Listen to This: The Race To Ban Abortion
3 years ago
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Not sure about the feather in the cap...
After some initial glee about Arlen Specter's "becoming" a Democrat, I am increasingly sour and remembering all the things I do not like about him. I am concerned that the joy expressed by various people is a Beltway phenomenon mostly orchestrated by Joe Biden. Toomey would never have won in a state wide election and the dems have missed an opportunity to elect a progressive candidate. I know that Specter's defection is a real black eye for the repugs, even though they are trumpeting how wonderful it is, but Arlen is all about Arlen and as I think back to his being such a waterboy for the repugs (remember his trashing of Anita Hill, an act which has brought us years of Clarence Thomas presense, or lack there of, on the bench). Arlen also often says many of the right things and then votes the other way. No wonder he and Biden are friends.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Losing my religion
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/30/churchgoers-more-likely-to-back-torture-survey-finds/
I have a friend who told me that her husband invariably finds a song to say what he wants. Clearly, I have been infected, which is probably tactless thing to say in the H1N1 times. This study says that church goers are more likely to think torture is acceptable. Hmmm...I have no idea what this indicates, but it is pretty strange. Lacking the gene for religion and being totally ignorant about religion, I can make no sense of the study.
I have a friend who told me that her husband invariably finds a song to say what he wants. Clearly, I have been infected, which is probably tactless thing to say in the H1N1 times. This study says that church goers are more likely to think torture is acceptable. Hmmm...I have no idea what this indicates, but it is pretty strange. Lacking the gene for religion and being totally ignorant about religion, I can make no sense of the study.
Still Crazy
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKVhiJKrlAeZef28sPf4bXuiSRQwD97SSO200
It is hard to know if the repugs were always this crazy or is the press is now more willing to cover their more bizarre statements. It seems as though now the Republican party is now relegated to minor party status, the lunatics are coming out of the woodwork and have become the Republican brand (since when did political parties become brands, like washing detergent). You have the Virginia Foxx, a Congresswoman from North Carolina, saying that the Mathew Shepard murder was a "hoax," you have Michelle Bachman who is always good for some copy, you have Michael Steele who every time he opens his mouth says something ridiculous, the list could go on and on. How these people can have assumed any position of power is beyond me. As the Obama administration continues the rhetoric on the right becomes more and more hyperbolic, as they try different code words to inspire fear, hoping one will stick - Obama the socialist, Leninist, Stalinist, Marxist, Muslim, weak kneed, dictator, etc. These comparisons are from elected officials, so called commentators and the like. The rhetoric from the gun crowd or the secessionists is even more extreme. The repugs watch in a daze as his approval ratings stay pretty much the same.
It is hard to know if the repugs were always this crazy or is the press is now more willing to cover their more bizarre statements. It seems as though now the Republican party is now relegated to minor party status, the lunatics are coming out of the woodwork and have become the Republican brand (since when did political parties become brands, like washing detergent). You have the Virginia Foxx, a Congresswoman from North Carolina, saying that the Mathew Shepard murder was a "hoax," you have Michelle Bachman who is always good for some copy, you have Michael Steele who every time he opens his mouth says something ridiculous, the list could go on and on. How these people can have assumed any position of power is beyond me. As the Obama administration continues the rhetoric on the right becomes more and more hyperbolic, as they try different code words to inspire fear, hoping one will stick - Obama the socialist, Leninist, Stalinist, Marxist, Muslim, weak kneed, dictator, etc. These comparisons are from elected officials, so called commentators and the like. The rhetoric from the gun crowd or the secessionists is even more extreme. The repugs watch in a daze as his approval ratings stay pretty much the same.
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