MM: The democrats will do nothing except trash every move Bush makes because they are terrified to make a mistake and blow their chances at the 2008 Whitehouse. I think they have a much better shot at the White House in 2008 if they actually present change, rather than just hinting at it and continu
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The existing law enforcement is there: along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), many government agencies work long hours to keep Americans safe. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), US Customs, and the Coast Guard have been rolled into the nascent Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Though not intended to be a domestic intelligence servi
The news channels have two driving forces: 1) the demand to fill twenty-four hours with news. 2) the demand to fill it with stuff people are interested in. If no one cared about Paris, no news agency would report it. Unless they're just trying to fill their twenty-four hour news cycle.
Meh!
Call this the "Non-Binding Congress." They have an incredible willingness to spend inordinate amounts of money (time is money, people!) on the Non-Binding Resolutions of our time: Iraq, Alberto Gonzales, blah blah and more blah. This "vote of no confidence" in the Attorney General (which failed, BTW) is the latest in a string of ineffective parliamentary p
This bill stands no chance of passing, the "groundswell" of public outcry is impossible for Congress to ignore.
Come this time next year, you may have been bumped in queue by ten to twenty million Mexicans and South Americans who got here illegally. If nothing else, you have the moral superiority of going through it the right way.
I had a conversation with a Washington Post reporter last summer, and he said that he felt it was the government employee's responsibility to give leaks to the press. Something about whistle-blowing and whatnot... I blew it off because I wasn't exactly speaking to an unbiased source. But it's irritating for me to know that people who literally sign documents promising they will not reveal state secrets for the rest of their lives... turn arou
The title of "My Minnesota Hometown" is shared by two cities: Columbia Heights and Dassel. We lived in Columbia Heights until I turned twelve, then we moved to Dassel for a couple of years. Then our family wised up and moved to Arizona. Want to know what's scary? I've been to Motley.
Ted's writings I have come to look forward to as an educational experience They were incredibly illuminating -- easy to read and understand.
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I still cannot believe that parents are that stupid. Buying for your own kid(s) is one irresponsible thing but buying for the whole neighborhood full of kids is a new level of retardation. They think they can justify their actions and own up to their responsibilities as parents by rationalizing it all away -- they took the kids' keys away beforehand. That does not make it okay. This is a "duh" moment, one that I pile onto the mountain of "people ar
You guys who remain in uniform deserve all the accolades, thanks, and gifts that you can get. I look back on my time serving in the Army as frustrating, difficult, a constant headache, a bureaucratic nightmare... but giving six years to my country was the proudest achievement I've done.
I have used them before, but thankfully I haven't worked in close proximity to any. Dude, yuck... they are nasty to smell and worse to think at any length about.
Life in San Angelo isn't what it's cracked up to be, eh? Things will improve in time -- I'd suggest you go out and get a hobby, but I know you already have a few.
Ted: On the other hand, if you say, "I support the Troops" before the "But", then nothing is negative, vile or evil enough against the US... anything goes. You're absolutely right: "I support the troops" has become the new mantra for just any old policy statement, domestic or foreign. My favorite i
christians have committed terroristic attrocities over the years and we don't get "outraged." You're obviously talking about the mass rioting when Kanye West appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone dressed as Christ in his crown of thorns. Don't forget the car bombings that occurred when "The Last Temptation of Christ" that killed fifteen and wounded thirty in violence across the nation. No one can forget THAT dark day for Christian tolerance. Or th
He refuses to see that each person is responsible for his or her own actions, and that if "the left-liberals in the blogosphere are merely aping the odious, disdainful—and politically successful—tone that right-wing radio talk-show hosts like Rush Limbaugh pioneered" then they do it of their own free will and choice. There is no cause whatsoever for incivility, but the hubris that Klein has to blame the Left's craziness on the Right... It is
Are we talking about Paris Hilton's motorcade to the LA County Courthouse? Please elaborate...
"Scientists have not been able to explain a 1998 study showing a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain's sleep-wake clock." Do you reckon this is genuine or not? Hmmm... I read it but this was the first time I had heard of it. That sounds incredibly weird. Genuine? Coul
TIME Magazine's Joe Klein recently wrote an article decrying the Far Left Blogosphere's attempts to shout him down over another article he'd written. A strange thing happened to me the day the House of Representatives voted to pass the Iraq-war-funding bill. Congresswoman Jane H
I SEE ALL THIS I AM DEMOCRAT,I AM LIBERTARIAN, I AM REPUBLICAN SURE TO COME, WELL SCREW THAT I think we're seeing a dangerous trend. The trend to declare "I AM A _________ and proud of it!" : : But otherwise, excellent words from MM. Don't
Sean Conners' recent posting regarding Keith Olbermann's 13 connections between politics and terror highlights the difficulties that the CT community finds when trying to instill the proper level of urgency into society. For those who haven't been made aware of this list, on June 4th's edition of "Countdown", Olbermann's crack staff made an attempt to link announcements regarding
I propose that the electoral college should closely mirror the American public. If only 33% of voting-eligible Californians vote for the winning candidate, he should only get 33% of the electoral votes (rounded up). Whoa... that got a double-eyebrow raise from me. What a stellar but completely unrealistic
I Watched, So You Didn't Have To Sean, thanks for taking one for the team. : : He (Mitt) brought up the fact th