… Unlike the quote that inspired part 1 of this series, both the quote I’m interested in now, and the analysis from John Hawkins’ article do seem to represent conservative thought of the past decade or three accurately. I am skipping ahead a bit in the article, but I do intend to deal with all 10 [...]
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This helps. Probably not enough… Hold on to your wallets – the current economic crisis is just going to gather speed under McCain. Two side notes — 1) It’s good to see the kind of religion where the parishioners aren’t afraid to call their preachers out for nonsense. 2) Chuck B. – I feel kind [...] … and our long national nightmare will continue… Barack Obama’s pastor. It’s a shame really. I wonder if Jeremiah Wright will get a footnote when “The Decline and Fall of…” book is written. Update: I should add… the focus of this post is about the weird cultural reasons that this country will continue to self-destruct over the next few [...] Mary Ann has been busted. My understanding is that she had three roaches in the ashtray. C’mon Mary Ann. These ain’t filterless Camels we are talking about here. Get a clip for crying out loud. I think she got 5 days and a $410.50 fine for “reckless driving”. According to the report she swerved and was then observed to be speeding [...] You know Elliot Spitzer is kind of a folk hero on the left. There was no reason, prior to yesterday, that he couldn’t have aspired to the White House, rather than the Big House. Now, I personally think that prositution should be handled differently by our society than it is. It’s an evil, and it [...] Here: “That behavior is outside the circle of civilized debate in our democracy,” Pelosi said during a Thursday conference call. “I certainly think John McCain should reject his endorsement and I’m sure it won’t be long before he does.” I’ve checked back, and it appears that these folks at Red State do not feel that John McCain’s pride [...] Since exactly what is and what is not torture has become an item of confusion in our society I was wondering if any of you would hesitate to use any of the following if it might save the life of [...] Everyone knows you can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theatre, and you shouldn’t. Everyone knows you can yell “smoking gun mushroom cloud” on the Tee Vee, but you shouldn’t. The New England Journal of Medicine examines a somewhat more difficult situation. Can you put Dorothy Hamill on ice skates and sell that drug (one of those that keeps [...] Ed M. at Captain’s Quarters uses the personal relationship between Larry Flynt and Jerry Falwell as a jumping off point for a brief note about seeing the humanity in your political enemies and behaving in a manner consistent with that practice. A brief note: I added Captain’s Quarters to my RSS feeds just so I could take [...] Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said opponents of the ban “have not demonstrated that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases.” (-link I’m still mulling this over. I won’t jump out there and say I’m smarter than the Supreme Court, that the decision was wrong. But it does [...] |
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