This is what Jonah Goldberg at the Corner is saying: Dobson was on Fox last night defending Miers on the grounds she’s an evangelical Christian. It seems entirely possible and plausible to me that Bush had this as much in his mind as her inner-circle status. Well, I don’t know how true this is. She’s religious, but evangelical? But fine. … Read More
Dr. Dobson On Beating Teens
Focus on the Family’s Dr. James Dobson longs for the good old days: When I was a kid, it was easier for parents to keep their children in line. They didn’t have to depend as much on closeness and communication. Yeah. Fuck "closeness and communication". When I have kids, I’m never going to speak with them, or even allow them … Read More
The Liberal Avenger Must Be Stopped
Comrades, I regretfully inform you that one of our brothers-in-revolution is divulging secret communiques from the Central Committee. If you see him at this weekend’s Lenin-palooza, eliminate him at once, without prejudice. It is your duty to the Motherland. UPDATE: I want to write about this a little more. The underlying message from the rightosphere (as Liberal Avenger points out) … Read More
Editorials We Stopped Reading After The First Paragraph
From our dear friend Kaye Grogan: Sooner or later people need to realize if they keep building homes in high risk areas, they are not putting too much value on their lives or the lives of their families. Yes, hurricanes and tornadoes hit urban and rural areas as well, but not on the same level and magnitude as coastal areas. … Read More
Ann Coulter Stew
I honestly think she has lost her mind now. Today, Ann takes a bunch of key words and topics of the day, throws them into a large bowl, stirs them up with her bony man-hands, and produces an absolutely incomprehensible editorial on a topic which still eludes me, although I’m pretty sure it is intended to be some sort of … Read More
How Stupid Is Jonah Goldberg?
Answer: Pretty stupid. The issue is whether or not global warming is leading to increases in ocean temperatures, which leads to more ferocious hurricanes. I acknowledge that the scientific jury is still out on this issue, but Jonah’s explanation why it is not so is — well — stupid. Pointing to this NOAA chart, he writes: We are almost done … Read More
What The Wingnuts Are All A-Flutter About Now
President Clinton has opinions that most of the country agrees with [UPDATE: About Powerline’s outrage, Jesse’s response is a must-read] Ariana Huffington being picked up in an SUV The Red Menace (communists) (still) Guns, not butter . . . or homes . . . or jobs (for New Orleanians) Also, birds that occupy the airways. How complaining about the shape … Read More
Bush’s Potty Break
I wasn’t going to touch it, but now I must. By now, I’m sure many of you have heard about the Reuters photo, which shows Bush writing an important message to Condi Rice as the two of them are sitting in conference at the U.N. Just in case you haven’t, I will (against my better judgment) post it here. This … Read More
Flight 93 Memorial: The Outrage Continues
Captain Ed and Michelle Malkin have found other reasons to complain about the Flight 93 Memorial. No doubt shamed by the laughter generating from the left and the right, the whole Islamic crescent controversy has been relegated to the back seat. Now the problem with the memorial is that it is all faggy and new-agey. You know, windchimes ‘n shit: … Read More
Katrina: Right Wing Myths Debunked
Think Progress has a link-o-riffic debunking of some right-wing Katina memes. Here’s an example — there are many more: CLAIM — STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILURES: “White House Shifts Blame to State and Local Officials” [Washington Post, 9/4/05] FACT – BUSH PUT FEMA IN CHARGE OF EFFORT BEFORE KATRINA STRUCK: “Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, … Read More
More On The Flight 93 Memorial Design
Shorter Michelle Malkin: The plight of Flight 93 makes me cry, so you can understand why I was so shrill about the Flight 93 Memorial Design. Except I wasn’t being shrill. And just to prove that I wasn’t being shrill, here’s some polite emails and letters on the subject, none of which I wrote.
Flight 93 Homage To Mecca Update
The hysteria has reached epic proportions, and therefore, epic hilarity. The wingnuts are now convinced that the Flight 93 memorial points to Mecca. Liberal Avenger reports the latest here and here.
The Islamic State of South Carolina
The manufactured breathless "controversy" about the crescent-shaped Flight 93 memorial (which I wrote about here) continues. Liberal Avenger, who graciously linked to me, is on the case. Read his post, and pay particular attention to the moonbats his comments section. They’re going ballistic. The funny think about the right wing here is that they apparently "see" Islam embopied in a … Read More
Paranoia Of The Day
This amuses me to no end. Take a look at this picture. It is what the proposed Flight 93 memorial will look like from the air (Flight 93, as you recall, was the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania on 9/11). The image-over-substance wingnuts are absolutely freaking out about it. Why? Because it’s sorta shaped like a crescent! You know — … Read More
More Katrina Punditry
Today, we’re going to have some fun with Renew America columnist Karen Pittman, living proof that beauties and brains tend not to run together. Or not run at all. Keep in mind as you read that, according to her bio, she’s known as the "Lay’s Potato Chip of political punditry". Which is saying something. I have heard it all now. … Read More