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Friday, February 25, 2005
The Pope recently suggested gay marriage might be part of an "ideology of evil." Today, Victor L. Simpson of the AP writes, "Pope John Paul II was resting in the hospital early Friday after being rushed from the Vatican by ambulance and undergoing a tracheotomy to ease a breathing crisis brought on by a recurrence of flu-like symptoms his second health emergency in a month." I think God has spoken. Thursday, February 24, 2005
I find it hard to care about the Marines not charging the Marine who was videotaped shooting an unarmed Iraqi last November. I suspect a trial would only take away from the more systematic issues, which won't be widely talked about now but sometimes no discussion is better than a really bad one. Wednesday, February 23, 2005
May God bless the American Soldier for keeping me and my family safe from those who would break into my house in the middle of the night and steal my freedom "There are new allegations that heavily armed private security contractors in Iraq are brutalizing Iraqi civilians. In an exclusive interview, four former security contractors told NBC News that they watched as innocent Iraqi civilians were fired upon, and one crushed by a truck. The contractors worked for an American company paid by U.S. taxpayers. The Army is looking into the allegations," Lisa Myers & the NBC investigative unit write in a February 15 story. Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Amnesty International has released a report on the status of women in Iraq. The report says things are wonderful. Friday, February 18, 2005
I must have missed this two weeks ago, but Elliot Abrams of pleading guilty to lying to congress fame is the new deputy national security adviser. Along with John Negroponte's nomination to be the intelligence godfather, I'm concluding that Team Bush is really trying to get caught. Thursday, February 17, 2005
"Softball" media Gail Russell Chaddock writes in today's Christian Science Monitor: "Over the past several years, the Bush administration has learned that it can engage the press in an adversarial way, and the public won't mind. It's yet another step in managed news," says Tom Hollihan, another journalism expert at USC's Annenberg School.Meanwhile today George W. The Media Is Just Too Hard On Me Bush was involved in the following exchange: THE PRESIDENT: Herman.Bush didn't answer the question and none of the liberal media hacks that are so rough on Bush pointed this out to the king. An administration that exploits and manipulates the public, a media that won't stand up for its self (and thus, intentionally or not, helps the administration) and a public that gives no signs of caring is what's here in terms of media dynamics. Well the situation is far complex, but all of that is true... Tuesday, February 15, 2005
The AP (Feb. 13) writes: Correspondent Adel Eidan for Al-Arabiya satellite television network complained to a parliamentary panel Sunday that he was beaten by Kuwaiti security officers during a brief detention last month.Thanks to Abu Aardvark for the link. Monday, February 14, 2005
I wonder what percent of patients would think anything of it if their doctor said they need to start taking a medication called Placebo. Sunday, February 13, 2005
Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker that read: If you can't stand behind our troops, stand in front of themThis is the kind of basic down home simple logic that the leftists will never understand. It is why we are free. Saturday, February 12, 2005
"After the Liberating Democracy of the Elections" is my long awaited Press Action take on Iraq's step forward into 2005. In case you were wondering, I am very serious especially about: Democracy could have prevented all of the world’s historical tragedies. If America had been a democracy before 1861, over 600,000 people wouldn’t have had to die in The Civil War so, in the end, we could decide that humans shouldn’t own other humans. If the German people had tasted democracy, Nazi Germany never would have happened. Even today the perils of not being a democracy can be seen. If Venezuela were a democracy, the people wouldn’t keep electing terrorist supporter Hugo Chavez.Honest I do. *** Mark Levin was on Hannity's radio show yesterday. What a great mind he is. It is impossible for me to understand how anybody could not see how the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision (1857) was not the result of activist judges. Clearly the constitution didn't acknowledge slavery as being legal. Friday, February 11, 2005
PBS aired a wonder program on slavery entitled Slavery and the Making of America Wednesday night (at least in my area it aired on Wednesday night). It is too bad this program didn't exist 50 years ago so those people could see that things didn't have to get better because they were as good for them as they every had been. Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Pro-female media, laws and judicial activism One cannot watch America's Newsroom without hearing about how 27 year old Pamela Rogers Turner gave a little bit of joy to one of her 13 year old students. But where are they when a man is getting screwed over by the system? Nowhere, that's where. The media is always so nice to women, but we men know how fucking annoying they can be and that no woman is more of a nag than a married woman. These carriers of t&a have willing slutted themselves out for a pretty ring and now they apparently think they have the right not to be raped by their husbands. Take a look at Michelle Roberts' February 7 AP story about how a nice man in Arizona was convicted of raping his wife and now could spend up to 18 months in prison. What's this shit? If a man can't rape his wife, does he really own her? Hey honey why don't you shut the hell up while I'm doing something. That's it just shut your goddamn mouth. I'm trying to raise my kids in a Christian home you stupid bitch! I guess the good news is that the penalty would be greater if the two lovebirds hadn't been married, which shows that the great state of Arizona does have some respect, far too little, but still some for the sanctity of marriage and its holy bed that God has blessed. Roberts (a harlot who needs to quite this job) also reports that Some feminazis want to change this as part of their continuing rebellion against God: "The current statutes are extremely unfair and unconstitutional, and they need to be changed," said David Rozema, chief deputy in the Coconino County Attorney's Office.See these liberal traitors can't win in the legislature so they want the courts to their dirty work. This is nothing but evil judicial activism and it has to stop! Tuesday, February 08, 2005
I've changed my opinion completely on everything For instance, when some people rudely say President Bush is doing a bad job, I say they are wrong because President Bush's poll numbers are improving. Monday, February 07, 2005
Juan Cole writes today: A lot of Americans believe whatever Cheney says, though I cannot for the life of me understand why, since he lies to them relentlessly...Cheney, and the rest of Team Bush, I contend, are believed because they tell people things they want to hear. At this point in time, some logic and evaluation should have gone on, but it hasn't for most. Sunday, February 06, 2005
These Iraqis assholes complaining about bits and pieces of the election need to just shut up. The important thing is that we Americans have told them they are free. Saturday, February 05, 2005
How God decides who wins the Super Bowl Kurt Warner was on MSNBC yesterday explaining that God looks at the quality of the people on each team and then decides who wins. I think He looks at who is betting on what team. Thursday, February 03, 2005
I didn't see or listen to Bush's big speech last night, and I haven't read the transcript yet. My belief is that in a decently run society the only time we would hear Bush's name is when some prison guards had to be punished for getting a little rough with him. "Yeah I know you hate him. We do too, but that doesn't mean you can dress him up in black hood and apply electricity! "And don't you know how humiliating it must be for Mr. Sanctity of Marriage to be forced to get naked and then make a pyramid with Cheney and Rummy?" Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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