taking the fight to the terrorists, which is a "new order to things." The lefties are so perplexed by someone challenging the status quo.
This one explains why some people are so upset with Bush about foreign policy:
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things."
Bush is taking the fight to the terrorists, which is a "new order to things." The lefties are so perplexed by someone challenging the status quo.
Deal Hudson slams Kerry....again
Deal Hudson is the publisher of Crisis magazine, a conservative Catholic publication. In his latest email alert, he once again rips into Waffles and his continuing flip flops on faith issues:
He's at it again. Senator John Kerry, that is.
Look, I don't want this to become the John Kerry e-Letter. And I'm
genuinely getting tired of talking about him. But since he's making a
huge show about being THE Catholic presidential candidate, and since
I publish CRISIS Magazine (which covers politics and the Church),
he's an important subject.
Which brings us to his latest outrage...
This morning, Kerry addressed NARAL Pro-Choice America at their
rally leading up to Sunday's pro-abortion "March for Women's Lives"
here in DC. Imagine, just a few short days after meeting with
Cardinal McCarrick and trumpeting the fact that he's a Catholic "in
good standing" who received the Eucharist at Easter, he's now a major
speaker at the largest gathering of abortion activists this year.
Of course, Kerry's pro-abortion position isn't news. But this really
takes the cake. Bill Clinton, certainly no friend to the pro-life
cause, never once addressed an abortion rally in all his years as
president. If Clinton wouldn't even attend these events, what does it
say that Kerry will?
Whatever McCarrick and Kerry discussed in their private meeting a
few days ago, it's clear that the senator isn't paying any heed to
the dictates of his Faith. His rejection of Church teaching is both
clear and public. And his speech at the rally -- just a few days
after meeting with McCarrick -- is a real slap in the face of the
cardinal.
McCarrick and the rest of the bishops who are considering how to
handle the issue of Catholic politicians just received another
challenge -- not just to themselves, but to our Catholic Faith. It
remains to be seen how they'll choose to respond.
Kerry disgusts me.
Deal Hudson is the publisher of Crisis magazine, a conservative Catholic publication. In his latest email alert, he once again rips into Waffles and his continuing flip flops on faith issues:
He's at it again. Senator John Kerry, that is.
Look, I don't want this to become the John Kerry e-Letter. And I'm
genuinely getting tired of talking about him. But since he's making a
huge show about being THE Catholic presidential candidate, and since
I publish CRISIS Magazine (which covers politics and the Church),
he's an important subject.
Which brings us to his latest outrage...
This morning, Kerry addressed NARAL Pro-Choice America at their
rally leading up to Sunday's pro-abortion "March for Women's Lives"
here in DC. Imagine, just a few short days after meeting with
Cardinal McCarrick and trumpeting the fact that he's a Catholic "in
good standing" who received the Eucharist at Easter, he's now a major
speaker at the largest gathering of abortion activists this year.
Of course, Kerry's pro-abortion position isn't news. But this really
takes the cake. Bill Clinton, certainly no friend to the pro-life
cause, never once addressed an abortion rally in all his years as
president. If Clinton wouldn't even attend these events, what does it
say that Kerry will?
Whatever McCarrick and Kerry discussed in their private meeting a
few days ago, it's clear that the senator isn't paying any heed to
the dictates of his Faith. His rejection of Church teaching is both
clear and public. And his speech at the rally -- just a few days
after meeting with McCarrick -- is a real slap in the face of the
cardinal.
McCarrick and the rest of the bishops who are considering how to
handle the issue of Catholic politicians just received another
challenge -- not just to themselves, but to our Catholic Faith. It
remains to be seen how they'll choose to respond.
Kerry disgusts me.
Who needs a draft?
IN what has to really tick off the lefties, soliders are re-enlisting in the military at rates higher than expected:
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Despite the rising death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq, soldiers are re-enlisting at rates that exceed the goals set by the Pentagon. As of March 31 - halfway through the Army's fiscal year - 28,406 soldiers had re-enlisted, topping the six-month goal of 28,377. The Army's goal is to re-enlist 56,100 soldiers by the end of September.
"It's a very positive retention picture at this point," said Lt. Col. Franklin Childress.
IN what has to really tick off the lefties, soliders are re-enlisting in the military at rates higher than expected:
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Despite the rising death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq, soldiers are re-enlisting at rates that exceed the goals set by the Pentagon. As of March 31 - halfway through the Army's fiscal year - 28,406 soldiers had re-enlisted, topping the six-month goal of 28,377. The Army's goal is to re-enlist 56,100 soldiers by the end of September.
"It's a very positive retention picture at this point," said Lt. Col. Franklin Childress.
Tribute to Pat Tillman
Sally Jenkins in the Washington Post has a great tribute to Pat Tillman, the former NFL player turned Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan. It is an excellent piece, I will just quote one part of it:
In the two years since he abandoned his NFL career and enlisted to become an Army Ranger, he steadfastly declined interviews and refused to use his military experience for renown or profit.
Instead, he embodied the words of an anonymous war poet: "I was that which others cared not to be. I went where others feared to go and did what others failed to do. I asked nothing from those that gave nothing . . . "
Sally Jenkins in the Washington Post has a great tribute to Pat Tillman, the former NFL player turned Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan. It is an excellent piece, I will just quote one part of it:
In the two years since he abandoned his NFL career and enlisted to become an Army Ranger, he steadfastly declined interviews and refused to use his military experience for renown or profit.
Instead, he embodied the words of an anonymous war poet: "I was that which others cared not to be. I went where others feared to go and did what others failed to do. I asked nothing from those that gave nothing . . . "
Friday, April 23, 2004
Tis the (election) season
Being back in PA I am bombarded with the ads for the various GOP primary races. We have Arlen Specter being challenged by Us Rep Pat Toomey. Toomey is calling Specter a flaming liberal while Specter is accusing Toomey of flip flopping and outright lying. In the attorney general primary, one candidate is allegedly in bed with various crooks and felons while the other one can also be bought. The one congressional race pits a former PSU football player vs Joe Paterno's bratty son and 3 other folks. I miss PA politics, Florida just doesn't have the same level of nastiness.
Being back in PA I am bombarded with the ads for the various GOP primary races. We have Arlen Specter being challenged by Us Rep Pat Toomey. Toomey is calling Specter a flaming liberal while Specter is accusing Toomey of flip flopping and outright lying. In the attorney general primary, one candidate is allegedly in bed with various crooks and felons while the other one can also be bought. The one congressional race pits a former PSU football player vs Joe Paterno's bratty son and 3 other folks. I miss PA politics, Florida just doesn't have the same level of nastiness.
A real sports hero
The term "hero" is thrown around way too often. In the case of Pat Tillman, a man who after 9/11 spurned a $3 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers, it fits. Unfortunately, Tillman died in combat today in Afghanistan.
What he did is unthinkable today, but he is the latest in a long line of athletes who served their country. Baseball great Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter of all time, was an ace fighter pilot and wingman of John Glenn, serving in Korea and WWII. Bob Feller, Hank Greenburg, and other all stars fought for their country. Rocky Bleier went from captain of Notre Dame and a backup with the Steelers to losing part of his foot in 'Nam. Paul Hornung, the Heisman trophy winner and aqll pro with the Packers, was not exempt from being called to active duty, even if it was for a cushy assignment.
It was not just the sports world either, that once was willing to fight for their country. While populated today with treasonous socialists, Hollywood once sent its biggest stars to war. Jimmy Stewart, after having made "It's a Wonderful Life" and other classics, fought for an age exemption to defend his country. The great director John Ford helped make training films. In politics, JFK and his brother fought, with the eldest Kennedy son dying. Elvis Presley famously served his country.
Have we had it too easy? I didn't serve in the military, even though most of my family did. I'd like to think that if threatened, I would have served in the tradition of my grandfathers and uncles and cousins. Thankfully I never had to make that choice, and when 9/11 happened I was too old at 31 to do much good. My brother serves in a different theater, as a police officer in the daily war on crime. God bless the soul of Pat Tillman and all who have fallen defending us, and may He bring the peace beyond all understanding and comfort those who mourn them.
The term "hero" is thrown around way too often. In the case of Pat Tillman, a man who after 9/11 spurned a $3 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers, it fits. Unfortunately, Tillman died in combat today in Afghanistan.
What he did is unthinkable today, but he is the latest in a long line of athletes who served their country. Baseball great Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter of all time, was an ace fighter pilot and wingman of John Glenn, serving in Korea and WWII. Bob Feller, Hank Greenburg, and other all stars fought for their country. Rocky Bleier went from captain of Notre Dame and a backup with the Steelers to losing part of his foot in 'Nam. Paul Hornung, the Heisman trophy winner and aqll pro with the Packers, was not exempt from being called to active duty, even if it was for a cushy assignment.
It was not just the sports world either, that once was willing to fight for their country. While populated today with treasonous socialists, Hollywood once sent its biggest stars to war. Jimmy Stewart, after having made "It's a Wonderful Life" and other classics, fought for an age exemption to defend his country. The great director John Ford helped make training films. In politics, JFK and his brother fought, with the eldest Kennedy son dying. Elvis Presley famously served his country.
Have we had it too easy? I didn't serve in the military, even though most of my family did. I'd like to think that if threatened, I would have served in the tradition of my grandfathers and uncles and cousins. Thankfully I never had to make that choice, and when 9/11 happened I was too old at 31 to do much good. My brother serves in a different theater, as a police officer in the daily war on crime. God bless the soul of Pat Tillman and all who have fallen defending us, and may He bring the peace beyond all understanding and comfort those who mourn them.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Returning from exile
I'm headed back to PA for a wedding, and to visit my family. Blogging will probaby be light the next few days.
I'm headed back to PA for a wedding, and to visit my family. Blogging will probaby be light the next few days.
Wictory Wednesday
Time for the weekly reminder to volunteer, donate or help the Bush campaign anyway you can. Did you know that 1 million people have donated an average of $92? It's people like us that are going to defeat the illegal money of the unions and George Soros. Help Bush out like these bloggers:
Time for the weekly reminder to volunteer, donate or help the Bush campaign anyway you can. Did you know that 1 million people have donated an average of $92? It's people like us that are going to defeat the illegal money of the unions and George Soros. Help Bush out like these bloggers:
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Daily Machiavelli
Today Niccolo explains Kerry (or Clinton or Daschle or any other democrat) and the willingness of the democrats to follow their "leaders".
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Vote democrat, it's easier than thinking!
Today Niccolo explains Kerry (or Clinton or Daschle or any other democrat) and the willingness of the democrats to follow their "leaders".
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Vote democrat, it's easier than thinking!
Cox and Forkum on Fallujah
Illustrating a point made by my Machiavelli quote of the day for yesterday is this cartoon by Cox and Forkum:
Illustrating a point made by my Machiavelli quote of the day for yesterday is this cartoon by Cox and Forkum:
How quickly they forget
This editorial in the NY Post shows that Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq is simply following precedent set by Carter and Clinton.
Certainly two critically important foreign-policy doctrines laid down by those Democrats suggest otherwise.
The first was declared by Jimmy Carter in his 1980 State of the Union Address, when he declared: "An attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force."
Though initially inspired by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Carter Doctrine sent an unequivocal message - one that has never been rescinded by any subsequent president.
That is, America has critical economic - and, hence, national-security - interests in the region.
So critical, in fact, that the nation will go to war to defend them.
The other principle was passed by Congress in 1998 - and signed into law by Bill Clinton.
Known as the Iraq Liberation Act, it declares: "The policy of the United States [is] to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime."
The Carter Doctrine formed the moral and political basis for Operation Desert Storm, which drove Saddam Hussein's occupation forces from Kuwait.
And, along with the Iraq Liberation Act, the doctrine formed the basis for the current campaign - which is, in the end, an effort to promote the emergence of a democratic government.
In other words, the war in Iraq - like the military campaign that ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan as a direct response to 9/11 - was grounded in a consistent U.S. policy enunciated by presidents of both parties.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Waffle Boy. Of course, Ketchup King, you probably voted for it before you voted against it.
This editorial in the NY Post shows that Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq is simply following precedent set by Carter and Clinton.
Certainly two critically important foreign-policy doctrines laid down by those Democrats suggest otherwise.
The first was declared by Jimmy Carter in his 1980 State of the Union Address, when he declared: "An attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force."
Though initially inspired by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Carter Doctrine sent an unequivocal message - one that has never been rescinded by any subsequent president.
That is, America has critical economic - and, hence, national-security - interests in the region.
So critical, in fact, that the nation will go to war to defend them.
The other principle was passed by Congress in 1998 - and signed into law by Bill Clinton.
Known as the Iraq Liberation Act, it declares: "The policy of the United States [is] to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime."
The Carter Doctrine formed the moral and political basis for Operation Desert Storm, which drove Saddam Hussein's occupation forces from Kuwait.
And, along with the Iraq Liberation Act, the doctrine formed the basis for the current campaign - which is, in the end, an effort to promote the emergence of a democratic government.
In other words, the war in Iraq - like the military campaign that ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan as a direct response to 9/11 - was grounded in a consistent U.S. policy enunciated by presidents of both parties.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Waffle Boy. Of course, Ketchup King, you probably voted for it before you voted against it.
Ted Nugent rallies the NRA troops
The NRA is having their convention in Pittsburgh and Ted Nugent was letting liberals have it with both barrels:
Nugent, a rocker who boasts of being drug-free his entire life, took a figurative shot at the counter culture musicians of his generation.
"Jerry [Garcia] got high and Jerry's dead. I went hunting and I'm still Ted," he quipped.
Squeezing off verbal assaults like bullets, he put anti-gun activists and Democratic liberals like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy and Al Sharpton -- whom he referred to as Al "not-so" Sharpton -- in his cross hairs.
"If Al Sharpton's a reverend, I'm the dalai lama with a glock," he said.
Nugent urged his fellow NRAers to counter anti-gun leanings of family, friends and the news media by writing letters to the editor, calling talk shows and contacting their representatives in Congress.
"Y'all got to tell them. It's absolutely essential that you confront them," he said.
"Assert yourselves," Nugent exhorted. "Take political correctness and flush it down the brain-dead toilet from which it came."
Like Vice President Cheney the night before, Nugent also set his sights on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who he said wants to punish the most productive members of society -- NRA members.
"If John Kerry gets his way, good will lose and evil will win," Nugent said.
The NRA is having their convention in Pittsburgh and Ted Nugent was letting liberals have it with both barrels:
Nugent, a rocker who boasts of being drug-free his entire life, took a figurative shot at the counter culture musicians of his generation.
"Jerry [Garcia] got high and Jerry's dead. I went hunting and I'm still Ted," he quipped.
Squeezing off verbal assaults like bullets, he put anti-gun activists and Democratic liberals like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy and Al Sharpton -- whom he referred to as Al "not-so" Sharpton -- in his cross hairs.
"If Al Sharpton's a reverend, I'm the dalai lama with a glock," he said.
Nugent urged his fellow NRAers to counter anti-gun leanings of family, friends and the news media by writing letters to the editor, calling talk shows and contacting their representatives in Congress.
"Y'all got to tell them. It's absolutely essential that you confront them," he said.
"Assert yourselves," Nugent exhorted. "Take political correctness and flush it down the brain-dead toilet from which it came."
Like Vice President Cheney the night before, Nugent also set his sights on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who he said wants to punish the most productive members of society -- NRA members.
"If John Kerry gets his way, good will lose and evil will win," Nugent said.
Publik Skool Update
In order to keep schools safe from the scourge of cell phones, Nazareth (PA) school officials resorted to Gestapo tactics.
The parents of a Nazareth Area High School senior say they plan to sue the school, claiming an assistant principal and teacher violated students' rights. The parents say that last month the school officials used their son's confiscated cell phone to bust other students using their phones in school.
School policy prohibits students from using cell phones in school.
After teacher Shawn Kimberly Kocher confiscated Christopher Klump's phone March 17, she and Assistant Principal Margaret Grube listened to voicemail messages, read text messages and used an electronic phone book to call nine of his friends and classmates, according to Klump's parents.
Grube then confiscated other students' phones if they answered the calls, Toby and Leigh Klump of Bushkill Township said Monday.
Sounds like some serious fraud and entrapment, plus a violation of a whole host of rights. It seems the officials had delusions of grandeur, that they were busting the French Connection.
When the Klumps met with Grube on March 22 to discuss the events, the assistant principal said she made the calls because Christopher Klump's girlfriend sent a suspicious text message to his phone after it was confiscated.
Grube told the Klumps she believed a message from the girlfriend saying she needed a tampon was code for a request for a marijuana cigarette, the Klumps said.
"'Tampon' is, of course, well established to be a slang term with the drug-related meaning of large joint," school district Solicitor Preston Moritz wrote in an April 5 letter to the Klumps' attorney, Timothy Prendergast of Asteak Law Offices in Easton.
All sorts of things have drug connotations. Perhaps this girl really needed a tampon:
But the Klumps say their son had received that text message the previous day. He had received four other text messages after that one before Grube and Kocher possessed his phone, his parents said.
They said their son's girlfriend was driving from the college she attends to pick him up from school when she sent the message.
"For the record, it should be noted that the request for a tampon was just that, and in fact, Christopher was able to retrieve one for his girlfriend on March 16," Prendergast wrote in a March 25 letter to Moritz.
The letter also questions why Grube did not call Christopher's girlfriend if Grube's "true motivation were to uncover an impromptu drug sting."
"Even if the text message said 'cocaine,' they had no right to do what they did," Toby Klump said Monday.
Grube should have notified the Klumps, police or other school authorities if she suspected illegal drug activity, the Klumps said.
Yes, instead of violating numerous civil liberties.
According to the section of the state constitution governing searches in school, Grube and Kocher's actions were illegal, Prendergast wrote.
"In our opinion, not only have they clearly violated Christopher's civil rights, but they could be held criminally liable for theft of services and identify theft as well as being held liable in tort for common law invasion of privacy among other things," his letter says.
At Monday's school board meeting, Grube and Kocher deferred comment to Moritz, who said the school board has agreed to review, discuss and possibly modify its policies to prevent similar violations in the future.
In an April 5 letter to Prendergast, Moritz wrote that the school would reimburse any phone costs students incurred because of the incident and, as per the Klumps request, would produce a written policy related to situations like these, write apologies to the parents of any students called and assign an administrator other than Grube to handle any future incidents with the Klumps' three children.
The Klumps also requested that Grube and Kocher be disciplined and suggested removing them from the school district temporarily and possibly permanently.
Moritz wrote that school officials would consider the request and "at the very least" would require the assistant principal and teacher to attend a student rights workshop.
When Toby Klump asked the school board members Monday whether they were aware of the proceedings, President Donald Keller said administrators are reviewing the issue and will report back to the board.
I'm not too enthused about anything happening to these stooges, what with the strong teachers unions. Maybe I'll be surprised.
In order to keep schools safe from the scourge of cell phones, Nazareth (PA) school officials resorted to Gestapo tactics.
The parents of a Nazareth Area High School senior say they plan to sue the school, claiming an assistant principal and teacher violated students' rights. The parents say that last month the school officials used their son's confiscated cell phone to bust other students using their phones in school.
School policy prohibits students from using cell phones in school.
After teacher Shawn Kimberly Kocher confiscated Christopher Klump's phone March 17, she and Assistant Principal Margaret Grube listened to voicemail messages, read text messages and used an electronic phone book to call nine of his friends and classmates, according to Klump's parents.
Grube then confiscated other students' phones if they answered the calls, Toby and Leigh Klump of Bushkill Township said Monday.
Sounds like some serious fraud and entrapment, plus a violation of a whole host of rights. It seems the officials had delusions of grandeur, that they were busting the French Connection.
When the Klumps met with Grube on March 22 to discuss the events, the assistant principal said she made the calls because Christopher Klump's girlfriend sent a suspicious text message to his phone after it was confiscated.
Grube told the Klumps she believed a message from the girlfriend saying she needed a tampon was code for a request for a marijuana cigarette, the Klumps said.
"'Tampon' is, of course, well established to be a slang term with the drug-related meaning of large joint," school district Solicitor Preston Moritz wrote in an April 5 letter to the Klumps' attorney, Timothy Prendergast of Asteak Law Offices in Easton.
All sorts of things have drug connotations. Perhaps this girl really needed a tampon:
But the Klumps say their son had received that text message the previous day. He had received four other text messages after that one before Grube and Kocher possessed his phone, his parents said.
They said their son's girlfriend was driving from the college she attends to pick him up from school when she sent the message.
"For the record, it should be noted that the request for a tampon was just that, and in fact, Christopher was able to retrieve one for his girlfriend on March 16," Prendergast wrote in a March 25 letter to Moritz.
The letter also questions why Grube did not call Christopher's girlfriend if Grube's "true motivation were to uncover an impromptu drug sting."
"Even if the text message said 'cocaine,' they had no right to do what they did," Toby Klump said Monday.
Grube should have notified the Klumps, police or other school authorities if she suspected illegal drug activity, the Klumps said.
Yes, instead of violating numerous civil liberties.
According to the section of the state constitution governing searches in school, Grube and Kocher's actions were illegal, Prendergast wrote.
"In our opinion, not only have they clearly violated Christopher's civil rights, but they could be held criminally liable for theft of services and identify theft as well as being held liable in tort for common law invasion of privacy among other things," his letter says.
At Monday's school board meeting, Grube and Kocher deferred comment to Moritz, who said the school board has agreed to review, discuss and possibly modify its policies to prevent similar violations in the future.
In an April 5 letter to Prendergast, Moritz wrote that the school would reimburse any phone costs students incurred because of the incident and, as per the Klumps request, would produce a written policy related to situations like these, write apologies to the parents of any students called and assign an administrator other than Grube to handle any future incidents with the Klumps' three children.
The Klumps also requested that Grube and Kocher be disciplined and suggested removing them from the school district temporarily and possibly permanently.
Moritz wrote that school officials would consider the request and "at the very least" would require the assistant principal and teacher to attend a student rights workshop.
When Toby Klump asked the school board members Monday whether they were aware of the proceedings, President Donald Keller said administrators are reviewing the issue and will report back to the board.
I'm not too enthused about anything happening to these stooges, what with the strong teachers unions. Maybe I'll be surprised.
Monday, April 19, 2004
Machiavelli on Fallujah
Ol' Niccolo says we screwed up in our handling of Fallujah:
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
It's not too late to flatten it.
Ol' Niccolo says we screwed up in our handling of Fallujah:
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
It's not too late to flatten it.
Democratic Convention schedule
Problem is, it's too close to the truth.
OFFICIAL 2004 DEMOCRAT PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION PROGRAM
6:00pm - Opening flag burning ceremony.
6:30pm - Anti-war rally no. 1.
6:40pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast(in memory of Mary Jo Kopechne,
perhaps?)
7:00pm - Tribute theme to France.
7:10pm - Collect offerings for al-Zawahri defense fund.
7:20pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a 2nd toast
7:25pm - Tribute theme to Spain.
7:45pm - Anti-war rally no. 2. (Moderated by Michael Moore)
8:00pm - John Kerry presents one side of the issues
8:25pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:30pm - Terrorist appeasement workshop.
9:00pm - Gay marriage ceremony.
9:30pm - * Intermission *
10:00pm - Flag burning ceremony no. 2.
10:15pm - Re-enactment of Kerry's fake medal toss.
10:30pm - Cameo by Dean 'Yeeearrrrrrrg!'
10:40pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
10:50pm - Pledge of allegiance to the UN.
11:00pm - Double gay marriage ceremony.
11:15pm - Maximizing Welfare workshop.
11:20pm - John Kerry presents the other side of the issues
11:30pm - 'Free Saddam' pep rally.
11:59pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
12:00am - Nomination of Democrat presidential candidate.
Problem is, it's too close to the truth.
OFFICIAL 2004 DEMOCRAT PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION PROGRAM
6:00pm - Opening flag burning ceremony.
6:30pm - Anti-war rally no. 1.
6:40pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast(in memory of Mary Jo Kopechne,
perhaps?)
7:00pm - Tribute theme to France.
7:10pm - Collect offerings for al-Zawahri defense fund.
7:20pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a 2nd toast
7:25pm - Tribute theme to Spain.
7:45pm - Anti-war rally no. 2. (Moderated by Michael Moore)
8:00pm - John Kerry presents one side of the issues
8:25pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:30pm - Terrorist appeasement workshop.
9:00pm - Gay marriage ceremony.
9:30pm - * Intermission *
10:00pm - Flag burning ceremony no. 2.
10:15pm - Re-enactment of Kerry's fake medal toss.
10:30pm - Cameo by Dean 'Yeeearrrrrrrg!'
10:40pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
10:50pm - Pledge of allegiance to the UN.
11:00pm - Double gay marriage ceremony.
11:15pm - Maximizing Welfare workshop.
11:20pm - John Kerry presents the other side of the issues
11:30pm - 'Free Saddam' pep rally.
11:59pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
12:00am - Nomination of Democrat presidential candidate.
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Daily Machiavelli
Niccolo takes on Kerry:
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
Guess Waffles isn't much of a prince.
Niccolo takes on Kerry:
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
Guess Waffles isn't much of a prince.
He'd better check his life insurance
I wish I could add this guy to my dead pool, since the leaders of Hamas have had a short life span lately:
Hamas chose a replacement for Rantisi on Sunday, but did not disclose his name — a sign that Israel’s systematic campaign to wipe out the Hamas leadership ahead of a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip has put the Islamic militant group on the defensive. But Army Radio reported the new leader was Mahmoud Zahar, who had been Rantisi’s second in command.
“We are committed to the policy of resistance and we cannot be swayed,” Zahar told The Associated Press. “Hamas cannot be defeated. Hamas cannot be broken.”
No, but the individual members of Hamas can be homogenized by Apache helicopters, courtesy of the IDF.
I wish I could add this guy to my dead pool, since the leaders of Hamas have had a short life span lately:
Hamas chose a replacement for Rantisi on Sunday, but did not disclose his name — a sign that Israel’s systematic campaign to wipe out the Hamas leadership ahead of a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip has put the Islamic militant group on the defensive. But Army Radio reported the new leader was Mahmoud Zahar, who had been Rantisi’s second in command.
“We are committed to the policy of resistance and we cannot be swayed,” Zahar told The Associated Press. “Hamas cannot be defeated. Hamas cannot be broken.”
No, but the individual members of Hamas can be homogenized by Apache helicopters, courtesy of the IDF.
The quaterback is toast!
I love Die Hard, and the extermination of the newest Hamas leader by the IDF made me think of that quote from Die Hard.
Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, 56, was killed along with two of his aides, who were identified as Ikram Nassar and Ahmed El-Rara, when missiles fired from IAF helicopters slammed into his car not far from his home in central Gaza City on Saturday night.
Five other Palestinians were wounded in the attack that occurred just hours after a suicide bomber blew up at the Erez industrial zone north of the Gaza Strip, killing a border policeman and wounding three other Israelis.
The Paleswinians are starting to think that maybe it's time to keep the names of their leadership secret:
Hamas chief Khaled Mashal told members of the terrorist organization in Gaza to choose a heir to Rantisi but not to announce his name so not to inform Israeli security forces who the new leader is, Channel One reported. Speaking on Al-Jazeera, Mashal promised that Hamas would avenge Rantisi's killing. He also called on Arabs and Muslims worldwide "to carry out their part in the war between Palestinians and Muslims on the one side, and the Zionist occupiers on the other."
Besides, the IDF was just giving Rantisi what he wanted:
During the mourning period for Yassin, Rantisi was defiant about Israel's threats against him.
"We will all die one day. Nothing will change. If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache," he said.
The IDF, aiming to please its customers.
I love Die Hard, and the extermination of the newest Hamas leader by the IDF made me think of that quote from Die Hard.
Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, 56, was killed along with two of his aides, who were identified as Ikram Nassar and Ahmed El-Rara, when missiles fired from IAF helicopters slammed into his car not far from his home in central Gaza City on Saturday night.
Five other Palestinians were wounded in the attack that occurred just hours after a suicide bomber blew up at the Erez industrial zone north of the Gaza Strip, killing a border policeman and wounding three other Israelis.
The Paleswinians are starting to think that maybe it's time to keep the names of their leadership secret:
Hamas chief Khaled Mashal told members of the terrorist organization in Gaza to choose a heir to Rantisi but not to announce his name so not to inform Israeli security forces who the new leader is, Channel One reported. Speaking on Al-Jazeera, Mashal promised that Hamas would avenge Rantisi's killing. He also called on Arabs and Muslims worldwide "to carry out their part in the war between Palestinians and Muslims on the one side, and the Zionist occupiers on the other."
Besides, the IDF was just giving Rantisi what he wanted:
During the mourning period for Yassin, Rantisi was defiant about Israel's threats against him.
"We will all die one day. Nothing will change. If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache," he said.
The IDF, aiming to please its customers.
Friday, April 16, 2004
Daily Machiavelli
In the spirit of Aaron's Buy A Gun Day II are these words of wisdom from Machiavelli:
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
In the spirit of Aaron's Buy A Gun Day II are these words of wisdom from Machiavelli:
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
Workers Comp
An Islamic Jihad militant was killed on Friday night and two others were injured in an explosion in an apartment building at a refugee camp outside the West Bank town of Nablus, according to Palestinian hospital officials.
The officials said that the three men were working with explosives that accidentally went off.
No virgins for them! Hasta la vista you cockroaches.
An Islamic Jihad militant was killed on Friday night and two others were injured in an explosion in an apartment building at a refugee camp outside the West Bank town of Nablus, according to Palestinian hospital officials.
The officials said that the three men were working with explosives that accidentally went off.
No virgins for them! Hasta la vista you cockroaches.
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Tax Quotes
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
- Charles Churchill
many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus.
Mark 2:15
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
- Edmund Burke
Our tax law is a 1,598-page hydra-headed monster and I'm going to attack and attack and attack until I have ironed out every fault in it.
- Vivien Kellems
If you tax too high, the revenue will yield nothing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tax reform means "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree."
- Senator Russell B Long
The current tax code is a daily mugging.
- Ronald Reagan
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
- Charles Churchill
many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus.
Mark 2:15
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
- Edmund Burke
Our tax law is a 1,598-page hydra-headed monster and I'm going to attack and attack and attack until I have ironed out every fault in it.
- Vivien Kellems
If you tax too high, the revenue will yield nothing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tax reform means "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree."
- Senator Russell B Long
The current tax code is a daily mugging.
- Ronald Reagan
More Tax Day Stuff
Courtesy of Right Wingin-It is this poem:
Tax his land, tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirts,
Tax his work, tax his dirt.
Tax his chew, tax his smoke,
Teach him taxes are no joke.
Tax his car, tax his ass,
Tax the roads he must pass.
Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze, tax his beers,
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his bills, tax his gas,
Tax his notes, tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin, tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance tax.
Courtesy of Right Wingin-It is this poem:
Tax his land, tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirts,
Tax his work, tax his dirt.
Tax his chew, tax his smoke,
Teach him taxes are no joke.
Tax his car, tax his ass,
Tax the roads he must pass.
Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze, tax his beers,
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his bills, tax his gas,
Tax his notes, tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin, tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance tax.
"Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, but the Democrats believe every day is April 15."
--Ronald Reagan
--Ronald Reagan
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
CA to crooks: we won't chase you
Some dim bulbs in the people's republic of Kalifornia are trying to get the police to quit chasing bad guys
Thousands of times each year across the country drivers try to outrun cops — most fail, many die, but those who flee aren't just harming themselves.
A new study says that one-third of police pursuit fatalities are innocent bystanders like 15-year-old Kristie Priano, who was killed when a car being pursued by police struck her family's minivan.
Her death prompted California state Sen. Sam Aanestad (search), R-Grass Valley, to put forth a measure that would limit police chases to cases in which the public is in immediate danger.
"It just makes no sense to run after people ... and risk the lives of those who are caught in the way," Aanestad said.
Uh, the bad guys are the ones to blame, not the police. And who determines "immediate danger?" If a terrorist blew up a building and is speeding away, well he doesn't have the bomb anymore. Can we still chase him? The law is even worse that you imagine.
But Chris Madigan of the California Highway Patrol (search) said police can't just stand by while criminals drive off.
"We're not just gonna wave goodbye and hope the person has a nice day," he said. "We're going to engage in a pursuit."
Most departments across the country have their own pursuit policies in place. In Los Angeles County, deputies only chase felons on a case-by-case basis.
The new law would have even more teeth, opening police to civil lawsuits if someone is killed or injured and police say if that was the case they'd stop chasing all together.
"They'd have no fear of being stopped by anybody," Madigan said of criminals on the run. "All they'd have to do is speed up a little bit."
Great, get the trial lawyers involved. The police are not the problem here, it is people who are committing crimes and driving at high rates of speed to prevent being arrested for those crimes. Who the hell is this RINO that suggested such a stupid bill? And without CA police chases on the nightly news, how else am I going to be entertained?
Some dim bulbs in the people's republic of Kalifornia are trying to get the police to quit chasing bad guys
Thousands of times each year across the country drivers try to outrun cops — most fail, many die, but those who flee aren't just harming themselves.
A new study says that one-third of police pursuit fatalities are innocent bystanders like 15-year-old Kristie Priano, who was killed when a car being pursued by police struck her family's minivan.
Her death prompted California state Sen. Sam Aanestad (search), R-Grass Valley, to put forth a measure that would limit police chases to cases in which the public is in immediate danger.
"It just makes no sense to run after people ... and risk the lives of those who are caught in the way," Aanestad said.
Uh, the bad guys are the ones to blame, not the police. And who determines "immediate danger?" If a terrorist blew up a building and is speeding away, well he doesn't have the bomb anymore. Can we still chase him? The law is even worse that you imagine.
But Chris Madigan of the California Highway Patrol (search) said police can't just stand by while criminals drive off.
"We're not just gonna wave goodbye and hope the person has a nice day," he said. "We're going to engage in a pursuit."
Most departments across the country have their own pursuit policies in place. In Los Angeles County, deputies only chase felons on a case-by-case basis.
The new law would have even more teeth, opening police to civil lawsuits if someone is killed or injured and police say if that was the case they'd stop chasing all together.
"They'd have no fear of being stopped by anybody," Madigan said of criminals on the run. "All they'd have to do is speed up a little bit."
Great, get the trial lawyers involved. The police are not the problem here, it is people who are committing crimes and driving at high rates of speed to prevent being arrested for those crimes. Who the hell is this RINO that suggested such a stupid bill? And without CA police chases on the nightly news, how else am I going to be entertained?
Is it Judge season yet?
One more infuriating story to make me hate judges even more:
A convicted child molester serving a life sentence was freed after an appeals court ruled he never had a chance to confront his accuser -- a teenager who committed suicide before the man's trial.
To the chagrin of prosecutors and even his sister, Edward Harvey Stokes was released from jail last week, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Officials believe he has left the state.
"We worked extremely hard to make sure he would spend the rest of his life in prison," Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said.
John Barnett, an attorney for Stokes, said the 4th District Court of Appeals ruling was fair because defendants have a right to cross-examine their accusers.
So this sends the message that it's better to kill your victims so they can't testify against you.Hell, let's free all the murderers, after all they were denied a chance to cross-examine their "accuser."
Blue Karak, the alleged 16-year-old victim, was a runaway who police said Stokes met in a Seattle coffeehouse in 1996. According to court testimony, Stokes lured the boy to Disneyland and forced the boy to drink tequila and take LSD in a motel room before assaulting him. Stokes had been arrested for parole violation and released on $25,000 bail just days earlier.
Karak escaped, but he committed suicide several months before Stokes went on trial. Stokes was sentenced to life in prison under California's "one-strike" sexual assault law, which allows for a life term in aggravated cases.
The appeals court overturned Stokes' conviction in November.
"It is appalling to me that a person with his criminal history has been released," said Stokes' sister, Susan Stokes, in an e-mail to the Times. "He is dangerous."
Dangerous, indeed. Here are some of the details of this dirtbag's crimes against humanity:
Stokes was first arrested in 1974 and had been convicted at least five times in Washington and Oregon on rape, sodomy and kidnapping charges. In July 1995, he completed a three-year sentence in Oregon for sex abuse and sodomy.
According to police and court records, Stokes targeted runaways and other troubled youth because they typically did not tell authorities. He often gave his victims alcohol and drugs, with some victims waking up in handcuffs and leg shackles.
In a letter to a therapist in the early 1990s, Stokes said he had molested 212 victims and felt like a monster.
"I am angry at myself and others but I still seek out the weak and the unsuspecting as my victims," he wrote then.
212 victims. 5 convictions. I hope this bastard moves next door to a judge that voted to free his sorry ass. Maybe his next would-be victim won't be as "weak and unsuspecting" as he hopes and blows his ass away with a .44, that would end the world of this stain.
One more infuriating story to make me hate judges even more:
A convicted child molester serving a life sentence was freed after an appeals court ruled he never had a chance to confront his accuser -- a teenager who committed suicide before the man's trial.
To the chagrin of prosecutors and even his sister, Edward Harvey Stokes was released from jail last week, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Officials believe he has left the state.
"We worked extremely hard to make sure he would spend the rest of his life in prison," Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said.
John Barnett, an attorney for Stokes, said the 4th District Court of Appeals ruling was fair because defendants have a right to cross-examine their accusers.
So this sends the message that it's better to kill your victims so they can't testify against you.Hell, let's free all the murderers, after all they were denied a chance to cross-examine their "accuser."
Blue Karak, the alleged 16-year-old victim, was a runaway who police said Stokes met in a Seattle coffeehouse in 1996. According to court testimony, Stokes lured the boy to Disneyland and forced the boy to drink tequila and take LSD in a motel room before assaulting him. Stokes had been arrested for parole violation and released on $25,000 bail just days earlier.
Karak escaped, but he committed suicide several months before Stokes went on trial. Stokes was sentenced to life in prison under California's "one-strike" sexual assault law, which allows for a life term in aggravated cases.
The appeals court overturned Stokes' conviction in November.
"It is appalling to me that a person with his criminal history has been released," said Stokes' sister, Susan Stokes, in an e-mail to the Times. "He is dangerous."
Dangerous, indeed. Here are some of the details of this dirtbag's crimes against humanity:
Stokes was first arrested in 1974 and had been convicted at least five times in Washington and Oregon on rape, sodomy and kidnapping charges. In July 1995, he completed a three-year sentence in Oregon for sex abuse and sodomy.
According to police and court records, Stokes targeted runaways and other troubled youth because they typically did not tell authorities. He often gave his victims alcohol and drugs, with some victims waking up in handcuffs and leg shackles.
In a letter to a therapist in the early 1990s, Stokes said he had molested 212 victims and felt like a monster.
"I am angry at myself and others but I still seek out the weak and the unsuspecting as my victims," he wrote then.
212 victims. 5 convictions. I hope this bastard moves next door to a judge that voted to free his sorry ass. Maybe his next would-be victim won't be as "weak and unsuspecting" as he hopes and blows his ass away with a .44, that would end the world of this stain.
Daily dose of Machiavelli
This is turning out to be more fun than I thought it would be. Today's quote makes me think of a big difference between libs and conservatives.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
The lefty sees obstacles and wants government intervention. Microsoft gets too dominant? Sue their butts for antitrust. Conservatives see problems and try to actually solve them, or turn them into an opportunity. GM has become a better car company by responding to the Japanese carmakers. Instead of seeking protection and tariffs, GM is building better vehicles. Liberals see past injustices as an excuse for everything, conservatives rise above the challenges.
This is turning out to be more fun than I thought it would be. Today's quote makes me think of a big difference between libs and conservatives.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
The lefty sees obstacles and wants government intervention. Microsoft gets too dominant? Sue their butts for antitrust. Conservatives see problems and try to actually solve them, or turn them into an opportunity. GM has become a better car company by responding to the Japanese carmakers. Instead of seeking protection and tariffs, GM is building better vehicles. Liberals see past injustices as an excuse for everything, conservatives rise above the challenges.
Wictory Wednesday
It's Wednesday, so it's time to remind everyone that we have the power to help Bush beat Ketchup Man and the awful groups like Moveon that are supporting him. How can you help? Easy. There are many ways to volunteer or donate to help Bush win reelection. Join others like me who are doing our part:
It's Wednesday, so it's time to remind everyone that we have the power to help Bush beat Ketchup Man and the awful groups like Moveon that are supporting him. How can you help? Easy. There are many ways to volunteer or donate to help Bush win reelection. Join others like me who are doing our part:
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Rest in Peace brave soldier
A newspaper back in PA tells the touching story of a family dealing with their loss of their son, killed last week in Iraq.
The Kephart family is eager to talk, to share the love and pride they have for a revered and now lost son.
Jonathan Kephart, 21, a U.S. Army specialist who served as a military policeman, died Thursday of injuries he received in a roadside explosion in Iraq. He was the first area soldier to die in Iraq.
Jonathan arrived April 3 in Iraq and called his family that day.
"He said he was settling in and he was fine. He told us he was busy doing missions. It was so good to hear from him," said his mother.
Less than a week later, the Kephart family was notified Jonathan had been seriously injured in a roadside explosion. As his parents were trying to find out his condition, they were told he had died of his injuries.
One of the first local people to respond to their tragedy was Oil City Mayor Ed Sharp. In response, Burton Kephart has asked the mayor to join the family at their son's funeral.
"He's the mayor of our city and his support for us means a lot. In his position, I think his participation with us would honor Jonathan," said his father.
As visitors prepare to leave a saddened home, Jonathan's parents and grandparents offer their hugs to those who listened to their sorrow as they make no distinction between giving and receiving.
"If there is anything I want to be known about his death it is that we support our country and we do not waver in the support of our troops and this war because we must not forget 9-11," said Burton Kephart, his face crumpling but his voice steady.
God bless you, your son and your family.
A newspaper back in PA tells the touching story of a family dealing with their loss of their son, killed last week in Iraq.
The Kephart family is eager to talk, to share the love and pride they have for a revered and now lost son.
Jonathan Kephart, 21, a U.S. Army specialist who served as a military policeman, died Thursday of injuries he received in a roadside explosion in Iraq. He was the first area soldier to die in Iraq.
Jonathan arrived April 3 in Iraq and called his family that day.
"He said he was settling in and he was fine. He told us he was busy doing missions. It was so good to hear from him," said his mother.
Less than a week later, the Kephart family was notified Jonathan had been seriously injured in a roadside explosion. As his parents were trying to find out his condition, they were told he had died of his injuries.
One of the first local people to respond to their tragedy was Oil City Mayor Ed Sharp. In response, Burton Kephart has asked the mayor to join the family at their son's funeral.
"He's the mayor of our city and his support for us means a lot. In his position, I think his participation with us would honor Jonathan," said his father.
As visitors prepare to leave a saddened home, Jonathan's parents and grandparents offer their hugs to those who listened to their sorrow as they make no distinction between giving and receiving.
"If there is anything I want to be known about his death it is that we support our country and we do not waver in the support of our troops and this war because we must not forget 9-11," said Burton Kephart, his face crumpling but his voice steady.
God bless you, your son and your family.
Dumb jocks...
and some smart ones as well. The Denver Post summarizes the results of NFL prospects on the Wonderlic test, an intelligence test used to evaluate how smart or dumb some players are.
In Wonderlic parlance, 50 is the highest possible score, 21 is considered average intelligence, 14 is considered an unskilled laborer and anything below is the polar opposite of mastermind.
Most NFL teams want quarterbacks and offensive linemen to score at least 25, though the closer to the ball a player usually is, the higher his score needs to be.
The average score for an NFL prospect is 19.
The only NFL player to score a perfect 50 was Harvard grad Pat McInally, which explains why he became a punter.
Each player has 12 minutes to answer 50 questions. Grades are worth tens of thousands of dollars, if not millions.
And two weeks before the April 24-25 NFL draft, in the form of a 2004 Wonderlic Team, some grades are being posted.
Quarterback
* Valedictorian: Eli Manning, Mississippi, (39 Wonderlic score) - Though Ohio State quarterback Craig Krenzel is the molecular genetics major with the hopes of becoming a doctor, he scored a 38. Put Manning at the head of the quarterback class.
* Dishonor roll: Ell Roberson, Kansas State (11) - At least he beat Jeff George, who once scored a 10.
Running back
* Valedictorian: Michael Turner, Northern Illinois (35) - The Dallas Cowboys coveted Turner even before he lit up the other running backs.
* Dishonor roll: Rich Alexis, Washington (11) - His lack of speed is not the only thing teams have noticed.
Fullback
* Valedictorian: Sean McHugh, Penn State (36) - Happy Valley has another reason to smile.
* Dishonor roll: Thomas Tapeh, Minnesota (11) - At least he has an excuse. He grew up playing soccer in Liberia and did not move to the Twin Cities until he was 9.
Wide receiver
* Valedictorian: Derek Abney, Kentucky (34) - A poor man's Tim Dwight - and more intelligent.
* Dishonor roll: Jeris McIntyre, Auburn (10) - He can run like nobody else, but he still has some major catching up to do.
Tight end
* Valedictorian: Ben Watson, Georgia (41) - Yet another reason for the Broncos to view Watson as a possible successor to Shannon Sharpe.
* Dishonor roll: Kellen Winslow, Miami (12) - Thought he would have learned more than that.
Offensive tackle
* Valedictorians: Nat Dorsey, Georgia Tech; Dylan McFarland, Montana; Max Starks, Florida (each 35) - Three tackles, three 35s.
* Dishonor roll: Carlos Joseph, Miami (7) - His Wonderlic score combined with college teammate Winslow's is less than half of Manning's.
Guard
* Valedictorian: Jeb Terry, North Carolina (41) - Would fit right in with the Broncos, a team that already has tight ends named Jeb and Jed.
* Dishonor roll: Vernon Carey, Miami (18) - When it comes to college football, Miami knows how to make a name for itself.
Center
* Valedictorian: Jake Grove, Virginia Tech (31) - There's a reason he will be the first center drafted.
* Dishonor roll: Alex Stepano- vich, Ohio State (21) - Centers couldn't survive if their scores were much lower.
Defensive line
* Valedictorian: Jared Claus, Iowa (45) - Ding, ding, ding! The winner of this year's competition for the highest Wonderlic score.
* Dishonor roll: Roderick Green, Central Missouri State (3) - Ding, ding, ding. The winner of this year's competition for the lowest Wonderlic score.
Linebacker
* Valedictorian: Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma (39) - Anyone this fast, this smart and this good should go in the first round.
* Dishonor roll: Greg Richmond, Oklahoma State (10) - Bad sign when your Wonderlic resembles your cleat size.
Cornerback
* Valedictorian: Von Hutchins, Mississippi (26) - Has a swagger to go with his smarts.
* Dishonor roll: Chris Gamble, Ohio State (9) - Wonderlic is only two better than the No. 7 he wore at Ohio State.
Safety
* Valedictorian: Stuart Schweigert, Purdue (28) - Cited twice for underage drinking, so he can't be all that smart.
* Dishonor roll: Sean Taylor, Miami (10) - Boy, Miami really does stand out, doesn't it?
I wonder how some of these players found their way home after practice.
and some smart ones as well. The Denver Post summarizes the results of NFL prospects on the Wonderlic test, an intelligence test used to evaluate how smart or dumb some players are.
In Wonderlic parlance, 50 is the highest possible score, 21 is considered average intelligence, 14 is considered an unskilled laborer and anything below is the polar opposite of mastermind.
Most NFL teams want quarterbacks and offensive linemen to score at least 25, though the closer to the ball a player usually is, the higher his score needs to be.
The average score for an NFL prospect is 19.
The only NFL player to score a perfect 50 was Harvard grad Pat McInally, which explains why he became a punter.
Each player has 12 minutes to answer 50 questions. Grades are worth tens of thousands of dollars, if not millions.
And two weeks before the April 24-25 NFL draft, in the form of a 2004 Wonderlic Team, some grades are being posted.
Quarterback
* Valedictorian: Eli Manning, Mississippi, (39 Wonderlic score) - Though Ohio State quarterback Craig Krenzel is the molecular genetics major with the hopes of becoming a doctor, he scored a 38. Put Manning at the head of the quarterback class.
* Dishonor roll: Ell Roberson, Kansas State (11) - At least he beat Jeff George, who once scored a 10.
Running back
* Valedictorian: Michael Turner, Northern Illinois (35) - The Dallas Cowboys coveted Turner even before he lit up the other running backs.
* Dishonor roll: Rich Alexis, Washington (11) - His lack of speed is not the only thing teams have noticed.
Fullback
* Valedictorian: Sean McHugh, Penn State (36) - Happy Valley has another reason to smile.
* Dishonor roll: Thomas Tapeh, Minnesota (11) - At least he has an excuse. He grew up playing soccer in Liberia and did not move to the Twin Cities until he was 9.
Wide receiver
* Valedictorian: Derek Abney, Kentucky (34) - A poor man's Tim Dwight - and more intelligent.
* Dishonor roll: Jeris McIntyre, Auburn (10) - He can run like nobody else, but he still has some major catching up to do.
Tight end
* Valedictorian: Ben Watson, Georgia (41) - Yet another reason for the Broncos to view Watson as a possible successor to Shannon Sharpe.
* Dishonor roll: Kellen Winslow, Miami (12) - Thought he would have learned more than that.
Offensive tackle
* Valedictorians: Nat Dorsey, Georgia Tech; Dylan McFarland, Montana; Max Starks, Florida (each 35) - Three tackles, three 35s.
* Dishonor roll: Carlos Joseph, Miami (7) - His Wonderlic score combined with college teammate Winslow's is less than half of Manning's.
Guard
* Valedictorian: Jeb Terry, North Carolina (41) - Would fit right in with the Broncos, a team that already has tight ends named Jeb and Jed.
* Dishonor roll: Vernon Carey, Miami (18) - When it comes to college football, Miami knows how to make a name for itself.
Center
* Valedictorian: Jake Grove, Virginia Tech (31) - There's a reason he will be the first center drafted.
* Dishonor roll: Alex Stepano- vich, Ohio State (21) - Centers couldn't survive if their scores were much lower.
Defensive line
* Valedictorian: Jared Claus, Iowa (45) - Ding, ding, ding! The winner of this year's competition for the highest Wonderlic score.
* Dishonor roll: Roderick Green, Central Missouri State (3) - Ding, ding, ding. The winner of this year's competition for the lowest Wonderlic score.
Linebacker
* Valedictorian: Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma (39) - Anyone this fast, this smart and this good should go in the first round.
* Dishonor roll: Greg Richmond, Oklahoma State (10) - Bad sign when your Wonderlic resembles your cleat size.
Cornerback
* Valedictorian: Von Hutchins, Mississippi (26) - Has a swagger to go with his smarts.
* Dishonor roll: Chris Gamble, Ohio State (9) - Wonderlic is only two better than the No. 7 he wore at Ohio State.
Safety
* Valedictorian: Stuart Schweigert, Purdue (28) - Cited twice for underage drinking, so he can't be all that smart.
* Dishonor roll: Sean Taylor, Miami (10) - Boy, Miami really does stand out, doesn't it?
I wonder how some of these players found their way home after practice.
Daily dose of Machiavelli
Old Niccolo lays into Clinton's handling of the terrorism threat:
Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are brewing, they are easily cured. But when, for want of such knowledge, they are allowed to grow so that everyone can recognize them, there is no longer any remedy to be found.
I take that to mean if Clinton would have laid off the chubby intern, he may have realized the threat that was brewing from Bin Laden and dealt with him before he grew into such a formidable threat. Since Clinton did nothing to retaliate and in fact retreated from Bin Laden, Bin Laden was allowed to grow until "there is no longer any remedy to be found" to easily stop him.
Old Niccolo lays into Clinton's handling of the terrorism threat:
Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are brewing, they are easily cured. But when, for want of such knowledge, they are allowed to grow so that everyone can recognize them, there is no longer any remedy to be found.
I take that to mean if Clinton would have laid off the chubby intern, he may have realized the threat that was brewing from Bin Laden and dealt with him before he grew into such a formidable threat. Since Clinton did nothing to retaliate and in fact retreated from Bin Laden, Bin Laden was allowed to grow until "there is no longer any remedy to be found" to easily stop him.
The 9-11 Commission
Extreme Catholic captures the atmosphere of the hearings with this mock questioning:
Mr. Ben Veniste: Ms. Rice, Is it not true that the Bush administration did not build a time machine so they could go back in time and prevent the crucifixion of Jesus and thereby create a comprehensive solution to the mideast crisis. Yes or No, Ms. Rice. Don't filibuster me.
That just about captures the tone and "fairness" of the dems in these hearings.
Extreme Catholic captures the atmosphere of the hearings with this mock questioning:
Mr. Ben Veniste: Ms. Rice, Is it not true that the Bush administration did not build a time machine so they could go back in time and prevent the crucifixion of Jesus and thereby create a comprehensive solution to the mideast crisis. Yes or No, Ms. Rice. Don't filibuster me.
That just about captures the tone and "fairness" of the dems in these hearings.
Lefty Lunacy, Part II
Not done in Florida with the lefty lunacy, as the leading democrat candidate for the open US Senate seat says she will put Rush Limbaugh away . . . or at least get him off the air
Betty Castor barely started to answer a question on health care when shouts erupted from the retirees gathered at a massive condo complex.
"Loudah! Loudah!" they yelled in their New York accents, several cupping their ears to hear her.
It's been 14 years since the Democratic front-runner for Bob Graham's U.S. Senate seat has been on the campaign trail.
But Castor's too-quiet answer at the Century Village complex was about the only sign of rustiness as she campaigned across Palm Beach County last week. A month shy of 63 and facing suggestions from rivals that her time has passed, Castor looked every bit the energetic, sharp politician that veteran observers remember.
The former University of South Florida president works a room with a smile, hugs and effortless schmoozing. When a group of fourth-grade Head Start students recited Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, Castor jumped to her feet and applauded. She laughed when someone at Century Village suggested her son, an assistant state attorney in Palm Beach County, make sure Rush Limbaugh does time for illegal prescription drug purchases.
"I will guarantee you I will tell my son, and he will fight hard to put Rush Limbaugh away . . . or at least get him off the air," she quipped, as Frank Castor watched miserably. (He has nothing to do with the Limbaugh case his office is pursuing.)
I can't stand Larry King, but if a Republican Senator "guaranteed" to take him off the air, I would be standing up to support the little twerp. We've already seen abuses of prosecutorial power to the point that the ACLU filed an amicus brief supporting Limbaugh. Who is the real supporter of free speech?
Not done in Florida with the lefty lunacy, as the leading democrat candidate for the open US Senate seat says she will put Rush Limbaugh away . . . or at least get him off the air
Betty Castor barely started to answer a question on health care when shouts erupted from the retirees gathered at a massive condo complex.
"Loudah! Loudah!" they yelled in their New York accents, several cupping their ears to hear her.
It's been 14 years since the Democratic front-runner for Bob Graham's U.S. Senate seat has been on the campaign trail.
But Castor's too-quiet answer at the Century Village complex was about the only sign of rustiness as she campaigned across Palm Beach County last week. A month shy of 63 and facing suggestions from rivals that her time has passed, Castor looked every bit the energetic, sharp politician that veteran observers remember.
The former University of South Florida president works a room with a smile, hugs and effortless schmoozing. When a group of fourth-grade Head Start students recited Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, Castor jumped to her feet and applauded. She laughed when someone at Century Village suggested her son, an assistant state attorney in Palm Beach County, make sure Rush Limbaugh does time for illegal prescription drug purchases.
"I will guarantee you I will tell my son, and he will fight hard to put Rush Limbaugh away . . . or at least get him off the air," she quipped, as Frank Castor watched miserably. (He has nothing to do with the Limbaugh case his office is pursuing.)
I can't stand Larry King, but if a Republican Senator "guaranteed" to take him off the air, I would be standing up to support the little twerp. We've already seen abuses of prosecutorial power to the point that the ACLU filed an amicus brief supporting Limbaugh. Who is the real supporter of free speech?
Lefty Lunacy in Florida, Part 1
The dems hit new lows in Florida this week, starting with this ad taken out in a St Pete newspaper by the St Petersburg Democratic Club. It calls for someone to take Rumsfield and:
..put this SOB up against a wall and say "This is one of our bad days" and pull the trigger. Do you want to salvage our country? Be a savior of our country? Then vote for John Kerry and get rid of the whole Bush bunch.
The lefties keep calling US the nazis and fascists, yet we have the democrats calling for the murder of the secretary of defense, and Kerry was at a meeting back in the 70's when the assassination of US Senators was discussed. Who are the thugs willing to use violence?
The dems hit new lows in Florida this week, starting with this ad taken out in a St Pete newspaper by the St Petersburg Democratic Club. It calls for someone to take Rumsfield and:
..put this SOB up against a wall and say "This is one of our bad days" and pull the trigger. Do you want to salvage our country? Be a savior of our country? Then vote for John Kerry and get rid of the whole Bush bunch.
The lefties keep calling US the nazis and fascists, yet we have the democrats calling for the murder of the secretary of defense, and Kerry was at a meeting back in the 70's when the assassination of US Senators was discussed. Who are the thugs willing to use violence?
"Catholics" supporting Waffle Man
Per Lifenews is this story about an allegedly Catholic group supporting Kerry.
Catholics for a Free Choice, a so-called "Catholic" organization that backs abortion, has named three people to its board of directors, including outgoing NARAL president Kate Michelman.
The three new board members include Michelman; Dr. Albert Thomas, director of obstetrical services at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City; and Cheryl Francisconi, a Packard Foundation consultant.
"The challenges that face Catholics who are pro-choice are enormous. Meeting those challenges requires political savvy, a commitment to scientific integrity and a passion for helping women," Frances Kissling, president of CFFC said.
"Scientific integrity?" "Passion for helping women?" Where is the scientific integrity of denying the Hippocratic Oath, in killing a person who has a heartbeat and brainwaves? I remember seeing the sonogram of my son, and seeing the heartbeat and wondering how someone could be so cruel. Thankfully there are some good Catholics out there:
Responding to the announcement, Father Frank Pavone tells LifeNews.com that Kissling is correct about one thing: pro-abortion "Catholics" do face big challenges.
"That is true, starting with John Kerry, who is going to have a very hard eight months," Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life, said. "The challenge consists precisely in explaining how one can claim to be a Catholic while denying what the Catholic Church has identified as a central, unchangeable teaching."
"When a candidate is so ignorant or so dishonest about something as sacred as his own faith, he or she is hardly worthy of trust to govern the greatest nation on earth," (emphasis mine)Father Pavone explained, referring to Kerry's declaration that his Catholic religious beliefs don't compel him to legislate the church's pro-life view.
Slam dunk, Father. Way to jack that hanging curveball over the fence. As I pointed out last week, there is no justification for the murder of a fetus. If these idiots want to be pro-choice they can go over to the nearest Episcopal church and be pro-choice.
Per Lifenews is this story about an allegedly Catholic group supporting Kerry.
Catholics for a Free Choice, a so-called "Catholic" organization that backs abortion, has named three people to its board of directors, including outgoing NARAL president Kate Michelman.
The three new board members include Michelman; Dr. Albert Thomas, director of obstetrical services at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City; and Cheryl Francisconi, a Packard Foundation consultant.
"The challenges that face Catholics who are pro-choice are enormous. Meeting those challenges requires political savvy, a commitment to scientific integrity and a passion for helping women," Frances Kissling, president of CFFC said.
"Scientific integrity?" "Passion for helping women?" Where is the scientific integrity of denying the Hippocratic Oath, in killing a person who has a heartbeat and brainwaves? I remember seeing the sonogram of my son, and seeing the heartbeat and wondering how someone could be so cruel. Thankfully there are some good Catholics out there:
Responding to the announcement, Father Frank Pavone tells LifeNews.com that Kissling is correct about one thing: pro-abortion "Catholics" do face big challenges.
"That is true, starting with John Kerry, who is going to have a very hard eight months," Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life, said. "The challenge consists precisely in explaining how one can claim to be a Catholic while denying what the Catholic Church has identified as a central, unchangeable teaching."
"When a candidate is so ignorant or so dishonest about something as sacred as his own faith, he or she is hardly worthy of trust to govern the greatest nation on earth," (emphasis mine)Father Pavone explained, referring to Kerry's declaration that his Catholic religious beliefs don't compel him to legislate the church's pro-life view.
Slam dunk, Father. Way to jack that hanging curveball over the fence. As I pointed out last week, there is no justification for the murder of a fetus. If these idiots want to be pro-choice they can go over to the nearest Episcopal church and be pro-choice.
Monday, April 12, 2004
Machiavelli Quote of the Day
Gee, this reminds me of lefties:
For generally speaking, one can say the following about men: they are ungrateful, inconsistent, feigners and dissimulators, avoiders of danger, eager for gain, and whilst it profits them they are all yours. They will offer you their blood, their property, their life and their offspring when your need for them is remote. But when your needs are pressing, they turn away. The prince who depends entirely on their words perishes when he finds he has not taken any other precautions.
Ted Kennedy in particular reminds me of this quote. Bush made the mistake of working with him on the education bill, and Teddy has definitely shown himself to be "ungrateful and inconsistent."
Gee, this reminds me of lefties:
For generally speaking, one can say the following about men: they are ungrateful, inconsistent, feigners and dissimulators, avoiders of danger, eager for gain, and whilst it profits them they are all yours. They will offer you their blood, their property, their life and their offspring when your need for them is remote. But when your needs are pressing, they turn away. The prince who depends entirely on their words perishes when he finds he has not taken any other precautions.
Ted Kennedy in particular reminds me of this quote. Bush made the mistake of working with him on the education bill, and Teddy has definitely shown himself to be "ungrateful and inconsistent."
Islam vs Christianity
Per the great folks at Right Nation is a bumper sticker that tells us the biggest difference between Christianity and Islam:
Per the great folks at Right Nation is a bumper sticker that tells us the biggest difference between Christianity and Islam:
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Lefty Lunacy on the editorial page
Ever since I praised Cynthia Tucker of the AJC for an editorial, she seems to be going out of her way to prove me wrong. Her latest effort is so blatantly partisan that it doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story. Lowlights:
Testimony under oath before the Sept. 11 commission and the Iraq uprising make increasingly clear that the central underpinning of the president's re-election campaign -- that he has conducted a tough-minded war on terror -- stands the truth on its head.
As opposed to Clinton? Bush has liberated Iraq and Afghanistan and severely crippled Al Qaeda. What are you smoking Cindy?
Besides, Bush had already admitted his failure to forecast the immediacy of the al-Qaida menace. In "Bush at War," published last year, Bob Woodward quoted the president as saying he "didn't feel that sense of urgency" about bin Laden before the attacks.
Didn't everyone know that Bin Laden's men were going to hijack 4 planes and fly them into buildings?
The entire premise of the Bush presidency -- that he is a man of principle, of honor, of candor -- is crumbling. The chaos engulfing Iraq is not just the result of guileless miscalculations. It is the inevitable outcome of a policy built on mendacity.
This one is the funniest. Zogby's polling data tends to say that Cindy doesn't know what the hell she is talking about:
In the case of a possible major terrorist attack in the United States, exactly 51.6% (52% rounded) of voters prefer to be led by Bush as compared to Kerry with 40%. This is no change from last month.
Ever since I praised Cynthia Tucker of the AJC for an editorial, she seems to be going out of her way to prove me wrong. Her latest effort is so blatantly partisan that it doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story. Lowlights:
Testimony under oath before the Sept. 11 commission and the Iraq uprising make increasingly clear that the central underpinning of the president's re-election campaign -- that he has conducted a tough-minded war on terror -- stands the truth on its head.
As opposed to Clinton? Bush has liberated Iraq and Afghanistan and severely crippled Al Qaeda. What are you smoking Cindy?
Besides, Bush had already admitted his failure to forecast the immediacy of the al-Qaida menace. In "Bush at War," published last year, Bob Woodward quoted the president as saying he "didn't feel that sense of urgency" about bin Laden before the attacks.
Didn't everyone know that Bin Laden's men were going to hijack 4 planes and fly them into buildings?
The entire premise of the Bush presidency -- that he is a man of principle, of honor, of candor -- is crumbling. The chaos engulfing Iraq is not just the result of guileless miscalculations. It is the inevitable outcome of a policy built on mendacity.
This one is the funniest. Zogby's polling data tends to say that Cindy doesn't know what the hell she is talking about:
In the case of a possible major terrorist attack in the United States, exactly 51.6% (52% rounded) of voters prefer to be led by Bush as compared to Kerry with 40%. This is no change from last month.
Another Watergate
Too bad I have to read about it in The Telegraph instead of US papers, but there is a potential scandal brewing about a political burglary stealing embarassing Kerry documents:
It has, according to the victim of a burglary in California, all the makings of a "west coast Watergate".
When Gerald Nicosia, a respected author and historian, returned to his home in the town of Corte Madera on March 25, it became clear that he had been the victim of an unusual break-in. Doors were ajar and there was evidence of a hurried departure, but no valuables had been taken: a Canon camera was still lying on the kitchen table.
The only items missing, Mr Nicosia realised, were three box files of politically-charged documents. They looked unexceptional but were filled with FBI surveillance records on a Vietnam veteran and anti-war activist by the name of John Kerry.
Mr Nicosia believes that the burglars were seeking papers that link Senator Kerry - the Democratic presidential candidate - to a controversial meeting of anti-Vietnam War activists in the early 1970s, at which a proposal to assassinate US congressmen was discussed.
So what went on this meeting that Kerry is so determined to prove that he was never there?
Combing through the papers, Mr Nicosia found the startling document, dating from November 1971. It said that Mr Kerry took part in the VVAW meeting in Kansas, at which the assassination of pro-war senators was openly discussed before being rejected as a tactic.
Campaign aides have repeatedly denied that Mr Kerry attended the Kansas meeting, claiming that the senator left the VVAW in July 1971. Other VVAW members have offered conflicting accounts. Randy Barnes, the organiser of the Kansas City chapter, initially said that Mr Kerry did attend, but later claimed that he may have confused the Kansas meeting with one in St Louis.
"Senator Kerry does not remember attending the Kansas City meeting," said a Kerry campaign spokesman. Yet aides now acknowledge that the FBI records indicate that he was, indeed, present.
Kerry seems to have trouble remember what he ate for breakfast, unless polling data shows his choice of food was politically popular. Kerry participated in a group openly discussing the assassination of elected political leaders, one more reason Kerry MUST NOT WIN!
Too bad I have to read about it in The Telegraph instead of US papers, but there is a potential scandal brewing about a political burglary stealing embarassing Kerry documents:
It has, according to the victim of a burglary in California, all the makings of a "west coast Watergate".
When Gerald Nicosia, a respected author and historian, returned to his home in the town of Corte Madera on March 25, it became clear that he had been the victim of an unusual break-in. Doors were ajar and there was evidence of a hurried departure, but no valuables had been taken: a Canon camera was still lying on the kitchen table.
The only items missing, Mr Nicosia realised, were three box files of politically-charged documents. They looked unexceptional but were filled with FBI surveillance records on a Vietnam veteran and anti-war activist by the name of John Kerry.
Mr Nicosia believes that the burglars were seeking papers that link Senator Kerry - the Democratic presidential candidate - to a controversial meeting of anti-Vietnam War activists in the early 1970s, at which a proposal to assassinate US congressmen was discussed.
So what went on this meeting that Kerry is so determined to prove that he was never there?
Combing through the papers, Mr Nicosia found the startling document, dating from November 1971. It said that Mr Kerry took part in the VVAW meeting in Kansas, at which the assassination of pro-war senators was openly discussed before being rejected as a tactic.
Campaign aides have repeatedly denied that Mr Kerry attended the Kansas meeting, claiming that the senator left the VVAW in July 1971. Other VVAW members have offered conflicting accounts. Randy Barnes, the organiser of the Kansas City chapter, initially said that Mr Kerry did attend, but later claimed that he may have confused the Kansas meeting with one in St Louis.
"Senator Kerry does not remember attending the Kansas City meeting," said a Kerry campaign spokesman. Yet aides now acknowledge that the FBI records indicate that he was, indeed, present.
Kerry seems to have trouble remember what he ate for breakfast, unless polling data shows his choice of food was politically popular. Kerry participated in a group openly discussing the assassination of elected political leaders, one more reason Kerry MUST NOT WIN!
Easter Vigil: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We went to the Easter Vigil Mass last night, which is one of my favorite Masses of the whole year. Baptisms, confirmations, communion, receiving new members, it is so symbolic of the Catholic church. Here is my review of the Mass, with apologies to Sergio Leone.
The Good:
- Our Priest is one of the best at baptisms, he makes into the big deal it truly is
- The numbers: our RCIA class was HUGE, and many children were baptized
- The joy on the face of the converts as they were received into Mother Church
- The impish grin of our priest as he slathered the converts with oil
- The delightful string section
- Our associate priest doing a great job as a cantor
- The peaceful look on my son's face as he fell asleep at Mass (he's 10 months, it's OK)
- I love Taize and was happy to hear some selections included in the music
The Bad:
- Too many people wearing something inappropriate for the holiest day. Not asking for Brooks Brothers suits for guys and high Victorian collars on the women, but a little decorum would be nice. I went "Easter Casual" myself, dress pants and a dress shirt, no tie or jacket. It is Florida, after all.
- A woman who tanned too much & looked like a piece of chicken nobody turned over
- 3 hour Masses and 10 month old children do not mix well, my son was antsy
The Ugly:
- The Bill Watrous wannabe playing trombone. Suburban guys shouldn't try to do improv solos ever, but especially at Mass. When I want good trombone jams I'll listen to "Beginnings" by Chicago, back before they got all wussy. Bill Watrous is probably the greatest jazz trombonist of all time, in case you were wondering. He won a ridiculous number of best trombonist awards by Downbeat magazine.
We went to the Easter Vigil Mass last night, which is one of my favorite Masses of the whole year. Baptisms, confirmations, communion, receiving new members, it is so symbolic of the Catholic church. Here is my review of the Mass, with apologies to Sergio Leone.
The Good:
- Our Priest is one of the best at baptisms, he makes into the big deal it truly is
- The numbers: our RCIA class was HUGE, and many children were baptized
- The joy on the face of the converts as they were received into Mother Church
- The impish grin of our priest as he slathered the converts with oil
- The delightful string section
- Our associate priest doing a great job as a cantor
- The peaceful look on my son's face as he fell asleep at Mass (he's 10 months, it's OK)
- I love Taize and was happy to hear some selections included in the music
The Bad:
- Too many people wearing something inappropriate for the holiest day. Not asking for Brooks Brothers suits for guys and high Victorian collars on the women, but a little decorum would be nice. I went "Easter Casual" myself, dress pants and a dress shirt, no tie or jacket. It is Florida, after all.
- A woman who tanned too much & looked like a piece of chicken nobody turned over
- 3 hour Masses and 10 month old children do not mix well, my son was antsy
The Ugly:
- The Bill Watrous wannabe playing trombone. Suburban guys shouldn't try to do improv solos ever, but especially at Mass. When I want good trombone jams I'll listen to "Beginnings" by Chicago, back before they got all wussy. Bill Watrous is probably the greatest jazz trombonist of all time, in case you were wondering. He won a ridiculous number of best trombonist awards by Downbeat magazine.
Easter Silliness from the Archdruid of Canterbury
Ah, count on the the current resident of the Cathedral at Canterbury to provide comic relief:
The world should not stand by "in indecision and distractedness" while slaughter such as that in Rwanda 10 years ago takes place, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
In his Easter Sunday sermon at Canterbury Cathedral, Dr Rowan Williams said the resurrection of Christ should have taught us that every life is valuable.
Yes, every life is valuable. Especially the lives of the most innocent, the unborn. Right, Archbishop?
Dr Williams said Christians should not forget victims of the genocide in Rwanda - when hundreds of thousands were slaughtered as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign - even though the tragedy happened at "distance".
"It is not that we wielded the weapons; but the nations of the world stood by in indecision and distractedness while the slaughter went on. Some lives, it seems, are still forgettable; some deaths still obliterate memory for those of us at a distance."
There were still parts of the world where people were dying needlessly.
Agreed, like the unborn. Right, Archbishop?
He said: "As I speak, the carnage in Northern Uganda continues. Just a matter of weeks ago, a mass killing there failed to make anything like an adequately serious impact on great tracts of the media; and most people here are not aware of the nearly one million displaced persons in that region living in continual fear, and the nightmare situation of the hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped to be soldiers, to kill and be killed.
"When deaths like this are forgotten, the gospel of the resurrection should come as a sharp word of judgment as well as of hope".
The Archbishop told the congregation they should also remember those who die "alone and unloved" in our own society - the aged with no family, the homeless addict, the mentally disturbed and isolated from ordinary human contact.
He said the goodness of the resurrection was "most obvious" to those who had lost loved ones to "incomprehensible evil - the tragedies of dementia, the apparent meaninglessness of accident, the horrors of violence or injustice".
Like the unborn, right Archbishop? Oh, you were done? I shouldn't be surprised, after all when it comes to abortion the Archdruid has done some moral equivalency:
Dr Williams wrote: "I am genuinely puzzled by political parties, governments or churches that appear to find a greater moral problem in abortion than in the manufacture, marketing and use of indiscriminate weaponry, from cluster bombs and poison gas to nuclear warheads."
That was from this article about the Archbishop in BBC at the time of his elevation. Bombs and munitions are made to defend ourselves against threats by evil doers, while there is no excuse for abortion. I guess it is permissable for the unborn to die "alone and unloved". Happy Easter.
Ah, count on the the current resident of the Cathedral at Canterbury to provide comic relief:
The world should not stand by "in indecision and distractedness" while slaughter such as that in Rwanda 10 years ago takes place, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
In his Easter Sunday sermon at Canterbury Cathedral, Dr Rowan Williams said the resurrection of Christ should have taught us that every life is valuable.
Yes, every life is valuable. Especially the lives of the most innocent, the unborn. Right, Archbishop?
Dr Williams said Christians should not forget victims of the genocide in Rwanda - when hundreds of thousands were slaughtered as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign - even though the tragedy happened at "distance".
"It is not that we wielded the weapons; but the nations of the world stood by in indecision and distractedness while the slaughter went on. Some lives, it seems, are still forgettable; some deaths still obliterate memory for those of us at a distance."
There were still parts of the world where people were dying needlessly.
Agreed, like the unborn. Right, Archbishop?
He said: "As I speak, the carnage in Northern Uganda continues. Just a matter of weeks ago, a mass killing there failed to make anything like an adequately serious impact on great tracts of the media; and most people here are not aware of the nearly one million displaced persons in that region living in continual fear, and the nightmare situation of the hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped to be soldiers, to kill and be killed.
"When deaths like this are forgotten, the gospel of the resurrection should come as a sharp word of judgment as well as of hope".
The Archbishop told the congregation they should also remember those who die "alone and unloved" in our own society - the aged with no family, the homeless addict, the mentally disturbed and isolated from ordinary human contact.
He said the goodness of the resurrection was "most obvious" to those who had lost loved ones to "incomprehensible evil - the tragedies of dementia, the apparent meaninglessness of accident, the horrors of violence or injustice".
Like the unborn, right Archbishop? Oh, you were done? I shouldn't be surprised, after all when it comes to abortion the Archdruid has done some moral equivalency:
Dr Williams wrote: "I am genuinely puzzled by political parties, governments or churches that appear to find a greater moral problem in abortion than in the manufacture, marketing and use of indiscriminate weaponry, from cluster bombs and poison gas to nuclear warheads."
That was from this article about the Archbishop in BBC at the time of his elevation. Bombs and munitions are made to defend ourselves against threats by evil doers, while there is no excuse for abortion. I guess it is permissable for the unborn to die "alone and unloved". Happy Easter.
Saturday, April 10, 2004
Machiavelli and Iraq
Machiavelli's Quote of the day, and guidance on how to handle the Iraq situation:
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Machiavelli's Quote of the day, and guidance on how to handle the Iraq situation:
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Major Stupidity from the Euro-Trash EUnichs
A stupid lefty (I know, redundant) from Northern Ireland is calling upon the US to negotiate with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam has called on the British and American governments to open talks with Osama bin Laden and al Qaida around a negotiating table.
The former Labour MP for Redcar said that by carrying out military campaigns in the Middle East, Britain and the US were acting as a "recruitment officer for the terrorists".
In a television interview which will be broadcast on Easter Sunday, she described the current hardline approach to the war on terror as "completely counter-productive".
Ms Mowlam told Tyne Tees TV's Sunday Interview that Britain and America must open a dialogue with their enemies.
Interviewer Tony Cartledge asked if she could imagine "al Qaida and Osama bin Laden arriving at the negotiating table".
She replied: "You have to do that. If you do not you condemn large parts of the world to war forever.
"Some people couldn't conceive of Gerry Adams or Martin McGuinness getting to the table but they did."
Gerry Adams and IRA also aren't total savages, unlike Bin Laden and the other sand fleas. As far as "counter-productive", eventually we'll run out of terrorists to shoot as the only thing they understand is force. Neville Chamberlains like Mowlan don't understand these savages. This next thing explains where she gets these ideas:
She also confirmed on the programme that she has completely recovered from a brain tumour. She stepped down as an MP in 2001.
At least she has an excuse.
A stupid lefty (I know, redundant) from Northern Ireland is calling upon the US to negotiate with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam has called on the British and American governments to open talks with Osama bin Laden and al Qaida around a negotiating table.
The former Labour MP for Redcar said that by carrying out military campaigns in the Middle East, Britain and the US were acting as a "recruitment officer for the terrorists".
In a television interview which will be broadcast on Easter Sunday, she described the current hardline approach to the war on terror as "completely counter-productive".
Ms Mowlam told Tyne Tees TV's Sunday Interview that Britain and America must open a dialogue with their enemies.
Interviewer Tony Cartledge asked if she could imagine "al Qaida and Osama bin Laden arriving at the negotiating table".
She replied: "You have to do that. If you do not you condemn large parts of the world to war forever.
"Some people couldn't conceive of Gerry Adams or Martin McGuinness getting to the table but they did."
Gerry Adams and IRA also aren't total savages, unlike Bin Laden and the other sand fleas. As far as "counter-productive", eventually we'll run out of terrorists to shoot as the only thing they understand is force. Neville Chamberlains like Mowlan don't understand these savages. This next thing explains where she gets these ideas:
She also confirmed on the programme that she has completely recovered from a brain tumour. She stepped down as an MP in 2001.
At least she has an excuse.
Plea "bargain"?
While I relish the thought of my least favorite CEO, Martin Grass from Rite Aid, rotting in jail for decades, I do find fault with the US Probation office disregarding the terms of the plea bargain involving Grass and the US Government.
A pre-sentencing report by the U.S. Probation Office says Martin L. Grass, Rite Aid Corp.'s former chairman and CEO, should receive the maximum 10 years in prison for the two charges to which he pleaded guilty, instead of the eight years specified in his plea bargain with the U.S. attorney's office.
The report, which both Grass' lawyers and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Douglas Daniel are scrambling to rebut, applies federal sentencing guidelines and does not give Grass several "discounts" on the sentence that federal prosecutors say are warranted.
As much disdain as I have for Grass, who commuted to our office in a corporate jet helicopter from his Maryland horse farm while we made terrible wages and worse benefits, a deal is a deal. He did save the government money in pleading guilty, and helped bring guilty pleas from his fellow scum in the Rite Aid board room.
The probation officer, who is not identified in Daniel's motion, already has rejected the arguments of both sides.
One of the objections by the probation office to leniency for Grass centers on the timing of his guilty plea. Under federal sentencing guidelines, a reduction is allowed if the defendant pleads guilty in a "timely" manner, thus allowing the government to avoid the time and expense of preparing for a trial.
Daniel said Grass' attorneys began negotiating a plea deal immediately after Frank Bergonzi, Rite Aid's former chief financial officer, changed his plea to guilty last June 5, four days before he, Grass and two other defendants were scheduled to go on trial.
The probation office said that was not timely, considering how close it was to the start of the trial.
Some G-7 government employee is going to screw this up over some ego battle instead of just letting this guy do the time he agreed to serve. I have no love for Grass, but he plead guilty and the government signed off on the deal.
While I relish the thought of my least favorite CEO, Martin Grass from Rite Aid, rotting in jail for decades, I do find fault with the US Probation office disregarding the terms of the plea bargain involving Grass and the US Government.
A pre-sentencing report by the U.S. Probation Office says Martin L. Grass, Rite Aid Corp.'s former chairman and CEO, should receive the maximum 10 years in prison for the two charges to which he pleaded guilty, instead of the eight years specified in his plea bargain with the U.S. attorney's office.
The report, which both Grass' lawyers and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Douglas Daniel are scrambling to rebut, applies federal sentencing guidelines and does not give Grass several "discounts" on the sentence that federal prosecutors say are warranted.
As much disdain as I have for Grass, who commuted to our office in a corporate jet helicopter from his Maryland horse farm while we made terrible wages and worse benefits, a deal is a deal. He did save the government money in pleading guilty, and helped bring guilty pleas from his fellow scum in the Rite Aid board room.
The probation officer, who is not identified in Daniel's motion, already has rejected the arguments of both sides.
One of the objections by the probation office to leniency for Grass centers on the timing of his guilty plea. Under federal sentencing guidelines, a reduction is allowed if the defendant pleads guilty in a "timely" manner, thus allowing the government to avoid the time and expense of preparing for a trial.
Daniel said Grass' attorneys began negotiating a plea deal immediately after Frank Bergonzi, Rite Aid's former chief financial officer, changed his plea to guilty last June 5, four days before he, Grass and two other defendants were scheduled to go on trial.
The probation office said that was not timely, considering how close it was to the start of the trial.
Some G-7 government employee is going to screw this up over some ego battle instead of just letting this guy do the time he agreed to serve. I have no love for Grass, but he plead guilty and the government signed off on the deal.
Putting terrorism in the Figure Four
Now here is a better candidate than Ketchup Man: Ric Flair For President!
- Strong on defense: beat communists like Nikita Koloff and Ivan Koloff
- pro-business: partial to "wheelin'-dealin'" and "jet flying, limousine riding", has a house on "the big side of town"
- faced down Middle East terrorist threats of Iron Shiek and The Original Shiek
Now here is a better candidate than Ketchup Man: Ric Flair For President!
- Strong on defense: beat communists like Nikita Koloff and Ivan Koloff
- pro-business: partial to "wheelin'-dealin'" and "jet flying, limousine riding", has a house on "the big side of town"
- faced down Middle East terrorist threats of Iron Shiek and The Original Shiek
A right to free porn?
IN yet another example of a right I can't find in the constitution, along with the right to privacy, separation of church and state, is the judicial system telling libraries they have to let pervs have unfettered access to smut.
Several Jacksonville library board members balked Thursday at a proposed policy that would have allowed adults the ability to view online pornography in local libraries upon request.
The library board started filtering Internet access in 1997, three years before Congress passed a law that required filtering software on school and library computers to restrict access to pictures that are obscene, contain child pornography or harmful to minors.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law as long as adult customers were allowed unfiltered access to the Internet when requested.
Jacksonville's Internet policy doesn't allow unfiltered access to anyone upon request. So the library's collection and technology committee has been researching a new policy in an attempt to comply with the federal ruling by a July deadline.
Why should our tax dollars support free access to porn for these pervs? The Jacksonville library already is facing $7 million in cuts yet some goofs in robes are going to tell them that pervs have a RIGHT to look at porn? For free?
Committee Chairwoman Phyllis Tousey proposed a policy Thursday that would require adults interested in unfiltered access to show identification to a librarian and use a privacy screen. The adults would receive a password to gain access to unfiltered material, though illegal materials such as child pornography would still be prohibited on library computers.
The library would purchase several privacy screens for each library, for a total cost of about $5,800. The tinted screens would attach to the computer monitor and block viewing from anyone not directly in front of the computer.Adults would not be allowed to show unfiltered material to children and if minors looked at the material, they'd be asked to move to a different area of the library.
Board member Bill Scheu said he didn't want anyone to have access to pornography. Board members John Falconetti and Bruce Barcelo agreed.
Falconetti pointed out that before the library had a filtering policy, there were threats of lawsuits because there wasn't enough filtering.
"This community is extremely sensitive about this topic," Falconetti said.
They asked that the issue be deferred for another month so that Assistant General Counsel Scott Makar could research the possibility of continuing to filter pornography and defining pornography.
If the library isn't compliant with the federal law by July, the federal government could withhold the $90,000 the library receives each year in rebates for providing Internet access.
Perhaps we need to get good people with morals to donate some money to make up for any shortfall from the government. This is so disturbing. My friend Bobby, perhaps the pervs who wish to look at porn for free need to have their names published and placed on the wall in big letters. Since more than a few of these guys are probably married and would be coming to look at stuff in secrecy, we need to lift the veil of secrecy. Let their wives know what they are doing.
IN yet another example of a right I can't find in the constitution, along with the right to privacy, separation of church and state, is the judicial system telling libraries they have to let pervs have unfettered access to smut.
Several Jacksonville library board members balked Thursday at a proposed policy that would have allowed adults the ability to view online pornography in local libraries upon request.
The library board started filtering Internet access in 1997, three years before Congress passed a law that required filtering software on school and library computers to restrict access to pictures that are obscene, contain child pornography or harmful to minors.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law as long as adult customers were allowed unfiltered access to the Internet when requested.
Jacksonville's Internet policy doesn't allow unfiltered access to anyone upon request. So the library's collection and technology committee has been researching a new policy in an attempt to comply with the federal ruling by a July deadline.
Why should our tax dollars support free access to porn for these pervs? The Jacksonville library already is facing $7 million in cuts yet some goofs in robes are going to tell them that pervs have a RIGHT to look at porn? For free?
Committee Chairwoman Phyllis Tousey proposed a policy Thursday that would require adults interested in unfiltered access to show identification to a librarian and use a privacy screen. The adults would receive a password to gain access to unfiltered material, though illegal materials such as child pornography would still be prohibited on library computers.
The library would purchase several privacy screens for each library, for a total cost of about $5,800. The tinted screens would attach to the computer monitor and block viewing from anyone not directly in front of the computer.Adults would not be allowed to show unfiltered material to children and if minors looked at the material, they'd be asked to move to a different area of the library.
Board member Bill Scheu said he didn't want anyone to have access to pornography. Board members John Falconetti and Bruce Barcelo agreed.
Falconetti pointed out that before the library had a filtering policy, there were threats of lawsuits because there wasn't enough filtering.
"This community is extremely sensitive about this topic," Falconetti said.
They asked that the issue be deferred for another month so that Assistant General Counsel Scott Makar could research the possibility of continuing to filter pornography and defining pornography.
If the library isn't compliant with the federal law by July, the federal government could withhold the $90,000 the library receives each year in rebates for providing Internet access.
Perhaps we need to get good people with morals to donate some money to make up for any shortfall from the government. This is so disturbing. My friend Bobby, perhaps the pervs who wish to look at porn for free need to have their names published and placed on the wall in big letters. Since more than a few of these guys are probably married and would be coming to look at stuff in secrecy, we need to lift the veil of secrecy. Let their wives know what they are doing.
Friday, April 09, 2004
A coward in the bully pulpit
Once again Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of NY, shows he is the wrong man for the job.
A defiant Manhattan pastor has resigned in protest after Edward Cardinal Egan ordered him to cancel the mass firings of staffers at his parish school.
The lay leaders of St. Francis de Sales Church on East 96th Street - expressing solidarity with the Rev. Charles Murr - also have resigned.
Murr defended his attempted ouster of the principal, vice principal and a half-dozen teachers at St. Francis de Sales & St. Lucy Academy in a letter given to parishioners during Palm Sunday services.
Murr charged that instructors refused to follow Catholic teachings. The principal, he said, failed to file required financial reports and failed to pay the $638,000 the school owes the archdiocese.
"One of our teachers, for example, was taking her students to non-Catholic religious services on Sunday mornings. Others have refused to teach those doctrines of the Catholic faith with which they disagree," Murr said.
Sources said one teacher had expressed support for gay marriage, a position the church opposes.
After teachers received termination notices on April 1, pandemonium erupted.
Egan's office ordered Murr to reinstate all the administrators and teachers. Murr refused and announced his resignation.
Egan spokesman Joe Zwilling said Murr went too far.
"We believe dismissing so many educators and not bringing them back next year would have been disruptive to the school," Zwilling said.
As if teaching things contrary to church doctrine isn't more disruptive than separating the wheat from the chaff. To go from a great man like Cardinal O'Connor to a man in Egan who is too weak for this great office, and who has shown it in dealing with predator priests in Bridgeport, is a huge disappointment.
Once again Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of NY, shows he is the wrong man for the job.
A defiant Manhattan pastor has resigned in protest after Edward Cardinal Egan ordered him to cancel the mass firings of staffers at his parish school.
The lay leaders of St. Francis de Sales Church on East 96th Street - expressing solidarity with the Rev. Charles Murr - also have resigned.
Murr defended his attempted ouster of the principal, vice principal and a half-dozen teachers at St. Francis de Sales & St. Lucy Academy in a letter given to parishioners during Palm Sunday services.
Murr charged that instructors refused to follow Catholic teachings. The principal, he said, failed to file required financial reports and failed to pay the $638,000 the school owes the archdiocese.
"One of our teachers, for example, was taking her students to non-Catholic religious services on Sunday mornings. Others have refused to teach those doctrines of the Catholic faith with which they disagree," Murr said.
Sources said one teacher had expressed support for gay marriage, a position the church opposes.
After teachers received termination notices on April 1, pandemonium erupted.
Egan's office ordered Murr to reinstate all the administrators and teachers. Murr refused and announced his resignation.
Egan spokesman Joe Zwilling said Murr went too far.
"We believe dismissing so many educators and not bringing them back next year would have been disruptive to the school," Zwilling said.
As if teaching things contrary to church doctrine isn't more disruptive than separating the wheat from the chaff. To go from a great man like Cardinal O'Connor to a man in Egan who is too weak for this great office, and who has shown it in dealing with predator priests in Bridgeport, is a huge disappointment.
Kurt Cobain, ten years later
A lot of fuss has been made this week about it being 10 years since Kurt Cobain shoved a bunch of heroin into his arm and a shotgun into his mouth. While I'm a big fan of Nirvana, and have their CD's, including No Alternative, a benefit CD which has an AWESOME uncredited Nirvana song "Verse Chorus Verse," I don't get too caught up in the Cult of Kurt. For me, I look at the ten years that have passed and think a lot has happened to me. As far as Kurt's death being "tragic" I disagree. He did it too himself, he wasn't killed in an accident or by a disease.
Meanwhile, his widow continues to show she is trash although that might be an insult to trash. She gave a joint interview with her daughter to Blender magazine. Excerpts:
In the bizarre give-and-take that's bound to get Love, 39, in even more hot water, she also laments to her only child that she's man-hungry and fantasizes about getting a new squeeze.
"Sometimes, mommies need to get laid, too," Love tells her daughter.
"But Mommy," the girl shoots back, "You intimidate men!"
A lot of fuss has been made this week about it being 10 years since Kurt Cobain shoved a bunch of heroin into his arm and a shotgun into his mouth. While I'm a big fan of Nirvana, and have their CD's, including No Alternative, a benefit CD which has an AWESOME uncredited Nirvana song "Verse Chorus Verse," I don't get too caught up in the Cult of Kurt. For me, I look at the ten years that have passed and think a lot has happened to me. As far as Kurt's death being "tragic" I disagree. He did it too himself, he wasn't killed in an accident or by a disease.
Meanwhile, his widow continues to show she is trash although that might be an insult to trash. She gave a joint interview with her daughter to Blender magazine. Excerpts:
In the bizarre give-and-take that's bound to get Love, 39, in even more hot water, she also laments to her only child that she's man-hungry and fantasizes about getting a new squeeze.
"Sometimes, mommies need to get laid, too," Love tells her daughter.
"But Mommy," the girl shoots back, "You intimidate men!"
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Fuzzy history
When a republican makes a mistake, it's national news. When Ketchup Man think there were 23 Popes named Pius he gets gently corrected by the NY Slimes.
He added: "I'm not a church spokesman. I'm a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life. My oath privately between me and God was defined in the Catholic church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with respect to these choices, and that is exactly where I am. And it is separate. Our constitution separates church and state, and they should be reminded of that."
Mr. Kerry apparently meant John XXIII, as there is no Pius XXIII.
In this same article, Kerry shows that the lives of convicted murderers are more important than the lives of the innocent unborn:
Mr. Kerry became combative when told that some conservatives were criticizing him for being a Roman Catholic who supported policies, like abortion rights and same-sex unions, that are at odds with Catholic teaching.
"Who are they?" he demanded of his questioner. "Name them. Are they the same legislators who vote for the death penalty, which is in contravention of Catholic teaching?"
If Ketchup man would actually study the catechism of the Catholic Church, he would learn that the death penalty is not strictly forbidden:
Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.
If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity with the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm—without definitively taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself—the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity "are very rare, if not practically non-existent."
But abortion is strictly forbidden:
Scripture specifies the prohibition contained in the fifth commandment: "Do not slay the innocent and the righteous."61 The deliberate murder of an innocent person is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human being, to the golden rule, and to the holiness of the Creator. The law forbidding it is universally valid: it obliges each and everyone, always and everywhere.
Everyone, including Senators from Taxachusetts, are obliged to protect the innocent.
When a republican makes a mistake, it's national news. When Ketchup Man think there were 23 Popes named Pius he gets gently corrected by the NY Slimes.
He added: "I'm not a church spokesman. I'm a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life. My oath privately between me and God was defined in the Catholic church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with respect to these choices, and that is exactly where I am. And it is separate. Our constitution separates church and state, and they should be reminded of that."
Mr. Kerry apparently meant John XXIII, as there is no Pius XXIII.
In this same article, Kerry shows that the lives of convicted murderers are more important than the lives of the innocent unborn:
Mr. Kerry became combative when told that some conservatives were criticizing him for being a Roman Catholic who supported policies, like abortion rights and same-sex unions, that are at odds with Catholic teaching.
"Who are they?" he demanded of his questioner. "Name them. Are they the same legislators who vote for the death penalty, which is in contravention of Catholic teaching?"
If Ketchup man would actually study the catechism of the Catholic Church, he would learn that the death penalty is not strictly forbidden:
Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.
If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity with the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm—without definitively taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself—the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity "are very rare, if not practically non-existent."
But abortion is strictly forbidden:
Scripture specifies the prohibition contained in the fifth commandment: "Do not slay the innocent and the righteous."61 The deliberate murder of an innocent person is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human being, to the golden rule, and to the holiness of the Creator. The law forbidding it is universally valid: it obliges each and everyone, always and everywhere.
Everyone, including Senators from Taxachusetts, are obliged to protect the innocent.
Wictory Wednesday
Even in my weakened condition I remember that Wednesdays are Wictory Wednesdays! We need to get out the word to volunteer or donate to help W win reelection in 2004, or else Ketchup Man will be asking Kofi Annan and the rest of the Useless Nations for permission to take a leak. Join the others!
Even in my weakened condition I remember that Wednesdays are Wictory Wednesdays! We need to get out the word to volunteer or donate to help W win reelection in 2004, or else Ketchup Man will be asking Kofi Annan and the rest of the Useless Nations for permission to take a leak. Join the others!
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Another strong editorial
This is from a more reliable editorial page, The New York Post's.
Resolution - the guts to stay the course - is often a determining factor in war. In the War on Terror, it stands to be the decisive factor. This is because the only way that Islamist terrorists can defeat America and the West is if the latter lose resolve.
Which is why every time the civilized world shows weakness in dealing with the terrorists, the result is more terrorism. And it is lack of resolve that lies behind both the bloody rioting in Iraq and the weekend's explosions in Madrid.
Panicked by the Madrid subway bombings, the Spanish people last month voted in a government determined to give terrorists what they clearly want: a removal of Spanish troops from Iraq and a colder relationship with the United States.
Did this appeasement win the Spaniards relief - or even a reprieve - from terror?
Quite the opposite.
Last Friday, Spanish police found a bomb on the Madrid-Seville rail line - the explosives in it similar to those used in the March 11 bombing.
Then, in Madrid on Saturday, a group of Islamists cornered with their bomb-making materials blew themselves up, taking a policeman with them. Among the dead were two main suspects in the March 11 slaughter.
So it would seem that Spain's show of weakness will win that country nothing but more blood and tears.
Much like our failure to punish Al Qaeda after the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, et al led to them being emboldened to commit acts beyond our imagination.
Unfortunately, the U.S. military made a similar deadly error in Iraq when it allowed last week's Fallujah atrocity to pass without a response - and then gave the killers and indeed the world an impression of victory by keeping clear of Fallujah for days afterwards.
U.S. Marines last night were poised to retake the Sunni city - control of which had been ceded to the ill-prepared Iraqi police by the Army in the weeks before the four U.S. nationals were murdered.
But for four days it looked to Iraq - and to the world - as if America had been chased out of Fallujah.
And was staying out.
The immediate result was that Muqtada al-Sadr, the fiercely anti-American Shiite cleric, took advantage of the crisis by ordering violent demonstrations against the arrests of followers suspected in the murder of a moderate cleric.
No one should be surprised by this.
After all, the Israelis harvested a massive increase in Palestinian attacks after they unilaterally pulled their troops out of southern Lebanon, giving the impression they had been driven out by Hezbollah.
Now there's a warrant out for Sadr's arrest, and U.S. troops supported by helicopters are cracking down on his "Mahdi Army" in the Baghdad slum known as of Sadr City (named for the Muqtada Sadr's father, a victim of Saddam).
Fortunately, Sadr only has about 10,000 followers in all of Iraq, and much more influential Shiite figures, like Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, are said to want him neutralized (though they won't publicly admit it and may even try to exploit the current turmoil).
Contrary to the impression given by much of the media, all of Iraq is not in chaos. The problems are serious, but localized. And they're unlikely to grow if the Coalition answers with the proper firmness.
Basically, Fallujah must be retaken, just as the Israelis retook Jenin, and Sadr and his militia must be dealt with.
Permanently.
In the future, any time American civilians are murdered by terrorists, or savage mobs, the response must be instant and devastating.
Anything less could spell the eventual defeat of America and democracy in Iraq.
We have very well trained special forces, unleash them and let them do their job. Put this Sadr's head on a pole and show these beasts what happens when you screw with us. Reason and diplomacy do not work, the only thing some people seems to understand is force.
This is from a more reliable editorial page, The New York Post's.
Resolution - the guts to stay the course - is often a determining factor in war. In the War on Terror, it stands to be the decisive factor. This is because the only way that Islamist terrorists can defeat America and the West is if the latter lose resolve.
Which is why every time the civilized world shows weakness in dealing with the terrorists, the result is more terrorism. And it is lack of resolve that lies behind both the bloody rioting in Iraq and the weekend's explosions in Madrid.
Panicked by the Madrid subway bombings, the Spanish people last month voted in a government determined to give terrorists what they clearly want: a removal of Spanish troops from Iraq and a colder relationship with the United States.
Did this appeasement win the Spaniards relief - or even a reprieve - from terror?
Quite the opposite.
Last Friday, Spanish police found a bomb on the Madrid-Seville rail line - the explosives in it similar to those used in the March 11 bombing.
Then, in Madrid on Saturday, a group of Islamists cornered with their bomb-making materials blew themselves up, taking a policeman with them. Among the dead were two main suspects in the March 11 slaughter.
So it would seem that Spain's show of weakness will win that country nothing but more blood and tears.
Much like our failure to punish Al Qaeda after the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, et al led to them being emboldened to commit acts beyond our imagination.
Unfortunately, the U.S. military made a similar deadly error in Iraq when it allowed last week's Fallujah atrocity to pass without a response - and then gave the killers and indeed the world an impression of victory by keeping clear of Fallujah for days afterwards.
U.S. Marines last night were poised to retake the Sunni city - control of which had been ceded to the ill-prepared Iraqi police by the Army in the weeks before the four U.S. nationals were murdered.
But for four days it looked to Iraq - and to the world - as if America had been chased out of Fallujah.
And was staying out.
The immediate result was that Muqtada al-Sadr, the fiercely anti-American Shiite cleric, took advantage of the crisis by ordering violent demonstrations against the arrests of followers suspected in the murder of a moderate cleric.
No one should be surprised by this.
After all, the Israelis harvested a massive increase in Palestinian attacks after they unilaterally pulled their troops out of southern Lebanon, giving the impression they had been driven out by Hezbollah.
Now there's a warrant out for Sadr's arrest, and U.S. troops supported by helicopters are cracking down on his "Mahdi Army" in the Baghdad slum known as of Sadr City (named for the Muqtada Sadr's father, a victim of Saddam).
Fortunately, Sadr only has about 10,000 followers in all of Iraq, and much more influential Shiite figures, like Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, are said to want him neutralized (though they won't publicly admit it and may even try to exploit the current turmoil).
Contrary to the impression given by much of the media, all of Iraq is not in chaos. The problems are serious, but localized. And they're unlikely to grow if the Coalition answers with the proper firmness.
Basically, Fallujah must be retaken, just as the Israelis retook Jenin, and Sadr and his militia must be dealt with.
Permanently.
In the future, any time American civilians are murdered by terrorists, or savage mobs, the response must be instant and devastating.
Anything less could spell the eventual defeat of America and democracy in Iraq.
We have very well trained special forces, unleash them and let them do their job. Put this Sadr's head on a pole and show these beasts what happens when you screw with us. Reason and diplomacy do not work, the only thing some people seems to understand is force.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day....
.....And even the editorial page of the Washington Post can make sense on occasion, in its lead editorial about Iraq.
Mr. Sadr, who has a base in the slums of Baghdad, is a young cleric with a considerably smaller following and reputation than other Shiite leaders, like Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Najaf. Precisely for that reason, Mr. Sadr has sought to gain support by adopting a hard line against the occupation and the United States. That the coalition had a prepared but unimplemented strategy for dealing with him was indicated by yesterday's announcement in Baghdad that an Iraqi judge had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Sadr on murder charges some time ago. An associate was arrested recently, providing a pretext for the assaults on coalition forces. U.S. officials wouldn't say when they might seek to arrest the cleric, who reportedly has taken refuge in a mosque surrounded by his heavily armed militiamen. But now that the conflict with the Mahdi Army has begun, U.S. commanders should not hesitate to act quickly and with overwhelming force.
Amen to that.
.....And even the editorial page of the Washington Post can make sense on occasion, in its lead editorial about Iraq.
Mr. Sadr, who has a base in the slums of Baghdad, is a young cleric with a considerably smaller following and reputation than other Shiite leaders, like Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Najaf. Precisely for that reason, Mr. Sadr has sought to gain support by adopting a hard line against the occupation and the United States. That the coalition had a prepared but unimplemented strategy for dealing with him was indicated by yesterday's announcement in Baghdad that an Iraqi judge had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Sadr on murder charges some time ago. An associate was arrested recently, providing a pretext for the assaults on coalition forces. U.S. officials wouldn't say when they might seek to arrest the cleric, who reportedly has taken refuge in a mosque surrounded by his heavily armed militiamen. But now that the conflict with the Mahdi Army has begun, U.S. commanders should not hesitate to act quickly and with overwhelming force.
Amen to that.
Monday, April 05, 2004
New Diet
I lost ten pounds this weekend. It's the eat bad grouper for dinner and get food poisoning diet, great for rapid weight loss, and the cause of my light blogging.
I lost ten pounds this weekend. It's the eat bad grouper for dinner and get food poisoning diet, great for rapid weight loss, and the cause of my light blogging.
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Lowlights of the Democratic Underground
Right Wing News has the 10 worst quotes from the Democratic Underground board. Here is a sampling:
9) "Doesn't a part of you wish that Queasy and Duh-day were alive?
I'll admit they're scum and rightfully so, but anything that lands as even more humiliation on W's grotesque shrivelled face is that much the better.
It's sad, really, that as despicable as they are, Saddam's family seems to be the lesser of two evils when you compare them to the wretched little b*stard* occupying the White House and destroying America in the process..." -- thermodynamic
The Hussein boys raped, tortured, and murdered without any remorse. Just what has Bush done that even comes close?
3) "When the 2nd plane hit the WTC I remember thinking......OMG, he's got his war now. Then, the next day or the day after that, when the roar of "war with Iraq and Afganistan" really got going I couldn't help but think "well Bush II get's to finish Daddy's work now". As for when the plane hit the Pentagon and the other plane went down in that field in Penn I screamed at the TV, "Get the WH, for God's sake you missed the WH." I invented some cuss words on that one. There were times before 9/11 as well as in the days to follow that the boy king mentioned Saddam "tried to kill my Dad" and couldn't help but scream at the TV each time, "Well, give him a medal for effort anyway." -- LiberalLibra
Pure scum, just pure, treasonus, hateful scum.
1) "I realize that not every GI Joe was 100peeercent behind Prseeedent Booosh going into this war; but I do know that that is what an overwhelming number of them and their famlies screamed in the face of protesters who were trying to protect these kids. Well, there is more than one way to be "dead" for your country. They are not only not accompishing squat in Iraq, they are doing crap nothing for the safety, defense of the US of A over there directly. But "indirectly" they are doing a lot.
The only way to get rid of this slime bag WASP-Mafia, oil barron ridden cartel of a government, this assault on Americans and anything one could laughingly call "a democracy", relies heavily on what a sh*t hole Iraq turns into. They need to die so that we can be free. Soldiers usually did that directly--i.e., fight those invading and harming a country. This time they need to die in defense of a lie from a lying adminstration to show these ignorant, dumb Americans that Bush is incompetent. They need to die so that Americans get rid of this deadly scum. It is obscene, Barbie Bush, how other sons (of much nobler blood) have to die to save us from your Rosemary's Baby spawn and his ungodly cohorts." -- Starpass
What shallow gene pool can spawn such trolls as these?
Right Wing News has the 10 worst quotes from the Democratic Underground board. Here is a sampling:
9) "Doesn't a part of you wish that Queasy and Duh-day were alive?
I'll admit they're scum and rightfully so, but anything that lands as even more humiliation on W's grotesque shrivelled face is that much the better.
It's sad, really, that as despicable as they are, Saddam's family seems to be the lesser of two evils when you compare them to the wretched little b*stard* occupying the White House and destroying America in the process..." -- thermodynamic
The Hussein boys raped, tortured, and murdered without any remorse. Just what has Bush done that even comes close?
3) "When the 2nd plane hit the WTC I remember thinking......OMG, he's got his war now. Then, the next day or the day after that, when the roar of "war with Iraq and Afganistan" really got going I couldn't help but think "well Bush II get's to finish Daddy's work now". As for when the plane hit the Pentagon and the other plane went down in that field in Penn I screamed at the TV, "Get the WH, for God's sake you missed the WH." I invented some cuss words on that one. There were times before 9/11 as well as in the days to follow that the boy king mentioned Saddam "tried to kill my Dad" and couldn't help but scream at the TV each time, "Well, give him a medal for effort anyway." -- LiberalLibra
Pure scum, just pure, treasonus, hateful scum.
1) "I realize that not every GI Joe was 100peeercent behind Prseeedent Booosh going into this war; but I do know that that is what an overwhelming number of them and their famlies screamed in the face of protesters who were trying to protect these kids. Well, there is more than one way to be "dead" for your country. They are not only not accompishing squat in Iraq, they are doing crap nothing for the safety, defense of the US of A over there directly. But "indirectly" they are doing a lot.
The only way to get rid of this slime bag WASP-Mafia, oil barron ridden cartel of a government, this assault on Americans and anything one could laughingly call "a democracy", relies heavily on what a sh*t hole Iraq turns into. They need to die so that we can be free. Soldiers usually did that directly--i.e., fight those invading and harming a country. This time they need to die in defense of a lie from a lying adminstration to show these ignorant, dumb Americans that Bush is incompetent. They need to die so that Americans get rid of this deadly scum. It is obscene, Barbie Bush, how other sons (of much nobler blood) have to die to save us from your Rosemary's Baby spawn and his ungodly cohorts." -- Starpass
What shallow gene pool can spawn such trolls as these?
RINO Alert
The National Review calls out Tennessee Congressman Zach Wamp as one of the worst Republicans In Name Only or RINO's.
Representative Zach Wamp apparently has a short memory. He was elected to Congress in 1994, and has already forgotten why he came to Washington.
Back then Wamp ran as a conservative, with some silly populist ideas like paying members of Congress the same as a lieutenant colonel and making them live in officer housing, according to The Almanac of American Politics. Now, Wamp has grown in office and instead advocates silly establishment ideas, like instituting new "paygo" rules that would make it almost impossible to extend the Bush tax cuts.
Time to get him out of there, and NRO does not mince words in calling for his head:
Zach Wamp is a perfect target for a conservative primary challenge down the road. Or if, as expected, he tries to run for Senate in 2006, conservatives should work to deny him the promotion — the Senate has enough timid and conventional Republicans as it is.
His paygo vote, the latest in a long line of his surrenders, should make him, in political terms, a marked man. Republican pointlessness, your name is Wamp.
The National Review calls out Tennessee Congressman Zach Wamp as one of the worst Republicans In Name Only or RINO's.
Representative Zach Wamp apparently has a short memory. He was elected to Congress in 1994, and has already forgotten why he came to Washington.
Back then Wamp ran as a conservative, with some silly populist ideas like paying members of Congress the same as a lieutenant colonel and making them live in officer housing, according to The Almanac of American Politics. Now, Wamp has grown in office and instead advocates silly establishment ideas, like instituting new "paygo" rules that would make it almost impossible to extend the Bush tax cuts.
Time to get him out of there, and NRO does not mince words in calling for his head:
Zach Wamp is a perfect target for a conservative primary challenge down the road. Or if, as expected, he tries to run for Senate in 2006, conservatives should work to deny him the promotion — the Senate has enough timid and conventional Republicans as it is.
His paygo vote, the latest in a long line of his surrenders, should make him, in political terms, a marked man. Republican pointlessness, your name is Wamp.
The Vatican vs John Kerry
It is nice to see that Catholic leaders are going to get tough with John Kerry, saying that is he is going to call himself Catholic, he'd better start acting like one.
A battle in John Kerry's presidential election campaign may soon be fought at the altar rail, if senior traditionalists in the Catholic Church get their way.
Priests and bishops across America are being urged by members to refuse Communion to the first Catholic to run for the presidency since John F. Kennedy. The sanction would be imposed until Mr Kerry abandoned his permissive views on abortion and other issues such as gay marriages.
The campaign - which has the explicit blessing of the Vatican - is gathering force and, with Holy Week drawing near, Mr Kerry's aides have been forced to visit churches before allowing him to attend Mass. Rome has become increasingly concerned about the possibility of an avowedly Catholic president who is both pro-choice and approves of gay civil unions.
In a surprisingly frank statement, a Vatican official told Time magazine: "People in Rome are becoming more and more aware that there's a problem with John Kerry and a potential scandal with his apparent profession of his Catholic faith and some of his stances, particularly abortion."
If Kerry wants to use his faith to try to get votes, then he needs to live his faith. He may not like it, but being in the public eye his actions are under a microscope. Kerry is having to be careful where he attends church:
A team of advisers has been installed at Mr Kerry's campaign headquarters to formulate a "Catholic response" to the Vatican's concerns. In a country of 64 million Catholics, most of whom have traditionally voted Democrat, images of Mr Kerry, who regularly takes Communion, being turned away by a priest would have an explosive impact.
Father Thomas Reese, the editor of America, a national Catholic magazine, said: "All you need is a picture of Kerry going up to the Communion rail and being denied, and you've got a story that will run for weeks and weeks."
Last Sunday, while campaigning in Missouri, Mr Kerry preferred to miss a Catholic service rather than risk a confrontation with the formidable Archbishop Raymond Burke of St Louis. Archbishop Burke had publicly warned the Massachusetts senator "not to present himself for Communion" in the state of Missouri unless he dropped his support of existing abortion laws.
Above and beyond his pro-choice stance, Kerry is one of the foremost supporters of partial birith abortion, which even many pro-choice folks don't support.
Mr Kerry has described himself as a "believing and practising Catholic" who is "personally" against abortion, but believes in a strong separation of Church and State. In Congress, he has voted in favour of the controversial late-term partial abortion method - - in which fully-formed babies are partly delivered before being killed by surgical means.
Last month, he enraged Catholic conservatives by voting against a bill that would have made the injuring of a foetus a separate offence in crimes against pregnant women. Aides are gambling that Mr Kerry's pro-choice stance is quietly supported by many lay Catholics.
Last week, a defiant note sounded from Kerry's campaign headquarters: "Rome may not be thrilled with the Senator's position on some social issues," said an adviser, "but the Pope doesn't have a vote in this election."
No, but many practicing Catholics have a vote. Kerry is going to learn that he can't waffle with church doctrine. Church law is Church law, and Kerry can't finesse and take a position on both sides of an issue.
Within the Kerry campaign there are rumours that Mr Kerry may yet decide to confront his challengers head-on. One aide was reported last week to be searching for a Church with a hostile priest.
According to rumour, Mr Kerry would attend Mass knowing that he would be refused Communion in the full glare of the media. Sympathetic Catholics would then be expected to rally to his cause.
However, a senior Democrat official not affiliated to the Kerry campaign discounted the "martyr option". "Frankly, going out and picking a fight with the Holy See in election year would be one of the silliest things any presidential candidate could do," he said.
The Pope is one "foreign leader" not rooting for Kerry. As far as sympathetic Catholics rallying to his side, there are 2 types of Catholics with very different voting patterns. Those who are nominally Catholic but do not attend Mass regularly tend to vote democrat. Regular Mass going Catholics increasing vote Republican. I want to see the Ketchup man pick this fight. My own bishop, +Victor Galleone, is as orthodox as they come.
It is nice to see that Catholic leaders are going to get tough with John Kerry, saying that is he is going to call himself Catholic, he'd better start acting like one.
A battle in John Kerry's presidential election campaign may soon be fought at the altar rail, if senior traditionalists in the Catholic Church get their way.
Priests and bishops across America are being urged by members to refuse Communion to the first Catholic to run for the presidency since John F. Kennedy. The sanction would be imposed until Mr Kerry abandoned his permissive views on abortion and other issues such as gay marriages.
The campaign - which has the explicit blessing of the Vatican - is gathering force and, with Holy Week drawing near, Mr Kerry's aides have been forced to visit churches before allowing him to attend Mass. Rome has become increasingly concerned about the possibility of an avowedly Catholic president who is both pro-choice and approves of gay civil unions.
In a surprisingly frank statement, a Vatican official told Time magazine: "People in Rome are becoming more and more aware that there's a problem with John Kerry and a potential scandal with his apparent profession of his Catholic faith and some of his stances, particularly abortion."
If Kerry wants to use his faith to try to get votes, then he needs to live his faith. He may not like it, but being in the public eye his actions are under a microscope. Kerry is having to be careful where he attends church:
A team of advisers has been installed at Mr Kerry's campaign headquarters to formulate a "Catholic response" to the Vatican's concerns. In a country of 64 million Catholics, most of whom have traditionally voted Democrat, images of Mr Kerry, who regularly takes Communion, being turned away by a priest would have an explosive impact.
Father Thomas Reese, the editor of America, a national Catholic magazine, said: "All you need is a picture of Kerry going up to the Communion rail and being denied, and you've got a story that will run for weeks and weeks."
Last Sunday, while campaigning in Missouri, Mr Kerry preferred to miss a Catholic service rather than risk a confrontation with the formidable Archbishop Raymond Burke of St Louis. Archbishop Burke had publicly warned the Massachusetts senator "not to present himself for Communion" in the state of Missouri unless he dropped his support of existing abortion laws.
Above and beyond his pro-choice stance, Kerry is one of the foremost supporters of partial birith abortion, which even many pro-choice folks don't support.
Mr Kerry has described himself as a "believing and practising Catholic" who is "personally" against abortion, but believes in a strong separation of Church and State. In Congress, he has voted in favour of the controversial late-term partial abortion method - - in which fully-formed babies are partly delivered before being killed by surgical means.
Last month, he enraged Catholic conservatives by voting against a bill that would have made the injuring of a foetus a separate offence in crimes against pregnant women. Aides are gambling that Mr Kerry's pro-choice stance is quietly supported by many lay Catholics.
Last week, a defiant note sounded from Kerry's campaign headquarters: "Rome may not be thrilled with the Senator's position on some social issues," said an adviser, "but the Pope doesn't have a vote in this election."
No, but many practicing Catholics have a vote. Kerry is going to learn that he can't waffle with church doctrine. Church law is Church law, and Kerry can't finesse and take a position on both sides of an issue.
Within the Kerry campaign there are rumours that Mr Kerry may yet decide to confront his challengers head-on. One aide was reported last week to be searching for a Church with a hostile priest.
According to rumour, Mr Kerry would attend Mass knowing that he would be refused Communion in the full glare of the media. Sympathetic Catholics would then be expected to rally to his cause.
However, a senior Democrat official not affiliated to the Kerry campaign discounted the "martyr option". "Frankly, going out and picking a fight with the Holy See in election year would be one of the silliest things any presidential candidate could do," he said.
The Pope is one "foreign leader" not rooting for Kerry. As far as sympathetic Catholics rallying to his side, there are 2 types of Catholics with very different voting patterns. Those who are nominally Catholic but do not attend Mass regularly tend to vote democrat. Regular Mass going Catholics increasing vote Republican. I want to see the Ketchup man pick this fight. My own bishop, +Victor Galleone, is as orthodox as they come.
Friday, April 02, 2004
More about Kerry and the Bible
Deal Hudson is the editor of "Crisis" magazine, a conservative Catholic magazine, and a quite good one. He sends out email updates, and the one today rips on Kerry and his Bible quotations:
You probably already heard about the incident -- last Sunday, Kerry
spoke to the congregation of the New Northside Missionary Baptist
church during their worship service. He took the opportunity to use
Scripture to help him make an argument for the sorry state of the
Union.
He apparently thought he had a slam-dunk quoting James 2:14, which
he used as an indictment of the current administration. Kerry said:
"The Scriptures say: 'What does it profit, my brethren, if someone
says he has faith but does not have works?' When we look at what is
happening in America today, where are the works of compassion?"
Now it's pretty ironic that Kerry would bring up this particular
passage. After all, it's just too easy to turn the passage back on
him. I mean, here's a guy who gives lip service to his Catholic Faith
when he's trying to get elected, and then opposes it emphatically
once he's in office. If Kerry says he has faith, where are his works?
And since he's so keen on the book of James, he might want to take a
look at James 1:22-24: "Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a
mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately
forgets what he looks like."
Let's hope that Kerry takes this passage to heart and begins to act
on the teachings of his Faith. Barring that, he's going to need to
get a few more mirrors.
Deal nails him, as usual.
Deal Hudson is the editor of "Crisis" magazine, a conservative Catholic magazine, and a quite good one. He sends out email updates, and the one today rips on Kerry and his Bible quotations:
You probably already heard about the incident -- last Sunday, Kerry
spoke to the congregation of the New Northside Missionary Baptist
church during their worship service. He took the opportunity to use
Scripture to help him make an argument for the sorry state of the
Union.
He apparently thought he had a slam-dunk quoting James 2:14, which
he used as an indictment of the current administration. Kerry said:
"The Scriptures say: 'What does it profit, my brethren, if someone
says he has faith but does not have works?' When we look at what is
happening in America today, where are the works of compassion?"
Now it's pretty ironic that Kerry would bring up this particular
passage. After all, it's just too easy to turn the passage back on
him. I mean, here's a guy who gives lip service to his Catholic Faith
when he's trying to get elected, and then opposes it emphatically
once he's in office. If Kerry says he has faith, where are his works?
And since he's so keen on the book of James, he might want to take a
look at James 1:22-24: "Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a
mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately
forgets what he looks like."
Let's hope that Kerry takes this passage to heart and begins to act
on the teachings of his Faith. Barring that, he's going to need to
get a few more mirrors.
Deal nails him, as usual.
A little perspective on the Iraq situation
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation. And almost all in the compound were killed and they were Americans.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation. And almost all in the compound were killed and they were Americans.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida
Liberals, Conservatives, and Southerners
How do you tell the difference between Liberals, Conservatives, and Southerners?
Pose the following question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.
Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
Liberal Answer:
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor or depressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What do my kids think?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the Glock have an appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying this loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 911?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
This is all so confusing!
I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try to come to a consensus.
Conservative Answer: BANG!
Southerner's Answer: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click...(sound of reloading)
Wife: "Sweetheart, he looks like he's still moving...What do you kids think?
Son: "Mom's right Dad, I saw it, too."
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click.
Daughter: "Nice grouping, Dad! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips?"
Thanks to Bobby.
How do you tell the difference between Liberals, Conservatives, and Southerners?
Pose the following question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.
Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
Liberal Answer:
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor or depressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What do my kids think?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the Glock have an appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying this loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 911?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
This is all so confusing!
I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try to come to a consensus.
Conservative Answer: BANG!
Southerner's Answer: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click...(sound of reloading)
Wife: "Sweetheart, he looks like he's still moving...What do you kids think?
Son: "Mom's right Dad, I saw it, too."
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click.
Daughter: "Nice grouping, Dad! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips?"
Thanks to Bobby.
Thursday, April 01, 2004
A sign from God?
It seems the Temple Mount's architectural integrity isn't doing so well.
The eastern wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount is in danger of immediate collapse because of damage caused by the February 11 earthquake, a classified government report issued this week concludes.
The report, written by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has been distributed to senior ministers by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's military attache, Brig.-Gen. Yoav Galant, officials said Thursday.
The classified report, details of which were first published in Yediot Aharonot, says that the earthquake damaged the eastern wall of the Temple Mount to such an extent that sections of the wall are liable to cave in on the underground architectural support of the mount, known as Solomon's Stables.
I dunno, maybe it's a little payback?
Israeli archeologists say that the bulge on the southern wall was caused by the Wakf construction work at Solomon's Stables over the last decade, while a Jordanian report states that it was the result of the natural flow of rainwater over the centuries.
Israel maintains overall security of the site, while the Wakf is charged with day-to-day maintenance at the compound.
In the late 1990s, the Wakf turned Solomon's Stables into the largest mosque in the country, that can accommodate 30,000 worshipers. Its excavation caused extensive damage to antiquities at Judaism's holiest site, which were unearthed and then heaped onto a garbage dump.
Israeli archeologists from the Antiquities Authority have not been carrying out routine supervision at the site for more than three years, despite the reopening of the ancient compound to non-Muslims last year, due to concern over renewed Palestinian violence at the site.
Y'all might want to watch for lightning bolts over there.
It seems the Temple Mount's architectural integrity isn't doing so well.
The eastern wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount is in danger of immediate collapse because of damage caused by the February 11 earthquake, a classified government report issued this week concludes.
The report, written by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has been distributed to senior ministers by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's military attache, Brig.-Gen. Yoav Galant, officials said Thursday.
The classified report, details of which were first published in Yediot Aharonot, says that the earthquake damaged the eastern wall of the Temple Mount to such an extent that sections of the wall are liable to cave in on the underground architectural support of the mount, known as Solomon's Stables.
I dunno, maybe it's a little payback?
Israeli archeologists say that the bulge on the southern wall was caused by the Wakf construction work at Solomon's Stables over the last decade, while a Jordanian report states that it was the result of the natural flow of rainwater over the centuries.
Israel maintains overall security of the site, while the Wakf is charged with day-to-day maintenance at the compound.
In the late 1990s, the Wakf turned Solomon's Stables into the largest mosque in the country, that can accommodate 30,000 worshipers. Its excavation caused extensive damage to antiquities at Judaism's holiest site, which were unearthed and then heaped onto a garbage dump.
Israeli archeologists from the Antiquities Authority have not been carrying out routine supervision at the site for more than three years, despite the reopening of the ancient compound to non-Muslims last year, due to concern over renewed Palestinian violence at the site.
Y'all might want to watch for lightning bolts over there.
A victory for the unborn
President Bush signed into law a bill making it a crime to harm a fetus when attacking the mother.
The Unborn Victims of Violence Act makes it a crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman. Bush signed the bill, which took five years to get through Congress, in an elaborate Rose Garden ceremony.
The controversial measure, which gained new support following the 2002 murder of a pregnant Laci Peterson (search), is also called "Laci and Conner's law." The California woman was eight months pregnant with a son who was to be named Conner when she disappeared on Christmas Eve. Laci Peterson's husband, Scott Peterson (search), has been charged with murder. California is one of 29 states with fetus protection laws.
"All who knew Laci Peterson have mourned two deaths and the law cannot look away and pretend there was just one," Bush said.
Standing behind Bush in the East Room of the White House were a number of prominent lawmakers and people whose pregnant daughters had been slain. Bush focused on one family in particular: that of Laci Peterson.
"All who knew Laci Peterson have mourned two deaths and the law cannot look away and pretend there is just one," Bush said.
The bill only applies during commission of federal crimes, such as a terrorist attack or drug-related shooting, and only when it is being committed against the pregnant mother.
The bill defines an "unborn child" as a child in utero, which means "a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb."
And since the pro-death nazis in the abortion movement think a fetus is just something along the lines of lengthy cuticle, they were upset by this flash of common sense and decency.
That definition angers abortion rights supporters, who say the legislation defines life as starting at the point of conception and therefore confers person-status to the fetus. They add that the law will threaten a woman's right to choose.
"The bill President Bush has signed into law today is yet another example of the misleading tactics that opponents of a woman's right to choose are willing to employ," Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation (search), said in a statement.
Of course, Kerry supports the bill but he doesn't:
Sen. John Kerry (search), D-Mass., Bush's presumed opponent in this fall's election, voted against the bill, along with 34 other Senate Democrats, Independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont and Republican Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Olympia Snowe of Vermont. The bill passed the Senate last week. The House approved the measure in February.
"John Kerry strongly supports making it a federal crime to commit an act of violence against a pregnant woman," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade. "He agrees with the vast majority of Americans who want tough punishment for anyone who would commit such heinous crimes and know we can do so without undermining a woman's right to choose."
Once again Kerry has his feet squarely on both sides of an issue.
President Bush signed into law a bill making it a crime to harm a fetus when attacking the mother.
The Unborn Victims of Violence Act makes it a crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman. Bush signed the bill, which took five years to get through Congress, in an elaborate Rose Garden ceremony.
The controversial measure, which gained new support following the 2002 murder of a pregnant Laci Peterson (search), is also called "Laci and Conner's law." The California woman was eight months pregnant with a son who was to be named Conner when she disappeared on Christmas Eve. Laci Peterson's husband, Scott Peterson (search), has been charged with murder. California is one of 29 states with fetus protection laws.
"All who knew Laci Peterson have mourned two deaths and the law cannot look away and pretend there was just one," Bush said.
Standing behind Bush in the East Room of the White House were a number of prominent lawmakers and people whose pregnant daughters had been slain. Bush focused on one family in particular: that of Laci Peterson.
"All who knew Laci Peterson have mourned two deaths and the law cannot look away and pretend there is just one," Bush said.
The bill only applies during commission of federal crimes, such as a terrorist attack or drug-related shooting, and only when it is being committed against the pregnant mother.
The bill defines an "unborn child" as a child in utero, which means "a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb."
And since the pro-death nazis in the abortion movement think a fetus is just something along the lines of lengthy cuticle, they were upset by this flash of common sense and decency.
That definition angers abortion rights supporters, who say the legislation defines life as starting at the point of conception and therefore confers person-status to the fetus. They add that the law will threaten a woman's right to choose.
"The bill President Bush has signed into law today is yet another example of the misleading tactics that opponents of a woman's right to choose are willing to employ," Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation (search), said in a statement.
Of course, Kerry supports the bill but he doesn't:
Sen. John Kerry (search), D-Mass., Bush's presumed opponent in this fall's election, voted against the bill, along with 34 other Senate Democrats, Independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont and Republican Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Olympia Snowe of Vermont. The bill passed the Senate last week. The House approved the measure in February.
"John Kerry strongly supports making it a federal crime to commit an act of violence against a pregnant woman," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade. "He agrees with the vast majority of Americans who want tough punishment for anyone who would commit such heinous crimes and know we can do so without undermining a woman's right to choose."
Once again Kerry has his feet squarely on both sides of an issue.
Great bumper stickers
I saw two great Marine Corps bumper stickers yesterday:
I saw two great Marine Corps bumper stickers yesterday:
