Republican Reaction to Foley Speaks Volumes

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Sunday October 01, 2006 · 11:16 AM PDT

2006/10/01 · 11:16

"Know Thy Enemy"?

We might do well to take a look at the other side of the aisle, and its reaction to the Foley scandal.

Take a look at the comments posted in response to the only post on RedState dealing with the issue.

About one-third to one-half of the posters on the right there see the right thing to do--and one distinguished himself with the comment, "Retaining power would not justify holding on to scum like this." (Kudos, sir!)

However, the remainder of those posting seem to be ruled by other impulses, and give vent to other feelings. And it is their remarks which are both chilling and telling: Read More

Faking Around

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Saturday August 05, 2006 · 9:39 PM PDT

2006/08/05 · 21:39

One of the nicest things about people--and one all too very often overlooked in a black-and-white partisan world--is that people are not ideologies. My "Liberal", no matter how assorted pundits may try to make it an all-encompassing smear, does not mean the same as yours. Nor does one person's "conservative" mean the same as another's.

For instance; I am pro-choice, well within the traditional bounds of what is considered "liberal". However, I am also for a death penalty. (Note that I say "A death penalty"; while I feel that there exists a rationale for a state's putting some people to death, the system as we now have it in America is far too bloodthirsty, far too arbitrary, and far too racially-driven for my taste.)

But contrary to perception many have of the raging liberal, THIS raging liberal is pro-Israel. Which, at the same time, doesn't mean I like the manner in which that country is conducting things with regard to the Hezbollah situation in Lebanon. Read More

Help Me Help the Community

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Thursday June 29, 2006 · 9:58 AM PDT

2006/06/29 · 09:58

This is an appeal to those far more experienced in the realm of community service.

I'm Assistant Legislative Coordinator of my union chapter, a chapter of federal workers 6,000 strong in a large city. I'm also the chapter webmaster (despite never having designed web pages before), the press secretary, the petition coordinator, and all-around errand boy.
I don't mind the many positions, because I'm a big believer in Doing the Job, and Doing it Right. Read More

Why Brangelina Should Interest Us

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Sunday May 28, 2006 · 8:33 AM PDT

2006/05/28 · 08:33

[cross-posted from Harlan Ellison's message board]
I'm probably the only one here who can or would say this, but I actually AM interested in the ongoing saga of Ms. Jolie's and Mr. Pitt's loinfruit--but, I might add, only in a purely sociological fashion.

No, I haven't gone gibbetmind; hear me out.

Whether on their own part or on the part of their publicists, the whole thing speaks to a particular astuteness in owning one's own celebrity. Read More

Won't Get Fooled Again?

AlexJay

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Tuesday October 11, 2005 · 11:07 AM PDT

2005/10/11 · 11:07

NYC subway "terrorist threat" a hoax.

So. Our "intelligence", likely either military or mercenaries--whoops; "CONTRACTORS"--listened to some putz in Iraq and not only whooped it up about threats to the subway system in the now-rendered-holy-by-dint-of-9/11 city of New York, but also mounted a military operation to arrest three guys the putz said were in on the plot. Of course, they had no clue about the plot, because there WAS no plot.

Bloomberg was told of the "threat" by the FBI. The question is, which intel agency told the FBI about the threat? Maybe this tight confluence of cooperating agencies used to warring with one another wasn't the best idea ...

And where's our intelligence czar John Negroponte (who previously did such a [cough, cough] as UN Ambassador and "ambassador" to Iraq [can anyone explain to me how you can be an ambassador to a country without a government]?

Shouldn't he be explaining how this happened and showing us the oversights they're putting in place to make sure it doesn't happen again?

Oops--don't want to play the blame game ...

An Interesting, if Somewhat Unscientific, Study

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Saturday September 10, 2005 · 8:31 PM PDT

2005/09/10 · 20:31

Looking around at the responses to Katrina, I saw something very interesting.

The website of the Democratic Party has no less than thirteen links on its front page dealing with the Katrina disaster and aftermath. Of those, one is the top link on the page, three and a half are links through which visitors can help, by donating, volunteering, whatever (the "half" is because the "Katrina Aftermath" link goes to a page which has a "How You Can Help" sidebar), and two are links to state emergency numbers and resources for victims.

The Libertarian Party's website has four Katrina links; one is both the top link on the page and an appeal for help from site visitors. Read More

58,000 Absentee Ballots Go Missing in FL

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 10:50 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 22:50

Oh, crap. This bodes very, very, very ill.

Gee--all the never-delivered absentee ballots were for Broward County, the county which had the highest margin in favor of Gore in the state in 2000.

... but I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

As everyone else here seems a great deal more versed in the peculiarities of the process, perhaps you can tell me: What recourse exists for a problem of this sort, and of this magnitude, save for lawsuits?

(and, of course, if malice aforethought is indicated, an FBI denial-of-civil-rights investigation ...)

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