Larisa Alexandrovna had been communicating with Mr. Connell on a story about potential election skullduggery in Ohio in 2004, and he had reported being threatened. I haven’t read the story in detail yet, but I thought that it was important that at least (another) righty blog post on the subject. Read the story, which in my opinion is balanced, if perhaps a bit paranoid, and rather than snark away, bring whatever relatively objective common sense and/or expertise you can to the information as presented. The short version is here. Say what you will, I personally value investigative reporting.
Having said that, I imagine that many of us feel somewhat exposed to the chill wind of a new administration which we distrust on ideological or other grounds. Do keep in mind that many of our political opponents felt the same way during eight years of the Bush Administration, which is why the howls from gay activists are so loud over Rick Warren. As the wraith of Catherine the First says in Wuthering Heights, “Let me in! I’ve been away for so long!” Why do I mention this? Because I would not wish to see us behave as badly.
The message from Edmund Brown, seeking to overturn California’s Prop 8 results is clear, though: those silly constitutional rules don’t matter when the public abuses its powers by not making them serve the Progressive Agenda. Some matters are simply too important to entrust to the Will of the People. How such obviously extra-ordinary and -constitutional interventions are supposed to serve the interests of the gay community in the long run, though, is another question entirely. And this brings me back once again to my dismay with the Obamarat: like many social engineers, they seem to have little to no appreciation of Unintended Consequences–and many of our elected officials are shielded from consequences, generally, so no help there. Neither, of course, does the MSM, hoping, perhaps, for a bailout from the new administration. Fortunately, many of the stupid proles seem to, though. I hope.
Comment by ian cormac on 12/21 @ 7:54 am #
Larissa, the crazy woman who wanted to incite a revolution against the TARP, the one who was imagining plots out of the Plame case; yup she’s a solid source.
Comment by Dan Collins on 12/21 @ 7:56 am #
I didn’t say that, either, ian, but I would rather you didn’t go directly to snark. Also, Vince Foster.
Comment by Pablo on 12/21 @ 8:02 am #
I find it difficult to believe that Connell would be considering confiding in Alexandronova given that she’s a notorious insane person and an inveterate liar. Further, this entire brouhaha seems to hinge on the fact that streaming election results were hosted on an Eeeeevil Rethuglican server, which somehow indicates electoral fraud. Not the counting, you see, but the online posting of results. Here’s my short version:
Meh. Condolences to the Connell family.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 12/21 @ 8:15 am #
The weather forecasts for this weekend have been relatively warm early on (Friday, it was in the 50s) and colder and colder as the weekend progresses (right now it’s 21). Akron’s quite a bit north of Cincinnati, and closer to the lake, so it was likely colder and moister thanks to the lake.
About ten years ago, a commuter flight went down due to ice near Detroit. In that case the plane was larger, professionally flown and maintained, and it still succumbed to ice.
Let’s not even entertain this kind of paranoid crap. A light plane went down on a freezing cold day.
Comment by Dan Collins on 12/21 @ 8:30 am #
Thank you, Rob. We’re expecting another 14″ or so of global warming here, today, too.
Comment by Carin -buried under 10 inches of "climate change" on 12/21 @ 8:42 am #
I’m getting ready to go snowblow. FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK.
Comment by serr8d on 12/21 @ 8:54 am #
ROVE!~ROVE!
GRASSY KNOLL!~GRASSY KNOLL!
Comment by William Teach on 12/21 @ 9:01 am #
She may be often repeating that she is not suggesting any sort of conspiracy, but, she is sure thinking it loudly. Often.
Comment by JohnAnnArbor on 12/21 @ 9:37 am #
About ten years ago, a commuter flight went down due to ice near Detroit.
With a fellow student from my dorm aboard. She was returning from a job interview. Sad, sad, sad.
Icing happens sometimes.
Comment by MarkJ on 12/21 @ 9:43 am #
“…those silly constitutional rules don’t matter when the public abuses its powers by not making them serve the Progressive Agenda. Some matters are simply too important to entrust to the Will of the People. How such obviously extra-ordinary and -constitutional interventions are supposed to serve the interests of the gay community in the long run, though, is another question entirely.”
Right on, brother. Attorney General Moonbeam is obviously suffering from “Historical Alzheimer’s”: he’s forgotten that many, if not most, past and present authoritarian regimes have consolidated their power by using laws and precedents already on the books. Case in point: the black-majority governments in Zimbabwe and South Africa have both retained and used various apartheid-era laws to stifle dissent. I don’t even need to mention how the Nazis utilized Weimar laws and court rulings.
Ignoring “inconvenient” electoral outcomes and “silly constitutional rules”? If Edmund Moonbeam is actually stupid enough to believe he can do that and get away scot-free, then it’s not a question of “if” he’ll get bitten in the ass…it’s merely “when” and “how.”
Comment by Brainster on 12/21 @ 9:53 am #
Larisa spends about 3/4 of her post insisting she’s not a conspiracy nutbar; in my experience people who do that inevitably turn out to be conspiracy nutbars. Raw Story has been much more sympathetic to 9-11 Truthers than any other significant liberal site, and Larisa herself wrote over at the Huffington Post about how Osama’s wanted poster doesn’t mention 9-11 (because he has not been indicted for those crimes as the feds already have plenty of crimes to detain him for).
Comment by Frank G on 12/21 @ 10:52 am #
Brown’s running for Governor already. He’s a tool
Comment by ParanoiaSurroundsUS on 12/21 @ 11:45 am #
It reminds me of last night’s paranoid episode of 48 hours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY78szX2RHk
The killer ended up being her husband by the way.
Comment by blaster on 12/21 @ 3:11 pm #
Shouldn’t Raw Story be concerned about change.gov, where a partisan company is collecting data for an elected official?
Just wondering.
Pingback by qwstnevrythg.com » Michael Connell: Another “mysterious” plane crash on 12/21 @ 9:27 pm #
[...] Protein Wisdom does a very good job of being non-political about the story and takes the position similar to mine, basically an investigation that must consider the context. I cannot say the same thing for their readership. [...]
Comment by james aka ADAP2K on 12/22 @ 9:28 am #
WOIO-TV: Michael Connell Canceled Two Flights on Suspicion his Plane may be SABOTAGED !!! … BUSH – CHENEY CONNECTIONS
http://adap2k.blogspot.com/2008/12/connell-crash-plane-dead-gop-it-guru.html
Comment by largebill on 12/22 @ 9:50 am #
Pathetic. Planes crash. It happens. Morons on the left are harming a decent mans reputation by claiming he was talking to them about election fraud. He wasn’t because there was no fraud to talk about (unless you want to discuss Dem fraud in various states). Let his family mourn in peace. Dismiss folks like Alexandronova with the complete disdain her nonsense warrants. Even linking to it gives her credibility she does not deserve.
Comment by mj on 12/29 @ 10:02 am #
i find it extremely interesting that left-wingers are dedicated to making sure my brother didn’t die in vain, yet you right-wingers (whom he spent much of his life working for) are happy to just ridicule while keeping your heads buried deeply in the sand. i guess i shouldn’t be surprised. that’s what you people do best.
Comment by Pablo on 12/29 @ 10:11 am #
Are you saying that Mike Connell was murdered, mj? What do you mean by “didn’t die in vain”?