"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."
Yeh, yeh, it’s all over the place, now.
Lead: “The informant who sparked last week’s New York City subway threat alert has admitted it was a hoax…”
Give the “informant” a one-way ticket to Mosul. But first tatoo “Mohamed was a pig” on his forehead.
Happy Ramadan!
(Yeh, I know it was an Iraqi “informant” but no one said where in Iraq he was located. If already in Mosul, hey great! Smaller expense in dispensing a lil poetic justice… )
*sigh*
Every time I read, see or hear another whining so-called “conservative†bitchin’ and moanin’ about Harriet Miers, I just want to say, “Grow up folks.” Republican senators, for example, who’ve let the Democrats push ‘em around forever on the subject of Bush’s judicial nominees. They want him to push the envelope while they’ve still not got the stones to stand up to the dems themselves?
So-called conservative (or originalist or whatever) media pundits who nevertheless blanche not one whit at tons of unconstitutional federal over-reaching demonstrate their hypocrisy more than anything else. (The one-issue—whatever the issue of the day might be—“originalists†are perhaps the worst.)
Academics who—well, I guess that said it all. They’re darned near all too full of themselves, assuming that the sort of expertise they value is essential to a justice of the SCOTUS. Pettifogging elitists.
And bloggers who open their fat mouths and begin chewing away at whatever presents itself without taking thorough stock first are likely to discover that what they’ve been eating away at is their own feet. (Yeh, I’ve done it myself. So? Doesn’t make my argument invalid. 🙂
See Beldarblog for a smart lawyer’s take. Yeh, he’d have been happier with someone else, too, but he’s smart enough to know the difference between a Souter and a Thomas—something all the stuck pigs squealing about Harriet Miers aren’t.
If the enmity of the Loony Left Moonbat Brigade minions of the Demoncrapic Underground and Moooveon.orgy aren’t enough to convince one to reserve judgement on Miers, perhaps Markos Moulitas’ (of DailyKos infamy) antipathy toward Miers could persuade Loony RIGHT Moonbats to chill a bit, ya think?
Gee, as easily as the thought of a Justice Miers inflames the doofs on the Left AND the doofs on the Right, it seems she might be just the centrist to pull a divided court together…
Romeocat has some commentary to check out re: the Miers nomination flap. You oughta kick yourself if you miss it. I like her comment, “I’m firmly on the fence, and adopting a wait-and-see attitude.”
Given Jean Fraud sKerry’s penchant for loose talk (and insistence on NOT being accountable for what he says and does—where are your records, John boy?) I thought it’d be appropriate that I pick up a few “talking points” from The Progressive People’s Truth Generator, the site devoted to framing everything in “progressive” language.
Jean Fraud sKerry, you are a baby-killing troglodyte and an ethnocentric racist pig because you are not enraged by phrases like “International Monetary Fund!” You are a hateful hillbilly because you think O.J. was guilty! You are an arrogant sexist because you don’t openly pine for the reconstruction of the Berlin Wall! You are a chain dog of the bourgeoisie because you do not militate for government elimination of McDonalds fast food and daily required consumption of granola and tofu! You are a baby-killing child murderer and a chauvinistic red-meat eater because you voted to invade Iraq! You are a polluting elitist because you think that you’re entitled to own private property! You are a homophobic opportunist because you think the Rolling Stones are better than the Beatles! You are a selfish chain dog of the bourgeoisie because you’re just stupid, stupid, stupid!
heh
There. I feel better, now. Don’t you? Playing by Jean Fraud’s own rules (it’s just words, so who cares what I say?) allows one to say anything at all with no accountability.
Of course, if Jean Fraud ever developed a sense of decency, characterized by accountability and a responsible agreement between his words and deeds, I’d have to retract some of the above. But as it is, “liberalist-speak†applied to Jean Fraud seems… fitting.
Where are your records, John Kerry?
h.t. to Idunno who for the tip to the “progressive-speak” site. Hey! If you read this and think you’re the one who pointed me to the thing, give me a whack upside the head, eh?
From Cao’s Blog, this lil notice:
We’ve formed a blogburst group and here are the bloggers who are contributing so far. If you want to join the blogroll for Free Kerry’s 180, click here to email me, include the url for your blog. The blogburst is every Tuesday, so don’t forget to blog about it. All you have to do is encourage Kerry to set his 180 FREE, I’ll send you the code for the blogroll.
The more people we have, the merrier!