tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55231732011-04-21T17:59:24.236-04:00McKinley's AmericaA News and Politics Blog, With a Smattering of SportsWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comBlogger6251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1153495486909286932006-07-21T11:13:00.000-04:002006-07-21T11:24:47.016-04:00It seems that Doug Thompson is at it again.As a refresher, back in 2003 I wrote this article which detailed how Thompson and Capitol Hill Blue had relied on a non-existant person for some slanderous quotations about President Bush.Now, Eric Scheie (here and here) and Clayton Cramer (here and here) are detailing something that is deja vu all over again. Go and read their posts now.Clayton points Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1087093300705105392004-06-12T22:21:00.000-04:002004-06-12T22:21:40.706-04:00So what do leftists really think about Reagan, as they watch their preferred candidate John Kerry say nice things about him?Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064753209945385672003-09-28T08:46:00.000-04:002003-09-28T08:46:49.460-04:00It is amazing how busy life can get. Pity.
Anywho... here are the football picks.
Cardinals (+10.5) at St. Louis: As you well know, I abhor giving big points. The Cardinals showed signs of life, and the Rams have been ok but not great. Take the points.
San Francisco (-1.5) at Minnesota: Why, exactly, are the Vikes dogs here? They are at home. They are undefeated, while the Niners are in deep Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064309333350041932003-09-23T05:28:00.000-04:002003-09-23T05:28:53.070-04:00Clark calls for a new American patriotism: "Gen. Wesley K. Clark called today for 'a new American patriotism' that would encourage broader public service, respect domestic dissent even in wartime and embrace international organizations like the United Nations."I have an idea- let's redefine words! Let's take "patriotism", for example. Let's redefine it to mean one thing it has always meant (Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064188965815227772003-09-21T20:02:00.000-04:002003-09-21T20:02:45.920-04:00So how have the games so far gone for our intrepid prognosticator?
I took the Jets +6.5. They lost by 7. Doh! 0-1
I took the Texans +7.5. They lost by a lot. Doh! 0-2
I took the Bucs -3.5. They won by a lot. Yay! 1-2
I took the Steelers -4.5. They won by 7. 2-2
It was a two star! 3-2.
I took the Vikings -3.5. They won by ten. 4-2
I took the Titans -3.5. They covered. 5-2
I took the Jags +7.5. NoWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064160556663804442003-09-21T12:09:00.000-04:002003-09-21T12:09:16.680-04:00Bush Denounced as 'Evil F---' at Kerry Fundraiser: "Then, after the song ended, Moby denounced Bush to the crowd of Kerry-backers as 'an evil f---,' the News said."Again, I ask you- shouldn't we be asking if the left in this country wants to inspire people to hate and fear conservatives? Are they not trying to foster a dangerous mindset?
It would not shock me if, in my lifetime, I saw an Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064155404152425452003-09-21T10:43:00.000-04:002003-09-21T10:43:23.713-04:00The question is, why am I still making NFL picks when I had such an amazingly bad week last week?
I guess I am a masochist at heart. And an optimist. And stubborn to boot.
So let's go to the lines:
New York Jets (+6.5) at New England Patriots: The Pats lost a key component of their defense, while the Jets have looked absolutely mediocre against two tough foes. I do not see any big difference Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064153352596935592003-09-21T10:09:00.000-04:002003-09-21T10:09:12.630-04:00Charlie Rangel on Wesley Clark:: "'He can save this goddam nation from self-destruction,' declares New York Congressman Charles Rangel, who is arranging a meeting for Clark with the Congressional Black Caucus, possibly as early as this week."Just some more evidence that the Democrats hate America. They absolutely it.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064153034805192992003-09-21T10:03:00.000-04:002003-09-21T10:03:54.900-04:00Amazonian find stuns researchers: "He said the Amazon people moved huge amounts of dirt to build roads and plazas. At one place, there is evidence that they even built a bridge spanning a major river. The people also altered the natural forest, planting and maintaining orchards and agricultural fields and the effects of this stewardship can still be seen today, Heckenberger said.
Diseases such Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064152517484557582003-09-21T09:55:00.000-04:002003-09-21T09:55:16.876-04:00Poll shows Clark moving quickly to top tier of Democratic presidential candidates: "Retired Gen. Wesley Clark already appears to be very competitive in a new national poll released Saturday just days after he became the 10th Democratic presidential candidate.
Clark was among the leaders of the Democratic candidates in the Newsweek Poll and was not far behind President Bush in a head-to-head Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064152110896123942003-09-21T09:48:00.000-04:002003-09-21T09:48:30.380-04:00In Texas Senate, a Racial Outburst: "So it was a measure of how incendiary the Texas fight over congressional redistricting has become when several of the chamber's Democrats -- all but two of them black or Hispanic -- on Thursday denounced their all-white Republican brethren as racists, supremacists and bigots."The s used to ize groups of people, in order to inspire fear and loathing Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064082275222360912003-09-20T14:24:00.000-04:002003-09-20T14:24:35.090-04:00Islamic chaplain is charged as spy: "Capt. Yee had almost unlimited private access to detainees as part of the Defense Department's program to provide the prisoners with religious counseling, as well as clothing and Islamic-approved meals. The law-enforcement source declined to say how much damage Capt. Yee may have inflicted on the U.S. war against Osama bin Laden's global terror network."They Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064065820605852182003-09-20T09:50:00.000-04:002003-09-20T09:50:20.863-04:00U.S. soldier kills tiger in Baghdad, and this is news exactly why? Everyone has killed the Tigers this year.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064063872959391032003-09-20T09:17:00.000-04:002003-09-20T09:17:52.936-04:00CONFUSED CLARK CALLS RETREAT ON HAWK TALK: "Because of his military credentials, Clark has been seen as the ideal running mate for vice president, but his nightmare campaign kickoff could put that in serious doubt as well.
On Thursday, Clark raised eyebrows by telling reporters on his campaign plane about the resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq: 'I probably would have voted forWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1064063208520020852003-09-20T09:06:00.000-04:002003-09-20T09:06:48.616-04:00Cynthia Tucker thinks that Clark's entry frightens GOP: "Already, Bush's borrowed flight suit has been sullied by the increasingly hazardous situation in Iraq. But when Clark announced his candidacy last week, the calculus of the presidential campaign changed instantly. Now, Bush will find himself compared with a West Point graduate who not only was decorated in Vietnam but who also led a Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063880428804134182003-09-18T06:20:00.000-04:002003-09-18T06:20:28.743-04:00W. DRUBS ALL DEMS IN SURVEY: "President Bush holds a comfortable lead over Democratic 2004 wannabes - as well as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - in a poll released yesterday. Bush holds a 15-point lead over Democratic front-runner Howard Dean and a 10-point lead over Clinton as well as double-digit leads over other Democratic contenders according to Quinnipiac University's national poll."You would Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063880395492745752003-09-18T06:19:00.000-04:002003-09-18T06:19:55.413-04:00W. DRUBS ALL DEMS IN SURVEY: "President Bush holds a comfortable lead over Democratic 2004 wannabes - as well as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - in a poll released yesterday. Bush holds a 15-point lead over Democratic front-runner Howard Dean and a 10-point lead over Clinton as well as double-digit leads over other Democratic contenders according to Quinnipiac University's national poll."You would Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063756914276067192003-09-16T20:01:00.000-04:002003-09-16T20:01:54.590-04:00John Burns: 'There Is Corruption in Our Business' is a compelling piece about the media and Iraq: "We now know that this place was a lot more terrible than even people like me had thought. There is such a thing as absolute evil. I think people just simply didn't recognize it. They rationalized it away. I cannot tell you with what fury I listened to people tell me throughout the autumn that I mustWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063633945971397642003-09-15T09:52:00.000-04:002003-09-15T09:52:25.856-04:00Oh man, did I have an ugly week. Let's cringe and look at the videotape.
I took the Falcons, giving 2.5. I lost.
This was a three star. I lost again.
And again.
I took the Lions, getting 6.5. I lost.
I took the Titans, getting 1.5. I lost.
I took the Steelers, getting 3.5. I lost.
I took the 49ers, getting 2.5. I lost.
That one was a two star. I lost again.
I took the Texans, getting 7.5. I lostWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063596067065314652003-09-14T23:21:00.000-04:002003-09-14T23:21:07.096-04:00Something Stronger Than Arnold On The Ballot: "Two of the major reasons many businesses leave the state are high taxes and the dire infrastructure. Power is inadequate; there have been only two new power plants built in the state during the last 30 years. Beaches are closed due to raw sewage in our oceans, state parks look pathetic, health services are in turmoil, our courts and prisons are Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063389676632238082003-09-12T14:01:00.000-04:002003-09-12T14:01:16.516-04:00ProFootballWeekly.com / Features / They Said It / 2003 / They said it - Week Two: "Giants OG Rich Seubert describing how close a military helicopter flyover came to hitting Giants Stadium during practice Thursday: “(The helicopter) almost took out the Verizon sign.”
Giants P Jeff Feagles’ reaction to the flyover: “That was scary. What the heck. It was pretty cool.”
Giants assistant special teams Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063385137536225532003-09-12T12:45:00.000-04:002003-09-12T12:45:37.480-04:00Time for this week's NFL picks. My stats? After week one, I am 10-6 against the spread, 0-1 on two star and 0-1 on three star picks, which works out to being down 0.9 units after factoring in the vigorish. A mediocre start.
Washington (+2.5) at Atlanta: The Falcons looked solid despite playing without Michael Vick and despite playing with Doug Johnson. The Redskins barely got by a mediocre and Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063374629200510202003-09-12T09:50:00.000-04:002003-09-12T09:50:29.100-04:00Yahoo! News - DOUBLE-TALK COULD DERAIL DEAN MACHINEUSATODAY.com - Dean's remarks make rivals say: Wait a minuteDean Invites More Scrutiny By Switching Key Stances (washingtonpost.com)Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063374469072016912003-09-12T09:47:00.000-04:002003-09-12T09:47:48.983-04:00Dean weighs flip-flop on spending: "Presidential contender Howard Dean and his aides are mulling over the idea of Dean switching his previous position to become the first Democratic candidate ever to opt out of the matching fund system that Congress enacted 30 years ago to limit campaign spending."The key part to this is the headline. The media is picking up on the key concept that Dean Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063374208312178182003-09-12T09:43:00.000-04:002003-09-12T09:43:28.240-04:00Dean's Moment of Truth (washingtonpost.com)Howare Kurtz asks rhetorically, "Does Howard Dean have a credibility problem? Or are his increasingly worried rivals just taking potshots at him?" He continues by stating the obvious, that "The media, lacking any other excitement this side of California, are biting on the story."I would like to point out that back on August 2nd, I foresaw the struggles Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063286186265105042003-09-11T09:16:00.000-04:002003-09-11T09:16:26.300-04:00Where were you when you heard?I was at my desk, working. I got a call from a friend who lives in another state, telling me to turn the TV on now.I loaded up Free Republic, and saw a thread with the picture from the first tower. I got up and told others at work. One of my friends told me I was being scammed- that he was listening to the Howard Stern show and they had not mentioned it, so it must Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063285591383612072003-09-11T09:06:00.000-04:002003-09-11T09:06:31.426-04:00Taranto on Opinion Journal's Best of the Web yesterday had a letter from an Iranian activist who had tried to enlist the support of Ramsey Clark's International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Stalinist) group. The letter finished with this line:"I told her about my father and other political prisoners in Iran (not to mention the number of people stoned to death, hung, assassinated, raped...), she thought for a Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063106724407057112003-09-09T07:25:00.000-04:002003-09-09T07:25:24.436-04:00Football picks recap: "The Jets (-3.5) at the Redskins: Washington signed many Jets during the offseason, and as such should be pretty familiar with many of the Jets' schemes. The loss of Pennington is significant. I am not a big believer in the Redskins this year, but getting three points at home against an aging Vinny when they have so much knowledge of the inner workings of the Jets is too Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063105476194859352003-09-09T07:04:00.000-04:002003-09-09T07:04:36.196-04:00Steyn is simply the best: "The other day, a terrorist called Sawad, who helped mix the Bali bomb, expressed his gratitude to the anti-war movement. 'I want to thank the Australian people who supported our cause when they demonstrated against the policies of George Bush,' he said. 'Say thank you to all of them.' Aussie peaceniks reacted somewhat huffily to this endorsement, insisting Sawad was no Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1063040837336686702003-09-08T13:07:00.000-04:002003-09-08T13:07:17.373-04:00Quagmire alert!: "The U.S. military has not lost a soldier in combat for seven days, and despite a bomb attack on a convoy in Baghdad Monday, the country has witnessed a rare period of relative calm."Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062776155784200862003-09-05T11:35:00.000-04:002003-09-05T11:35:55.863-04:00Best of the Web - Taranto - Jason Blair caught in lie. Again.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062759833628447102003-09-05T07:03:00.000-04:002003-09-05T07:03:53.560-04:00Not a bad zinger from JoeLie (I'll give him the Bush recession line. Sure it is a lie, but that is to be expected in a presidential campaign): "The buzz among the press corps before the debate is that John Kerry is finally going to go toe to toe with Dean, in an attempt to close the double-digit lead that the former Vermont governor has opened over Kerry in New Hampshire. But it's wallflower Joe Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062726193926115272003-09-04T21:43:00.000-04:002003-09-05T00:41:33.593-04:00Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory Blog was mentioned today in The Corner, and the passage about why Mr. Solum thinks a 24/7 filibuster could not be defeated inspired me to write him a response. Here it is:Mr. Solum,
I love your blog. To cut to the chase, I wanted to respond to the following passage, which was quoted on NRO's "The Corner":
Couldn't the filibuster be broken if the Republicans forced Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062724065192453032003-09-04T21:07:00.000-04:002003-09-04T21:07:45.276-04:00At 9:02 EDT, President George W. Bush addressed the nation, and asked..."Are you ready for some football?Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062722821984958862003-09-04T20:47:00.000-04:002003-09-04T20:47:01.916-04:00The Wreck Of The Cruz Bustamante [Song Parody - Vanity] - the full version is here.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062722671224652172003-09-04T20:44:00.000-04:002003-09-04T20:44:31.173-04:00"The Wreck of the Cruz Bustamante" - Song parody wins LA Times prize: "The news on the wire set his ambitions afire
As the recall broke past Davis' defenses
Every Democrat knew, as Cap'n Davis did too
Californians had come to their senses!"Oh, that is good...Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062701301359738832003-09-04T14:48:00.000-04:002003-09-04T14:48:21.393-04:00Why I am still hoping for a California miracle: "Tom McClintock’s performance reminded me of the old line that when you tell the truth, you don’t have to worry about keeping your stories straight. Whatever you might think of him and his ideas, it can’t be said that McClintock trims his sails to match his audience. This is a man who knows what he believes and isn’t going to be shaken from it. He Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062696945427615952003-09-04T13:35:00.000-04:002003-09-04T13:35:45.456-04:00NFL Week 1 Picks Versus The Spread
All games, unless otherwise noted, are for 5 units.
The Jets (-3.5) at the Redskins: Washington signed many Jets during the offseason, and as such should be pretty familiar with many of the Jets' schemes. The loss of Pennington is significant. I am not a big believer in the Redskins this year, but getting three points at home against an aging Vinny when they Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062695207308745572003-09-04T13:06:00.000-04:002003-09-04T13:06:47.316-04:00Tonight kicks off the NFL season. Since I made my season predictions a while back, there have been some injuries which have caused me to do some re-evaluation. I no longer see Atlanta as winning the NFC South- Tampa should take that division. And the injury to Pennington will probably relegate the Jets to last place in the AFC East.
My week one picks are coming shortly.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062694427261765192003-09-04T12:53:00.000-04:002003-09-04T12:53:47.313-04:00Frum checks in on the 'neoconservative' label, yet again. The thread also has an intruiging article by James Bowman, who makes some good points but overstates the case of the choice between neoconservatism and paleoconservatism; he states those are the only choices, but there remains a third option- traditional conservatism, which predates both other strains by generations.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062692103589711802003-09-04T12:15:00.000-04:002003-09-04T12:15:39.463-04:00Boy have I been slacking when it comes to Presidential Survivor. The extended contest for group 5 is now in the books, and voted off with 40% of the vote is one of George W. Bush's anscestors- Franklin Pierce.Pierce is in the running for worst ever President, with the first of those contests also to be posted shortly (those will happen every five weeks as another group of five is voted off).GroupWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062691665626056732003-09-04T12:07:00.000-04:002003-09-04T12:07:45.670-04:00Spotting the Losers: Seven Signs of Non-Competitive States: "The wonderfully misunderstood Clausewitzian trinity, expressed crudely as state-people-military, is being replaced by a powerful new trinity: the relationship between the state, the people, and information. In the latter phases of the industrial age, the free flow of quality information already had become essential to the success of Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062608096607276872003-09-03T12:54:00.000-04:002003-09-03T12:54:56.746-04:00John Derbyshire on The Corner on National Review Online mentions a great conservative/capitalist tale from Scrooge McDuck. Of course, this has been previously discussed on Free Republic.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1062607962318174112003-09-03T12:52:00.000-04:002003-09-03T12:52:42.383-04:00I apologize for the dearth of posts of late. Things have been hectic in 'real life'. Hopefully, within short order I will be back to posting like a madman. I have extended the Presidential Survivor poll for another week accordingly, since I had no new content for people to check back.ABCNEWS's The Note is often an invaluable resource, but today's segment contained a little dissertation that I Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061982039088619932003-08-27T07:00:00.000-04:002003-08-27T07:00:38.956-04:00A kinder, gentler flack for Bush: "He [Scott McClellan] has had to deal with a wide array of issues, from the politically sensitive subject of the president's views on homosexuality"Politically sensitive? To who? Homosexuality is not a primary issue for practically anyone, other than perhaps the mainstream media. Christians are against it, to varying degrees, and Democrats are for it, but it Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061980341586353472003-08-27T06:32:00.000-04:002003-08-27T06:33:25.596-04:00From the same article:"Thomas had lately developed a passionate interest in politics, after accompanying his uncle Stuart to a Merseyside Stop the War Coalition meeting last autumn. He travelled to London to join the national demonstrations, heckled Jack Straw in Southport, picketed Geoff Hoon in Connahs Quay and even received a standing ovation for a speech that he made at a rally in Liverpool'sWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061980052655844802003-08-27T06:27:00.000-04:002003-08-27T06:27:32.633-04:00School starts today, and the Corner pointed me to this sad story about bullies: "There were reasons for that singling out, numerous and at the same time insufficient. Thomas was a highly articulate child, well-spoken, and without the usual local slur. He was overweight. He was easier with adults than children, and more confident around girls than lads. He preferred the Human League to Eminem. AndWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061829136338783802003-08-25T12:32:00.000-04:002003-08-25T12:32:16.400-04:00Thomas Friedman has a mostly good piece in the NY Times which he blows in the final few paragraphs: "So, the terrorists get it. Iraqi liberals get it. The Bush team talks as if it gets it, but it doesn't act like it. The Bush team tells us, rightly, that this nation-building project is the equivalent of Germany in 1945, and yet, so far, it has approached the postwar in Iraq as if it's Grenada in Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061569746535728442003-08-22T12:29:00.000-04:002003-08-22T12:29:06.526-04:00Every so often, you read about an athlete who just seems to have the same child-like giddyness at his own good fortune that you or I would have, if we were so blessed. Dontrelle Willis is such a man. The entire interview (20 questions) is great, but I loved this in particular:"5. Most awed you've been at any single moment in the big leagues?
'The All-Star Game. It hadn't really sunk in yet, but Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061558424959970752003-08-22T09:20:00.000-04:002003-08-22T09:20:24.960-04:00I'll give Howard Dean credit- he occasionally is capable of brilliant truthfulness: "I will begin by repealing the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and using the revenues that result from the repeal to address the needs of the average American, invest in the nation's infrastructure and, through tax reform, put money in the hands of those most likely to spend it."There is no group more likely to spend Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061497293767680562003-08-21T16:21:00.000-04:002003-08-21T16:21:33.806-04:00Encouraging: "The former bodybuilder then underscored his business-friendly, supply-side agenda by telling reporters, 'I told Warren, if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 sit-ups.'
Schwarzenegger, in fact, said he would oppose all new taxes and fees, and went to bat for overtaxed Californians. 'From the time they get up in the morning and flush the toilet, they are taxed,' he Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061496388883179232003-08-21T16:06:00.000-04:002003-08-21T16:06:28.916-04:00Gibbons says he could beat Democrat Reid in Nevada Senate race: "Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., says he's convinced he could unseat Democratic Sen. Harry Reid next year though he hasn't decided whether to try.
The four-term congressman said he intends to announce by the end of the month whether he'll run against the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate.
'We're very close to making a decision. Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061481369454745872003-08-21T11:56:00.000-04:002003-08-21T11:56:09.560-04:00From that FR thread on Wesley Clark, pokey78 (talking to himself lol) observes the following: "To: Pokey78This doesn't even include the most memorable line from Clark's interview on Meet The Press:"Well, first of all, they were not efficient in terms of stimulating the kind of demand we need to move the economy back into a recovery mode, a strong recovery and a recovery that provides jobs. There Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061480792802262802003-08-21T11:46:00.000-04:002003-08-21T11:46:32.863-04:00Wes Not Ike: General Clark’s next campaign: "This is the man who, as NATO shifted from war-fighting mode into peacekeeping mode, ordered his ground commander to deploy a helicopter assault team to block a surprise Russian advance into Kosovo's major airfield — an order his British subordinate answered with a terse and chilling rejoinder: 'I'm not going to start World War III for you.' After both Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061473570842674462003-08-21T09:46:00.000-04:002003-08-21T09:46:10.893-04:00Another week gone by, and another bad President voted off my Presidential Surivior contest. The man who made malaise an integral part of the lingo of the 1970's, Jimmy Carter, was the unanimous choice this past week as the worst of the group.This week's poll will be up shortly, and for the first time I do not see an overwhelming favorite. Group five consists of George H.W. Bush, Millard Fillmore,Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061406655849978432003-08-20T15:10:00.000-04:002003-08-20T15:10:55.900-04:00I cannot believe I am reading this in the New York Times: "President Bush stood at a gasoline station near his ranch in Texas today and said he had been calling for an energy bill to modernize the nation's electricity grid 'for a long time.'
Mr. Bush is quite right. A comprehensive energy policy was part of his platform as a candidate for president and seemed prescient from his very first week inWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061394810898665812003-08-20T11:53:00.000-04:002003-08-20T11:53:30.840-04:00In Today We Face Another 'Watergate', Samuel Dash gets just about every single thing wrong. He does, however, get one thing right: "It is the time of the anonymous informer"Sadly, this it is. Slander and libel, deceptions and manipulations, all done under the guise of anonymity.I wonder if Mr. Dash would agree to a moratorium by the media on anonymous informers. Somehow, I doubt he would.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061387806849138152003-08-20T09:56:00.000-04:002003-08-20T09:56:46.730-04:00On that Pipes FR thread, noumenon posted a quiz I have seen before, which still cracks me up. 1.) In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped & massacred by: (a) Olga Korbutt (b) Sitting Bull (c) Arnold Schwarzenegger (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 & 40 2.) In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: (a) Lost Norwegians (b) Elvis (c) A tour Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061386987709437452003-08-20T09:43:00.000-04:002003-08-20T09:43:07.636-04:00Pipes Makes No Apologies for Muslim Remarks: "“They are the lobbyists of [Usama] bin Laden and Ayatollah [Ali] Khamenei, and they want to replace the U.S. Constitution with the Quran,” Pipes said, referring to the sacred Islamic texts. “There is no surprise that my greatest opposition are the allies of our enemies.” "He gets it.I want to say a word or two to any man or lady who does not yet see Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061213734356796442003-08-18T09:35:00.000-04:002003-08-18T09:37:18.023-04:00John Podhoretz: "In the summer of 1977, on the hot night of July 13, the city of New York went dark - and Americans bore horrified witness to a fragile civil society that almost instantly fell to pieces. Entire shopping districts were decimated by looters acting in nefarious concert. From the Upper West Side to Jackson Heights, from Brooklyn's Fulton Street to Third Avenue in The Bronx, the Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061213207671692632003-08-18T09:26:00.000-04:002003-08-18T09:26:47.676-04:00To Know Them Is To Love Them (Democratic presidential candidates lose popularity): "Mr. Graham faces similarly low popularity in South Carolina, where his rating has dropped 15 percentage points since he began campaigning. According to surveys conducted by American Research Group, the number of respondents with an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Graham surpasses the number of those with a favorable Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061041584852693742003-08-16T09:46:00.000-04:002003-08-16T09:46:24.930-04:00Tammy Bruce: "So, we have a choice. Do we want this nation to look like Kweisi Mfume’s life of bullying and betrayal, or do we want something better? Can we actually take a party seriously whose “mistresses” are irresponsible hypocrites like Mfume, Julian Bond, Maxine Waters, and every other poser who continues to condemn blacks in this nation to poverty and victimhood?
After all, if the Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1061035983366415222003-08-16T08:13:00.000-04:002003-08-16T08:13:03.400-04:00A new Field Poll shows Cruz Bustamante leading Arnold Schwarzenegger by three points, with McClintock, Simon, and Ueberroth well behind. Some quick thoughts about this poll:Arnold's momentum sure didn't last very long.Perhaps his adding Buffett (and Buffett immediately talking about raising taxes) didn't help.Perhaps his adding Robe Lowe didn't help.Perhaps his adding George Schulz didn't Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060970953849950582003-08-15T14:09:00.000-04:002003-08-15T14:09:13.370-04:00More on Belisle: he has three starts at AAA Richmond this year. He gave up five earned runs, struck out 10, and walked no one (a baseball book I have at home said he has Maddux-like control), while working almost 7 innings per game. He also gave up fewer hits than innings.While rebounding from last year's injury at AA Greenville earlier this year, he had a 3.52 ERA, a K/W ratio above 2/1, and a Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060970459966430622003-08-15T14:00:00.000-04:002003-08-15T14:00:59.383-04:00ESPN.com - MLB - MLB TransactionsThere are some late season, pennant drive moves which end up looking very bad after a few years. The poster boy for such moves is when the Astros peddled aging lefty reliever Larry Andersen to the Red Sox for a minor league player by the name of Jeff Bagwell. With this in mind, what the heck were the Braves thinking here?"Cincinnati Reds- Acquired pitcher Matt Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060968945761132532003-08-15T13:35:00.000-04:002003-08-15T13:35:45.480-04:00Air Canada cancels all Flights after Control Center CrashThis is tied in with the major blackout, as the reason for this crash is that the emergency power system has failed. Air Canada is the largest Canadian airline, and the 11th largest in the world.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060963874060036132003-08-15T12:11:00.000-04:002003-08-15T12:15:34.393-04:00Over on The Corner, Nick Schulz writes: "The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are about to see their pay get cut"He included a link to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story that begins as follows:"The Pentagon wants to cut the pay of its 148,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, who are already contending with guerrilla-style attacks, homesickness and 120-degree-plus heat."I can almost hear Donald Rumsfeld Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060946293749564642003-08-15T07:18:00.000-04:002003-08-15T07:22:36.736-04:00Just sentences require judicial discretion: "Testifying before Congress in April, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy tried to explain why it's important for judges to have discretion in sentencing. He cited the case of 'a young man raising marijuana in the woods. That makes him a distributor. He's got his dad's hunting rifle in the car -- he forgot about it and wanted to do target practice. Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060892662378339472003-08-14T16:24:00.000-04:002003-08-14T16:28:53.470-04:00Doing 35 MPH on a barstool? Norm would be impressed!Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060889709636023392003-08-14T15:35:00.000-04:002003-08-14T15:39:41.236-04:00An interesting thing about Hambali's arrest. Apparently it was made a few days ago, but was just announced today by the President.I wonder if this was the reason for the delay? Maybe we found evidence during his arrest that led to these guys in Pakistan?Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060888129166968702003-08-14T15:08:00.000-04:002003-08-14T15:13:20.986-04:00Major Al Qaeda Arrest - Riduan Isamuddin (aka Hambali). Slowly but surely, the world's most agressive international police effort is working.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060876696608559192003-08-14T11:58:00.000-04:002003-08-14T12:02:49.973-04:00Some Arkansas Polling from Zogby: "Huckabee's overall favorability rating was 59.4 percent in the poll, about the same as U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who received a 60.4 favorability rating."It is disappointing that Lincoln is in as strong of a position as she is, but her and Pryor have been playing the judicial games better than most Democrats, supporting the candidates nominated from Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060876515192199182003-08-14T11:55:00.000-04:002003-08-14T11:59:48.596-04:00Dean Leading Dems? "For the first time, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is leading the Democratic field for the 2004 presidential elections, according to a new tracking poll taken by InsiderAdvantage in conjunction with MWI Research."Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060868801688159632003-08-14T09:46:00.000-04:002003-08-14T09:51:16.456-04:00It should come to no one's surprise that this week's loser in the Presidential Survivor game was William Jefferson Blythe Clinton. We had a few trollish votes (two for Ronald Reagan, four for George W. Bush). Interestingly enough, all of those votes came from people who had been over on Free Republic-- which tells me there are a few posers over there. Hi guys!Clinton got 35 votes and 83% of the Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060863306517689232003-08-14T08:15:00.000-04:002003-08-14T08:19:42.066-04:00BILL AND HILL STAY AWAY FROM GRAY MATTER (ex-42 miffed advice to Davis got leaked), or Clinton Goes To Bat For Davis?
I report, you decide.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060862808994218332003-08-14T08:06:00.000-04:002003-08-14T08:11:24.626-04:00Mississippi Mud: "By the way, the legendary tort lawyer Dickie Scruggs is a witness in the case. Mr. Scruggs says that he was unaware of the loan scheme that is the subject of the indictment. But Mr. Scruggs told the grand jury that he loaned Judge Walter Teel $27,500 and was repaid by Mr. Minor. Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Minor also co-owned the apartment where Judge Diaz lived rent-free, though Mr. Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060818109999491042003-08-13T19:41:00.000-04:002003-08-13T19:46:32.300-04:00Ann Coulter: "In June 2002, the liberal American Prospect magazine was hailing California as a 'laboratory' for Democratic policies. With 'its Democratic governor, U.S. senators, state legislature and congressional delegation,' author Harold Meyerson gushed, 'California is the only one of the nation's 10 largest states that is uniformly under Democratic control.' In the Golden State, Meyerson Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060816467440192602003-08-13T19:14:00.000-04:002003-08-13T19:19:10.096-04:00Permit for Beaver Dam. An oldie but a goodie.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060790990018708672003-08-13T12:09:00.000-04:002003-08-13T12:14:36.503-04:00The Krugman Truth Squad is always entertaining. I find this paragraph to be particularly amusing: "Krugman quoted several soldiers stationed in Iraq complaining about hardships supposedly inflicted on them by the Bush administration's supposed incompetence. Krugman clamed to have spoken to a soldier just back from Iraq (wait a second ... Krugman said just last week that 'we're stuck in Iraq Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060790814415799662003-08-13T12:06:00.000-04:002003-08-13T12:11:40.986-04:00I am deeply saddened: "A Talon News search of DC property records revealed that Daschle is receiving the homestead tax credit.
The District of Columbia allows a $30,000 deduction against a property's tax assessment for the calculation of taxes. Even though every owner-occupied property is eligible for the tax credit, it was enacted to protect lower income homeowners from sharp increases in Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060789651892505452003-08-13T11:47:00.000-04:002003-08-13T11:52:18.596-04:00Paul Greenberg is naive: "Why would the state's two Democratic senators, Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, support Mr. Holmes' confirmation? Because they know him as an honorable advocate learned in the law, and a man of character. And they know he would honor his oath as a judge to interpret the law impartially, whatever his personal beliefs.
Arkansas' senators haven't swallowed the caricature Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060789267280386392003-08-13T11:41:00.000-04:002003-08-13T11:46:09.410-04:00If Kelly was a liar, why was he a source?: "So, thus far, it is the word of one man against another. And one of those men is dead. Even if we take Gilligan's account of their transactions at absolute face value, isn't there a problem with the logic of his defence?
If Dr Kelly lied to the FAC because, as Gilligan puts it, he may have felt that he had to 'keep faith' with the Ministry of Defence Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060788515141476042003-08-13T11:28:00.000-04:002003-08-13T11:39:29.893-04:00This is called 'projection': "The Democratic argument is articulated by Mr. McAuliffe, the party chairman: 'There's a pattern that you've now seen developed. ... This is about power for Republicans. They want to win it all. They will resort to any tactic.'"He says, while the Democrats resort to such tactics as Trying to get military absentee ballots thrown out (Florida, 2000)Going to Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060781820893573852003-08-13T09:37:00.000-04:002003-08-13T09:41:48.783-04:00Remember all those stories about how Bush's job approval numbers were in 'free fall'?
Right here and here, I pointed out how the 'collapse' of his approval ratings was slight, and well within the range of random fluctuations.
What have we seen of late? For two months now, the Washington Post/ABC News poll has had his approval rating at 59%. The new Ipsos-Reid poll has it at 58%. Gallup's four Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060716021491737472003-08-12T15:20:00.000-04:002003-08-12T15:20:21.490-04:00Bush Plans to Sidestep Senate (Recess Appt. Pipes!):"Bush has used recess appointments in the past to appoint some of his most controversial nominees."He has? Then I guess he has appointed Ashcroft, Pryor, Pickering, and Estrada via recess appointments?
I mean, by any reasonable criteria, these represent his most controversial nominees...Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060703445172521972003-08-12T11:50:00.000-04:002003-08-12T11:50:45.060-04:00Actual Text of Cuban Letter To President Bush (Not as "angry" as depicted by media!): worth a read. There is angry, and then there is "look, we love ya but you are doing us wrong here. Please help us". This is clearly the latter, but was unanimously reported as the former.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060701380962546862003-08-12T11:16:00.000-04:002003-08-12T11:16:21.023-04:00The McAdam Report contains a story about Dusty Baker and his recent racially controversial comments. I have been suggesting that, if I were a California resident, I might consider supporting Peter Ueberroth but I did not know enough about his social positions. The story shows that Ueberroth might be a bit more succeptible to racial extortion politics (or may be more naive, or both) than I would Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060696510977319942003-08-12T09:55:00.000-04:002003-08-12T09:55:10.823-04:00USS Clueless - Qusay in GenevaThe argument that I made regarding incentives and one side handicapping itself came from the USS Clueless blog.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060695733742313362003-08-12T09:42:00.000-04:002003-08-12T09:42:13.640-04:00BOAT KIDS STUN POLICE AT JFK: "'If these were three kids with SAM [Surface to Air] missiles, we'd all be saying something different. The bottom line is money,' Danese said. "Kids with SAMs? What, does he think he lives in the West Bank or something?I know, I know. That was a horrible thing for me to say.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-106069491394303612003-08-12T09:28:00.000-04:002003-08-12T09:28:33.920-04:00'Southern strategy' will be a Dem tactic in 2004: "Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts early on said in San Francisco that 'Al Gore proved you can win the election without a single Southern state -- if only he'd won New Hampshire.''
Kerry quickly backed off the notion that he didn't need the South, campaigning in South Carolina, saying he had killed people in Vietnam. Kerry came in at 5 percentWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060694712146500612003-08-12T09:25:00.000-04:002003-08-12T09:55:51.173-04:00Rich Lowry on The Corner: "PLEBISCITARY CYNICISM?
I love the phrase, but I think George Will is letting Arianna unduly color his view of the California recall: 'Truly conservative Californians -- you few know who you are -- will vote against the recall to protest its plebiscitary cynicism.' There should be little doubt by now that the populist passion behind the recall is real, and the sentiment Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060648812734309702003-08-11T20:40:00.000-04:002003-08-11T20:40:12.693-04:00Herb Brooks killed in car accidentVery sad. The miracle on ice team he coached remains one of the great memories of my youth.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060632710676161752003-08-11T16:11:00.000-04:002003-08-11T16:11:50.703-04:00OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today is always a must read, but today is even more so than usual. Basically, the New York Times got caught sexing up some Iraq quagmire stories. It fits with my ongoing disgust with anonymous sources.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060632148415437192003-08-11T16:02:00.000-04:002003-08-11T16:02:28.320-04:00Arnold Steinberg on California Recall is skeptical over Ahnold's poll lead: "Finally, the poll itself was taken in the midst of the euphoria surrounding the Schwarzenegger announcement. It did not even list the political party of each candidate. Thus, Democrats did not know, for example, that Schwarzenegger is a Republican, or Bustamante is a Democrat. Does that partly explain how Bustamante getsWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060631164464622382003-08-11T15:46:00.000-04:002003-08-11T15:46:04.403-04:00Peter Robinson on The Corner quotes WFB: "William F. Buckley Jr. once answered a question about whom he intended to support for president by saying, 'the rightward-most viable candidate.'"Exactly. Exactly.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060624477325859102003-08-11T13:54:00.000-04:002003-08-11T13:57:02.853-04:00For inimitable humor, go West: "One day Mae was holding a charity tea on behalf of a group of proper ladies.
Soon a photographer on assignment arrived with his camera paraphernalia in a case. Mae said to the photographer: 'Take out your equipment and wait for me in the bedroom.'"Dirty jokes were so much...dirtier and sexier back then. :-)Always fun to grab a random Mae West quotation.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060622532701111032003-08-11T13:22:00.000-04:002003-08-11T13:22:12.673-04:00California saga stealing Democratic hopefuls' momentum: "That giant sucking sound you hear coming from the Democratic Party is the wind that had just been starting to fill the sails of its presidential hopefuls.
California's battle in the proposed recall of Gov. Gray Davis has taken away the media momentum from the nine major, Democratic candidates who are desperately trying to stand out from Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060614700339414252003-08-11T11:11:00.000-04:002003-08-11T11:11:40.480-04:00One amusing aspect to the California Governor's recall race is that we the Democrats trying to smear Schwarzenegger as a Nazi......while there are stories about how the far right is not supporting Ahnold.Hopefully this will cause a few to realize that this means that conservatives are not Nazis, and that Nazis are creatures of the left, not the right.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060614426403235982003-08-11T11:07:00.000-04:002003-08-11T11:07:06.466-04:00Taylor steps down in LiberiaI am surprised. Pleasantly.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523173.post-1060612983210089652003-08-11T10:43:00.000-04:002003-08-11T10:43:03.136-04:00So what happened to Charles Taylor?: "Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is due to hand over power later on Monday, needs a few days to ensure that his new home in exile in Nigeria is ready a press spokesman said."I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you, to hear that Taylor is not stepping down when he said he would.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083577616299747913noreply@blogger.com