Scoobie does Chick I’m glad
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Scoobie does Chick
I’m glad someone else has my perverse fascination with religious wingnuts. Via Scoobie Davis Jack Chick’s latest. Can you say hack! Good, I knew you could.
October 2002
Please add me to the
Please add me to the list
Keith Olberman takes on AVOT. I’m actually for the war on terrorism and the potential war in Iraq, but I’d appreciate being added to the AVOT list. I figure it is always a good thing to be considered a subversive by such windbags.
Friedman’s up And has another
Friedman’s up
And has another good column. He makes an important point about the role of the President and his language. Whipping up the wingnuts might be good domestically in the short run, but it is bad for the United States in the long run.
That should be former Pentagon
That should be former Pentagon Adviser
Perle goes out on a limb that should collapse underneath him. This is inexcusable garbage towards one of our closest allies. Clinton didn’t even go this far when he inappropriately supported Labor over Likud in Israel. Either Perle is “off the reservation” and needs to be severed from the administration or the administration needs to get a grip. For an administration that prides itself on discipline this is assinine.
Via Eschaton
Dick Devine Makes a Decent
Dick Devine Makes a Decent Case
Showing up for a rare guest appearance in my hometown paper, Dick Devine makes a reasonable case. Archpundit is against the death penalty on religious grounds. I understand good people disagree, and Dick Devine is good people. Because of that, I think he is right about clemency hearings. Mass clemency is a bad idea because it subverts the law and it will produce a backlash against any meaningful reform. Commutations ought to go through a process.
The problem is Blago and J-Ry, well let’s be honest about who matters–Blago, has shown no committment to serious death penalty reform. Devine could have solved this problem by running for governor. Unfortunately he bowed out even though Costello promised him Southern Illinois.
Always check your stories for
Always check your stories for developments since you did the background paragraphs
From the New York Times today:
Although no Democratic incumbents retired, four Republican incumbents in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas chose not to seek re-election.
Oops.
Do the, Do the, Do
Do the, Do the, Do the stab and twist
Oh, if only Lautenberg is the guy, it’ll make Torch’s demise all the worse. And that is good. Major kudos to Altercation to be the only one to mention the the Harbury case that I saw.
The vagaries of blogger have
The vagaries of blogger have lost a post criticizing Bonior and McDermott.
Title IX Primer One of
Title IX Primer
One of the funniest things I have ever seen took place after the US Women’s Soccer Team won the Gold. Trent Lott was on Meet the Press and brought it up as a last second issue and asked Lott if that wasn’t a good example of how Title IX’s success. Lott agreed, and then got a stunned look on his face realizing he had just probably offended a significant number of Ole Miss alums with this statement.
Anyway, Lynn Sanders has a great primer on the true significance of Title IX. A good read.
Another Useful Idiot I should
Another Useful Idiot
I should have taken Will to task for stating that Uranium depleted munitions are of no danger. Perhaps the specific effects were overstated by the Congressmen, but they can be very toxic and have horrible effects on the environment.