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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Kennedy on Abu Ghraib: Searing the Collective Memory

Senator Kennedy has done it again. He issued a statement today celebrating - as only a Bush-hating liberal can - the anniversary of the breaking of the Abu Ghraib scandal. Time and space - not to mention my temper - don't permit a complete analysis of this seven-page "statement" at the moment. Read... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 25, 2005

Congressional liberals sacrifice "principles" to love of power

Like their liberal supporters, senators Biden, Reid and company would have us believe that every last one of President Bush's judicial nominees is the scum of the earth, that each one is a bigoted, incompetent dolt who absolutley must not be allowed a fair hearing and an open vote by the full... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 23, 2005

The Death of Reasonable Doubt: The Hidden Danger of the Schiavo Rulings

This is rather long, but demands careful reading. It was written before Terri Schiavo died, but the implications Mr. McCarthy brings out from the rulings against her are chilling and cannot be forgotten like yesterday's news. He looks beyond the obvious precedent of the courts deciding that an... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Liberals are Progressives? They are neither.

That's all the rage in left-wing political circles. "We're not liberals, we're progressives!" Or the alternative: "We're liberal and progressive!" Okay, let's look at what "progressive" means. From my handy dandy Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged (which... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Economy was "robust," seal hunt story fabricated

Lead paragraph of a news item from the Los Angeles Times: Stock prices suffered their hardest hit in more than two years yesterday – with the Dow Jones industrials plunging more than 190 points as evidence mounted that the U. S. economy’s once-robust growth is slowing.” Say what? The “once-robust... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

DeLay apologizes . . . or did he?

The former mainstream news media has been all agog over House majority leader Tom DeLay’s purported apology for his criticism of federal judges in the Terri Schiavo case. “DeLay apologizes for his criticism of U. S. judges,” scream the headlines. Oh, really? That would be news to him. Here is what... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

The Party of Growing Outrage

I want to thank Ann McFeatters, Washington bureau chief for the Toledo Blade, for coining the perfect term to describe the modern liberal Democrat. "Vision?" No. "Constructive dialogue?" Nope. "Positive contribution?" Wrong again. Her master stroke? "Growing outrage." She was writing about the John... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Liberals use The Thee Stooges as a model for dialogue and debate?

Some liberals have taken to assaulting conservatives, particularly those bold enough to speak on college campuses, with everything from pies to salad dressing. They obviously don’t have the slightest idea of what this says about them and their credibility. First, it demonstrates their utter... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 11, 2005

The Politics of Negativity

Just look at these paragraphs from the Boston Globe of April 11 th: Senior Democrats are increasingly confident that they have blocked Republicans plans for historic breakthroughs in legislation under GOP control of the White House and Congress, declaring that the Democratic strategy of unified... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Your tax dollars at work

Parade magazine, that great purveyor of political wisdom and insight that comes in many Sunday newspapers, ran an article in this week's edition decrying how our tax monies are spent. The article features a prominent sidebar, A Look at Priorities. Citing such examples as business versus safety,... Sign in to see full entry.

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