Yes, someone has finally written it. And we just KNEW this day would come...didn't we? A columnist is opening wishing for another 911 to unite Americans (what about the innocent lives that would cost). The link is HERE. And yes, yours truly agrees with the column writer that it is indeed a "sick" sentiment -- no matter what the intellectual (or non-intellectual) … [Read more...] about Columnist Wishes For Another 911
Hillary Clinton’s Development As A Campaigner
One of the most fascinating aspects about this never ending 2008 Presidential campaign is the growth of Senator Hillary Clinton as a political campaigner. She started out more wooden than some of the characters that I use in my show. But she is blossoming by the month. Look at her response below to when Senator John Edwards took a dig at her for appearing on the cover of … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton’s Development As A Campaigner
Poll: U.S. Public Distrusts Mainstream News Media More Than Ever
As if a shrinking news hole in newspapers, diminishing advertising, and sinking readership isn't enough...as if broadcast and cable networks pulling out all stops to survive in the ratings-dependent dog-eat-dog world of broadcast/cable journalism isn't enough...now there's a new poll that shows Americans distrust the mainstream news media more than ever: More than half of … [Read more...] about Poll: U.S. Public Distrusts Mainstream News Media More Than Ever
Infrastructure
Mike Keefe, The Denver Post … [Read more...] about Infrastructure
Live-Blogging the LOGO Gay Issues Debate
My friend and fellow Carletonian Matt Cole has everything you need to know at The Social Report. … [Read more...] about Live-Blogging the LOGO Gay Issues Debate
Attack Of The Political Attack Websites
No, we're not talking about weblogs (although they do qualify at times). We're talking about a website that pops up and makes a statement about a candidate. Sometime it can be an intelligent one. But sometimes a website is so off the wall that it's out of the house. Read Ed Morrissey HERE who not only writes about one but he did some Internet investigative reporting. You … [Read more...] about Attack Of The Political Attack Websites
Sign Of Uncertain Times: Fewer Mexicans Send Money Home
It's a sign of political uncertainty. A sign that an angry debate is being heard. It's a sign of the times: This year a smaller percentage of Mexican immigrants in the United States sent money back to their homeland than in 2006, according to a report released yesterday by the Inter-American Development Bank. The bank said the reduction had left at least two million people … [Read more...] about Sign Of Uncertain Times: Fewer Mexicans Send Money Home
Better Racist Than Gay
Co-blogger Shaun already mentioned Florida State Senator Bob Allen's (R) weird defense of his offer to give oral sex to an undercover cop ("He was big and Black!"). What I find odd is that Allen's defense effectively boils down to "I'd rather be called racist than gay." Again, I'm no optimist on race issues, but I still think that by and large, "racist" is more harmful to one's … [Read more...] about Better Racist Than Gay
Bush Press Conference: It’s All Good
In response to criticism that I'm picking on President Bush, I'd like to praise him in providing these morsels from his pre-vacation news conference today: * In a gesture of empathy to the residents of Minneapolis where a major interstate highway bridge collapsed last week, he dismissed dealing with the nation’s 70,000 structurally deficient bridges until Congress changes … [Read more...] about Bush Press Conference: It’s All Good
GOP Hall of Closeted Pols Nominees
Time to ask yet again why it is that Republican politicians seem to get caught doing naughty things much more than Democrats? That's tough to answer, but two new cases appear to be examples of closeted gays in a party that officially loathes them. The latest nominees to the GOP Hall of Closeted Pols are Glenn Murphy Jr. and Bob Allen, with a special kudo to Michael Flory, … [Read more...] about GOP Hall of Closeted Pols Nominees
Bonds 756
Mike Lester, The Rome News-Tribune … [Read more...] about Bonds 756
The Beauchamp Controversy Under The Microscope
Cathy Young puts the ongoing Beauchamp controversy under the microscope in a must read post: The Scott Thomas Beauchamp brouhaha is a proverbial tempest in a teapot. The claims Beauchamp made (as the barely pseudonymous "Scott Thomas") in his "Baghdad Diarist" New Republic article about American soldiers behaving badly are fairly trivial; the war in Iraq does not stand or … [Read more...] about The Beauchamp Controversy Under The Microscope
Romney Accused Of Hypocrisy For Blasting Giuliani On Illegal Alien Issue
More bad publicity is hitting GOP Presidential contender Mitt Romney today -- just when he was trying to go on the offensive. Romney is accusing New York City under Mayor Rudy Giuliani of being a haven for illegal immigration and is blasting his stance on this issue. But then now ABC News has come up with an absolutely DEVASTATING piece of fact-checking reporting that … [Read more...] about Romney Accused Of Hypocrisy For Blasting Giuliani On Illegal Alien Issue
Center of Attention
A round up of recent posts by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers. Patrick Joubert Conlon celebrates another space shuttle launch and then asks: "Who gutted our space exploration program?" Daniel DiRito revisits the subject of the 190,000 lost weapons. Justin Gardner thinks Saturday may be Ron Paul's make-or-break day. Two posts from McQ ... One … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
Bush: We Need More Corporate Tax Cuts (But Don’t Increase Money To Insure Poor Kids)
At a time when President George Bush is threatening to veto a bill enjoying widespread bipartisan support that would increase money to fund health insurance for poor kids he is making it clear he's no naysayer. He does have something he's firmly for: President Bush said yesterday that he is considering a fresh plan to cut tax rates for U.S. corporations to make them more … [Read more...] about Bush: We Need More Corporate Tax Cuts (But Don’t Increase Money To Insure Poor Kids)
They’re Serving Their Country (Not)
The Romney Regiment: Not a Soldier Among 'Em Other than John McCain, who has a son at the Naval Academy and another about to report to Marine Corps boot camp, none of the Republican presidential wannabes have sons or daughters serving their country although most are foursquare for the Iraq war and call their Democratic opponents antiwar pansies. Unless you’re Mitt … [Read more...] about They’re Serving Their Country (Not)
Barry Bonds
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about Barry Bonds
Old Man & The War: The Lost Years
Think of the Iraq war as an old man. This old man would like nothing more than to go out in a blaze of glory. But his life is dominated by fights with a sister in law, and as he shuffles around his thoughts frequently turn melancholy as he thinks back to when he was young, full of piss and vinegar and the world was his red, white and blue oyster. "You goddamned blowhard!" … [Read more...] about Old Man & The War: The Lost Years
A Sane Re-Start for the Iraq Debate
After all the wishful thinking and political posturing on all sides, a basis for serious discussion makes the “tenuous case†for staying in Iraq while scaling down our presence. The report urging “strategic patience†is by Anthony Cordesman, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank chaired by former Democratic Senator Sam Nunn, with a … [Read more...] about A Sane Re-Start for the Iraq Debate
Government or Society?
If we have a color-blind government, we're effectively conceding that there will continue to be a color-conscious society. If we seek a color-blind society, we'll need to allow for certain color-conscious governmental policies (for the foreseeable future). So, if it's an either/or choice which is the one which should be color-blind? … [Read more...] about Government or Society?