Archive for November 2004

The monthlies.

• Falwell Follies

  This weekend’s Meet the Press, moderated by Buffalo’s own Tim Russert, hosted a barnfight between two nutjobs and two semi-nutjobs. On one side was Jerry Falwell and Richard Land, and on the other, Al Sharpton and Jim Wallis (all are ministers/religious leaders). Russert brought up Falwell’s comments a couple days after the events of nine-eleven. [...]

• Deluded Delusionals

  Another priceless piece from ABC News regarding the Christian Right, now labeled as “evangelicals,” and their delivered victory to Bush from the heavens above. Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time Christian Conservatives Say They Gave Bush ‘Moral Mandate’; Call Him to Act on Their Behalf Nov. 29, 2004 – Among some conservative Christians, there is a [...]

• Tackling the Issue of Medicinal Marijuana

  This issue is simpler than one may think. A state’s decision (in this case, California) to allow possession of marijuana for medicinal purposes (the purpose is actually a nil-point) versus the statute of federal government that such an act (possession) is illegal. Well, we go to the Constitution, flip to the appendices, yes, Amendment 10… [...]

• Income Tax In America

  The Beatles had a song, okay it was George Harrison’s, called “Taxman,” in which they decry the ridiculously high tax rate in England. “One for you, nineteen for me.” But what about the United States? We never have had such high taxes, right? In order to help pay for its war effort in the American [...]

• Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?

  Forty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States under the Constitution, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The subsequent investigation (Warren Commission) resulted in the lone-gunmen theory, a theory that prescribed Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing. However, in the late 1970s, an official investigation by the House Select [...]

• The Boxer Rebellion

  With all the talk of a “mandate” for the popularly-elected (finally; I guess one out of two ain’t bad) President Bush, the news that hated-by-the-right liberal Senator Barbara Boxer (California) won re-election with an astounding 20-point margin was slow to make headlines for 17 days. Little noticed in this month’s election was that the nation’s [...]

• Bush On The Prowl

  Yesterday Bush nominated domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the next education secretary. (Read: Administration insider.) At the press event Bush seemed very interested in his nominee…“Oh boy! I picked a nice one this time.” And then Bush made his move… And let us not forget Tuesday’s announcement that Dr. Condoleeza Rice is Bush’s [...]

• New Wave of Bush Victory Shirts Revealed

  For every occasion, a company somewhere makes shirts for it: the Super Bowl, the World Cup, and the latest pop culture fad, just to name a few. The latest election is no different. And the Bushies love their shirts. Take this shirt for example, which ridicules the latest rumors of a secession by the blue [...]

• Introducing the O.R.C.

  Observe. Reflect. Contemplate.

• Like You Were Never Here

  As of this morning, six cabinet posts have been vacated, including a few big ones: Secretary of State – Colin Powell (quite a shame – knew the facts and foresaw the quagmire with Iraq); Attorney General – John Ashcroft (thank the lord almighty); Education Secretary – Rod Paige (leave no child has been a disaster [...]

• A Bob Jones Bonanza

  This one is too good to edit so I give it to you in full: A letter from Bob Jones University President, Bob Jones the third, to the president congratulating him on his victory. President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: The media tells us [...]

• Secession Makes A Country

  This weekend’s McLaughlin Group offered another doozy, courtesy of who else than Lawrence O’Donnell, political contributor to MSNBC. MR. O’DONNELL: The big problem the country now has, which is going to produce a serious discussion of secession over the next 20 years, is that the segment of the country that pays for the federal government [...]

• Gay Marriage Redux

  “This gay amendment that Bush really didn‘t support.” – Joe Scarborough, part of MSNBC’s election night coverage. Comments made between 1 and 2 AM on Wednesday, November 3. “President Bush ‘absolutely’ will use his second term to push for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, his top political strategist said Sunday. Karl Rove, who oversaw [...]

• Is Liberalism Dead?

  By no means. No president has won re-election by a slimmer margin. There had never been more votes against a sitting president in a re-election in history. However, as had been widely publicized, the left needs to reclaim the idea of morality: Keep the federal government out of the marriage business; defend our homeland; keep [...]

• Toles on Undecided Voters

  Image: Washington Post

• Across the Pond

  Image: Daily Mirror

• Bush: God Bless Arafat

  When hearing the news (read: rumor) that Yasser Arafat had died in Paris, Bush said, “My first reaction is God bless his soul.” God bless his soul?!? Arafat is a terrorist and should rot in hell. If there is any justice in the world, he will. He should not be blessed by any divine creator. [...]

• Bad Moon Rising

  The only words this morning… I see the bad moon rising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin’. I see bad times today. Don’t go around tonight Well it’s bound to take your life There’s a bad moon on the rise. I hear hurricanes a blowing. I know the end is [...]

• Dereliction of Duty

  Lawrence O’Donnell, political contributor to MSNBC, had this to say regarding Dick Cheney’s scare tactics on the campaign trail on the October 1, 2004, edition of The NcLaughlin Group. MR. O’DONNELL: What Cheney says is true. Those are the threats that are out there. What is loathsome about this is that that person is trying [...]

• Four More Years of Incompetence

  I will restate my guess that Bush will successfully steal another election today. (He was very close to being caught last time so the bad guys have had time to sew up the holes in their devious plans.) We may not know the results until early tomorrow or beyond, or maybe never. On my way [...]

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