tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55810912011-09-14T15:35:13.117-04:00"...and their vote counts as much as mine. Where's the justice?" - MeMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-90443989047589901992011-09-13T21:25:00.002-04:002011-09-13T21:33:28.598-04:00

Here's the conversation I had with Comcast tonight after getting the runaround on the phone... Hello Mike, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Joem. Please give me one moment to review your information. Mike : My Issue: I was lied to by a cs agent JoemBCBU: I am sorry about that Mike. JoemBCBU: May i know what happened with your interaction with this agent? Mike :

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-68563373025762506262011-08-10T21:27:00.003-04:002011-08-10T21:41:40.841-04:00

Inside an article by Alex Spillius in The Telegraph from across the pond titled Democrats doubt Barack Obama's reelection chances, we find two little nuggets. The first comes from Washington consultant and former Clinton-ite, Morris Reid. It seems he’s found out why President Obama is seen as a failure by so many people on the right and the left – he’s too nice! "He is a do-gooder at heart...

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-69664727082601704052011-08-08T21:33:00.004-04:002011-08-08T22:29:59.646-04:00

How many of you have heard about this? Last week outside of the Wisconsin State Fair, mobs of young men attacked people as they left the fair. “Unprecedented violence on the opening night of the Wisconsin State Fair by rampaging youths prompted extraordinary measures Friday: The head of the fair implemented new rules to keep unattended teens off the grounds at night, and Gov. Scott Walker

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-44122093891820039142011-08-08T21:33:00.002-04:002011-08-08T21:47:32.136-04:00

How many of you have heard about this? Last week outside of the Wisconsin State Fair, mobs of young men attacked people as they left the fair. “Unprecedented violence on the opening night of the Wisconsin State Fair by rampaging youths prompted extraordinary measures Friday: The head of the fair implemented new rules to keep unattended teens off the grounds at night, and Gov. Scott Walker

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-8242079927626495742011-08-07T18:13:00.005-04:002011-08-07T18:30:26.331-04:00

I give up. I’ve lost faith in the United States. Not THE United States, the greatest country in the world, the single greatest gift to date to the entire world, the country that brought freedom to more people in a mere 250 years than every other country combined. Not the dream that the United States used to embody. No, I’ve lost faith in our future. To quote John Derbyshire (not that can

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-10645470339609733822011-07-25T21:08:00.003-04:002011-07-25T21:20:34.398-04:00

It’s not rare that we see the mainstream media protect the President and tout his silly, smoke-and-mirrors and sometimes outright lies - heck it happens every day. What’s rare is to see it on such display as what the people logging onto CNN.com saw today. We were subjected to this opinion piece as the main story of the day. Our stupid self-inflicted debt crisis Shockingly, John Avlon blames

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-82011295647922547372011-07-24T17:30:00.002-04:002011-07-24T17:34:03.366-04:00

No need to link to a story for this piece; anyone reading this has seen story after story about Anders Breivik. It’s sad to see the similarities between his terror attack and every other terror attack – the willful lack of compassion and conscience in taking innocent human life. His attempt to emulate the attack on the Murrow Federal Building in Oklahoma City (thankfully much less successfully)

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-18688191625070360192011-07-21T07:54:00.001-04:002011-07-25T21:44:53.122-04:00

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Mars) came up with this the other day: “The debate and fight is not between Democrats and Republicans. It's between some Republicans and their sort of cult fringe as I refer to them out there," Harkin said."Democrats are willing to do whatever is necessary to raise the debt ceiling, not for future borrowing but to pay the debts that we racked up in the past. Which, mostly was

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-28845782029853965342011-07-14T22:35:00.001-04:002011-07-14T22:45:35.761-04:00

Has it really been four years? Yeah, I guess it has. I need to point out B.H. Obama’s startling confession that Social Security is really just a bankrupt Ponzi scheme. Never before has a Democrat President admitted that Social Security doesn’t actually have any money; that it’s current outlays to seniors aren't actually funded by this giant bank account in the First Bank of Never-Never Land,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-43254028369635561882007-09-05T21:37:00.000-04:002007-09-05T21:39:59.220-04:00

Even blogging about food, you get into politics:OK, I'll come out and say it, I'll say the remarkably unpopular thing - it's not President Bush's fault that Katrina took out New Orleans. The blessed chef Leah Chase has been living in public supported home for TWO YEARS? How about sucking it up and getting a house of your own? You know, I'm a fat buyer from New Hampshire, but I knew over five

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-19234298490785054362007-06-15T05:40:00.000-04:002007-06-15T06:19:42.070-04:00

You really must wonder at the depths of Bush-hatred that permeate the mainstream press. Check out this headline from Washingtonpost.com via MSNBC:“Hamas takeover shows failure of Bush's vision”You see, everything is all George Bush’s fault. Because a group of people would rather kill themselves then act like human beings, George Bush is a failure. Here’s some of President Bush’s failures:“The

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-4227609348969717922007-06-06T21:01:00.000-04:002007-06-06T21:03:17.472-04:00

Today is the anniversary of D-Day. June 6, 1944. On that day, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the invasion of Europe proper (we had landed in Italy the year before) and so the fall of Nazi Germany had begun. For the two American beaches (Iowa and Omaha), it was a nightmare. The “softening up” of the Atlantic wall from the air, the sea and under water had been

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-39531332006437002202007-05-01T22:56:00.000-04:002007-05-01T23:00:14.695-04:00

Meg at megnut has made such a good point about this New York Times article about “vaccinating” for E.coli., that I am harboring jealous feelings that I didn’t come up with it first. So, because I can’t take credit for it, this is what she said:“Scientists Look to Vaccines in the War on E. Coli states "cows and their manure are considered the major sources of the pathogen" but in two pages of this

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-78147859442389874992007-04-27T22:25:00.000-04:002007-04-27T22:30:10.235-04:00

See more of Scott at Scrappleface

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-34777977573710491072007-04-27T20:42:00.000-04:002007-04-27T20:51:59.508-04:00

Check out what, who our friends at lucianne.com refer to, either Hildebeast or PIAPS, said in South Carolina:"Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue. "I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C."Uh, the dreaded Bu$hitler speaks

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-47182678763783695582007-04-27T09:18:00.000-04:002007-04-27T09:23:33.259-04:00

This was the headline on MSN this morning at 9:20 AM:Dem hopefuls show political heftThe overall impression from the first formal debate from this early-starting campaign is that the Democrats have a field of contenders that, by any historical measure, matches in quality any the party has offered in decades.Have they just been insulted?

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-46778351865277525042007-04-25T21:14:00.000-04:002007-04-26T06:30:03.100-04:00

Naomi Wolfe, the woman who was hired to teach Al Gore how to be a man in the 2000 election, has an out of this world screed in The Guardian about how America is becoming a fascist state. I need to take apart some of her arguments, so lets go:First check out some of her preamble:“Because we no longer learn much about our rights or our system of government - the task of being aware of the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-84538100746597902702007-04-22T19:27:00.000-04:002007-04-22T19:34:31.937-04:00

I'm sorry to have another abortion post up - the past 10 are almost all abortion related, but this is beautiful. And it summarizes everything I feel about the Partial Birth Abortion ban.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-22834230640467691802007-04-21T09:16:00.000-04:002007-04-21T09:18:43.822-04:00

I found myself harboring a fantasy that the New York Times was telling an allegory today in it’s Opinion section. In there, we find an editorial about fishing in the south Pacific titled Pacific Miracles. Here’s some bits:“The trouble with modernity is how efficiently it obliterates the troves of age-old knowledge otherwise known as wisdom. The good news from Palau, a Pacific island nation near

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-16462351690288004692007-04-18T20:05:00.001-04:002007-04-20T13:44:14.167-04:00

Seven years ago, in a different venue, I wrote the following words (or thereabouts):“If George Bush is elected for one term and appoints some conservatives to the Supreme Court, it will be a successful Presidency”. I, of course, was thinking about stemming the abortion problem in this country and today, I have to say “This is a successful Presidency!”The Supreme Court of the United States of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-36368549808347034212007-04-17T20:41:00.000-04:002007-04-17T20:44:38.113-04:00

There’s nothing better than a foreigner who talks out of his butt and, because he’s doing such a stupid thing, has no idea what he’s saying. Case in point, Ian Bell from the Glasgow Herald. In a knee jerk, total jerk reaction to the killings in Virginia, he slams this countries Second Amendment right to bear arms. In the same spirit of Bellsy, I’ll let the first idiocy “pass”, that the Bill of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-77667572668521020312007-04-17T08:28:00.000-04:002007-04-17T22:23:41.482-04:00

The obviously senseless tragedy at Virginia Tech yesterday saddens and horrifies me as much as everyone else. I can’t imagine the terror of being chained in a building with an armed madman casually shooting people for fun. My heart races and my blood boils at the thought of those helpless students.This incident of course brought out the liberals and their gun control fetishes. John McCain was

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1176725769513847822007-04-16T08:14:00.000-04:002007-04-16T08:16:09.796-04:00

There’s an abortion crisis happening in Great Britain and it’s not the one you imagine. No, it’s not the 190,000 abortions every year (silly me, I thought THAT was the crisis), the crisis is there aren’t enough doctors to kill, I mean abort, no, terminate that many pregnancies every year.“Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which carries out a quarter of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156507544945354902006-08-25T08:04:00.000-04:002006-08-25T08:05:44.970-04:00

Survivor this season is separating the teams by race.Yeah, you can guess what’s happening.People are flipping out. A New York City Councilman wants CBS to pull the show. It seems he feels"The idea of having a battle of the races is preposterous," City Councilman John Liu said Thursday. "How could anybody be so desperate for ratings?"Really, does he feel that same way when teams are separated by

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156505147047719392006-08-25T07:19:00.000-04:002006-08-25T07:25:47.060-04:00

Yesterday, the FDA ok’d the sale of “emergency contraception” over the counter to girls 18 and over. This , “Oops, do over!” is just a super dose of a normal prescription daily contraception, so I wonder if it’s really safe. I’m sure the idea is that it will be economically prohibitive to use on a daily basis or to O.D. on, but never underestimate the stupidity of college kids – so look for some

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156419699255974542006-08-24T07:35:00.000-04:002006-08-24T08:42:50.616-04:00

I haven’t written a lot about embryonic stem cell research, but most people could guess which side of the argument this proud member of the vast, pro-life conspiracy comes down on. Today’s New York Times has an article about a new procedure that seems to produce the raw material’s to form new ESC lines without killing the embryo the cells are harvested from. As the Times itself said:“This method,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156334975601391932006-08-23T08:04:00.000-04:002006-08-23T08:09:35.620-04:00

Two years ago, I wrote about the Roe Effect. The Roe Effect, in a nutshell, claims that of the 40 million + abortions since Roe v. Wade, the majority of them were from liberal mothers and their “lost children” would have, for the most part, grown up to be liberals and vote Democrat. Hence, Democrats have lost millions of voters they can NEVER get back.I know, it’s like a terrible car accident –

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156331199049869252006-08-23T06:57:00.000-04:002006-08-23T08:57:54.056-04:00

For years I have decried “reality TV”. When the first Survivor came on, I told everyone the only thing I could think of was “The Running Man” and I still believe this. (Hypocrisy disclaimer: I really love Hell’s Kitchen and I watched the first season of The Osbourne's religiously, but only the first season). I think the absolute low of reality TV was the show on NBC (surprisingly, not Fox), Who

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156217060772730602006-08-21T23:21:00.000-04:002006-08-21T23:24:20.786-04:00

Dare I say it, dare I even think it? Should the unmentionable, unfathomable words leave my mouth? Can I even write it?I agree with the New York Times editorial.There, I did it. It’s done. Now I can take a deep breath; though I feel a little queasy.Today’s paper lead editorial is titled Waiting for Jacques and here’s the lead paragraph:“It would be tempting to laugh about France’s paltry

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1156210084408137222006-08-21T21:23:00.000-04:002006-08-21T21:28:04.426-04:00

It seems in the world today, the kids in their late teens and early twenties are called the “9/11 Generation”. Chuch Raasch, a writer for the Gannett News Service wrote a small piece about the 9/11 Generation based on the experience of relating to his own son on their college tour this summer. This is some of what he said:“At 17, my biggest worries had been about the draft. Boys a couple of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1155900738911075712006-08-18T07:29:00.000-04:002006-08-18T07:35:18.480-04:00

Joe Lieberman has put the Democrats in a very uncomfortable position. They don’t like his well thought out, knee-jerkless(?) reaction to security and rejoiced in his defeat by cut-and-run Ned Lamont. Finally, they would be rid of him and have in his seat the kind of Senator they could work with in undermining the President’s power.Then Lieberman stayed in the race as a Independent. Not usually a

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1155863296726864612006-08-17T21:06:00.000-04:002006-08-17T21:08:16.740-04:00

Well, I bet I wasn’t the only one shocked when an arrest was made in the JonBenet Ramsey case that didn’t involve her mom or dad. I firmly believed over the past 10 years that it was one or both of her parents that killed the little girl. Now that we have an arrest and he has said he killed her, I need to re-think my beliefs. If, as it seems, this guy is the monster that killed her, then I owe

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1155816205615810062006-08-17T07:58:00.000-04:002006-08-17T08:03:25.633-04:00

Today’s New York Times has an article on the new Democratic Populism – hating Wal-Mart. Senator Joe Biden (D-France), spoke in front of a union rally in Des Moines blasting the Satan that is Wal-Mart. We got the normal litany of complaints about Wal-Mart, they don’t pay enough, they don’t offer enough health insurance, they don’t, they don’t, they don’t blah-blah-blah.““My problem with Wal-Mart

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1155427304166309162006-08-12T20:00:00.000-04:002006-08-12T20:01:44.183-04:00

Friday, August 11, 2006 will henceforth be recognized as the day I started to lose respect for President George W. Bush. It was that day his government embraced the United Nations resolution for a ceasefire between our ally Israel and the terrorist organization Hezbollah. In doing so, the United States has turned it’s back on Israel, leaving it in an untenable situation of either accepting

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1155333997949037842006-08-11T18:03:00.000-04:002006-08-11T18:06:37.963-04:00

Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski has shown himself to be one of the most idiotic people in government today. As we have all heard, BP has shut down it’s Prudhoe oil fields because of concerns over the integrity of the pipelines that carry that oil to the Alaska Pipeline. In doing so, BP’s oil revenues have dropped sharply (hey, what do you expect when you’re not shipping any oil). Additionally,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1155172528958245082006-08-09T21:12:00.000-04:002006-08-09T21:15:29.063-04:00

Now that the Connecticut Primary is over and Ned Lamont has beaten Joe(mentum) Lieberman, watch for the Democrats to lurch to the left. The Ned (“Leave now at any cost!”) Lamont’s win will scare the rest of the Democrats to abandon what little common sense they may now possess and to call for a pull-out of Iraq, leaving the budding democracy (number 2 in the mid-East) to the neighborhood bully,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1144715057067411812006-04-10T20:07:00.000-04:002006-04-10T20:30:39.576-04:00

A friend of mine whose spouse works for a public school was telling this story to our friends. Now, I may not have all the facts straight, but that doesn't matter because it's the story I thought I heard that got me thinking. I heard her say, "The kids in Andy's class asked him, 'What is free love?'".My head started to turn around and didn't stop until it was back facing forward again. I realized

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1144408207052800452006-04-07T07:03:00.000-04:002006-04-07T07:11:03.243-04:00

Fun facts about my last blog entry, "AH-HA!". Ellen dismissively said this about bloggers:"Remember when a former CBS executive described bloggers as guys in pajamas writing in their living rooms? Well, it seems that many have only one exercise routine: jumping to conclusions."Ha-ha-ha. Actually, while I wrote that post I WAS in my pajamas. As for my one exercise routine - it's not "jumping to

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1144406428344173042006-04-07T06:36:00.000-04:002006-04-07T06:42:06.036-04:00

Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe thinks she has her, “Ah-ha!” against those peskiest of all conservatives – bloggers. She has written a column titled “Bloggers owe Carroll an apology” about how evil bloggers called Jill Carroll a “Commie-pinko rhymes-with-witch” (well, maybe Ellen didn't use those exact words).“The printouts on my desk describe the 28-year-old journalist, a hostage and victim

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1144321838604591592006-04-06T07:08:00.000-04:002006-04-06T07:25:09.313-04:00

Failed 1980 presidential candidate John Anderson and some guy named Ray Martinez III have an op-ed column in today’s New York Times about voter registration. Like a lot of people, they are bemoaning the low voter turnout and registration among young people, the 18-24 year olds. So, they propose automatic voter registration for all high school seniors.They fashion this idea after the 1993 Motor

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1144288508858428222006-04-05T21:52:00.000-04:002006-04-05T22:02:42.306-04:00

Massachusetts is about to get a wake up call with their new “universal health” proposal that was rammed through the State government this week. The plan will cover the poorest of the state with full health insurance, no deductibles or co-pays. As the income rises to 300% of the poverty line, the health coverage is available on a sliding scale, again with no deductibles. Those who the state

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1144012430934350362006-04-02T17:01:00.000-04:002006-04-02T19:36:50.316-04:00

Even though I didn't technically accuse her of being a commie pinko rhymes-with-witch, my "tone" (if there can be such a thing in a blog) definitely did and I would like to apologize. I felt she, like so many of the left, hated Bush and "his war" that no matter what, like being kidnapped or having her co-worker killed, wasn't going to change her mind that Bush=bad, Islamist terrorist = good.I was

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143996063265318252006-04-02T12:30:00.000-04:002006-04-02T12:42:54.300-04:00

I have a new columnist addition to my must reads. Ian Robinson writes for the Calgary Sun and boy, was he good today. Check out these snippets:"These smarmy, international busybodies, the Gladys Kravitzes of the Iraq occupation, peering out at the world from behind the curtains with their pursed little disapproving lips?""See, members of Christian Peacemaker Teams are pacifists and they don't

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143810515572031082006-03-31T08:06:00.000-05:002006-03-31T08:08:35.586-05:00

It was great news yesterday to hear Jill Carroll was released by the thugs who kidnapped her in early January. Far too often, when an American is kidnapped, man or woman, they are released with a few bullets in their head.All of the articles I have read express her joy at being free and over and over again how she wasn’t harmed. The AP dispatch mentioned it three times:"It's important people

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143725090556047942006-03-30T08:21:00.000-05:002006-03-30T08:24:50.573-05:00

I must admit I didn’t pay too much attention to the FEC ruling this week exempting the internet from campaign finance laws. Kind of sad, considering what I write about on the internet, but oh, well.Today I see the New York Times has small, albeit, blame packed and shrill editorial up about it. Here’s the whole thing:“The Watchdog Awakes The Federal Election Commission finally did the right

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143550184801857512006-03-28T07:48:00.000-05:002006-03-28T07:49:44.813-05:00

The anti-gun nuts are out in full force after the “rave shooting” in Seattle. After a moron shoots up some place, you can begin to count down until the editorials pop up blaming everything and everybody BUT the shooter for the crime. Robert Jamieson of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stepped up to the plate.“Don't blame the rave scene for the Seattle's worst mass murder in more than two

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143513174120913042006-03-27T21:30:00.000-05:002006-03-27T21:34:46.466-05:00

Scanning the bubble-gum newspaper of the United States, USA Today, I came across this piece last week. It seems a new concern growing amongst the green segment is new homes along the border of National Parks.“The development is prompting concerns about "edge effects." The term refers to the idea that residents near parks bring pets that prey on wildlife, lead to urban-type development that

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143407210274639842006-03-26T16:05:00.000-05:002006-03-26T16:06:50.286-05:00

One of the major problems of using tax policy to alter a perceived behavior is it might work. When you hear of a new tax on smoking in an attempt to curb smoking that will go towards pre-K schooling, you have to ask the supporters if the tax works and smoking decreases, will the pre-K spending will decrease at the same rate. You will not be answered.Oregon is now having to deal with a similar

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143295265484323672006-03-25T08:57:00.000-05:002006-03-25T09:01:05.486-05:00

A favorite theme of Christian bashers is the Spanish Inquisition. As we know, non-Christians were tortured to get them to convert and if they didn't, they were put to death. Now, in Afghanistan, we get the same thing, just Islam is the bad guy this time and it's the Christian being put to death for his religion.Where are the Christian bashers now?

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143295015045868332006-03-25T08:48:00.000-05:002006-03-25T08:56:55.073-05:00

People tend to roll their eyes when I mock Islam as a "religion of peace". I've often said the actions of Islamists prove my point only to have an apologist to claim it's just some fringe element that cuases all the problems.Well, tell that to Abdul Rahman, the Christian convert who is being sentanced to death in Afghanistan for his conversion. But, look at this quote from the BBC:"The Prophet

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143263823590596012006-03-25T00:01:00.000-05:002006-03-25T00:17:03.636-05:00

I was barely aware that the Washington Post's online division had hired a right-wing blogger, Ben Domenech, when all of a sudden he was gone. I just caught a whiff of the left-wing hatred before I heard he resigned. National Review Online (8:27 PM) was quoting these reviews he had done for NRO and showing other reviews Ben had obviously been plagiarizing from. Then I read Michelle Malkin calling

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143262320140670692006-03-24T23:50:00.000-05:002006-03-25T07:10:41.753-05:00

Even the Telegraph of London is starting to notice what Mr. Steyn and yours truly noticed earlier.There's no figuring some people.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143162138764865622006-03-23T19:59:00.000-05:002006-03-24T06:10:47.186-05:00

One of my heros, the wonderful Mark Steyn (living in my own New Hampshire, I think) has come out saying (11:48AM) on National Review Online just what I did earlier this morning.I'm so proud.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143116318610418312006-03-23T07:15:00.001-05:002006-03-23T08:08:50.606-05:00

Early this morning in Iraq, a coalition team (looks like the Brits were the doing the heavy lifting) freed three hostages. These three, members of Christian Peacemakers Teams, had been kidnapped in November along with a fourth member, Tom Fox, whose body was found a few weeks ago. This is great news and a testament to the coalition forces.That is, only if you’re not a member of the loony left

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143113768067272392006-03-23T06:33:00.000-05:002006-03-23T06:36:08.076-05:00

Jonah Goldberg (my hero, man I'd most like to have lunch with) has a more detailed and well said argument in today's LA Times for what I said yesterday about Saddam and WMD's here.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143077347049289052006-03-22T20:28:00.000-05:002006-03-22T20:30:05.180-05:00

You have to love it when the MSM (or as I call them, Big Media) are so sure of themselves that they don’t even try to hide their biases and disdain. Check out this headline from the AP:Bush Pulls Out the Stops to Save RatingsNow, I’m not going to deny that Bush is doing that, but I contend that he HAS to do that because the ilk in Big Media have pulled out all stops to sink him whenever and

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1143029823695295422006-03-22T07:08:00.000-05:002006-03-22T08:18:19.610-05:00

File this one under, "No Good News while Cowboy is in Charge". This is the headline from CBS News:Inflation Plunges - But For How Long?Peter Schweizer at Canada's National Press eviscerates Noam Chomsky for Chomsky's hypocrisy concerning capitalism and the rich. It warms a Conservative's heartNoam ChomskyCharles Hanley has an article in the AP about how frustrated poor Saddam was that he had no

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1142947099368702252006-03-21T06:54:00.000-05:002006-03-22T08:19:09.520-05:00

Only in France do people protesting job security burn down businesses. This is a really good article that highlights what happens when people get everything they want from Big Government.Shortcut #1Big Media seems taken aback that the moron in the White House ("Who got there by stealing the elections, don't you know?") actually used the word "kerfuffle" and used it correctly.Shortcut #2File this

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1142855257670185942006-03-20T06:46:00.000-05:002006-03-20T07:09:01.593-05:00

The LA Times has a short editorial up about the Latino population in LA falling behind in economic terms. It quotes these statistics:“Researchers found that Latinos have the lowest per-capita income ($12,464) and highest poverty rate (22%) of any race or ethnic group. More than a third of Latino adults (including documented and undocumented immigrants) have no health insurance — nearly double the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1142799834608034992006-03-19T15:20:00.000-05:002006-03-20T06:31:04.206-05:00

Well, let’s hope this time I’m back for good. Molly likes to read the local papers everyday and normally I can’t stand them (except for the Union Leader, a true stalwart in the conservative press). She had finished reading the Concord Monitor when I jumped on the computer. What do I see as the front page article? This:Concord high grad becomes advocate for single momsAll right, I’ll give it a

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1115899521767059282005-05-12T08:03:00.000-04:002005-05-12T08:05:21.776-04:00

Democrats are always crying about needing more “diversity”. They insist on quotas and extra consideration when getting into law schools based on race, etc. All of this is defended by saying a diverse group is better then a homogeneous one and more fair, too.That is except when it comes to conservatives at PBS, then diversity is bad.Two liberal Democrats, John Dingell and David Obey, want an

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1115814841292743092005-05-11T08:29:00.000-04:002005-05-11T08:34:01.300-04:00

I hate racism. I hate the thought that people need to be judged (good and bad) by what color their skin is. That’s why I hate the Klan (“Phone call for Senator Byrd!”) and that’s why I hate the whole diversity crowd, those who think a racial makeup of a group is much more important than the beliefs of those people.So I was offended when read the racism that populated a the Washington Post’s

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1114776973607349102005-04-29T08:14:00.000-04:002005-04-29T08:16:13.610-04:00

See if you detect any bias in these quotes from MSNBC’s coverage of the President’s speech last night:“President Bush urged Congress to enact contentious Social Security and energy legislation and confirm his controversial court nominees Thursday night, prodding lawmakers to act on an ambitious second-term agenda.”“Contentious” and “controversial”, and that’s just from the first sentence!“I’m not

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1114776058300832412005-04-29T07:57:00.000-04:002005-04-29T08:00:58.303-04:00

Here’s a story so disturbing that I’m going to let it speak for itself with little comment:“A mother who gave birth to a twin girl following an incomplete termination is suing the hospital where she had the procedure for £250,000 to help with the cost of raising the child…Miss Dow, 20, said that after the termination she was advised it had been successful. She was then given a contraceptive

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1114690993389829142005-04-28T08:18:00.000-04:002005-04-28T08:23:13.393-04:00

The New York Times lead editorial today is fraught with irony and misrepresentations. It’s all about the two female judicial nominations by President Bush destined for a Democratic filibuster, Justices Owen and Brown. The Times starts off by saying how conciliatory the Democrats in the Senate have been to President Bush regarding his judicial nominees:“Senate Democrats have confirmed almost all

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1113960128139941942005-04-19T21:14:00.000-04:002005-04-20T07:03:24.163-04:00

Ok, so what can I say? I can say, “Oh yeah!, Oh baby!, Kick it down!, Kick it down!” Cardinal Ratzinger has been elected Pope Benedict XVI – in just two days!!! The Church has chosen one of it’s chosen to lead it. It has chosen a true son of Pope John Paul II to carry on his legacy – and I’m a bit happy over it.I wish I could say the same of the MSM (Main Street Media)This is from Reuters (“

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1112843664110990102005-04-06T23:00:00.000-04:002005-04-06T23:14:24.110-04:00

With the news just so depressing this week, I loved running into this:Noodlers Anonymous try to legalize poleless fishin'Yes, poleless fishin' (that's fishing with your hands) is called "Noodling" and it's illegal. At least in Missouri, that is and a bunch of noodlers want that changed. Yep, abortions are legal but fishin' with your God given hands is not.You can't make this up.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1112790375482871712005-04-06T08:23:00.000-04:002005-04-06T08:26:15.483-04:00

We are turning into such a country of helpless wimps, and no more so than in bellwether of American wimpiness – California.Skimming the LA Times this morning, I came across this headline and I knew it was Mel’s Diner Gold:Near the Rails, on the EdgeSouthland residents near train tracks live with noise, dirt and danger -- and wonder why homes are allowed to be built so close.That’s right – a whole

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1112541041381454802005-04-03T11:08:00.000-04:002005-04-03T11:44:26.156-04:00

You can tell The Boston Globe didn't want to write anything about the Pope, but knew they had to say something. Their editorial is confusing, incoherent and short. Half of it is about the Pope and Vatican II, in fact, three paragraphs of the eight total start with mentioning Vatican II,"In keeping with the modernizing spirit of Vatican II...""Also in keeping with Vatican II...""While hewing to

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1112473936855508632005-04-02T15:25:00.000-05:002005-04-03T11:45:07.890-04:00

The Pope has died. My Pope has died. Raised an Episcopal, as a child I never thought too much about the Catholic Church. The first Pope I remember was John Paul I and he was only Pope for a very short period of time - 33 days, so John Paul II is the only Pope I have known. When I converted to the Church, I was able to say that he was a huge reason why, a beacon to me in my search for the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1112329738061713902005-03-31T23:27:00.000-05:002005-03-31T23:28:58.063-05:00

I swore I would never publish this while Terri was still alive because of what some freak might do if he read my blog and I could never have lived with myself if he acted on it.Michael Schiavo knew and counted upon the “other side” not acting like him. What I mean by that is that he knew Terri’s supporters would never stoop to his level to protect her and he was right. In the end, the only way

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1112321404509117122005-03-31T21:03:00.000-05:002005-03-31T23:16:08.216-05:00

What can I say? Terri is dead. Terri Schiavo, a woman I agonized over has died. I blogged on her fight for life a year and a half ago and then, when her life was saved, had second thoughts on if she wanted to live at all. Even with my misgivings, I always thought I was right to wish her to live, even if it was against her wishes.Terri died because of a bad law. The Florida law said that the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1110752914758861302005-03-13T17:05:00.000-05:002005-03-13T19:45:44.476-05:00

This is kind of a weak start to the New Mel's Diner, but what can I say? At least it's a start.I've been writing opinion pieces for years and several times I have said a variation of the following:"Whenever I feel I'm just the cat's meow when it comes to political writing, I find something like this..." and here it is again. Matt Labash (ironically named, mind you) has written a wonderfull "

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1109681212753919842005-03-01T07:44:00.000-05:002005-03-01T07:49:42.116-05:00

In probably the closest The New York Times Editorial Board will ever come out in support of President Bush’s foreign policy, we get today’s lead editorial, Mideast Climate Change. I started reading it in trepidation of what magic fairy they would pull out of the air to credit the positive changes happening in the Mideast, so imagine my surprise when I read this:“Still, this has so far been a year

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1109446872237714672005-02-26T14:39:00.000-05:002005-02-26T14:44:33.803-05:00

What can we say about Terry Schiavo? I have long advocated for her survival. That sounds like such a non-issue, I’m sure many of you are wondering, “What in the world is Fat-Boy talking about?”. Terry suffered a heart attack almost 15 years ago and has been in a “vegative” state ever since. I use the scare quotes because there is a lot of controversy exactly what Terry is aware of. Her husband

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1097843464977086152004-10-15T08:28:00.000-04:002004-10-15T08:31:04.976-04:00

When this campaign started, I expected Little John Edwards to stay in the background, being the “positive” face of the campaign, telling stupid, folksy stories of his childhood growing up in South and North Carolina. And up until recently, I was correct. But the past week or so has shown Little John to be the crazy one. Last week, My man Drudge splashed across his page this comment Little John

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1097756617377136512004-10-14T08:23:00.000-04:002004-10-14T18:15:23.260-04:00

I have to admit, I didn’t watch the debate last night. I have this superstitious belief that if I watch the president, he does poorly. True to form, I watched the first debate and he stunk. I watched half of the second debate and he did better. I skipped the whole thing last night and he knocked it out of the park. Interestingly, this doesn’t hold true the Vice-Presidential debates, I watched

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1097252834282144232004-10-08T13:20:00.000-04:002004-10-08T12:27:14.283-04:00

I may be the only one, but I find Terry Kerry’s pet name for her miscarried children, “pinkies”, unsettling. It doesn’t make her a bad person, I’m not saying she is some kind of freak, but the name makes my skin crawl. Even the crew at NRO has no problem with it, I really think I’m the only one.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1097249478254562612004-10-08T11:28:00.000-04:002004-10-08T11:31:18.253-04:00

Jonah Goldberg is probably my favorite of today’s writers, kind of an inspiration to slugs like me who think we can write. His pieces are always insightful and make a clear point with humor interspersed through out the piece. I was once asked, “If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?” and I picked Jonah immediately. He seems like a super-intelligent, easy going guy who would be

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1096992893869855372004-10-05T13:02:00.000-04:002004-10-05T12:14:53.870-04:00

I sometimes think I am a good writer; all witty and insightful, a pleasure to read. At these points, I find someone who truly IS insightful, witty and a pleasure to read, like one Gersh Kuntzman I discovered today. This little ditty is a fun read and definitely put me back in my place as an under-talented blogger. The link is to his website, because Newsweek online keeps their stories up for

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1096944250965813012004-10-04T22:38:00.000-04:002004-10-04T22:44:10.966-04:00

You know why I haven’t written much lately? I’m always “politicked”-out about this point in an election. It’s true, your FAVORITE political wonk isn’t completely political. Anyway, I got an email that inspired me to write again, so here I am. Big John Kerry-Edwards was in New Hampshire today espousing the joys of stem cell research. Along for the ride was Alex P. Keaton, I mean Michael J.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1096333781380380932004-09-27T21:07:00.000-04:002004-09-27T21:09:41.380-04:00

You have to love the editorial staff at the New York Times. Well, not really, I don’t, but whatever. The Times has their dress up over their head because the investigation, the investigation they wanted so much, into Valerie Plame’s outing as a CIA desk jockey has ended up with subpoena’s to reporters asking for their sources. Seriously, take a step back and think about this. The Times

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1095987996744301152004-09-23T21:01:00.000-04:002004-09-23T21:06:36.746-04:00

Well, I’ve been out of the loop for a long time and I was wondering how to come back. I thought maybe the CBS Danron scandal might do it, or maybe it would be the ongoing Kerry, “I’m for it” and “I’m against it “ stance on Iraq, but no. Nothing was inspiring me to write again, nothing was sending me back to the blogsphere. Finally, there was IT. That story that inspired. That story that

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1093609490454343232004-08-27T08:17:00.000-04:002004-08-27T08:24:50.456-04:00

Yeah yeah, really long time – I’m sorry, you know the drill. Anywhoo, Patti Davis, one time Playboy Celebrity Playmate, Ronald Reagan’s daughter has a pity piece in Newsweek. She’s mooning that she was dis-invited to be a speaker at some group because of her stance on stem-cell research. More specifically, the part where she supports the killing of babies for their stem cells. “The group,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1092399268667587372004-08-13T08:10:00.000-04:002004-08-13T08:14:28.666-04:00

People often accuse the United states of being overly militaristic. We “worship” the gun and are willing to use military power recklessly. Of course, this comes from countries like France, whose one and only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, almost sank on it’s maiden voyage and Canada, whose navy was so tuckered out, they had to pull their War on Terror naval force (a whopping one ship)

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1091722976645582342004-08-05T12:17:00.000-04:002004-08-05T18:14:36.956-04:00

The LA Times has a doozy of an editorial today. IT was so full of silliness, I feel the need to reprint and fisk in it’s entirety. The Hand-Over That Wasn't Illegal orders give the U.S. a lock on Iraq's economy. By Antonia JuhaszAntonia Juhasz is a project director at the International Forum on Globalization in San Francisco and a Foreign Policy in Focus scholar.August 5, 2004 Officially, the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1091675974967081842004-08-04T23:17:00.000-04:002004-08-05T07:47:02.326-04:00

Sorry about the lack of posting, I’ve been busy, the fork ran away with the spoon, the cow jumped over the moon, etc., you know my excuses. Anyway, the New York Times had a little ditty today about Iran. It was actually pretty good. It was realistic about the threat Iran poses on the nuclear front and pretty much admitted the United Nations is useless confronting this: “…the best choice is to

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1091066663395189072004-07-28T22:02:00.000-04:002004-07-28T22:04:23.396-04:00

Terry Heinz-Kerry-Edwards pulled the psycho, paranoid card this week.  It seems Family Circle has, for the past couple of elections, asked each of the front runner’s wives for a cookie recipe.  All this cropped up after Hillary said she “could have stayed home and made cookies” during the 1992 election. Anyway, Terry submitted a recipe for something called “Yummy Wonders”.  Well, the test

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1091065399651801402004-07-28T21:41:00.000-04:002004-07-28T21:43:19.650-04:00

You would think with the Democratic convention rolling this week, I’d be blogging like a madman.  To tell you the truth, every time I start to watch the convention, I just begin to get frustrated at the lies that come off of that podium.  And I’ve been busy with computers, too. Anyway, I caught some of Jesse Jackson tonight.  He’s a hoot.  My friend Bill said years ago that he was watching

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1090768649917950732004-07-25T11:16:00.000-04:002004-07-25T11:17:29.916-04:00

It’s no secret that I despise the Islamist terrorists who are at war with us right now.  I make no effort to understand the “root causes” of why the attack us with such abandon.  The only root cause I need to know is they hate us and want us dead, beyond that I don’t care.  If they want us dead, then they are a threat – a threat that must be eliminated.  I don’t get caught up in the, “they’re

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1090642765723552932004-07-24T00:15:00.000-04:002004-07-25T11:21:11.076-04:00

Abortion makes it again into the diner.  Big John Kerry sat down with Peter Jennings and, surprisingly, Jennings asked some tough questions  It wasn’t a long serious of questions, but all of Big John’s answers were so…Kerry-ish: “Peter Jennings: You told an Iowa newspaper recently that life begins at conception. What makes you think that? Sen. Kerry: My personal belief about what happens in

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685051044347491731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581091.post-1090506485589561402004-07-22T10:25:00.000-04:002004-07-22T10:28:05.590-04:00

It seems that a single theme has crept into a lot of my current posts – irony.  I love irony, it comes closer than anything else in convincing me there is something to this karma thing.   Anyway, sticking to the irony theme, my last post was about pro-abortion people never actually hearing what they have to say.  And in today’s New York Times, feminist Barbara Eherenreich had a doozy.  She was

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I sometimes wonder if the pro-abortion crowd ever listens to itself.  Check out these objections an abortion clinic in Australia has to it’s proposed neighbors:   “A Perth abortion clinic objected to plans for a childcare centre on a neighbouring property because the sight of children might upset its patients.   Marie Stopes International Australia, which operates the clinic in the eastern

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At a recent Young Republican's meeting, presidential candidate Al Sharpton was there to speak about young, black voters in 2004.  He was shouted down and was told by one member that: "You're just another arrogant black man -- telling us what we can do -- it's all about your ego -- another f *** ing arrogant black man." After the incident became public, white members of Congress dismissed the

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"Blake Champlin, a Tulsa lawyer and environmental activist, died Monday at home when a tree supporting a hammock fell and crushed him" No comment

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You know, stupid people can still be a threat, given the correct weapons.  I'm going to quote the whole story here because it's so short: "BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A militant group said Wednesday it had taken two Kenyans, three Indians and an Egyptian hostage and would behead them if their countries did not announce their readiness to withdraw their troops from Iraq immediately. None of those

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I’ve commented time and time again on how the Catholic Church is starting to develop a backbone when it comes to politicians and abortion.  Of course, we have John Kerry to thank for this; his public flaunting of his faith concerning abortion and the Eucharist has forced the Church’s hands.   The latest Bishop to get it is Bishop Brunett of Seattle.  He has just published a pastoral letter

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I expect so little from vermin like Paul Krugman that pretty much anything he blathers on about in his column at the New York Times just rolls right off me.    But today’s column is different.  Mr. Krugman, the thoroughly discredited economics “guru”, develops a snarky little scenario he calls the Arabian Candidate.  In it, he tells of a president who, under the guise of fighting terrorism, is

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You know, members of the Pro-Life crowd, which you may have guessed, I am a standard bearer for, a front line soldier, are accused of being dramatic and insensitive to things we know nothing about. As a male, I am often accused of never being able to understand because I can’t have children. Blah blah blather. Anyway, there’s no amount of drama we could invent that comes close to the

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The tolerant left, what would this country do without them?  Well, as a citizen of this country, I’d like to give it a shot – at least with out the tolerant left from Bainbridge Island, WA.  This beautiful island of the coast of Seattle, untouched by the horrors of real life, showed their true colors during a Fourth of July parade this year.  Walking in the parade with his family, 23 year old

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