How many of you who self-identify as Republican or conservative support legislation like this? Personally, I can’t, off the top of my head, find a single legal reason to do so (but then, I thought McCain-Feingold was on its face unconstitutional); and while I think restrictions on abortion are a matter for the legislature to take up (insofar as we’re in the peculiar position of having to balance the mother’s
October 4, 2005
October 4, 2005
Overheard inside a Haditha bunker, Tuesday, October 4
First militant: “I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, Bakr, but I was under the impression that our righteous resistance would lead to a weakening of the Great Satan’s will. If anything, we seem to be making them angrier and more determined to crush us under their filthy, infidel boots.”* Second militant:”A mirage, Ibrahim. The paper tigers are lashing out against us now precisely because their ill-considered offensive is in its
October 4, 2005
In which our intrepid populist hero takes on the cyber SMEAR MERCHANTS!
The FOXNews teaser for tonight’s “O’Reilly Factor” suggests that Bill—in an effort, no doubt, to “look out for us”—is going to blow the lid off of the blogosphere, which he evidently believes is being used as a “weapon” by the “smear merchants” to muddy the political discourse and push partisan political agendas. …Unlike, say, “The O’Reilly Factor,” whose populist agenda—from boycotting France to pushing for mandatory sentencing in child predator
October 4, 2005
Oklahoma’s Failed Jihadist?
From Reaganites Unite: The Northeast Intelligence Network is reporting that the investigation of this weekend’s suicide blast in Norman Oklahoma is leaning heavily toward it being a failed suicide bombing aimed at a packed OU Football game at Oklahoma Memorial stadium and not simply the suicide initially claimed. Law enforcement sources close to the Northeast Intelligence Network have confirmed that search and seizure warrants were served today upon the residence
October 4, 2005
Kelo-ing me softly: “Florida town plans to use eminent domain”
From UPI Officials of a poor, predominantly black Florida town plan to relocate about 6,000 residents to make room for a billion-dollar yachting and housing complex. The coastal community of Rivera Beach in Palm Beach County may use eminent domain, if necessary, to claim 400 acres of land for the project, The Washington Times reported Monday. “This is a community that’s in dire need of jobs, which has a median
October 4, 2005
Bush Press Conference
Don’t know if it’s true or not, but I suspect that this morning’s rather hastily-called press conference was intended by the President and his advisors to reassure conservatives about the Miers pick, with Bush relying on his personal charms and the good will he’s built up with Republicans (85% of whom approve of his performance), to shore up support for his pick, if not necessarily for Ms. Miers herself—who many