Why are you opposed to the death penalty? (with poll)

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Tuesday November 15, 2005 · 8:55 AM PST

2005/11/15 · 08:55

DarkSyde's interesting diary about atheism and some of the commentary there have made me think about the death penalty. Some suggest that the Democrats ought to go with the high moral position in opposing the death penalty. (I'm using moral in a secular, not necessarily religious, sense. As an atheist, I consider myself reasonably moral and principled.) Some have suggested that opposition is a moral position - we are the party of life. But I don't think that's a winner in the voting booth. What I do think is that it is possible to convince people to be against the death penalty for practical reasons, even if they believe some people deserve to die. For example, I oppose the death penalty, but not because I believe in the sanctity of life. If an armed bank robber kills a bystander during the robbery, then while making a getaway manages to drive into a telephone pole and die, that's fine by me. Some people deserve to be dead. But it doesn't follow that society should kill that person. Read More

Poll: Most Americans say Bush is not honest

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Friday November 11, 2005 · 3:44 AM PST

2005/11/11 · 03:44

Can Bush get his mojo back? The spectacular implosion of BushCo and the GOP over the past several weeks has been so incredible that I'm almost afraid to believe that the national (even international) nightmare of Bush's immoral presidency is truly over.

This is the best sign yet. An AP-Ipsos poll says that most Americans say Bush is dishonest. Once people think you have been dishonest with them, is it ever possible to make them believe you have true integrity? I don't think so. This gives me hope that enough Americans have finally seen the truth and won't allow themselves to be hoodwinked again. Read More

Can the FBI really wiretap email without a warrant?

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Wednesday October 26, 2005 · 10:15 AM PDT

2005/10/26 · 10:15

In a local news article ( http://www.kcrg.com/article.aspx?art_id=98311&cat_id=123 ), it sounds like it's a done deal that the FBI will monitor all email at the University of Iowa:

The FCC recently expanded a ruling that allows the FBI to wiretap phones.

Now it includes e-mails and instant messaging. Read More

Harriet is my aunt!

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Tuesday October 11, 2005 · 7:46 AM PDT

2005/10/11 · 07:46

No, silly, not Harriet Miers.

But thinking of my real Aunt Harriet reminded me of a funny little ditty that kids used to tease her with, back on the playground in a tiny Kansas town. Just wanted to share it for fun. It's oddly appropriate. Read More

Something I look forward to witnessing

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Wednesday October 05, 2005 · 9:02 AM PDT

2005/10/05 · 09:02

Background first: Someone (a Satanist perhaps) has been having a bit too much fun over at my poor innocent little navel-gazing baby brand-new blog (http://medium-cool.blogspot.com/). Not that I mind. I haven't advertised it around except to a friend or two. I'm surprised anyone found it.

But the funster gave me a great thought:

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE WINGNUTS' HORROR WHEN JOHN ROBERTS SWEARS IN PRESIDENT WES CLARK IN 2009!!!!!

That is all. (Except to say that if Roberts is swearing in, say, Al Gore or Russ Feingold etc etc etc, I'll have just as much fun.)

Why do Supreme Court justices often shift leftward?

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Tuesday October 04, 2005 · 8:14 AM PDT

2005/10/04 · 08:14

I know, I know, more Miers. grimace

But this is an issue that's intrigued me for years. That moderate or right-of-center justices become more liberal as they spend more time on the Supreme Court is considered a truism. On balance, I think it's correct. But why would this happen? Why wouldn't they become more conservative? What is it about being a justice that sometimes liberalizes people? Read More

Can we take some House seats back in 2006?

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 8:56 AM PDT

2005/09/23 · 08:56

If midterm elections were held today, Republicans would suffer at the ballot box. How much they would suffer, who knows? Right now, Rove's focus has got to be, How to mitigate the current PR disasters so that the voters don't punish Republicans in 2006. My fear is that, with the help of the short-attention-spam MSM, he will succeed.

So how do we help now to boot out Republicans? Read More

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