Archive for April, 2007

Final Look at Dem Debate

For the early start to the Presidential election I’m surprised the first debate of either party didn’t generate much attention. Not even the junkies seemed really gung-ho.
The Hotline’s Nora McAlvanah informs us that the reason there wasn’t a lot of conflict at last night’s Democratic Presidential debate was the format: “The format, in which candidates […]

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Misplaced Morality

Filed under Culture

Here are two examples of people who have their moral compasses screwed up.
First, via Right Wing News, The Smirking Chimp’s Margaret Kimberley equates Sen. John McCain’s “Bomb Iran” ditty with Cho Seung-Hi’s shooting rampage then tops it off with a dollop of Bush Derangement Syndrome.
Next, we learn Oklahoma University put up a small memorial to […]

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Michelle Manhart Poses for PETA

Michelle Manhart, the Air Force airman who got demoted for posing for Playboy has added to her modeling resume by posing naked for PETA’s anti-fur campaign. Manhart talks about her anti-fur views in a video on PETA’s weblog.

More pics here.
“Manhart Disrobes Again”

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Jack Valenti Dies

Jack Valenti, former head of the Motion Picture Association of America died at 85.
The highly articulate and pugnacious Valenti, a former aide to President Lyndon Johnson who served as the industry’s Washington, D.C., liaison from 1966-2004, was among the most visible lobbyists in the country, as comfortable testifying at a government hearing as he was […]

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An Overseas Super Bowl?

Filed under Sports

The NFL is thinking international, really international. How about the Super Bowl outside the U.S?
Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday the league is looking into the possibility of playing a Super Bowl outside the United States, although not before 2012 at the earliest.
It was among a range of proposals he announced the league is considering during […]

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Skipping Spin Room

The Democratic candidates didn’t put much effort into the post-debate spin room:
Leading candidates are skipping “spin room” after debate, leaving local surrogates to spin how well they did. Inez Tenenbaum, former SC Education Supt, for instance is spinning for Obama. The wife of Florence Mayor Frank Willis is spinning for Hillary Clinton.
They knew Mike Gravel […]

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Gravel Gets His 15 Minutes from Me

Being the high point of the Democratic Presidential debate that wasn’t Mike Gravel is getting more attention from me than he deserves. Mike, you better appreciate this.
Here’s Gravel on some issues:
Iraq: “As President, Senator Gravel will call for a U.S. corporate withdrawal from Iraq and hand over reconstruction contacts to Iraqi businesses which will empower […]

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South Carolina Snoozer

One word summary: ZZZZZZZ.
Here’s a little bit of substance:

Dennis Kucinich wants to be a “healer” by letting women kill their unborn children.
Joe Biden owns a shotgun and controlled his mouth for once.
Barack Obama doesn’t have a clue what he’d do if he was President. But he looks like a statesman when arguing with Kucinich.
Mike Gravel […]

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Two Mediocre Leaders

Filed under Politics

David Broder, a man so old rumor has it he covered Lincoln’s first Presidential campaign, espouses on the two latest examples of Washington ineptitude: Alberto Gonzales and Sen. Harry Reid.
I’ve written enough about Gonzales. No need to waste more electrons on a man too dumb to know he’s made a fool out of himself and […]

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The Problems with Carbon Offsets

Filed under Politics

The Financial Times has as package of stories examining the new carbon offsets industry. Since the idea of carbon offsets is nebulous and abstract snake oil salesmen pop up.
A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases, suggesting some organisations are paying for emissions reductions that do not […]

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Reid’s “Lost” Imagination

Filed under Politics, War

If President Bush can be criticized for not understanding the kind of war being waged in Iraq then Sen. Harry Reid can certainly be criticized for not understanding the wide horizon and many fronts the United States faces in the Islamist War. When Reid declared the Iraq War “lost” last week Col. Jeff Bearor (USMC, […]

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Dassey Guilty

Filed under Wisconsin

Brendan Dassey was found guilty of killer, raping, and destroying the body of Theresa Halbach. I now hope the Halbach family can finally get some peace.
“Dassey Found Guilty”

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Larry Johnson to the Packers?

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The Kansas City Chiefs are having trouble signing their superstar running back Larry Johnson to a long-term contract. To make sure they don’t end up with nothing if Johnson leaves via free agency after next season the team has been talking trade with a few teams including my Green Bay Packers:
The Chiefs have spoken […]

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McConnell “Encouraged” By Supreme Court Hearing

Filed under Law

Editor’s Note: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been a stalwart defender of political free speech. Today, he attended the Supreme Court hearing of Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Elections Commission. His office released this report.

This morning I attended the oral arguments in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Elections Commission at the Supreme […]

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Sympathy for a Devil

Iowa Voice found a Kossite gushing sadness for the Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho Seung-Hui (or the Americanized Seung-Hui Cho). Cho was a victim of an adopted nation that “let this man slide through many a crack.” Cho was oppressed for being a minority and an immigrant on top of it. To Bcgntn Cho endured […]

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