We honored the Veteran's Tuesday
Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 01:19:45 PM PDT
I just received an email a few minutes ago that contained a salute to veterans that appears to have been circulating for a number of years. Sadly, although his intentions were noble the words he forwarded seem condescending....
Armstrong and Iraq
Tue Jul 26, 2005 at 11:27:35 AM PDT
With all the media hype about Armstrong's Tour de France win Sunday it's disappointing that there hasn't been much MSM coverage of his remarks about Iraq. Luckily for us, Dave Zirin's
Edge of Sports column fills in the details...
"Lance is an incredible inspiration to people from all walks of life, and he has lifted the spirits of those who face life's challenges," Bush said about the fellow Texan and "old friend". "He is a true champion."
Wow...kind words from our president concerning Lance's latest triumph. Funny to hear this praise from Bush considering Lance Armstrong's comments about the war in Iraq....more below the fold.
AFA quietly drops Ford boycott
Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 03:03:46 PM PDT
I missed this in the junk email that I get from the American Family Association. Apparently they started a
full-blown boycott of Ford Motor Company on May 31, even launching a
supporting website. They
announced a
"suspension" of the boycott on June 6, only one week later, even though Ford made absolutely no changes to their policies (advertising, promotional or personnel). AFA claims to have received support from over 110,000 online members, but that's pretty tepid support considering they claim an online membership of 2.2 million. My guess is they realized that attempting a boycott of an American car manufacturer that's on the brink of bankruptcy might not sit well with their core membership. Cody Lowe of the Roanoke Times has a
nice column discussing the "success" of AFA boycotts.
Forget the food stamps, let's buy stadium naming rights..
Mon Apr 18, 2005 at 05:40:48 AM PDT
In this weeks
Edge of Sports column, Dave Zirin writes about the National Guard's plan to buy the naming rights to RFK Stadium in Washington DC:
This is why, even though 25,000 soldiers are currently on food stamps, there is 6 million dollars in the Pentagon Budget for stadium naming rights. This is also why RFK stadium of Southeast DC is a perfect locale for their new publicity push. Since September 11th, Armed Forces enlistment by African-American men has dropped by 47%. Southeast DC, with its decrepit high schools and spiraling unemployment makes for an ideal location. Presumably, even if they can't afford tickets, they can come on by to sign up at the adjacent recruitment stands.
Forget Veteran's Stadium, a name that conjured up respect for the dedication of soldiers in past wars...we're moving on to using stadiums as the recruitment office for the 21st century.
When is a poll not a poll?
Sat Apr 02, 2005 at 05:57:39 AM PDT
A few days ago I
posted a diary pointing to an American Family Association
online poll about bibles in jury rooms. I discovered the poll via my subscription to the AFA email alerts, and I immediately visited the site and voted. I also made a note of the polling tally at the time:
Should the Bible be banned from the Jury Room?
No, the Bible should not be banned from the Jury Room.
36317 votes 99.15%
Yes, the Bible should be banned from the Jury Room.
328 votes 0.90%
Two days later and the vote tally is unchanged, and a query to the webmaster of the site has not been answered. Is it possible that an organization that promotes Christian values would themselves post false poll results in order to advance their political and moral agenda?
Should the Bible be banned in a jury room?
Thu Mar 31, 2005 at 08:10:07 AM PDT
The
story is a few days old but the campaign by the American Family Association is hitting email inboxes today:
Recently the Colorado Supreme Court threw out a death sentence for a man convicted of rape and murder. Their reason? Some jurors in the jury room read from the Bible before reaching a verdict.
Oddly enough, the judge in the case - as Colorado law requires - sent the jury off to deliberate about the death penalty with an instruction to think beyond the narrow confines of the law. Each juror, the judge told the panel, must make an "individual moral assessment," in deciding whether the defendant should live.
The jurors voted unanimously for death. Because of that, the Colorado Supreme Court changed his sentence to life in prison without parole.
Should the Bible be banned from the Jury Room?
Rather than posting a poll here, just click on over to the AFA site and
cast your vote.
Those salivating liberals....
Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 02:16:53 PM PDT
Donald Wildmon's
American Family Association sent out an
email alert today accusing liberals of using the Terri Schiavo case to their advantage:
Liberals have been salivating over a case like Terri Schiavo's to use in pushing euthanasia. The promoters for activist liberal judges are poised for major gains.
Funny, I thought it was the right-to-life folks that were milking Terri's situation for all its worth. Wildmon reveals his real agenda in the next paragraph:
The only body that can stop liberal activist judges from controlling this country is the U.S. Senate. In a few days the Senate will vote on ending the liberals' filibuster of conservative judges who see their sole responsibility to be that of interpreting the Constitution.
Terri's death will be just the beginning of the battle to get radical-right justices approved by Congress, even though most of the justices who've made decisions on this case are far from "liberal activist judges". You've gotta love how these guys start by accusing the liberals of taking advantage of the poor woman while at the same time making their own sales pitch.
The new Congressional Witch-Hunt
Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 08:46:24 AM PDT
In this week's
Edge of Sports column, Dave Zirin draws interesting parallels between the McCarthy-ism of the 1950's and this week's subpoenas of major league baseball players to testify about steroid use.
A congressional committee, already preening for the nearest cameras, has been tasked with "getting steroids out of Major League Baseball." Current and former players..... have all been subpoenaed to testify under oath. Major League Baseball and the Players Association have pledged to fight the subpoenas, taking the unprecedented step to unite under one attorney, Mr. Stanley Brand. Brand is arguing all over TV land that this congressional committee has no jurisdiction, is violating the player's first amendment privacy rights with no purpose but to "satisfy their prurient interest into who may and may not have engaged in this activity."
The legal basis for the subpoenas is questionable and the players union and Major League Baseball have banded together to prevent their players from testifying, but Zirin goes on to point out that the issue goes far beyond legal jurisdiction.
