Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Don't touch my brain!

Eligibility challenger: Don't touch my brain!

Don't worry, Col. Lakin, there's little or no likelihood of anyone being more than casually interested in your brain, or its contents, if any. You've now risked your reputation, your career, and your pension in what has become another chapter in a pathetic melodrama designed to primarily line the pockets of Joe Farah, World Net Daily publisher. Seriously, you've just been rudely fucked by Farah in his mission to make money. Don't think so? Here's the last paragrapg of the story about YOU, Col. Lakin:

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Scott Roeder Gets Max Sentence for Tiller Slaying

Scott Roeder Gets Max Sentence for Tiller Slaying

The reliably rabid anti-choice site Lifesitenews.com has weighed in on the Scott Roeder conviction and sentencing. Not surprisingly, some distance is maintained, as in defining Roeder's "mix of anarchist ideology with pseudo-Christian beliefs" as inconsistent with the real prolife movement.

Hard reasoning to accept in light of daily reports of death threats by prolifers against elected officials.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Jon Stewart Torches CNN and Redstate’s Erick Erickson | Mediaite

Jon Stewart Torches CNN and Redstate’s Erick Erickson | Mediaite

Tommy Christopher comments on the Daily Show's treatment of CNN hiring Redstate.com raver Erick Erickson. Christopher inserts a quasi-defense of Erickson's admittedly juvenile commentary:

Without original reporting, there are only a few ways to draw the eyeballs, and stepping over the line is a reliable one.


Therein lies the issue, "without original reporting." Which raises the question again, why is CNN further diluting its journalistic cred with Erick Erickson?

ObamaCare: The Beginning of A Total Takeover? - darsb1@gmail.com - Gmail

ObamaCare: The Beginning of A Total Takeover? - darsb1@gmail.com - Gmail

The folks at ConservativesAlerts are just relentlessly behind the news, pumping up donor anxiety with every cliche imaginable. This morning's email included the usual dishonesties: Abortion funding is included in PPACA, Obama's nefarious scheme to "take over" the country (psst - he already won the election). ut today's message also contained one o the most twisted metaphors I'ce seen recently:
America must not and will not become like the seduced German people in 1933. We will not stand by and watch Obama turn our country into Frankenstein’s laboratory, shredding our constitution, bill of rights and freedom as Hitler did with his country.


Priceless.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Internet porn is 'sexual revolution times 1,000,' ex-official says - Salt Lake Tribune

Internet porn is 'sexual revolution times 1,000,' ex-official says - Salt Lake Tribune

A former Reagan/Bush I anti-porn crusader holds forth at a conference in Utah.
porn leads to sex parties and prostitution and "hijacks our brain" to make users never satisfied, always seeking more deviant images.

The sponsoring coalition includes the expected, like law enforcement and religious officals, but also the private sector.
The coalition's board includes Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, the
Utah Catholic Diocese, LDS Church members and companies that offer counseling and Internet filters.

The definition of worrisome signs of teen porn consumption?
warning signs of teen porn use, including using vulgar and sexual language, extreme religiosity or avoidance of church activities.


Which sound a lot like the worrisome signs of puberty.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Planned Parenthood presses Colorado lawmakers to support maternity coverage � Colorado Independent

Planned Parenthood presses Colorado lawmakers to support maternity coverage � Colorado Independent

A bill to require maternity coverage in Colorado, HB 1021, is headed for the Senate this week. Already diluted in favor of the insurance companies, it faces an ideological hurdle.
House sponsor Beth McCann, D-Denver, told the Colorado Independent weeks ago that she expected her bill would have trouble making its way through the Senate, where conservatives would argue it placed an unfair burden on insurance companie


It's difficult to imagine what an "unfair burden" to insurers might be. We are, after all, talking about an industry that still has access to arbitrary rate hikes, denial of payment for pre-existing conditions, and recission, all of which bid fair to impose
an "unfair burden" on pregnant women.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Colorado Democratic Party suggests questions for Norton � Colorado Independent

Colorado Democratic Party suggests questions for Norton � Colorado Independent

Some suggested questions from the Colorado Democratic Party boss, Pat Waak:
Questions for “Not-Sayin’” Norton:

Many of us have been disappointed by your extreme rhetoric during this campaign, including your comments that you would now oppose Referendum C, which you helped pass in 2005. Will you tell Coloradans where you really stand, and why you’re changing your mind during a competitive primary?

The Denver Post praised Scott McInnis and John Hickenlooper for taking a position against Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 – which would be catastrophic for our state’s already strained finances. Michael Bennet also opposes them. Will you finally tell Coloradans where you stand on these measures?

You directed the lobbying division of a large trade group, and the Rocky Mountain News in 2001 reported that you were “previously a medical lobbyist.” Will you come clean and admit that in between your jobs in government you were a lobbyist for five years?

You called for a 20% “across the board cut” in discretionary spending. What would you cut from the Defense budget? Body Armor? Troop Pay? How about the COPS program which provides vital funding for police departments in Colorado? Would you cut Cancer research programs?

Do you still favor abolishing the U.S. Department of Education?

At another forum, you said you’re “not convinced” global warming was caused by humans. Yes or no question Jane: Do you believe in global warming?

You said the federal government should have “no place” in health care. Do you still believe that? If so, will you pledge to repeal Medicare coverage for the 574,263 Colorado seniors and repealing Medicaid coverage for the 374,200 Coloradans who receive quality health care through government-run programs?

On Fox News you said the job creation bill passed by the Senate was “too small.” Then your spokesman offered a confusing clarification. Where do you really stand on jumpstarting job creation?


Ms. Norton has campaigned in a remarkably opaque fashion. My suggestion for one additional question, "Ms. Norton, why is your current campaign ad directed at President Obama instead of your Democratic opponents?

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