atrios.blogspot.com/2006_04_16_atrios_archive.html#114558...
This is the model for conservative behavior now. I'm seriously worried that he'll try to take the government by force.
Everyone pay close attention, if the Republican candidate loses in '08 this is what will happen. The Republicans have gotten quite used to winning and they're not going to give it up without a fight. Sadly they own the military so they might just succeed in destroying the democracy we've worked so hard to build over the past centuries.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Stupid liberal, catholicism is for conservatives...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_re_eu/vatican...
Despite the Vatican's opposition to condoms, a senior cardinal said in comments published Friday that condoms were the "lesser evil" when considering the scourge of AIDS.
How nice of him. It's sad when even the "liberal" alternative is this wishy washy about such an important issue.
In the wide-ranging interview, Martini also suggested that even single women could be implanted with frozen embryos if the alternative is letting the embryos die or be discarded.
Wow, even those useless single women? What a liberal!
He voiced support for in vitro technology using zygotes — fertilized eggs in which the chromosomes of the egg and sperm haven't yet combined — rather than more fully developed embryos.
He said that seemed allowable because in the zygote stage — which occurs 18-24 hours after fertilization — "there are still no signs of singularly definable human life."
Better consult the Vatican talking points, looks like someone's getting dangerously close to a personal visit from the Pope.
However, he acknowledged that in abortion, there were cases when the life of the mother was at risk where abortion might be considered the "lesser evil."
This is the huge problem with "liberal" catholics, especially clergy. They know what is right but they have to bend over backwards to keep the Vatican happy. He should just realize that no matter what he does the church will hate him. They have no use for liberals in the modern church.
"In such cases, it seems that moral theology has always supported the principle of the legitimate defense and the lesser evil, even if it concerns a reality that shows the dramatic fragility of the human condition," he said.
Looks like someone should visit El Salvador so he can see first hand what the catholic church's opinion on abortion is.
In El Salvador a woman has to be rendered infertile (her falopian tube has to burst), or the embryo has to die, before they'll terminate an ectopic pregnancy (for those who don't know, an ectopic pregnancy is where the embryo implants in the falopian tube and begins to grow. The falopian tube is as thick as a pencil so I assume you can all imagine what the chances of that embryo surviving to the point where it can be born are.)
The bishop down there lobbied heavily for the new law. He's the bishop who replaced Romero, the "liberal" bishop who was murdered by the same people who are no doubt allied with the church on this law.
Despite the Vatican's opposition to condoms, a senior cardinal said in comments published Friday that condoms were the "lesser evil" when considering the scourge of AIDS.
How nice of him. It's sad when even the "liberal" alternative is this wishy washy about such an important issue.
In the wide-ranging interview, Martini also suggested that even single women could be implanted with frozen embryos if the alternative is letting the embryos die or be discarded.
Wow, even those useless single women? What a liberal!
He voiced support for in vitro technology using zygotes — fertilized eggs in which the chromosomes of the egg and sperm haven't yet combined — rather than more fully developed embryos.
He said that seemed allowable because in the zygote stage — which occurs 18-24 hours after fertilization — "there are still no signs of singularly definable human life."
Better consult the Vatican talking points, looks like someone's getting dangerously close to a personal visit from the Pope.
However, he acknowledged that in abortion, there were cases when the life of the mother was at risk where abortion might be considered the "lesser evil."
This is the huge problem with "liberal" catholics, especially clergy. They know what is right but they have to bend over backwards to keep the Vatican happy. He should just realize that no matter what he does the church will hate him. They have no use for liberals in the modern church.
"In such cases, it seems that moral theology has always supported the principle of the legitimate defense and the lesser evil, even if it concerns a reality that shows the dramatic fragility of the human condition," he said.
Looks like someone should visit El Salvador so he can see first hand what the catholic church's opinion on abortion is.
In El Salvador a woman has to be rendered infertile (her falopian tube has to burst), or the embryo has to die, before they'll terminate an ectopic pregnancy (for those who don't know, an ectopic pregnancy is where the embryo implants in the falopian tube and begins to grow. The falopian tube is as thick as a pencil so I assume you can all imagine what the chances of that embryo surviving to the point where it can be born are.)
The bishop down there lobbied heavily for the new law. He's the bishop who replaced Romero, the "liberal" bishop who was murdered by the same people who are no doubt allied with the church on this law.
In the top ten worst movie ideas EVER...
ww.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/21/leisure.startrek.reut...
This is going to bomb so bad Bush'll probably start a war with the production company...
This'll make Star Trek - Nemesis look like Mission Impossible II...
I promise you, this'll be a failure on par with Ben Afleck playing Jack Ryan in that last Tom Clancy movie. You try bringing in new actors to play Kirk and Spock and it's not going to work. And if you try to make Leonard Nemoy and William Shatner play younger versions of themselves it'll just be laughable.
This is going to bomb so bad Bush'll probably start a war with the production company...
This'll make Star Trek - Nemesis look like Mission Impossible II...
I promise you, this'll be a failure on par with Ben Afleck playing Jack Ryan in that last Tom Clancy movie. You try bringing in new actors to play Kirk and Spock and it's not going to work. And if you try to make Leonard Nemoy and William Shatner play younger versions of themselves it'll just be laughable.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Texas Justice...
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/us_nm/bars_dc
Seriously? Arresting people for being drunk in bars? WTF?
What's next? Arresting people for being naked in the shower? Gotta protect the children after all.
And I thought Republicans were all about freedom and the government not intruding unnecessarily into people's lives. I guess that's only true if you're running a religious cult/militia...or bombing abortion clinics.
Seriously? Arresting people for being drunk in bars? WTF?
What's next? Arresting people for being naked in the shower? Gotta protect the children after all.
And I thought Republicans were all about freedom and the government not intruding unnecessarily into people's lives. I guess that's only true if you're running a religious cult/militia...or bombing abortion clinics.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Idiots...
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/ap_on_re_us/st_patrick_s_day
Dunleavy set off a firestorm this week when he told the newspaper: "If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow Neo-Nazis into their parade? If African Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the Ku Klux Klan into their parade?"
Because you know it's totally the same thing. When was the last time the gay Irish-American community attempted to exterminate the Irish from the face of the earth?
To suggest there's any similarity is to discount the suffering of the Jews at the hands of the Nazis (and now at the hands of neo-Nazis) and the suffering of African Americans at the hands of the Klan. Both are genocidal organizations, Irish American homosexuals are not a genocidal organization.
Referring to the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization, Dunleavy said, "People have rights. If we let the ILGO in, is it the Irish Prostitute Association next?"
Prostitution is illegal and is an occupation, homosexuality is neither of those things. But maybe if they were engaged in illegal activity that would work in their favor, I'm sure they let Sinn Fein march under their own banner.
It's unfortunate that conservative Irish Catholics, and the Church itself, hold such sway in this. It saddens me that my heritage is being used to discriminate.
Dunleavy set off a firestorm this week when he told the newspaper: "If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow Neo-Nazis into their parade? If African Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the Ku Klux Klan into their parade?"
Because you know it's totally the same thing. When was the last time the gay Irish-American community attempted to exterminate the Irish from the face of the earth?
To suggest there's any similarity is to discount the suffering of the Jews at the hands of the Nazis (and now at the hands of neo-Nazis) and the suffering of African Americans at the hands of the Klan. Both are genocidal organizations, Irish American homosexuals are not a genocidal organization.
Referring to the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization, Dunleavy said, "People have rights. If we let the ILGO in, is it the Irish Prostitute Association next?"
Prostitution is illegal and is an occupation, homosexuality is neither of those things. But maybe if they were engaged in illegal activity that would work in their favor, I'm sure they let Sinn Fein march under their own banner.
It's unfortunate that conservative Irish Catholics, and the Church itself, hold such sway in this. It saddens me that my heritage is being used to discriminate.
Too close for comfort...
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/17/115226/185
This is really too close for comfort. 4 votes away from privatizing Social Security. And the thing that amazes me most is that every Democrat voted against it. Even Lieberman, Bush's man in the Senate, voted against it. Even the other DLC DINOs voted against it. Thankfully there are still 7 Republicans who care about seniors (or see the disadvantage this would put them at come election time). Evidently Santorum didn't get the memo though since he faces a tough race against a very conservative Democrat (too conservative, he's the Casey in Planned Parenthood v. Casey) this year.
This is really too close for comfort. 4 votes away from privatizing Social Security. And the thing that amazes me most is that every Democrat voted against it. Even Lieberman, Bush's man in the Senate, voted against it. Even the other DLC DINOs voted against it. Thankfully there are still 7 Republicans who care about seniors (or see the disadvantage this would put them at come election time). Evidently Santorum didn't get the memo though since he faces a tough race against a very conservative Democrat (too conservative, he's the Casey in Planned Parenthood v. Casey) this year.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Only Bush can damage our relations with the world...
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060311/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ports...
Yeah, because only Bush can damage our relations with the Middle East and the rest of the world.
Bush should just give up, the kool-aid drinkers aren't even buying it this time.
Yeah, because only Bush can damage our relations with the Middle East and the rest of the world.
Bush should just give up, the kool-aid drinkers aren't even buying it this time.
Milosovic...
www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosovic.obit
He got better than he deserved. He was allowed to live the majority of his life in comfort while perpetrating horrible crimes against humanity. When it seemed justice would finally be served he dies.
He got better than he deserved. He was allowed to live the majority of his life in comfort while perpetrating horrible crimes against humanity. When it seemed justice would finally be served he dies.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
The law of unintended consequences...or is it?...
atrios.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_atrios_archive.html#1140715...
That's a hell of a jump to make: Judicial review=abortion rights.
Perhaps he's on the right track though. Why give them democracy at all? In 200 years they might end up electing themselves a Bush and what kind of mess would they be in then? Better to just scrap the whole thing.
That's a hell of a jump to make: Judicial review=abortion rights.
Perhaps he's on the right track though. Why give them democracy at all? In 200 years they might end up electing themselves a Bush and what kind of mess would they be in then? Better to just scrap the whole thing.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Oops...
www.crooksandliars.com/stories/2006/02/19/bidenIWont...
I didn't know Biden was in such a bad situation...
I didn't know Biden was in such a bad situation...
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Wow, Republican hypocrisy, who knew?...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11283911
Wow, you'd think after awhile all the hypocrisy and lying from the Republicans wouldn't surprise me so much but yet it always does. These are the people who run our country, they control all three branches of government. Starr was, and still is, a huge part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. He wasted years and millions of taxpayer dollars pursuing a personal vendetta against Clinton for the Republicans. And the worst part is that the whole Clinton investigation was supposed to be about perjury and lying. I guess it's only a bad thing if the Democrats are doing it. I hope they nail him to the wall, Clinton lost his license to practice law in his home state and he didn't really do anything wrong other than have an affair with a consenting adult and lie about it to protect his family. If this is proven, the least that should happen is for Starr to lose his license and really that should only be the beginning. If they gain a conviction he should do hard time.
Wow, you'd think after awhile all the hypocrisy and lying from the Republicans wouldn't surprise me so much but yet it always does. These are the people who run our country, they control all three branches of government. Starr was, and still is, a huge part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. He wasted years and millions of taxpayer dollars pursuing a personal vendetta against Clinton for the Republicans. And the worst part is that the whole Clinton investigation was supposed to be about perjury and lying. I guess it's only a bad thing if the Democrats are doing it. I hope they nail him to the wall, Clinton lost his license to practice law in his home state and he didn't really do anything wrong other than have an affair with a consenting adult and lie about it to protect his family. If this is proven, the least that should happen is for Starr to lose his license and really that should only be the beginning. If they gain a conviction he should do hard time.
Oh that Ann...
www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/ann-coulter-at-cpac...
Oh that Ann, such a kidder.
Last I checked joking about killing an ex President and five of the nine Supreme Court Justices breaks a few laws. But of course she's a Republican so nothing will come of it. I wonder if they'll be in such a forgiving mood if anybody makes this joke about Bush after he's finally out of office? Or if they'd have been so forgiving if someone had said this of Reagan? I think that person would find themselves in jail (or Guantanamo jailed as an enemy combatant).
Coulter on the Holocaust:
"Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and the NY Times have made submissions."
Oh yeah, those NY Timers and Ted Rall. Ann on the other hand only calls for terrorists destroying the NY Times building (and the Supreme Court), and not Israel, so that's ok I guess.
In typical Republican fashion Frist refuses to denounce her comment giving a bullshit reason. They told him what she said, there is no legitimate reason for someone to call Arabs ragheads, it's an easy call. Just as there's no legitimate reason for a white person to call a black person the n word, Frist can't exactly hide against the claim that she could have meant it in a non-insulting way (and besides, this is the woman who called for the entire Arab world to be forcibly converted to Christianity so we all know what she meant (and even Bill with his supposed medical degree should know what she meant).
Oh that Ann, such a kidder.
Last I checked joking about killing an ex President and five of the nine Supreme Court Justices breaks a few laws. But of course she's a Republican so nothing will come of it. I wonder if they'll be in such a forgiving mood if anybody makes this joke about Bush after he's finally out of office? Or if they'd have been so forgiving if someone had said this of Reagan? I think that person would find themselves in jail (or Guantanamo jailed as an enemy combatant).
Coulter on the Holocaust:
"Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and the NY Times have made submissions."
Oh yeah, those NY Timers and Ted Rall. Ann on the other hand only calls for terrorists destroying the NY Times building (and the Supreme Court), and not Israel, so that's ok I guess.
In typical Republican fashion Frist refuses to denounce her comment giving a bullshit reason. They told him what she said, there is no legitimate reason for someone to call Arabs ragheads, it's an easy call. Just as there's no legitimate reason for a white person to call a black person the n word, Frist can't exactly hide against the claim that she could have meant it in a non-insulting way (and besides, this is the woman who called for the entire Arab world to be forcibly converted to Christianity so we all know what she meant (and even Bill with his supposed medical degree should know what she meant).
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Huzza what?...
mediamatters.org/items/200602090005
Seriously, this guy thinks Jimmy Carter's a "waste of skin"? What world is he living on? Carter has done more as an ex-President than any in modern history. What was Reagan doing before he died? What has Bush I done other than make millions off his political connections and occasionally help out in a crisis to look good (and I'm sure he'll soon be joined by his son). The closest we have to Carter is Clinton and even his accomplishments pale in comparison to Carter. Not only does he help build houses for Habitat (he even has his own yearly work project that helps build houses across the globe) but he also helps contribute to the cause of peace all around the world. Just because Beck's idea of being a worthwhile human being doesn't involve actually helping anyone who's not a millionaire doesn't mean he can honestly call Carter a useless waste of skin. I disagree with Bush, he's contributed absolutely nothing to the future wellbeing of this world or its people, but I can't honestly say he's never done anything of note.
Seriously, this guy thinks Jimmy Carter's a "waste of skin"? What world is he living on? Carter has done more as an ex-President than any in modern history. What was Reagan doing before he died? What has Bush I done other than make millions off his political connections and occasionally help out in a crisis to look good (and I'm sure he'll soon be joined by his son). The closest we have to Carter is Clinton and even his accomplishments pale in comparison to Carter. Not only does he help build houses for Habitat (he even has his own yearly work project that helps build houses across the globe) but he also helps contribute to the cause of peace all around the world. Just because Beck's idea of being a worthwhile human being doesn't involve actually helping anyone who's not a millionaire doesn't mean he can honestly call Carter a useless waste of skin. I disagree with Bush, he's contributed absolutely nothing to the future wellbeing of this world or its people, but I can't honestly say he's never done anything of note.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Call it a long hiatus...
Wow, it's been a long time since I posted last. That Coulter post was the first one since November. Events have conspired to keep me away.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3637038.html
In recent news I missed mentioning the passing of Coretta Scott King. This nation has truly lost a great American, one of the best we've ever had. She managed to leave a huge mark for good on this country and she will be missed.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3637038.html
In recent news I missed mentioning the passing of Coretta Scott King. This nation has truly lost a great American, one of the best we've ever had. She managed to leave a huge mark for good on this country and she will be missed.
Crazy Ann strikes again...
www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/anncoulter/2006/01/04/...
I so enjoy reading Ann Coulter's articles, it gives me a great amount of insight into the thought patterns of the "mainstream" right. It's also fun to watch the rantings of a woman who thinks her own right to vote should be taken away (go ahead Ann, nobody's forcing you to vote).
In pointing out that an insignificant number of Bush Administration warrants were rejected or changed (around 3% of the total, I bet most lawyers would kill for a success rate like that in court) she brings up a good question (I'm sure it's purely accidental), why is the FISA court suddenly rejecting and amending warrants? Was the court suddenly bought out by the ACLU? Did someone slip some LSD into their tea that morning? Or perhaps Bush's requests have been so off the wall, so beyond the pale of reasonable search and seizure, that this court that never rejected a warrant suddenly rejected one.
I think this little fact speaks far more about the criminal nature of the Bush Administration than it does the court.
By the way, she brings up another interesting quandary (again, purely by accident I'm sure). She seems to think it's ok to break the law in violation of an explicit court order if you don't agree with the court's decision. So I guess she'd have been fine with Al Gore taking up residence in the White House, after the famous debacle that was Bush v. Gore in 2000, because he didn't agree with the court's decision (maybe she'd even be willing to take on his case, she is a lawyer after all. One can only imagine what law school granted her a diploma but nevertheless she is still a lawyer).
If the President doesn't have to follow court orders, from a court that sides with him far more than any court has ever sided with a specific plaintiff ever in the history of the world, why should anyone have to follow a court order ever? Why should the Judiciary exist at all as a branch of government, or a check on legislative and executive power, if it can be ignored at will?
I so enjoy reading Ann Coulter's articles, it gives me a great amount of insight into the thought patterns of the "mainstream" right. It's also fun to watch the rantings of a woman who thinks her own right to vote should be taken away (go ahead Ann, nobody's forcing you to vote).
In pointing out that an insignificant number of Bush Administration warrants were rejected or changed (around 3% of the total, I bet most lawyers would kill for a success rate like that in court) she brings up a good question (I'm sure it's purely accidental), why is the FISA court suddenly rejecting and amending warrants? Was the court suddenly bought out by the ACLU? Did someone slip some LSD into their tea that morning? Or perhaps Bush's requests have been so off the wall, so beyond the pale of reasonable search and seizure, that this court that never rejected a warrant suddenly rejected one.
I think this little fact speaks far more about the criminal nature of the Bush Administration than it does the court.
By the way, she brings up another interesting quandary (again, purely by accident I'm sure). She seems to think it's ok to break the law in violation of an explicit court order if you don't agree with the court's decision. So I guess she'd have been fine with Al Gore taking up residence in the White House, after the famous debacle that was Bush v. Gore in 2000, because he didn't agree with the court's decision (maybe she'd even be willing to take on his case, she is a lawyer after all. One can only imagine what law school granted her a diploma but nevertheless she is still a lawyer).
If the President doesn't have to follow court orders, from a court that sides with him far more than any court has ever sided with a specific plaintiff ever in the history of the world, why should anyone have to follow a court order ever? Why should the Judiciary exist at all as a branch of government, or a check on legislative and executive power, if it can be ignored at will?
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
The next governor of the great state of New Jersey is...
Jon Corzine.
Congrats to New Jersey. We made the right decision.
Also, congrats to Virginia.
And finally, I can't for the life of me figure out what New Yorkers were thinking. Bloomburg may pretend to be a moderate but at the end of the day he reports to Bush. And that means he reports to the religious right.
Congrats to New Jersey. We made the right decision.
Also, congrats to Virginia.
And finally, I can't for the life of me figure out what New Yorkers were thinking. Bloomburg may pretend to be a moderate but at the end of the day he reports to Bush. And that means he reports to the religious right.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Vote Corzine!...
Tomorrow's the election and for an off year it's a huge race. New Jersey will elect a governor, we will either end up with a governor for the history books or a corrupt idiot with no significant political experience and a history of corruption miles long. We will either end up with a governor who will pull us out of our economic slump or one who puts the final nail in the coffin of our state. I expect every one of you to get out and vote if you're registered in New Jersey. I implore you make the right decision. We need Jon Corzine now more than ever, he's proven himself in the Senate and, regardless of what his bitter ex-wife says, he will make this state proud.
And lest we forget, while the Republicans make a big deal out of George Norcross, Forrester is their Norcross. And while Norcross has never held, or been nominated for, a major state office, the Republicans have nominated their Norcross for governor.
This race scares me more than any other, because it's so close and because it means so much for this state and for my family. I wasn't even this worried on the eve of the Presidential election. I knew that no matter what, at least I lived in a state where the government would do its best to protect me from the Republicans. If Forrester wins we have nowhere to hide. He will destroy every protection afforded the poor, elderly and disabled. He will do to our state what Dubya has done to the nation.
And lest we forget, while the Republicans make a big deal out of George Norcross, Forrester is their Norcross. And while Norcross has never held, or been nominated for, a major state office, the Republicans have nominated their Norcross for governor.
This race scares me more than any other, because it's so close and because it means so much for this state and for my family. I wasn't even this worried on the eve of the Presidential election. I knew that no matter what, at least I lived in a state where the government would do its best to protect me from the Republicans. If Forrester wins we have nowhere to hide. He will destroy every protection afforded the poor, elderly and disabled. He will do to our state what Dubya has done to the nation.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Damn weather...
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/ap_on_re_us/midwest_tornado
I hate tornadoes.
Seems the weather's been really bad this year, worse than normal, anybody want to guess why that is? *cough*globalwarming*cough*
I hate tornadoes.
Seems the weather's been really bad this year, worse than normal, anybody want to guess why that is? *cough*globalwarming*cough*
Monday, October 24, 2005
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