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Quote Of The Day
Conservative Ann Coulter lobs her usual grenades at the Democratic Party in her column today, and contrasts it with the Republican Party. The title of her column is "Fork Replaces Donkey As Democratic Party Symbol", although I don’t understand (and Coulter never explains) the fork reference. Maybe it has something to do with abortion, but frankly, that doesn’t make much … Read More
Exaggeration-Impaired
From The American Spectator: In supporting your country’s war efforts, it’s quite logical to invoke dastardly actions of the enemy. Historically those actions have been grossly exaggerated or fabricated. In this case, exaggeration is not only superfluous it’s essentially impossible. While taking their lunch breaks from blowing up civilians they do saw through necks with knives. Actually, the overwhelming majority … Read More
Compelling Logic?
2005 Wingnut Of the Year, John Hindrocket gushes over Bush’s speech in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday. Hindrocket writes: You can read it all here. Please, please do. Here are a few excerpts, but they can’t begin to capture the sincerity and the compelling logic that President Bush put forward. Let me briefly address the "sincerity" issue. Nobody is seriously questioning the … Read More
I’m Not a Marriage Counselor
…but I play one on my blog. Conservative columnist and radio host Dennis Prager, a frequent commentator on marriage and family values, announced this to his listeners this week: I have a sad personal announcement to make. After seventeen years of marriage, my wife Fran and I are divorcing. This is sad first and foremost for Fran and for me. … Read More
Glass Houses
He says he doesn’t want to do it, but he just might have to. Bill O’Reilly is threatening to expose to personal lives of Bush critics like Frank Rich: O’REILLY: It’s a good question, Juan, and I don’t see it as a threat. I mean, I think you have to say to people, as we do with all our guests … Read More
This Is Not A Parody
It’s early in 2006, but this article most assuredly will qualify as the dumbest article written this year . . . or any year for that matter. I can’t even attempt to summarize the author’s point, or the astoundingly inane and tortured logic he uses to support his point. Just read it, and keep in mind that there is no … Read More
Neo-Bedwetters
TBogg is tired of the conservative machismo from the right blogosphere. It’s thinly-masked fear used as a moral justification for sacrificing our hard-fought constitutional liberties: Now I may not be as "emotionally or morally sophisticated" as Roger L Simon, but then I didn’t spend the afternoon of 9/11 flushing away my beliefs and convictions in a piddle-stained panic. So please … Read More
Chickenhawk Squawk
Atrios: Murtha says he wouldn’t join military now. Numerous conservatives, many of whom appear to be of prime fighting age and who haven’t served, condemn him. Hilarious. Or something.
Wingnut Of 2005
The elections at World O’Crap are over, and the wingnut of the year is John Hindrocket of Powerline. (Powerline was, as I’ve said, Time’s Blog of the Year for 2004).
On The Leap Second
Yes, we’re getting an extra second this year, or . . . um . . . next year. Well, in between years. Or something. Today, Steve Martin (yes, that one), speaking in the voice of Bill O’Reilly, reacts to the leap second: “Look, look, look, look. A leap second is a denial of everything American, of everything good, of everything … Read More
Vote Early And Often
World O’Crap started off with something like thirty "candidates", and through voting, it has whittled the pack down to five. The election? The "Ultimate Wingnut of 2005". They are John Hindricket (of Powerline), Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Pastor J. Grant Swank, Jr., and Dr. Mike S. Adams, Ph.D. You can read samples of their work, and vote, here.
Forever Stupid
From conservative Powerline blogger Paul Miregoff’s post "Forever Young": Vietnam and Watergate are seminal events for almost all liberals my age. Vietnam taught them to distrust the use of force by our military, and to despise leaders who aggressively use military force in the name of the national interest. Watergate confirmed that a leader who projects military force overseas for … Read More
The Ten Worst Americans
There’s a blog meme going around wherein bloggers post their views on the Ten Worst Americans ever. It started as a challenge to American bloggers from a Brit blog. I’m going to take a pass for now, but someone needs to tell this guy that Chief Opechancanough, who killed 400 colonists at Jamestown in the 1620’s, was not, you know, … Read More
Hindrocket On The NSA Surveillance
Powerline was named Time Magazine’s Blog Of The Year for 2004. Time Magazine is not having a "Blog Of The Year" this year. I’m sure there’s a reason why. Powerline’s John Hindrocket — who is a lawyer — wrote a moronic post on the NSA surveillance scandal, and threw in this piece of silliness today: Many people seem not to … Read More