A Modest (Budget) Proposal

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Thursday February 16, 2006 · 2:58 PM PST

2006/02/16 · 14:58

The Chicago Tribune, a newspaper widely noted for its homosexual agenda, recently reported that President Bush has called on Congress to adopt a federal budget proposal that will "meet the nation's priorities." His spending plan includes cutting expenditures on 141 nonessential domestic programs, such as student loans, Medicare payments, community policing and fire fighting, environmental protections, medical research, water cleanup, low-income housing for the elderly and disabled, and Social Security death benefits. Good riddance.

But, why stop there? Read More

What Would Karl Rove Do?

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Saturday February 11, 2006 · 12:13 PM PST

2006/02/11 · 12:13

CROSS-POSTED AT WWW.TEDDYSTERN.COM

Maureen Dowd writes in today's New York Times:

At the Bush White House, the mere evocation of the word "terror" justifies breaking any law, contravening any convention, despoiling any ideal, electing any Republican and brushing off any failure to govern.

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Friday February 10, 2006 · 8:31 PM PST

2006/02/10 · 20:31

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It was founded on the principle that no man should be deprived of his right to liberty. Its very first President declared, "All men are created free and equal." And its platform once read, "Liberty is still today man's most precious possession."

Once upon a time, the Republican Party was the Party of Liberty. Read More

The War on Cartoons

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Tuesday February 07, 2006 · 12:45 AM PST

2006/02/07 · 00:45

The War on Cartoons claimed its first victims yesterday, when at least five peoples were killed in violent protests. Over the last two weeks, the dispute over satirical cartoons depicting Muhammad has grown from a mere mosquito fart to Hurricane Katrina II: Electric Boogaloo. Yet, weren't those cartoons published over six months ago? Why dredge them up now? Read More

The MPAA Pulls a "Bush"

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Friday February 03, 2006 · 8:59 PM PST

2006/02/03 · 20:59

cross-posted at TeddyStern.com

The Register draws our attention to the MPAA, which recently pulled a "Bush."

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a trade association formed to advance the interests of eight large movie studios -- Disney, Sony, MGM, Fox, Paramount, Universal, Warner, and New Line. Its primary operations include running the film ratings system, lobbying Congress for tighter copyright laws, and pursuing copyright infringers.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated is an independent documentary that critically examines the MPAA's rating system and its effects on American culture. Before director Kirby Dick submitted the film to the MPAA for a rating, he sought assurances that his film would not be duplicated.

Yet, according to the LA Times, the MPAA went ahead and made unlicensed copies of the film anyway. According to one MPAA employee, "We made a copy of Kirby's movie because it had implications for our employees."

Evidently, the MPAA believes it is above the very same laws that it lobbied Congress to pass. But, hey, if the President can ignore Congress, why can't the MPAA?

A Funny Trailer of Jack Abramoff's Red Scorpion!

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Saturday January 21, 2006 · 12:23 PM PST

2006/01/21 · 12:23

Right off the bat, I'm gonna warn ya'll that this is NOT for everybody. That being said, there's a funny spoof trailer of Jack Abramoff's Red Scorpion at WWW.TEDDYSTERN.COM.

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Dean Meme

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Sunday June 12, 2005 · 10:56 PM PDT

2005/06/12 · 22:56

Considering Dean will continue hitting headlines with his "off the cuff" remarks, we should embrace it. We should encourage it. Every time he gets on the news, he gets a chance to get his message out. And the media is paying attention and wants him to say something they can put up on their news shows. So we can start saying, "Whatever you think of Dean, he always says what he believes." Start spreading that meme and it reframes the whole brouhaha. He's not a "loose cannon" but a "straight shooter." It would fashion his public image from their resident wack-job Al Sharpton to their media darling McCain. It will be the first step in shaking the democrats status as WIMPS. Food for thought.

NYTimes Blames Newsweek For Riots Again

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Wednesday May 25, 2005 · 9:20 PM PDT

2005/05/25 · 21:20

In an article from this morning's New York Times, Neil A. Lewis writes,

The accusation that soldiers had put a Koran in a toilet, which has been made by former and current inmates over the past two years, stirred violence this month that killed at least 17 people in Muslim countries after Newsweek magazine reported that a military investigation was expected to confirm that the incident had in fact occurred.

While the article confirms the original reporting that led to the Newsweek report, it still blames the Newsweek blurb for 17 people's deaths?!? When will this end??

get religious lobbying firms off government welfare!

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Saturday April 23, 2005 · 4:15 PM PDT

2005/04/23 · 16:15

i'm a long-time lurker, first-time blogger.

if there's anything that's got a bee in my bonnet, it's this supposed Justice Sunday nonsense.

the very same churches that are lobbying Congress to end the minority party's legal right to filibuster are given tax exemption status. if these churches are bent on acting as radical lobbying groups injecting themselves into the American political process, shouldn't they be taxed like every other lobbying firm? that conservative extremists such as Senator Bill Frist and Rep. Tom Delay are joining them on their crusade is proof enough that these supposed churches are just another arm of the far right republican machine. as a tax payer, aren't you tired of subsizing their political activism? isn't it time these radical extremist lobbying firms get off government welfare? it's time to call on Congress to demand that these political outfits cloaked in religious self-righteousness lose their tax exemption status.

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