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No Shit, Sherlock at Dobson Ranch
From Dobson’s Family Research Council’s webpage here comes this piece of utter stupidity: Chapter 6: Is There a Link between Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse? · A study of 229 convicted child molesters in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that “eighty-six percent of offenders against males described themselves as homosexual or bisexual.” (emphasis added) (W. D. Erickson, “Behavior Patterns of … Read More
Why Does The Media Still Refer To Him As A “Popular President”?
This is not good news for Bush: The last month has not been a good one for President Bush and the Republicans. Most people have opposed the President’s proposals for reforming Social Security and most were unhappy with the positions taken by Republicans in the Terri Schiavo case. The result is that the president’s job ratings have fallen to 44 … Read More
Marla Ruzicka, R.I.P.
Marla Ruzicka is one of the heroes of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. While surely there has been heroism and courage shown by the men and women in our military who fight with great honor and courage in what many of us still consider a flawed and stupid war, the courage and heroism is not limited to those Americans in … Read More
Why Bolton Should Not Be Confirmed
From WaPo: Bolton Often Blocked Information, Officials Say Iran, IAEA Matters Were Allegedly Kept From Rice, Powell By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, April 18, 2005; Page A04 John R. Bolton — who is seeking confirmation as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations — often blocked then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and, on one occasion, his … Read More
Monkey Cops
A punchline is needed for this. Mesa police want to add monkey to SWAT teamAssociated PressApr. 16, 2005 03:10 PM MESA, Ariz. – The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it’s looking to a monkey. "Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it," said Mesa … Read More
The Next Pope?
This can’t be good: THE wartime past of a leading German contender to succeed John Paul II may return to haunt him as cardinals begin voting in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to choose a new leader for 1 billion Catholics. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, whose strong defence of Catholic orthodoxy has earned him a variety of sobriquets — including “the enforcer”, … Read More
Culture of Life?
"It’s really cute that the citizens of Wingnuttia, who truly should be given their own homeland somewhere (they can call it the Christian States of America, or whatever, I don’t care), would prefer women to die of cancer if the alternative is maybe, just maybe, increasing the likelihood of them engaging in any sexual activity", says Atrios. He’s referring to … Read More
What Digby Says: “The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher”
Reprinted in full from here, because it’s that good: I am edified to learn that Dr Bill Frist, cat slayer, and Dr James Dobson, dauchshund beater, are joining hands to kill the independent judiciary. (As I have said before, while it’s true that not all animal abusers become serial killers, it is true that the vast majority of serial killers … Read More
Lies
First, a Bush lie: Bush on the Armstrong Williams payola scandal in a press conference, January 26, 2005: And we didn’t know about this in the White House . . . Page 8 footnote of the Inspector General’s Report, Department of Education, concerning the Armstrong Williams payola scandal, released Friday: "During a meeting between the White House and Department officials … Read More
On The Internets
Digby has an excellent article comparing the right-wing vs the left-wing blogospheres. The thrust? The right blogosphere operates largely as part of the greater Republican message machine. *** By contrast, the left blogosphere is populated by “citizen bloggers,” who work in non-political occupations for a living and blog for reasons of personal interest. This sphere actually operates as a unique … Read More
Bush On Taxes
Treasury Secretary John Snow, 4/15/05: President George Bush shares your desire to make paying taxes simpler. Fort Wayne News Sentinel, 8/16/04: Bush, despite his professed desire for simplicity, has not exactly acted that way. During his term in office, there have been 227 tax-code changes that added 10,000 pages to the monstrosity known as the tax code.
Bush Is Failing, But You’re Not Supposed To Know
From Knight-Ridder: The State Department decided to stop publishing an annual report on international terrorism after the government’s top terrorism center concluded that there were more terrorist attacks in 2004 than in any year since 1985, the first year the publication covered. Some current and former officials charged the report was stopped because it "raised disturbing questions about the Bush’s … Read More
False Dichotomy – A Rant
Take a look at this poster: Now what is it saying? It is saying that in order to serve as a judge, you must abandon your Christian faith, because you cannot do both, yes? Apparently, the right wing is in favor of the idea that judges should be able to follow their faith over what judges are supposed to be … Read More
Friday Random Ten
Another Friday, another Friday Random Ten from the shufflin’ of the iPod: The Sound of Philadelphia – MFSB My Sweet Lord – George Harrison Along Comes Mary – The Association The Rumour – Lauren Christy There Are Worse Things I Could Do – Stockard Channing (Grease Soundtrack) The Man With the Child in his Eyes – Kate Bush I’ll Never … Read More