(AN: Yeah, yeah, I get it. Late to chime in on this topic. I originally started this weeks ago, and only found the time to finish through a terrible oh so human malady: the common head cold. If the topic sounds snarly, it's partly because of that, but I don't think it's entirely unsuitable.) ...with so many people who think they're so right. (I sometimes feel the moment I would of shown up to the Republican Revival on that thread, I would of been called a LLL, no matter how good the argume...
Link You know, you may not agree with me on this point, but doesn't it seem that we're trying everything, moral, degrading or not, to get these people to talk? What is wrong with us? Do we acutally sincerely believe that because these people did a bad thing to us first, we're legitimately able to toy with them, violate their religious taboos as a scare tactic so we can loosen their lips? And since it's not covered by the Geneva Conventions (which never really stopped us before now), i...
It's almost fun watching the right wing pundits take pot shots at the UN and it's current troubles; one would think that globalization would run counter entirely to their economic and social policy. And fair enough, the current system sucks, like a Hoover set on high and left running for entirely too long on shag carpet. How did it get that way, though? Isn't the UN supposed to be the watchdog of the world? Aren't we supposed to help spread the whole world as a neighborhood concept? They have...
During my hiatus, I, as a bleeding heart liberal blogger have successfully: made America lose a war (which I wasn't even born for), trying to see that America loses this war too (funny, I just wanted some sort of idea of how we're going to get out with all of our troops home and the Iraqis getting a stable government, but I guess voicing dissent is wrong), I have made another blogger never want to read again with my traitorous words (fully covered by the first amendment!), and I've reduced t...
Before you all think I'm jumping the bandwagon of people lauding democracy an absolute success and the fact we show those insurgents who's boss, I will say, reservedly, that the Iraq elections were a booming and rather quiet success, despite all the hype (and no pun intended). BUT, here's just a small sampling of some issues that needs must be raised: --While some areas were crammed, others had their voting booths empty, espically in the regions with the old Sunni regime were present. T...
There's a whole list of comments I could make that are painfully ironic. The article I'm gonna cite is here: Link Smart man. Witness the political self-preservation method here, folks. Thomas knows Bush is the quintessenal lame duck, there's nothing the man needs to do for reelection now and so Bush is trying to get his pet projects passed, no matter how unpouplar they may be now or later. Fact is, I'd be itchy too if I was a Republican running for office in 2006. No offense, George, ...
(Figures are from my previous article: Link .) Look. I'm willing to admit that in a year where the incumbent was so weak, the Democrats need some serious fixing or realization in paradigm. But back up the the truck here for a second...let's analyze the numbers of the last election. 51% Republican, 48% Democrat, and 1% whatever it is Nader represents again. So you've got a 51/49 pouplar vote spilt against a sitting incumbent. You could argue it happened to Clinton (I think it was something...
Come gather round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth saving Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone -Bob Dylan, Times They Are A-Changing Link Can you save the world from itself? The reason why I ask is it seems that the Bush adminstration wants to try. Or, at the very least, liberate everyone from their oppressors. The thing abou...
Link Now, maybe that story on the memo is a non-issue. I admit I'm not the be all and end all of new news or even spin doctoring. The "Gee, That's Odd," prize goes to the following statement: "We made it very clear that we do not condone torture," McClellan said. "The president would never authorize torture, and that applies to everyone." (italics added: mine.) Then why bother to even comment on extreme interrogation measure, such as torture? Why make the urging in the first place? ...
"If men could carry kids, abortion would be a sacrament." -paraphrase of various feminists. A tiny bit of personal background is in order before I jump in with both feet. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed in the Roman Catholic Chruch, a 'cradle Catholic', if you'd like. While I do not go to chruch now, one can only disassociate from one's roots as much as one can disassociate one's self from one's head. I was raised on the opinon that abortion was in fact murder and one of the things...
Link I quite don't know what to say here. To be honest, I am glad Bush admitted some kind of fallacy to his presidency after we've been somewhat worried that he's a little too full of bravado for the job, and yet I am filled with the biting liberal response, which goes something like this: 'too little, too late'. It's too late to really apologize for any damage saying 'I want him dead or alive' might have caused, or for the insurgents to 'bring it on'. (Do you think the president's been ...
Don't get me wrong, in a way they're amusing. I read my local paper's Letters to the Editior section almost everyday I read the paper, and that happens to be almost everyday. And before you think everyone in my state espouses the same political views I do, while our local daily did endorse John Kerry (in a manner I could only describe as kicking in screaming), they overwhelmingly endorsed Republicans in all state and local races in a ratio of like 19:2. So you take a chortle or three when the...
Desperate for changing/Starving for truth/Closer where i Started/Chasing after you -Lifehouse, Hanging By A Moment (which, admittedly, has nothing to do with politics, but that first stanza fits nicely here.) Whether you're left, right, or somewhere in the middle, you've got one thing going for you if your particular passion is politics: you want to create your own ideal world through the masses. I'm not saying it's a bad thing necessarly, but even the most conservative politico will g...
Look, I'll be honest with you. If you're going to make a post saying how completely wrong I am and how much I stink and how much you hate bleeding heart liberals, then I'd suggest you'd bugger off. You're just wasting your time and mine. I will call this the disclaimer and rule one of this post...got nothing insightful to say, don't say it. Bleeding heart liberal. Pinko commie. Let's face it, fellow liberals, the rhetoric just mounts, doesn't it? Everything we say and do boils down t...
Happy New Year. I trust you all had fun, drinking champagne (most of which isn't really champange, but that's completely another article) and signing Auld Lang Syne (cyber cookie to anyone who can tell me what the hell that means...no really, I wanna know.) and hugging your loved ones, kissing your sweethearts and generally celebrating 2004 being over and 2005 beginning anew...so in retrospect of the past year, I made this list of New Years Resolutions for the country. No, no need to thank me...