Kaye Grogan’s latest editorial on America’s "official" language is a hoot. Because Kaye struggles so much with English, it is ripe for parody. But Sadly, No beat me to it: Speak English . . . or else! Kaye GroganMay 20, 2006 Okay it’s official — I hope! It has taken 200 plus years for English to become America’s official language. … Read More
Who Are Christians?
Columnist Peggy Noonan is all confused about The Da Vinci Code (the movie): I do not understand the thinking of a studio that would make, for the amusement of a nation 85% to 90% of whose people identify themselves as Christian, a major movie aimed at attacking the central tenets of that faith, and insulting as poor fools its gulled … Read More
Debbie Daniel’s Civil War
Our favorite Renew America pundit, Kaye Grogan, must be on vacation or in rehab, but excitable advertising account executive Debbie Daniel is happy to fill in with breathless outrage on the subject of — what else — immigration. Her article is entitled "Load Your Guns — Let The Battle Begin", which may sound like hyperbolic rhetoric until you realize that … Read More
White House = Fox News
WH Press Secretary Tony Snow, yesterday: MR. SNOW: "Well, as I pointed out — I mentioned this yesterday, and for — let me see if I can find my quote, because I pulled it out. Chuck Hagel, as you may recall, made a fair amount of news over the weekend when he first said that — let’s see — "Well, … Read More
Six Months
Heh. NYT foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman has six-month-itis when it comes to Iraq: New York Times, 11/30/03: "The next six months in Iraq—which will determine the prospects for democracy-building there—are the most important six months in U.S. foreign policy in a long, long time." CBS‘s Face the Nation, 10/3/04: "What we’re gonna find out, Bob, in the next six … Read More
Wanker Of The Day
I like poking fun at conservative columnists, but this guy writing about immigration takes the cake. In an article about how to deal with all the terrible undesireables, a Christian columnist at World Net Daily actually invoked Nazi Germany …favorably: [Bush] lied when he said: "Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic – it’s just not going to work." … Read More
Nathan Tabor: There’s Got To Be No Morning-After
Having lost the primaries for NC State Senate, Nathan Tabor has a lot of time on his hands to think about all the issues that are important to him. Today, it’s womens’ health women acting like hos: Imagine going to your doctor and being offered a pill—not because you were sick, or in any danger of becoming sick. No—your friendly … Read More
Intentionally Uninformed
Renew America pundit and pro-lifer Judie Brown, on the subject of Planned Parenthood, in a column entitled "Intentionally Uninhibited": Frantically scurrying to protect its multi-million dollar birth control enterprise, Planned Parenthood has begun taking aim at pro-life forces with rapid fire rhetoric designed to frighten the uninformed. Frightening the uninformed is Judie’s job, dammit, a point she will doubtless make … Read More
“Impeach Bush!”
In case you haven’t been paying attention, that’s been the rally cry from the rightwing side of the blogosphere. Why? Because the Bush Administration reportedly has been shadowing the Minutemen (the group of private citizens monitoring the U.S.-Mexican border for illegal immigrants), and reporting information about Minutemen groups (including their locations) to the Mexican government. Michelle Malkin started the fire … Read More
Shorter Townhall Columnists
Shorter Bret Prelusky: Let’s be more adult about sex so the French can’t mock us. Shorter Dennis Prager: A war by any other name would be as sweet. Shorter Jennifer Morse: Wives need to "put out" more. Shorter Jay Homnick: When Clinton took sodas out of schools, he took my raison d’etre away. Shorter Rebecca Hagelin: Anecdotal evidence that I … Read More
“Um, Except Me, That Is”
Renew America columnist Jim Sediak writes a column entitled "Rely On Normal People, Not Experts". In his diatribe (about a particular sex education book which "normal people" find offensive), he vents: That’s how horrible this book is. Normal people just know that. Everyone knows that — everyone except the "experts." We seem to have become a nation of so-called experts. … Read More
The Swiftboating Of Ray McGovern
Shorter Hindrocket: "Ray McGovern, the guy who challenged Rumsfeld on national television, is a nutty moonbat who’s a babbling psychopath. He’s like Cindy Sheehan with a beard. He’s crazy and deranged. And so is the media when it says that people like me are trying to vilify McGover (who, by the way, is totally mental)." Yes, this was predictable.
Marie Jon’s Romance Tips
Social conservative Marie Jon over at Renew America pens some advice for women: Forty years of feminist philosophy has brought severe reproof for just about everything the male does. If we listen to the feminists, man is evil, stupid, and unjustly tyrannical. When the truth is that women are evil. To make this point, Marie links to an article entitled … Read More
“America Is Becoming Mexico”: Kaye Grogan
Kaye’s latest Renew America column is a masterwork of non-sensical paranoia and outrage. We think Kaye has been sniffing glue. Or something: If you are a born American — you don’t have the right to be offended. She’s right. We checked the Constitution; it ain’t there. Now if you are from another country, especially if you are in America illegally, … Read More
What A Pissing Contest About Book Sales Says About Approaches To Truth
It started yesterday with this report on Drudge, proclaiming that Crashing The Gate, the newly-released book by lefty bloggers Markos Zuniga ("Kos" of Daily Kos) and Jerome Armstrong (of MyDD), was doing terribly in terms of book sales. According to Drudge’s source, Nielson’s Bookscan, CTG has sold only 3,630 copies. In response, Kos pointed out that Bookscan only tabulates books … Read More