Around The ‘Sphere

Our occasional linkfest of items from sites representing MANY different viewpoints. We do NOT restrict the links to one political party or philosophy. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice or its Guest Bloggers.



ARE BUSH’S PRESENT POLITICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO KARL ROVE CHANGING HIS JOB? Here’s one view.



AND IS GEORGE BUSH STARTING TO RESEMBLE HIS FATHER? Bull Moose thinks so. Read his post in full. A small taste:

Laura Bush’s superb performance at the White House’s Correspondence Dinner was the most effective political moment of the Bush Administration since her husband’s inaugural address…Otherwise, the Bush Agenda is quickly losing traction. Last Thursday’s press conference was a feeble attempt to resurrect the agenda. It failed. If anything, it exacerbated divisions within Republican ranks.



Like his father, W. desperately needs the national security issue to predominate. Unlike his father’s war, the outcome of his Iraq war is uncertain. What is the same, however, is that the son’s domestic program is no more popular than his dad’s.That is why it is Laura time.

MAY THEY BURN IN HELL AND THEY DEFINITELY WILL: Go here to the Jawa Report and watch the video of the Australian taken hostage. See the “brave” masked terrorists standing over their 60-ish prisoner who is clearly in a state of shock, grief and terror (their goal) as he reads his statement. People who agree with their goals insist this is all political, but there is a huge element of sadism in these videos. It leads you to wonder: can anybody REALLY think that getting a terrified person who has two guns held to his head or fears his head will be sawed off to demand that troops be pulled out of Iraq is going to have any impact on policy?



WAS THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RIGHT IN UPHOLDING THE RIGHT OF PROSECUTORS TO SEEK RUSH LIMBAUGH’S MEDICAL RECORDS? The Talking Dog gives his take, which is not completely what you may think before you read it or after you read part of it. Here’s a tiny part:

The fact is, there are certain things that we are supposed to presume are private. If my doctor is committing a crime, or some professional infraction, then certainly, protecting his or her patients, and the public, may require the government looking at those records (assuming appropriate protections of the patients’ privacy are maintained)…Sorry, but we’re supposed to be a free country. We’re already in too much jeopardy about everything else we do. Getting medical treatment just has to be off limits.

Now read the whole thing and see how someone can put aside his personal feelings to make a statement on the facts — even though he makes it VERY clear to his readers what he feels about Rush. (TTD would make a great lawyer…)



THERE ARE SOME POTENTIALLY H-U-G-E CHANGES GOING ON IN THE BLOGOSPHERE IN TERMS OF $$$ AND ATTRACTING THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE and Oxblog’s David Adesnik has the details.



DID A U.S. SATELLITE REALLY SOLVE THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SPEED OF THE CAR IN WHICH AN ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENT WAS SHOT BY U.S. FORCES? Some don’t believe it. The Pokiburo Diktat explains why.



Joe Scarborough Has A Selective Memory San Diego Union-Tribune TV columnist Bob Laurence writes on his blog. A MUST READ IN FULL if you’re interested in media issues. He focuses on J.S.’s handling of the Joe Bolton issue and writes:”The important issue for the rest of us is to remember that the stuff we hear on talk TV, just like talk radio, ain’t necessarily so. People, including the hosts, often say what they wish were true, not always what really is true.” As Bill Frist would say: “Amen.”



If You Were Promised It’d Be The End Of The World And It Wasn’t Could You Sue? And would your case be strengthened by you handing over all your money to a group who promised you’d meet God (or G-d for some). So not only didn’t the world not end but you didn’t meet God. Could you get your money back? Here’s what happened when two women tried.



There Are Rumors That Due To A Scandal Paula Abdul May Be Booted From American Idol. So who should replace her? Some ideas here.





Apple Is Being Sued By TigerDirect because Apples’ new Tiger OS is hogging Google links, reports Right Thinking From The Left Coast. Details here. And Right Thinking’s Lee gives us the best line of the year:”Steve Jobs held a press conference earlier today in which he announced that the next version of OS X would be named “Teen Lolitas.”