The Liberal DoomsayerThe Liberal DoomsayerMy blog deals primarily with national politics in the U.S. as well as, on occasion, local politics in Pennsylvania. From time to time, I may have something to say about sports and entertainment as well. I try to interpret information that shapes the 
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Thursday Stuff
2009-05-08 05:03:00 "Worst Persons" (Sean Inanity yammers on about a liberty apple tree or something and then criticizes Obama for a condiment choice on his burger - yeah, the right-wing nutsosphere is in their usual shorts-tightened frenzy over that, all right...wonder how the people who are really suffering in this country feel about so many calories being wasted on such utter nonsense by our media...; Billo talks about how hate-crime legislation takes us down the "slippery slope" towards legalizing pedophelia - kind of makes me recall this talking point from Pat Robertson here about gay marriage, with this being another result of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" idiocy (taking this "into the barracks" I know)...let the gays and LGBT people serve without restrictions for God's sake - Patrick Murphy said that it's insulting to our military to assume that they couldn't work with these folks..."unit cohesion" my ass; and Glenn Beck spouts the same lie of ACORN supposedly receiving funds from the stim...agai... More About: Stuff , Thursday
More "Bad Blogger" BS And Fourth Estate Fiction
2009-05-07 23:04:00 (I also posted here.)I guess I should be a bit sympathetic to Lindsay Graham, but I really don?t feel like it.You see, the Repug senator from South Carolina found out here that Tom Ridge won?t run in a PA primary against Pat Toomey after all (would have been tough sledding for the former PA gov, but who knows), so he must?ve been feeling bad about that. Also, he incorrectly stated here that all GITMO detainees could be held indefinitely (wrong again ? as Think Progress tells us, 17 Chinese Muslim prisoners, among others, were no longer to be regarded as such).But I guess what really got me stoked about Graham today was when he said the following from here??If we?re going to let the bloggers run the country, then the country?s best days are behind us.?(I should note that those ?bad bloggers? had the effrontery to actually hold Graham?s little Repug Senate play mate Jeff Sessions, who took Snarlin? Arlen?s seat on the Judiciary Committee as ranking Repug, accountable for his past raci... More About: Blogger , Estate , Fiction
Wednesday Stuff
2009-05-07 05:38:00 "Worst Persons" (that supposed political genius Karl Rove, whose party has had its proverbial clock cleaned in the last two elections, lectures Obama on naming the "right" Supreme Court nominee, forgetting completely the fiasco with Harriet Miers, dubbed by Bill Maher as Hazel The Cleaning Lady; Bill Orally tries to use the excuse of Bruce Springsteen paying homage to Pete Seeger as another moment of supposed America-hating by "the radical left," or whatever Fix Noise is calling us this week; but the winner (speaking of the Faux TV Nutwork) is Rupert Murdoch, whose media holdings in News Corp are sinking like the proverbial stone...aaaarrgghh, avast ye maties - swab the poopdeck lest ye all walk the plank!!)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and speaking also of The Boss, this song was always a "fave" of mine; I only saw it on a five-disc live album in the '80s, though it sadly is every bit as topical today as it was then. More About: Stuff , Wednesday
This Little Piggy Pundit Went A-Wanking?
2009-05-07 00:42:00 (I also posted here.)Leave it to Bret Stephens of the Murdoch Street Journal here to poke fun over the fact that some public figures, as well as entire countries, went more than a little bonkers over the recent swine flu outbreak?In the matter of swine flu -- and the single dumbest response to it yet -- first prize was about to go to the government of Egypt, which last week ordered a cull of the country's estimated 400,000 pigs, never mind that the disease, name notwithstanding, is mainly transmitted human-to-human.?So that leaves the runners-up: protectionist Russia, which used the flu panic to ban pork imports from Spain and Canada; U.S. immigration restrictionists, who see in the "Mexican flu" a fresh reason to argue for a wall along the border; and panicky Joe Biden, who unwittingly made the case against Amtrak ("I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now") until his handlers interceded. Who knew Mr. Biden was talking about himself when he warned last year that Barack Obama... More About: Piggy
Tuesday Stuff
2009-05-06 05:05:00 I thought this was an appropriate item from the Onion News Network, in light of some recent wacky rulings by The Supremes on "indecency" that I commented on here (and I don't think there's that much satire about the pundits here; might as well be a documentary for some of them)...Study: Children Exposed To Pornography May Expect Sex To Be Enjoyable...and if you're looking for wackiness, then it's time for "Worst Persons" (first up is President Obama, shockingly enough - yes, I'm a liberal and I can still criticize him - for screwing up the whole "cinco de mayo" thing...but for real, dude, this is bad news; and it wouldn't be "Worst Persons" with a nightly visit with Michele Bachmann, would it now...sounds like she should've been a panelist in the previous Onion spoof with this one; but Laura Ingraham takes it as she fills in for Billo and whines about why poor, put-upon Carrie Prejean with her pageant-pre-paid boob job isn't being befriended by the feminists while she shills... More About: Stuff , Tuesday
J.D. The "Money Scold" Chides Us Again
2009-05-05 23:31:00 Much like he did in two highly misinformed columns on what he considers to be a supposed lack of suffering in ?the Great Recession? here, J.D. Mullane of the Bucks County Courier Times has spent his last two columns conducting some truly threadbare ?research? into another root cause of our economic difficulty, and that is consumer credit card debt.See, J.D. claims here and here (with the help of some individuals who, in a con-vee-nient circumstance, turn out to be highly sympathetic to his point of view) that those carrying excessive card balances have only themselves to blame for ?(spending) way over their means? (the quote comes from a Mullane interviewee who manages a collection agency ? uh, can someone please explain to me why he would have a different point of view from Bucks County?s resident big mouth? And "Middle America"? Could we be more jingoistic?)I?m sure there are individuals who fall into the category Mullane describes, but as usual in columns like these where a cluel... More About: Money
Monday Stuff
2009-05-05 05:14:00 I definitely like what Barney Frank has to say here, and I hope he can pull it off (might be tough with Bayh and his lackeys in the Senate); nice job by Fareed Zakaria to act like an adult and actually participate in the conversation also (he's capable of wankery to be sure, but on balance, he has more brains that most of his ideological brethren)......meanwhile, in "reality avoidance" land (here)......and I thought this was an interesting Rachel Maddow interview with Professor Jeffrey Rosen of George Washington University about retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter and his reactions to the Bush v. Gore travesty, as well as about what Obama may be looking for in a potential nominee to replace him...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyUpdate 5/5/09: Sounds like Rosen has some 'splainin' to do based on this (h/t Atrios)......and time to "rock between the rain drops." More About: Stuff , Monday
"Joke Line" Returns Lamenting "More Jack And Less Dick"
2009-05-04 23:44:00 (I also posted here.)I had a feeling that somehow, in the midst of the eulogies for Jack Kemp, the former football player, U.S. House rep, HUD secretary, and failed presidential and vice-presidential candidate, one of the members of our punditocracy was going to put his or her foot in it, so to speak. And sure enough, Joke Line did just that here (though he did manage to end his post with the phrase I used in the title, so he wins back points for cleverness, as in the Repugs need more Kemp and less Cheney, which I suppose is also debatable).First, though, I should be gracious and extend sympathies to Kemp?s family and friends. Now that that?s dispensed, let?s check out what the esteemed Time journo has to say?Kemp was, in a way, the John Edwards of the Republican Party--without Edwards' personal problems, of course.I have to admit that I?m a little fatigued with the knowledge that the media shorthand for John Edwards has pretty much been enshrined in stone by now ($400 haircut/fanc... More About: Dick
Friday Stuff
2009-05-02 00:42:00 Oh, by the way, happy sixth anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" (not a cause for celebration, of course - performance by Steve Connell)......and I'm outta here early tonight, so have fun this weekend. More About: Stuff , Friday
Where The Rubber Meets The Road (5/1/09)
2009-05-01 18:00:00 As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week.HouseU.S. water policy. Members voted 413-10 to improve the work of the 20-plus agencies concerned with ensuring that the United States has adequate water supplies and clean drinking water.A yes vote was to pass a bill (HR 1145) that creates a White House office to streamline and focus U.S. water policy.Voting yes: John Adler (D., N.J.), Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), Robert A. Brady (D., Pa.), Michael N. Castle (R., Del.), Charles W. Dent (R., Pa.), Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), Jim Gerlach (R., Pa.), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Frank A. LoBiondo (R., N.J.), Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.), Joseph R. Pitts (R., Pa.), Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.), Joe Sestak (D., Pa.), and Christopher H. Smith (R., N.J.).As noted here (NY Times content), the sponsor was Dem Barton Gordon of Tennessee (and the 10 No votes were all Repugs ? surprised?). Also, new EPA Adm... More About: Road , Rubber , The Road
Thursday Stuff
2009-05-01 04:48:00 Thank you, Senator Durbin, for these words and your dedication on the "cramdown," though many of your colleagues (Tester, the "NE" Nelson, Baucus, Lincoln of course, Carper of course even more, and that brand new "Democrat" Arlen Specter, among others - and I'm sorry, but Tim Johnson doesn't get a pass any more just because he was sick) need to find out at what point they sold their consciences and any notion of constituent service whatsoever to the "banksters" (h/t Eschaton, here and here)......and how pathetic is it that Joe Scar is actually the voice of reason here (this gives me cause to worry a bit also - if that asshat thinks it's no big deal, I mean)......I thought Jon Stewart had a nice look at Snarlin' Arlen's "conversion" and the whole "Obama 100 Day" media feeding frenzy...The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cHow to Judge a Guy in 100 Daysthedailyshow.comDaily ShowFull EpisodesEconomic CrisisFirst 100 Days...and I dedicate this song to the "banksters" and t... More About: Stuff , Thursday
More AP ?Hundred Day? Hackery on Obama
2009-04-30 23:28:00 This supposed ?analysis? tells us the following on the matter of President Obama ?s response when questioned about the economy during his prime-time press conference last night?OBAMA: "Number one, we inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit.... That wasn't me. Number two, there is almost uniform consensus among economists that in the middle of the biggest crisis, financial crisis, since the Great Depression, we had to take extraordinary steps. So you've got a lot of Republican economists who agree that we had to do a stimulus package and we had to do something about the banks. Those are one-time charges, and they're big, and they'll make our deficits go up over the next two years." ? in Missouri.THE FACTS:Congress controls the purse strings, not the president, and it was under Democratic control for Obama's last two years as Illinois senator. Obama supported the emergency bailout package in President George W. Bush's final months ? a package Democratic leaders wanted to make bigger.To...
Wednesday Stuff
2009-04-30 05:57:00 An all-timer of a "Worst Persons" on "Countdown," getting top billing for a change tonight (Michele Bachmann rates almost a nightly citation anymore - yeah, I think "Hoot Smalley" played third base for the Cleveland Indians in 1915...uh huh; what a shame that Rupert The Pirate's circ on the New York Post is down 20 and a half percent - aaarrggghhh! Man the mainsails, Starbuck!; but congresswoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina gets "Worst Of The Year" so far for saying that the hate crime of Matthew Shepard's murder was a myth - almost too repugnant for words)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and in honor that the "100 day" observance is now over, let's have at it (this is LOUD). More About: Stuff , Wednesday
Wingnut DeMint?s Anti-Dem Specter ?Spin?
2009-04-29 23:08:00 (And you guess it - I also posted here.)I?m sure you?ve read, as have I, a variety of explanations as to why Arlen Specter switched from a U.S. Senate Repug from PA to a Dem, but I have to tell you that the one from Specter?s former party colleague Jim DeMint may be the biggest stretch of all.As TPM tells us here?(DeMint) attributes the non-viability of the Republican party in states like Pennsylvania to the fact that voters have fled "forced unionization" in the northeast for the safety and comfort of the southern motherland.("the southern motherland" - tee hee...)I would say that that type of non-thinking has led the party to its current state of near collapse, particularly in the northeast, as kos tells us here.Well, maybe instead of criticizing all of us in the Keystone State for allegedly driving out those Repugs voters with our nasty unions and prevailing wage law, DeMint should pay more attention to his own backyard, as it were, particularly given this story which tells us?Ac... More About: Spin , Anti
Tuesday Stuff
2009-04-29 04:51:00 Even now that he's finally, mercifully gone from public life, his memory as an utterly execrable human being remains (based on this)......and I've been trying to come up with an appropriate song to commemorate the occasion of Arlen Specter's return to the Democratic Party (yes, it's true - he ran for Philadelphia D.A. as a "Kennedy Democrat" in 1965), and I think the title of this song by RT from '91 (with Shawn Colvin in the band back then) is good advice for any Dem who wants to count Arlen as a new "bud," particularly in light of this - "with us it must be all or none at all" (sorry about the hum at the very beginning and the very end). More About: Stuff , Tuesday
Heye Now! Time For More Pundit-GOP Wankery
2009-04-28 23:11:00 (And I also posted here...this is a recording.)I happened to come across some posts from a guy named Doug Heye, who currently plies his craft as a pundit for The Hill, and they were too ridiculous for me to ignore (here).So, you may well ask, what weighty matters does this individual communicate to us?Well, Heye tells us that the Obamas? apparent bad luck with gift giving continued recently, given that they only donated ?signed pictures of themselves, of course! (to a celebrity auction held by Sidwell Friends school, attended by the Obama daughters). The winning bidders will receive a copy of Rolling Stone signed by President Obama and an autographed copy of Michelle Obama's Vogue cover? (and this gives Heye the chance to remind everyone about the apparent faux pas of the Obamas? donation of DVDs to British PM Gordon Brown, as well as an iPod of Obama speeches to Queen Elizabeth, which I believe she requested).And did you know that, while Dems want to talk about anyone besides Obam... More About: Time
Snarlin? Arlen Makes An Ass Of Himself
2009-04-28 18:39:00 Well, it seems our formerly Repug U.S. Senator from PA has switched parties and is now a Dem based on this (a totally craven but politically expedient move ? I predicted that this wouldn?t happen here, which just goes to show why I don?t run political campaigns...I underestimated the amount of GOP defections in this state, strangely enough).As we all process this and what it means (not the way to get to 60 that I would have wanted, but we?ll take any route we can get; Norm Coleman?s appeals will end one day), I think it is instructive to revisit this post.(And by the way, I?m more torn that ever now on the question of whether or not Patrick Murphy should get into the race. I still think it?s best for him to stay out, and I say that partly out of selfish reasons because he?s my congressman and I?d hate to lose him, especially since a Repug would probably end up getting the seat in his place, even with the party?s almost total descent into wingnuttia. However, the thought of him knock...
Monday Stuff
2009-04-28 05:21:00 Another questionable posting week coming up, by the way, particularly on Friday - but in the meantime...The first 100 days, as it were (some lowlights omitted such as the Timmeh and Larry Show on TARP and the banks and sticking Chris Dodd with the rap for the AIG bonuses, flip-flop on what to do about the Bushco criminals, allowing surveillance to continue, rethinking Afghanistan I hope - but hey, there is some positive stuff for sure)......and I know all I can do is try, but try I must......"Worst Persons" (let's just cut to the chase here, people, and say it flat out - Glenn Beck is nuts...the only thing crazier than his suppositions here is filibustering the vote on Kathleen Sebelius' nomination as HHS Secretary when the potential for a pandemic looms; also, as he says, kudos to this guy; and finally, I have to respectfully take issue with K.O. a bit here - yes, he's right that Lewis Caldera of the White House Military Office blew it by approving this and not telling everyone ... More About: Stuff , Monday
Some Obama/McClatchy "Hundred Day" Hackery
2009-04-28 00:41:00 (And also posted over here.)I realize that the topic du jour, in addition to the swine flu outbreak that originated in Mexico, seems to be the first 100 days of the Obama presidency (I thought this presented some interesting numbers given this milestone, referencing an ABC/WaPo poll).And McClatchy chimes in here, skewing perceptions based on vague non-reporting and misinterpretation, as well as concocting themes about Obama and Democrats in general that the majority of this country doesn?t care about (shocking that this comes from an otherwise fine news organization)?Obama's average approval rating for his first three months in office was 63 percent in the Gallup Poll.That's the highest since Jimmy Carter's 69 percent rating after his first 100 days more than three decades ago. However, Carter's presidency is widely considered a failure, which underscores the risk of reading too much into a president's first 100 days.Oh yes, the ?conventional wisdom? tells us that Carter was a ...
Saturday Stuff
2009-04-26 04:23:00 Thanks to Marine Corporal Rick Reyes for his service and his courageous testimony on Afghanistan; his words are put along side those of a "soldier of discontent" from another era who was no less patriotic......and you can always count on Dave for some good tunes. More About: Stuff , Saturday
Friday Stuff
2009-04-25 05:06:00 Aww, bad luck there on NY-20, Chairman Steele (h/t The Daily Kos - tee hee hee)......and the news kind of makes me want to put this up once more (hat tip again to Jack and Jill Politics)......"Worst Persons" (Bill Orally alleges some kind of corporate media conspiracy to inflate GE's profits, they being the parent company of NBC, MSNBC and other stuff, which is funny enough, except for the fact that the claim sounds a lot like the very means Rupert Murdoch - aarrgghh...shiver me timbers!!! - used to build his dark media empire at Fix Noise; Michele Bachmann tries to give us a science lesson on global warming, and hilarity ensues; but Debbie Marko of CCRT Properties takes it for suing the mother of Colin Byar for Byar's breaking of his lease - the reason Marko is going after Byar's mother is because her son was killed when he came to the aid of several women being harassed outside a bar - yep, this move by Marko is one of the scummiest I've heard in awhile also)...Visit msnbc.com... More About: Stuff , Friday
Friday Mashup (4/24/09)
2009-04-24 23:37:00 Yep, here comes another ?grab bag? post because it?s a bright, sunny Friday and I don?t feel like doing a lot of writing (though I did manage to post here).Part of the story involving Dem U.S. House Rep (and head of the House Intelligence Committee) Jane Harman of California, as noted here, is whether or not she leaned on wealthy AIPAC supporters to have them lobby Nancy Pelosi to reappoint Harman as head of the Intel committee, with Harman, in return, requesting that the DOJ go easy on Steve Rosen and Ken Weissman, two former AIPAC staffers implicated in the indictment of Larry Franklin, a former employee of the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans accused of passing to AIPAC Bushco?s plans on Iran.Well, whenever I hear about Rosen and Weissman, I find myself asking the question I used to title this post. And I wonder what it?s going to take to make Rice put her hand on the Bible in this case and come clean once and for all. I know Chris Christie is the Repug ?flavor of the month? i... More About: Mashup
Thursday Stuff
2009-04-24 06:27:00 As I watched this, I found myself wondering why those who scream the loudest that waterboarding supposedly isn't torture are the ones also making the most noise about releasing any information about how we used that tactic and others (under the euphemism of "enhanced interrogation techniques") on those "enemy combatants" on the "global war on terror" (yes, I know the answer, but I'm keen to wonder why all the same - ya' think those yelling have more than a little to hide here?)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyUpdate 4/24/09: If you wish to subject yourself to today?s nonsense from Christine Flowers on this (here), I would only ask that you read Glenn Greenwald?s response, not to her, but to wingnuts in general (here ? h/t Atrios)....and I have to admit that I never expected a moment of clarity, if you will, from John Boehner, of all people, on this subject, but there you are (have fun trying to spin your way out of this one, Rep. Man Tan... More About: Stuff , Thursday
A ?Re-Pete? Of Winger Torture Fiction
2009-04-23 20:45:00 Leave it to the Murdoch Street Journal to jump to the defense of the deposed Bushco regime now that the Obama Administration has released details of the ?enhanced interrogations? that took place during their predecessor?s watch, with House Repug Pete Hoekstra of Michigan ?doing the honors? here?Reactions to this former CIA program, which was used against senior al Qaeda suspects in 2002 and 2003, are demonstrating how little President Barack Obama and some Democratic members of Congress understand the dire threats to our nation.Nothing like a little ?red meat? for the faithful (give me a break)?Last week, (Director of National Intelligence Dennis) Blair made a similar statement (about ?enhanced interrogations? allegedly saving lives) in an internal memo to his staff when he wrote that "[h]igh value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country."Nice of Hoekstra ... More About: Fiction , Torture
Wednesday Stuff
2009-04-23 05:08:00 Let us now pause and recall a certain R. Nixon who shed his mortal coil 15 years ago today - my own personal memory is getting called into work for half a day even though the market was closed for the observance, and we all gathered and went to Rafters in West Chester for a "liquid lunch" before going home; the damn place burned down a couple of months later.Yes, we all know what he did and we all know what he was. However, imagine a Republican Party today acting in accordance with a fraction of the grace and humility Nixon showed in this speech......Fmr. Brigadier Gen. Janis Karpinsi talks to K.O. about who approved torture under Bushco, making an impassioned appeal for the people formerly in her charge (sounds like, "game, set and match" to me; I know I was tough on England and Graner, and rightly so, but that's only more reason why "the usual suspects" should rot in jail also - great idea for international representatives looking into this, by the way)...Visit msnbc.com for Brea... More About: Stuff , Wednesday
Wednesday Mashup (4/22/09)
2009-04-23 00:35:00 (And I also posted here.)I thought this was a nice post from Bill in Portland, Maine at The Daily Kos concerning Earth Day, particularly the following (in the category of "things he's never seen" - meant to emphasize that)?A bison throw a cigarette butt out a car windowA flock of geese rip the top off a mountainA seal cause an oil spillA hippo drive a Hummer off a dealer's lotA lemur leave the faucet drippingA raccoon go out for the evening and leave all the lights in the house onA bobcat fight legislation to lower smokestack emissionsA songbird sing "Drill Baby, Drill"A panda dump raw sewage into a riverA pride of lions so dependent on oil that they're willing to wage war over itA slug (the real kind, not the George Will kind) claim that our biggest worry is global coolingA gorilla fail to keep its tires properly inflatedA salmon pollute a stream with mercuryAn elephant claim that his God says it's okay to pillage the world's natural resources willy-nilly because pachyderms ar... More About: Wednesday , Mashup
Tuesday Stuff
2009-04-22 05:20:00 Pap is right here about the antics of Asscroft and Abu G. (Mukasey was a loyal Bushie too, let's not forget), but the thing I don't get is why a Republican justice department would go after the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate (glad to highlight the tragic case of Paul Minor here; add him to the company of Don Siegelman, Cyril Wecht, and a whole host of primarily Dem politicians and politicos screwed over by our former ruling cabal...and I think Holder just made the plainly obvious calculation that it wasn't worth Justice Department resources to fight the appeal of the Stevens case - and by the way, let's not forget what originally got Stevens in trouble, shall we?)......and you have to bump up the volume a bit here, but this tune is worth it (lyrics here). More About: Stuff , Tuesday
McCain's Political Posturing On The Militia Mess
2009-04-22 00:17:00 (And I also posted here.)I would say that this story has a lot to do with this one; I mean, how late is it anyway in the news cycle for the senator from Arizona and Repug presidential candidate last year to be alleging that the report on militia activity from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was ?insulting? to veterans? Particularly when Napolitano has already apologized (unnecessarily, I think) as noted here (from the WaPo)?And what of Chris Simcox, McCain?s just-declared primary challenger? Well, in addition to a history that includes a failed marriage, unemployment, 9/11 trauma and a three-month stint in the desert (reported by Max Blumenthal here), we also learn the following from Blumenthal?s Salon.com article?There are those in Tombstone who say that the 41-year-old former teacher is an eccentric, an egomaniac and a threat to the local tourism industry. While Simcox says his militia has 600 members, others here say the number is far smaller. "Chris can only get a t... More About: Political , Mess
Monday Stuff
2009-04-21 05:14:00 This is all well and good, though I'm still not happy about this item.....and given this story, this song has been much on my mind today.Update 1 4/21/09: At the very least, Harman owes John Kerry an apology for this (actually, she owes a hell of a lot more than that - h/t Atrios).Update 2 4/21/09: I don't care if Harman was being blackmailed by Bushco or not; kos is right here. More About: Stuff , Monday
A Columbine Anniversary Request
More articles from this author:2009-04-21 00:22:00 A lot of what I had hoped to say on the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School Massacre in Littleton, CO was already stated by E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post here, so I?ll merely provide the link and let him make the case (the absurdity of President Obama or any leader of this country basically doing a ?Pontius Pilate? before the president of Mexico on the matter of assault weapons crossing our borders into that country, subsequently used to commit acts of violence here; the cowardice of members of the Democratic Party in the U.S. House who caved in response to the call from Attorney General Eric Holder to renew the assault weapons ban ? if you?re a legitimate hunter and you believe you need an assault weapon, then as far as I?m concerned, you?re not a legitimate hunter; the fact that President Obama believes he owes some fealty to a group that constituted barely more than a third of voters who helped elect him last November; and on and on).Also, for good measure, Paul He... More About: Anniversary , Request 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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