Archive for Best Blog Entry Today
May 30, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Blogs and Bloggers, Conservatism, Media, Quotes, TV
Jon Stewert & Stephen Colbert come to mind, this is why they are so funny and relevant. This is also why Fox’s attempted stab(s) at cloning the Comedy Central duo for propaganda purposes don’t work and will never work. It is just not funny to “douse” out of fear. And I believe Fox is afraid of the corner they have painted themselves into. Carrying water for the GOP rather than reporting the news.
James Pinkerton: When Art is Cooler — and More Conservative — Than Politics
…Art doesn’t just imitate life; it reacts to life, it comments on life.
Artists, flashing their fancies and passions, might not commonly be seen as anchors of common sense and prudence. Yet when politicians lose themselves in the pyrotechnics of their own romantic ecstasies, even artists will feel compelled to step in and provide the needed dousing. And that counter-active cooling will likely continue as long as George W. Bush and his white-hot ideology burn in the White House.
~Christopher Alden
May 28, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Blogs and Bloggers, Elected Folks, Honestly, Leaders, Quotes, Reality Conservatives
The Daily Dish
It’s truly rare that a president spends taxpayers’ money to train the enemy to kill U.S. troops. But Bush has pulled it off.
~ Andrew Sullivan
May 24, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Leaders
Yup, a leader with talent.
Assimilated Press
Commenting on the extraordinary event, author Gore Vidal said, “I dont know why anyone would be surprised by the President turning gold into lead. After all, he has already turned peace into war, prosperity into debt, confidence into fear, joy into suffering and The Bill of Rights into a pile of manure. If anyone could turn gold into lead, it is George W. Bush.”
March 25, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Blogs and Bloggers, Honestly, Leaders, Media, Pathetic, Pundit Land, Video Clips
I saw David Frum on Bill Maher last Friday and couldn’t believe how he stammered his support for the Iraq invasion and occupation. To be fair, he was in an environment with an audience hostile to his position. Still, if he so believed this is the right war, at the right time, in the right country - it would be less surprising how unconvinced he sounded.
Crooks & Liars has the video and I snatched this comment from John Amato:
Crooks and Liars » What’s the Answer in Iraq, David?
Update: John Amato: A close friend of David’s told me that he had to talk him off the cliff after he had visited Iraq and watched the horror that he helped create…
Why can’t these neocons just admit they were wrong abut going into Iraq?
March 19, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Elected Folks, GOP Lame, GOP Scary, Honestly, Pass it On, Pathetic, Quotes
Two more years, two more years…
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
And with those words, George W. Bush announced the beginning of the Iraq war on March 19, 2003. And on its fourth anniversary, let’s follow this war through the words of George Bush. Follow the time line here
March 18, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Blogs and Bloggers, Conservatism, GOP Lame, Pathetic
There are 25 of their talking points / beliefs listed. Go read it and get your points:
The Blog | Marty Kaplan: Are You Smarter Than A Neocon? | The Huffington Post
13. Dissent emboldens the enemy, aids and abets the terrorists, and is unpatriotic.
14. Freedom is like dominoes.
15. Our mission is victory.
16. In six months, this will all turn around.
17. The Generals on the ground know what they need and get what they want.
18. If Joe Lieberman is for it, it’s bipartisan.
19. The Senate Intelligence Committee already looked into it, and there’s nothing to it.
20. It’s Clinton’s fault.
21. Iraq is the central front in the global war on terror.
22. “Redeployment” is another name for cut-and-run.
March 7, 2007
· Filed under 2008 Election, Best Blog Entry Today, Fringe Elements, Media, Pass it On, Pathetic, Pundit Land, Say What?
The other day I swore I would ignore Coulter and then I run into this comment. As I said before - she is no comedian.
Right Wing Watch: Things You See at CPAC
Ann Coulter wows the capacity crowd with her witticisms such as “we need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals by making them realize that they could be killed.”
The whole post at Right Wing Watch is eye opening. The nuts have taken over the asylum.
March 5, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Blogs and Bloggers, Fringe Elements, Honestly, Media, Pass it On
For The Love Of… Just Ignore Ann Coulter « ChenZhen’s Chamber
Note to righty bloggers reading this:
I hereby declare that I will not use Ann Coulter’s remarks (past, present, and future) against conservatives, so long as you declare that Ann Coulter is effectively banished from intelligent political discourse. It’s not that hard to do, really. It’s not like she’s running for president or anything. Before you know it, her appearances on Fox and silly guest appearances at major events like CPAC will be a thing of the past.
Let’s let Ann ride off into the sunset, shall we?
BTW- Who’d miss her?
March 4, 2007
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Honestly, Pass it On, Quotes, Say What?
The whole post is highly quote-able — funny and true. Richard Kim so gets the point. Below are two favorite clips from the post. The whole thing is a quick and very funny read.
The Notion - Faggot Feud
by:Richard Kim
**Ann Coulter couldn’t find a homosexual at a Barbra Streisand concert, in San Francisco, on gay pride, if Elton John bitch slapped her in the face. I shudder to think what would become of her on Gay, Straight or Taken?
**…After all, there is something gay-ish about him. He’s pretty. He’s passionate. He spends a lot of time on his hair. And what’s wrong with that? He should toss his Nancy Boy locks back at Coulter and say, “Faggot? I own that word.”
March 3, 2007
· Filed under 2008 Election, Best Blog Entry Today, Blogs and Bloggers, Elected Folks, GOP Lame
How sad - the party of Goldwater and Reagan has descended to this:
The Daily Dish: The “Faggot” Video
All I heard and saw was loathing: loathing of Muslims, of “illegals,” of gays, of liberals, of McCain. The most painful thing for me was the sight of so many young people growing up believing that this is conservatism.
February 14, 2007
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It may be non-binding, but a political slap in the face is exactly what the Republicans need. It is a step in the right direction.
Assimilated Press: Non-Binding Resolution Becomes Political Statement
Unlike the other resolutions submitted, the Mizrahi design includes a veil.”It’s a darling little veil that allows The House to preserve its congressional modesty even while being so bold as to make suggestions to the President,” said Mr. Mizrahi. “It’s sexy but it’s also coy, it’s a safe way for The House to flirt with dissent without jumping into bed with the antiwar movement.”
November 16, 2006
· Filed under 2008 Election, Best Blog Entry Today, GOP Sanity, Pundit Land
Well there -are- sane people who are conservative. I’ve seen him a couple times on TV and obviously have misjudged his politics. I could totally vote for this brand of Republican.
Michael Smerconish: A Suburban GOP Manifesto | The Huffington Post
So, when the GOP leadership is decidedly pro-life, against Plan B dissemination and for federal intervention a la Schiavo, or opposes gay rights on the grounds that it has an effect on heterosexual marriage, we are turning off 50 percent of the suburban base.
And therein lies the future for the GOP. It’s time for moderation on social issues in order to advance a suburban agenda for the GOP. There seem to be many of us who want a party ready to kill bin Laden, willing to profile at airports, desirous of closing the borders, looking for an Iraq endgame, tolerant of homosexuals, willing to entertain multiple views on abortion and stem cells.
In short, a party that’s tough on the bad guys and not too preachy, and no longer willing to allow fringe elements to take over their platform. We’re not monolithic and should not be treated as such.
November 4, 2006
· Filed under Best Blog Entry Today, Salvation Show
It’s not just throw the bums out - throw all the religious hypocrits out with them - as in none of these religious ministers should be believed or have sway over who we elect, what we believe or how we should live.
We are sure Tony “homosexual agenda” Perkins already has sent us an email…we are off to our inbox to see how he spins this story.
Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish
Heres what you are being asked to believe: Haggard never had sex and never used crystal meth. Bush never ordered torture. The insurgency is in its last throes. Michael Brown did a “heckuva job.” And Rummy is doing a “fantastic job.”
These people cannot self-correct. Theyll lie and lie and lie to protect their psychic order. So they have to be corrected.
The election intervention is next Tuesday. Do them a favor, will you? More
Marriage “Unless You’re straight”
March 14, 2007 · Filed under Best Blog Comments, Best Blog Entry Today, Honestly, Marriage -Honestly
I can’t imagine anyone not reading Andrew Sullivan. But if you don’t or you missed his link to the Keillor blog post by Dan Savage (who I have never read before) - read it.
Here is a snip:
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