December 07, 2006
The ISG Commission
I've been working really hard this week, so I've not had much time to do any deep reading or pay much attention to the news. But I've heard enough about the arrogant study group's conclusion to know that what I've heard so far is totally idiotic.
Negotiate with Iran? WTF! And Syria? Ack Ack Ack!!!
Annika does a better job of blogging about this subject, so go look and see what she has to say.
Posted by Beth at 06:08 PM | Comments (3)
I really hate the whole Commission idea
These stupid-ass commissions that Congress and the President use so often are just ridiculous. We did not elect commission members. We elect Congress and the President.
I do not want decisions like how to deal with Iraq made by commissions. Where in the US Constitution is there any mention of commissions and their 'power'.
Also, I don't want these old politicians, who are not elected, Baker and Hamilton and more, making decisions. This is bullshit.
What a waste, waste, waste of our taxes.
That is all.
Posted by Beth at 06:07 AM | Comments (7)
November 30, 2006
Kansas City Politics is really out of focus
In the news, Kansas City, Missouri, is one of the most dangerous places to live in the country. There are gang wars going on, but the city doesn't worry about that - they worry about forcing all bars and restaurants to be completely non-smoking.
The City Health Department wants to force all restaurants and bars to be smoke free, and while doing so, force all restaurants in the entire metropolitan area to be smoke free.
I don't smoke, but this should be a decision that a business owner makes.
I would be much more impressed if the City Council would do something about the violent crime rate in Kansas City.
Posted by Beth at 11:44 AM | Comments (1)
November 28, 2006
The Amero
Read and discuss.
Posted by Beth at 07:06 PM | Comments (2)
November 15, 2006
If I lived in Missouri, and I voted for Claire McCaskill, I'd be pissed
Claire decided that she needed a vacation after winning her Senate seat last week. So she leaves for a luxurious vacation (her husband is very, very wealthy) and blows off going to Washington D.C. this week.
And this week, the Dems are electing their leaders. And all the other freshmen Senators are being oriented.
Her first week on the job, and she takes vacation.
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November 12, 2006
Howard Dean
Unelected Howard Dean says that we are going to leave Iraq. I just watched him on Fox with Chris Wallace. He says it's time we cut our losses.
So folks, President Bush was right - the Democrats are all about cut and run.
I am furious that the leftist part of the Democrat party think they rule the country now. They don't.
President Bush, I have one word: Veto!
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November 09, 2006
Little rhyme from '64
I like this one:
The election day is over,
The talking is done.
My party lost,
Your party won.
So let us be friends,
Let arguments past.
I'll hug my elephant,
You kiss your ass.
Posted by Beth at 03:26 PM | Comments (3)
Attention all newly-elected Democrats
If you want to be elected for a second term, there are some things you are going to have to do.
1. Stop bashing Christians.
2. Accept the fact that the 2nd Ammendment means that citizens get to own firearms.
3. Keep our taxes low - do not pretend that 'rolling back' a tax cut is *not* a tax increase - it is.
4. Do not try to put price controls on things like gasoline. It's been tried before, and it was a miserable failure. Much like this Congress will be if it thinks that the country has turned liberal.
5. Limit abortions. Quit fighting for abortions until the last few minutes down the birth canal. Be reasonable. I think many people would accept legal abortions if you don't allow them after 4 or 5 months of pregnancy.
6. Do not try to control speech with 'hate speech' laws like they have in England and Canada.
7. Do not mess with our Constitution.
8. Do not spend the next two years having hearings about how much you all hate Republicans.
9. Be smart - we are in a Global War on Terrorism, and waiting for the US to be attacked is not the way to fight it.
10. Let our soldiers fight a war. Forget the PC bullshit.
11. Don't betray Israel.
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What I think of the election
Hat tip to Merri and her hubbie, Vinnie, who put this thing together!
Posted by Beth at 07:02 AM | Comments (3)
November 07, 2006
vote
It is very important to vote. The Democrats have registered thousands of dead people in Kansas City and St. Louis, so for conservatives to have a chance, we all have to vote.
I'm cracking up at the 'news' that Democrats are accussing Republicans of voter fraud or voter suppression when the Democrats have been famous for such doings for years and years.
Remember folks, it was the Democrats in the South who prevented African Americans from voting - not Republicans!
So vote.
Posted by Beth at 12:23 PM | Comments (1)
November 06, 2006
Think about your vote
Even if you are pissed off at the Republican Party because they can't seem to cut back spending programs and because here they are in power and it seems they are screwing it up - remember the alternative - Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. And Pelosi has laid out her 100 days plan - just as if she was running for President (ick, patoooie). The Democrats will raise our taxes, spend way more than Repulicans, plunging the economy into recession, really screw up the War On Terror, cheer on the terrorists by pretending they are really just a bunch of guys who need to be treated nicely and they will be nice back.
Now, the Arab world is thrilled by the prospect of a Democratically controlled Congress. The terrorists are cheering on the Democrats. Why? Because it will prove to the terrorists that their actions in Iraq were the right ones, and it will prove to them that terrorism works.
So, love terrorism? Vote Democrat.
Love government spending? Vote Democrat.
Want to pay more taxes? Vote Democrat.
Posted by Beth at 06:23 AM | Comments (3)
November 02, 2006
Humour and Politics
One of my daily listens, Darla Jaye at KMBZ.com, found an opinion column by the Kansas City Star's Lewis Diugiud, who is always offended by everything. And he is a flaming liberal, too.
Anyway, Lewis is unhappy that people laugh about politics - politics should be taken seriously, he claims:
But poking fun at our nation’s political process takes away from the seriousness of voting, such as in Tuesday’s election. It hinders people from realizing that their voices at the ballot box matter in national, state and local governments.Instead we laugh as Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” late-night comedians Jay Leno and David Letterman, and other entertainers skewer politicians.
Yes, Lewis does not want us to laugh. We are not serious enough about voting for "change". And yes, Lewis is a Democrat.
I wonder if Lewis has ever noticed that it's pretty obvious that David Letterman, Jay Leno and Jon Stewart tend towards the left in their jokes - that ought to make Lewis happy!
Anyway, Lewis managed to find one study to back up his thesis. "The Daily Show Effect".
The authors of the study summarized it:
We test the effects of a popular televised source of political humor for young Americans: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. We find that participants exposed to jokes about George W. Bush and John Kerry on The Daily Show tended to rate both candidates more negatively, even when controlling for partisanship and other demographic variables. Moreover, we find that viewers exhibit more cynicism toward the electoral system and the news media at large.(emphasis mine)Despite these negative reactions, viewers of The Daily Show reported increased confidence in their ability to understand the complicated world of politics. Our findings are significant in the burgeoning field of research on the effects of "soft news" on the American public. Although research indicates that soft news contributes to democratic citizenship in America by reaching out to the inattentive public, our findings indicate that The Daily Show may have more detrimental effects, driving down support for political institutions and leaders among those already inclined toward nonparticipation.
Personally, I think that we should be cynical about the news media. We should be cynical about political leaders.
I am not a Daily Show fan because Jon Stewart tends to be very left-leaning, but if he is breeding cynicism into the youth of today, good.
We have learned that both the MSM and the politicians lie with regularity. Laughing at both is healthy.
Posted by Beth at 01:31 PM
November 01, 2006
Vote Republican
I agree - your life depends on it.
Posted by Beth at 06:06 AM
October 31, 2006
Vote for Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun is our Congressman. He has taken his re-election for granted, I'm afraid, and Nancy Boyda, the Democrat, has spent a ton of money on her campaign.
Her signs say - Vote For Change - BOYDA, Democrat. So she is simply running against Jim Ryun, not for herself.
If any of you are at all tempted to vote for Bodya - just remember this - she is very much against gun ownership.
Posted by Beth at 01:38 PM
October 30, 2006
Her side of the story
Here in Kansas, the race for Attorney General has been a pretty hot one. There is a lot of political intrigue and backstabbing going on. When things like this happen, it gets so people do not know who is telling the truth.
You see, in response to a comment from Paul Morrison that he has no scandal in his past, Phil Klein mentioned a sexual harrassment lawsuit that was filed against Paul Morrison by a former employee some years ago when he was the Johnson County prosecuter in Olathe, Kansas. Well, Paul Morrison has accussed Mr. Klein of being sleazy, etc., by bringing this up. Both parties agreed to end the lawsuit for reasons of their own.
The Kansas City Star has a fairly balanced article about the bruhaha here.
I wanted to publish the statement of the woman who still stands behind her assertion that Paul Morrison sexually harrassed her. (Morrison claims he just said she looked attractive). So I asked Kelly Summerlin's attorney, Scott G. Hattrup, and have permission to publish this in full:
Scott G. Hattrup Attorney at Law 11925 W. 92nd Terrace Lenexa, KS 66215 (913) 492-8812 phone/ (913) 492-8836 fax SHattrup@aol.com The following is a press release from my client, Kelly Summerlin. . Please direct all further questions through my office and do not contact my client directly.
STATEMENT OF KELLY SUMMERLIN Because of recent false and misleading statements made by Paul Morrison, I have prepared this statement.
I was fully aware, back in 1991, when I first filed cases against Paul Morrison, that they would become a matter of public record. And that anyone, at anytime, could access and review this information. My family and I put a great deal of thought into the seriousness of this matter. I sincerely considered the fact that Mr. Morrison was a powerful and prominent person with a great deal of influence.
Although I did not personally give permission to Mr. Phill Kline to release the court documents, that was not my call to make. It was all public record. I also accept that Paul Morrison could have done the same at any time.
Mr. Kline’s references to these lawsuits have been accurate, to my understanding. On the other hand, Mr. Morrison has provided misleading and false information. I believe it is important for me to attempt to set the record straight. The public will make its own determinations. I do this for myself, my family and for anyone who has ever been in my shoes and was afraid to speak out. It was not easy then and it is not easy now. Make no mistake, what I said was true fifteen years ago and is still true today.
In 1985, I was hired by Dennis Moore, the Johnson County District Attorney, to work as a Victim/Witness Assistant. After Mr. Morrison was elected as the District Attorney, he promoted me to Coordinator of the Victim/Witness Assistance Unit. In that position I participated as a part of the prosecution team in one our office’s most significant cases involving a serial murderer. My role was to advocate and support the surviving family members. Mr. Morrison presented a select number of people with a personal award plaque recognizing their contribution in this important case; I was one of those.
On the evening of the verdict, November 4, 1990, Mr. Morrison personally invited me to a victory party at a local bar, along with other key participants. I attended, and during the course of the evening, Mr. Morrison did not simply “compliment me” by saying I was attractive, as he claims. His actions and words were much more aggressive.
Mr. Morrison approached me and told me he was uncomfortable. I asked him why and he responded by propositioning me. He then pressured me to respond by asking, “What are we going to do about that?” I was stunned. I rejected his advances and felt like all of my hard work, commitment, and dedication had been reduced to nothing.
The following day Mr. Morrison pulled me aside at work and blamed his comments and actions the night before on the alcohol. I simply acknowledged his statement. I wanted this to go away. It didn’t. Over the course of the next few weeks and months, my job description was changed, my responsibilities were reduced, I was moved out of my office, my computer was taken away, and Mr. Morrison denied me the opportunity to work with victims. The working environment was increasingly hostile and unforgiving. After five years of service, on February 12, 1991, Paul Morrison gave me the option to resign quietly and receive my vacation and sick leave benefits or be terminated and lose all benefits. He gave me a week to consider my options. I decided to fight.
I learned that Mr. Morrison was very skillful at re-arranging facts to fit a version that would be most favorable to him. He is a skilled attorney. He continues to minimize his actions and behavior and put all blame on me. He has used his power and position to control and intimidate. The second most difficult and painful experience of my life was standing up to Mr. Morrison.
The first would have to be the effort by my husband and I to have a family. During this time in 1991, my husband and I were seeking to adopt our first child. Even though I was no longer employed in his office, I learned that Mr. Morrison had spoken with the birth- grandparents of the child we were seeking to adopt. I was stunned and felt violated again. There was NO reason for any conversation regarding our private adoption to have ever taken place by Mr. Morrison. He was the District Attorney and I was a private citizen.
I fought for more than two years. I followed the legal process by first filing an EEOC complaint. I was required to wait for the outcome of the EEOC case before filing a civil sexual harassment lawsuit. I also filed a separate due process case. During that time I was repeatedly attacked and belittled by Mr. Morrison and his attorneys.
The due process case was dismissed by the judge before the jury could deliberate. Review of court records show the judge stating that the case was "difficult and not clear cut.” Mr. Morrison had asked the judge to declare the lawsuit as “frivolous, unreasonable and brought in bad faith,” in seeking to have me pay his attorney fees; the judge did not agree with Mr. Morrison.
My case for sexual harassment was never thrown out of court by a judge. Mr. Morrison’s recent statement implying that the case had no merit is a misstatement of the truth. As an attorney, he is certain to comprehend the difference in the cases; however, his public comments are misleading and deceitful. Court documents reflect that the judge concluded that in pursuing the sexual harassment charges that, “a reasonable person could find in favor of either party.” Only a jury could make the final decision. Not Mr. Morrison.
As the sexual harassment trial was approaching, more than two years after the initial incident, Mr. Morrison’s tactics had taken their toll. I needed to move forward and pursue a career that utilized my strengths and talents and had decided to apply to nursing school. This was a very competitive process and required all of our emotional and financial resources. We were not willing to risk the possibility of Mr. Morrison again becoming involved in our personal life goals. After much consideration for what was best for our family, my husband and I decided to settle the case. There were no strings attached and no money exchanged hands.
Mr. Morrison is now publicly claiming that there was some sort of side agreement; we would dismiss the sexual harassment case if he “agreed not to go after them (us).” Once again, the facts will bear that there was no such agreement. There was no deal. Mr. Morrison has been free to file any counterclaim alleging defamation of character or slander. He chose not to.
I have never recanted my statements. What I said was true fifteen years ago and remains the truth today. I appreciate the opportunity to publicly respond to the recent events.Kelly Summerlin
So, it seems to me that Paul Morrison is not exactly being truthful about this. I have to wonder if he will uphold sexual harrassment laws as the Attorney General of Kansas, and if he would be likely to fire women who do not care for any unwelcome advances.
I was a victim of sexual harrassment back in the '80s. I worked at the OakPark Mall Krigel's jewelry store, and the manager of that store man-handled all of us.
He would swat me on the behind in front of customers or in the backroom and think it was funny. I asked him to stop, and he didn't. So I went to the owners of the chain, Mr. and Mrs. Krigel. They pretty much said that since the manager was such a great salemen, they were not going to do anything to upset him.
So I got moved to the lowest volume store in the chain - at Metro North Mall, and got a huge cut in my commissions.
UPDATE: I forgot to thank Jim C. for sending me this info - Thanks, Jim!
Posted by Beth at 03:33 PM
October 27, 2006
Politics
Damn, I cannot wait for election day. I will vote next week sometime, because Kansas is one of those wonderful states that allow you to go to the courthouse and vote early.
But the commercials - ugh. I hate them. Every time I turn on the radio or television, I'm assaulted by the commercials. And to make it worse, the bulk of the commercials are in reference to a tight race in Missouri - I don't even live there and I have to listen to all the bullshit flung from both sides.
So I have had to watch the Michael J. Fox commercial many times. And whether you want it or not, here is my opinion on that commercial.
1. Michael J. Fox has overdosed on his medication in order to exaggerate his movements - he admits this.
2. The commercial gives the impression that a cure for Parkinson's is only awaiting Claire McCaskill's election to the Senate - and nothing could be further from the truth. It is going to take a lot of years and a lot of good research to develop a cure for Parkinson's. Besides anyone who votes for Claire McCaskill for only one issue is certainly not thinking things through.
3. I feel bad that Michael J. Fox's illness is being used to shill for politicians. And Claire McCaskill has exactly nothing to do with the question of stem cell research in the State of Missouri.
4. The ad is misleading:
Princeton professor Robert P. George, who sits on the president’s bioethics commission, tells National Review Online:(from Kathryn Jean Lopez's NRO column.)the ads exaggerate the therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells beyond anything that Michael J. Fox or anyone else has reasonable grounds to believe they can be used to accomplish. Adult stem cells — stem cells that can be obtained harmlessly from umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, fat, and other sources — have actually been used successfully to treat people. They have been used to improve people’s lives. Embryonic stem cells have not helped anyone. No one knows when, if ever, embryonic cells will be used in therapies at all. Indeed, not a single embryonic-stem-cell-based therapy is even in stage one of clinical trials. That is because the tendency of embryonic stem cells to produce tumors makes it unethical to use them in human beings — even in experimental treatments. By contrast, there are more than 1,000 adult-stem-cell-based therapies in clinical trials. In his ads, Michael J. Fox hides these crucial facts, thus creating an appallingly false impression and slandering candidates against whom the ads are directed.”
Posted by Beth at 04:48 PM
October 26, 2006
From MVRWC
Senate
Connecticut: Ned Lamont
Maryland: Ben Cardin
Michigan: Debbie Stanbenow
Missouri: Claire McCaskill
Montana: Jon Tester
New Jersey: Bob Menendez
Tennessee: Harold Ford
Virginia: James Webb
Democrat Held Seats
(CO-03): John Salazar
(GA-03): Jim Marshall
(GA-12): John Barrow
(IA-03): Leonard Boswell
(IL-08): Melissa Bean
(IL-17): Phil Hare
(IN-07): Julia Carson
(NC-13): Brad Miller
(PA-12): John Murtha
(WV-01): Alan Mollohan
Republican Held Seats
(AZ-08): Gabrielle Giffords
(CT-04): Diane Farrell
(CT-05): Chris Murphy
(CO-07): Ed Perlmutter
(IA-01): Bruce Braley
(IL-06): Tammy Duckworth
(IN-02): Joe Donnelly
(IN-08): Brad Ellsworth
(IN-09): Baron Hill
(FL-13): Christine Jennings
(FL-16): Tim Mahoney
(FL-22): Ron Klein
(KY-03): John Yarmuth
(NC-01): Heath Shuler
(MN-06): Patty Wetterling
(NM-01): Patricia Madrid
(NY-20): Kirsten Gillibrand
(NY-24): Michael Arcuri
(NY-26): Jack Davis
(OH-15): Mary Jo Kilroy
(OH-18): Zack Space
(PA-06): Lois Murphy
(PA-08): Patrick Murphy
(PA-07): Joe Sestak
(PA-10): Chris Carney
(VA-02): Phil Kellam
(WI-08): Steve Kagen
Posted by Beth at 08:00 AM
October 19, 2006
Vote Republican
Posted by Beth at 07:45 AM
October 16, 2006
I'm fed up with so many bloggers
Glenn Reynolds and many others are convinced that the Republicans will lose the House and/or the Senate this November.
Michelle Malking said she wasn't going to vote.
Allah Pundit says he is going to vote for Democrats because he is pissed at Republicans.
They are all idiotic. I have lost all respect for all conservatives who think that not voting or voting for Democrats is a good idea.
I'm sure the Democratic Underground is laughing hilariously.
If the Democrats win the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, a shrill, nasty shrew, will be on the radio and TV every single day. Screaming at those of us who are conservatives that she is going to raise our taxes, probably impeach President Bush, and guarantee that children can be aborted until age 2 if they are not perfect or if they are not minorities. She'll do all she can to ban gun ownership.
God knows what the Democrats would do when it comes to our security. Probably insist that all we have to do to get along with the Islamofascists is to don veils and pay them a dhimmi tax.
Everyone of you need to vote. It is of incredible importance!!
All of us need to vote. Vote for the Republican candidates - yeah, some of them suck, but they don't suck as much as their Democratic counterparts - and then, get involved with the party. Change it from within. If you don't like the candidates, get involved with the behind the scenes annointing of candidates.
Just vote.
Prove Glenn Reynolds, Michelle Malkin and Allah Pundit wrong.
Posted by Beth at 11:47 AM
October 04, 2006
For once, I completely agree with Ann Coulter
Wow, Ann Coulter has a great article - here.
Naturally, about the hypocrisy of the Democrats throwing fits about Foley when they jump to protect Democrats who do bad things - mind you, she does not excuse Foley, neither do I - but, methinks the Democrats doth protest too much.
Here is just a little excerpt:
In 1983, Democratic congressman Gerry Studds was found to have sexually propositioned House pages and actually buggered a 17-year-old male page whom he took on a trip to Portugal. The 46-year-old Studds indignantly attacked those who criticized him for what he called a "mutually voluntary, private relationship between adults." ..... . . . . . . ..Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy referred to Studds' affair with a teenage page as "a brief consenting homosexual relationship" and denounced Studds' detractors for engaging in a "witch-hunt" against gays: "New England witch trials belong to the past, or so it is thought. This summer on Cape Cod, the reputation of Rep. Gerry Studds was burned at the stake by a large number of his constituents determined to torch the congressman for his private life."
Apparently, in DC, the age of consent is 16, by the way.
If you ask me, anyone younger than 21 should be off limits for all adults.
Again, I'm no fan of Dennis Hastert. But demanding he resign from Congress is a bit much.
And John had a lot to say about this on the day the news came out - so it would be a good idea to go read his post, too.
Posted by Beth at 06:53 PM
I really hate this crap
So, this horrid excuse for a man, Congressman Foley, has quit the Congress - and rightly so. But now, the leftists are running around claiming that it is the Republican leadership's fault!?! That Denny Hastert (and I am absolutely no fan of him) should have 'investigated' Foley long ago and found him out - ummmm - are the Democrats saying that Foley should have been wiretapped - his instant messages discovered by investigators?
Hmmmmmm.
That just sounds so much like the very thing that the Democrats claim they don't want done to terrorist suspects.
Do you get my drift? Does the word hypocrisy come to mind?
I have to go get a cup of coffee - talk among yourselves. I'll be back later.
Posted by Beth at 06:52 AM
July 04, 2006
Not everyone hates us!
I heart Christopher Hitchens.
Posted by Beth at 10:30 PM
June 13, 2006
President Bush is in Baghdad!
Rove has been cleared. We kill Zarqawi. Economy is good.
Bush goes to Baghdad.
Now, if only he would stop illegals from crossing our borders!
Update: Another piece of good news that I missed yesterday: Judge overturns San Francisco weapons ban
Posted by Beth at 09:10 AM
May 13, 2006
Not all rock musicians hate the USA.
Godsmack
Hurray, Godsmack
Posted by Beth at 09:55 PM
May 05, 2006
This has to embarrass *Someone*
I have worked in Rhode Island a couple of times, and my clients were smart, stable, and dedicated people. It's a lovely little state, and boy, do I mean little! I kept driving out of Rhode Island trying to find the way to a particular restaurant the last time I was there - and I only drove about 20 miles.
Anyway, I would be mortified to have Patrick Kennedy as my Representative to Congress. I don't care if there was alchohol involved or not, he was clearly Under the Influence - of something, and that is illegal. Unfortunately, the Capital Police are also Under the Influence - of someone higher up, who does not allow them to do their jobs.
Feisty has an interesting suggestion on how this might play with the public, especially frat boys - here.
Posted by Beth at 06:45 AM
February 23, 2006
That port thing
1. For goodness sake, folks - calm down about this and let us look at the facts.
2. The MSM is not being honest about their reporting - this company is not currently in charge of port security nor will it be in charge of port security.
3. John of Argghhh! has the facts here and here.
Update - on further thought, I can't believe how dumb the President is being on this politically.
Posted by Beth at 06:15 AM
February 02, 2006
Much Ado About Alito
So, a bunch of conservatives are upset that Justice Alito voted to allow the 8th Circuit Court to review the death penalty in Missouri.
And a bunch of liberals are all excited about it.
But - I think he is doing exactly what a conservative and thoughtful judge should do.
I am a pro-life conservative. Hopefully, so is Justice Alito. Even though the crime committed by Michael Taylor was indeed evil and heinous, (I lived in Kansas City when Ann Harrison was kidnapped, raped and murdered, and it was just horrible) even though he confessed to the crime, and even though I would feel a certain satisfaction if this guys dies for his crime, I still think the death penalty is terribly flawed, and as a pro-life Catholic, I cannot defend the death penalty.
Now, it's okay with me if the murderer is put in a cage for life with some rocks and a pick ax and has to break them all up for the rest of his life. But I have a problem with the death penalty. When I look at other countries who have the death penalty, I see Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the Muslim world as a whole. I want us to be better than those countries.
Don't get me wrong - I want murderers to be locked away forever, I wouldn't mind if they were put in stocks so the citezenry can throw rotten tomatoes at them. I want them to suffer until they die a natural death. I want their lives to be as miserable as the lives of their victims' families.
So, I think that this vote does not prove Alito as a liberal - but as someone who values life.
Even the life of an evil criminal.
And hopefully, even the life of an unborn child.
UPDATE:
I don't expect my regular readers to agree with me. I just feel that in matters of life and death I must be consistent. As long as we can keep these horrid people behind bars and away from the rest of society, I think that is a better choice than execution.
Posted by Beth at 11:39 AM
January 22, 2006
Imagine ...
The screams from the EU, the UN and the Left if the United States of America put into law what The Netherlands has just approved:
Dutch Introduce Exams for Immigrants, Consider Army Drill for YouthsFrom the desk of Paul Belien on Sat, 2006-01-21 20:46
This week the Dutch Parliament voted a bill which obliges immigrants to pass a compulsory exam. The Dutch Parliament is also in favour of a proposal to have troublesome youths disciplined and drilled by the army.From 1 March onwards people who want to settle in the Netherlands (e.g. to join family members or to marry someone living there) will have to pass a preliminary test at the Dutch embassy in their country of origin. In this so-called “integration test” the immigrants have to prove that they have sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language and the geography, history and political system of the Netherlands. The fee for taking the test is 350 euros. Those who do not pass are not allowed to enter the Netherlands. Those who do pass have only taken the first hurdle. After their arrival in the Netherlands they will have to pass a second – more difficult – exam.
The exams are part of a bill proposed by Rita Verdonk, the Minister for lntegration. The Dutch House of Representatives approved the bill on Thursday. The Dutch Senate had done so last month. The Netherlands is the first country to subject immigrants to exams. Last year the Danish government, too, announced plans to significantly curb the flow of immigrants from third-world countries.Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende’s government of Christian-Democrats and free-market Liberals is also considering other measures. One of these might be to establish military camps to discipline troublesome youths. There are 40,000 jobless youths in the Netherlands, who have left school without degrees. The majority of them is of foreign origin. Many become involved in criminal activities. A majority of Dutch parliamentarians, including members of the Socialist opposition, supports a plan to discipline them in military style.
Italics are mine.
Discuss among yourselves. . .
Hat tip - The Corner
Posted by Beth at 07:59 AM
January 20, 2006
Justice Department
The Justice Department wants to force Google to release records of everyone's searches. Why? To find and prosecute anyone who may be viewing child pornography.
Okay, child porn is evil and bad and rightly illegal. However, what is some child porn purveyer uses tags that do not indicate that the site is porn and Google lists that site when someone is searching for dolls or toys? What if someone clicks on a link that appears to be ok but it ends up being a porn site? I think that has happened to must of us. If that porn site has an underage 17 year old or something on it, does that mean that it's illegal to inadvertently click on a search result that does not appear to be porn? I don't know about this.
I have problems with this kind of broad demand - apparently they want "ALL" search records.
Wouldn't that kind of be illegal search and seizure? Or am I all concerned about nothing? Or, if I want to search for guns, will some justice guy get all hot and bothered and investigate me?
I'd rather they go and investigate foreign nationals who hail from countries that are not friendly to us.
I want us to get rid of terrorists as soon as possible.
I'm glad that Google is saying no.
Posted by Beth at 06:25 AM
January 17, 2006
Pompous, Pandering Politicians
Damn. I've been trying really hard to stay away from political discussions, but Martin Luther King Day was apparently a day of pandering instead of reflection.
Let's start with Hillary.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking yesterday at a ceremony honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissent is not tolerated.Source
Her comments, made before a predominantly black audience at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, drew a harsh response from national Republicans, but black leaders came to her defense.At the ceremony, Mrs. Clinton, the junior Democratic senator from New York, said that Democrats were largely responsible for much of the nation's progress in areas like civil rights and women's rights.
Apparently Ms. Rodham-Clinton has forgotten that there were many, many Southern Democrats who did everything in their power to prevent the Civil Rights Act from passing. Next thing you know, she is going to say that Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat.
Not only that, but she goes on to bitch about the fact that Democrats can't get their way when they are in the minority. Well, la de dah, Ms. Hillary. How do you suppose Republicans feel when the Democrats are in power.
And then, the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, is blaming God for Katrina - that is is punishment for our going to war with Iraq. What a loon! That's as nutty as Pat Roberson.
And then, to make things worse, he says that New Orleans has to be a Chocolate City again. Huh? What the heck does that mean? Why should color come into it at all?
And, can you imagine the uproar if a non-chocolate person said "... God is upset at black America also."
"We are not taking care of ourselves. We are not taking care of our women, and we are not taking care of our children when you have a community where 70 percent of its children are being born to one parent."
And lastly, of course, there is the media whore, Gore.
Ugh. He has apparently forgotten that the Clinton Administration did lots of wiretapping.
Well, I have got to get ready for work!
Posted by Beth at 06:35 AM
January 09, 2006
Harry Belafonte
Ok, this guy had one big song in his life. Now, he tells Hugo Chavez, dictator of Venezuela, that millions of Americans are rooting for Chavez.
Then he says that George Bush is a terrorist.
I'm sorry, but I think Harry really needs to get some medication to get him out of his delusional stte.
Posted by Beth at 07:52 PM
January 08, 2006
Airport Blogging
Oh, my - I have a 90 minutes layover, and everywhere I go in the Nashville Airport, I am within earshot of CNN and Wolf Blitzer talking to How Weirdard Dean - who still think the economy sucks, we have lost the war and that no Democrats got any money from Abramhoff.
John - remind me to buy some earplugs before my next trip!
Posted by Beth at 11:52 AM
January 05, 2006
Bill Gates better change this practice
Apparently, at the request of the Chinese Government, Microsoft MSN has removed a blog written by a Chinese dissident. The blog was hosted in the USA.
There are some reports that MSN Spaces is taking down *any* Chinese language blog with words like "Falun Gong" and "Tienanmen " in them - blogs that are hosted anywhere in the world, not just China.
So, in effect, any Chinese language blog written by a US Citizen that is at all anti-Chinese Government will likely disappear.
I do wonder about Taiwanese blogs - is MSN disappearing them, also?
Posted by Beth at 06:37 AM
December 01, 2005
Commentary
Sometimes, only Jeff can make me smile. You must read the comments.
Posted by Beth at 04:41 AM
November 18, 2005
What the Move On crowd won't tell you
The economy is booming so much that many States are running huge surpluses in tax revenues and many are considering tax cuts!
Three years of strong revenue growth have left many states with large surpluses. New Mexico is looking at a $1 billion surplus. Florida expects more than $3 billion.Even financially troubled California took in $3.4 billion more than it spent in the budget year that ended June 30 — the state's first surplus since 2000. California's deficit was erased by a 13.2% revenue increase.
And that quote is from USA Today - not exactly a paper prone to pointing out good things.
So, President Bush - brag about this! Tell one and all that your tax cuts have stimulated growth (and tax growth) so much that even California is running a surplus!
Posted by Beth at 06:02 AM
November 17, 2005
Political bullshit
Former president Clinton is behaving badly. So are Senators Kerry, Pelosi and many other Democrats.
To me, it appears the Democrat Party has been taken over by the Move On people - they have lost all semblance of normalcy. They all appear to be flat out loons.
Nuts they are.
Nuts.
Posted by Beth at 06:08 AM
November 02, 2005
My Opinion
Democrats are sounding like whiney children. Harry Reid stomps his foot and takes the Senate into a closed hearing. And apparently, there was nothing - nothing discussed that had anything to do with National Security.
I guess the Democrats are saddened that President Bush has not resigned because one person in his administration has been indicted - not convicted, but indicted.
Ummm, hate to suggest this - but President Clinton didn't resign (nor did anyone suggest he must) back when his administration was being riddled with indictments.
Oh, and apparently the Dems have forgotten who was President in 1998 - the whole WMD thing did *not* start with President Bush. Glenn Reynolds has a great article here - go read it.
Oh, oh, oh - don't forget about Prince Charles telling Americans how we should do things.
Prince Charles to Explain Islam to American PublicSource
Prince Charles of Wales will explain the virtues of Islam to the US President, George W. Bush, and the American people this week.According to British daily Sunday Telegraph, Prince Charles thinks the United States has been too "intolerant" of Islam since 11 September 2001.
During his eight-day visit, Prince Charles will try to convince Bush about the merits of Islam and attend some conferences on religions at various platforms.
The Prince of Wales had expressed his concerns earlier regarding Washington's "confrontational" approach to Muslim countries and its failure to understand the strength of Islam.
He came together with senior Muslims in London following the September 11 attacks and said, "I find the language and rhetoric coming from America too confrontational."
Goodness, we wouldn't want to confront this or this or this or this now, would we?
And a future English king (whose birth earns him riches and title - not a thing that he has done for the world) can hardly be a spokesman for religious tolerance. After all, English law allows the monarchy to belong to any religion, but Catholicism:
that all and every person and persons that then were, or afterwards should be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the see or Church of Rome, or should profess the popish religion, or marry a papist, should be excluded, and are by that Act made for ever incapable to inherit, possess, or enjoy the Crown and government of this realm, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, or any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any regal power, authority, or jurisdiction within the same: and in all and every such case and cases the people of these realms shall be and are thereby absolved of their allegiance: and that the said Crown and government shall from time to time descend to and be enjoyed by such person or persons, being Protestants, as should have inherited and enjoyed the same, in case the said person or persons, so reconciled, holding communion, professing or marrying, as aforesaid, were naturally deadSource
Posted by Beth at 08:01 AM
October 18, 2005
Plame Blame Flame?
How much money is this stupid Valerie Plame thing costing taxpayers? Let's see, so far, we find that a reporter went to jail to protect someone who said nothing. Judith Miller needs to check into a nice quiet hospital somewhere where she can try to get a grasp on reality.
Of course, it would be a really big hospital, because every single Democrat who thinks this Plame thing is an issue anywhere outside the Beltway should go check themselves into the same hospital.
Unless the prosecuter has some new evidence that actually points to someone *breaking* the law, I don't see any reason for this farce to go on.
Even the New York Times is embarrased about the whole thing.
There are more important things going on that need to be taken care of. I want to see the Congress and the President come up with a realistic plan for lowering energy costs. The sharp rise in oil prices is causing inflation and before we know it, we could be in the same fricking mess we were under Jimmy "the sweater" Carter - energy costs caused inflation to go up so much that the Feds kept increasing the interest rates to the point where no one could afford to purchase a home (16% interest rates on mortgages), etc. For those of you who were not of an age to remember those years - they sucked. The economy sucked big green ones.
Posted by Beth at 05:41 AM
August 18, 2005
Rerun time
I posted this over a year ago, but it still goes. So, I thought it worth another go round.
1. Adults are responsible for their own actions. Blaming their own behavior on drugs, alcohol, coming from a poor family or because they are gay or black or female or brown or white is neither rational nor useful. Every day we all have choices to make - good ones and bad ones, and if you make bad choices, then don't blame me and expect me to pick up your pieces if things don't go well for you. (naturally, folks who are mentally ill are exempt from this rule)
2. Life is precious. Whether you believe in God or don't, life is the most precious thing we have. That includes the life of a baby growing in a mother's womb. I get annoyed at all the liberals who think that American deaths in Iraq (and every one of those deaths is distressing, but probably necessary in a war) are the worst thing that can happen on earth, when millions of Americans have been denied being born because abortions are too easy to come by for any reason whatsoever (let's leave rape out of this discussion, please). The Death Penalty should be abolished, and replaced with life in prison - no parole whatsoever.
3. Education is the road out of poverty. Many public schools in cities and suburbs fail to teach children the basics - math, reading, grammar. They graduate these kids, and when the kids can't keep jobs, they make bad choices (see #1). Alternative education choices, including private schools, give kids a much better chance to become productive adults because they spend more time on the basics.
4. Not all values/cultures/morals are equal. I am sorry folks, but cultures like fundamentalist Islam, where women are property and slavery is okeydokey do not have as high a value as Western culture. They are not equivalent to us in morals. Fundamentalist Islamic Arabs want to rule the world and force us all to be their slaves or convert to their rather perverted view of Islam. I would even go so far as to say that American culture is better than Western European culture.
Why? We have a much freer society than any country in Western Europe, and way less socialism. And we are not nearly as snooty as the French.
5. We all have the right to protect ourselves and our homes from harm. I am a gun owner. I am proud of that fact.
6. I don't care if someone is gay or lesbian or straight. What is done in the privacy of one's bedroom is not my concern.
7. The money I earn is my money. I work very hard for it. Taxes are necessary, but politicians need to stop thinking of my money as the government's money. We need to keep taxes as low as possible - this encourages growth. (Economics 101)
8. We all have the freedom to worship as we choose - so long as that religion does not harm other people (Islamic fundamentalism comes to mind, as does Satanism). The courts are flat out wrong when they say that Christians cannot express themselves but Muslims and Jews can when it comes to religious symbols.
9. Owning property is a fundamental right. Home ownership is a wonderful thing. Habitat for Humanity is a wonderful organization that helps people own their home. I would rather see home ownership subsidized by the federal government than Section 8 housing and inner city projects.
10. Women and men should be paid the same for the work they do. I am in a predominantly male environment at work - believe it or not, I am a technical consultant. It is still an old boy's network, and I fight that every day.
11. A free market that is competitive (which means either eliminating or regulating monopolies) is a really good thing.
12. A free market that allows for free trade with other countries is also a good thing - as long as we don't allow other countries to dump artificially low-priced goods on us in an attempt to kill our own production. See #11.
13. The so-called War on Drugs needs a peace treaty. It is no more that a repeat of the alcohol prohibition of the 20's. The government should tightly regulate and license drugs like marijuana and possibly cocaine. Other drugs, I'm not too sure what to do about - some are just downright lethal. The gang problems our cities have will not exist without the profits they make from the drug trade. We have way too many kids in prison for doing stupid assed drug tricks - they should be out and learning how to make a legal living.
14. Every single one of the Bill of Rights is what makes our country so wonderful. That includes the right to gun ownership and the rights to worship as we please. I am worried that too many judges are abridging our freedom from unreasonable search and seizure - and the folks pushing for these searches without warrants are from both sides of the political spectrum - stop it, I say!
15. The elderly - as children, we need to take more responsibility of our parents' needs when possible - not the government. Too many times I hear very wealthy people complaining that their mom or dad can't afford rent or to eat because their medications are too expensive - for God's sake, help your parents! They raised you - the federal government should not be taking the place of families. If someone has no family, that's different - of course we should help them - but the next rich BMW-driving SOB who complains that his mom or dad is suffering because there is not enough Medicare - well, I would say something really rude here!
16. Be nice to people - even if you do not agree with their politics, it is important to try to remain polite. Otherwise, you end up with a bunch of people screaming at the world - KOS comes to mind.
Posted by Beth at 08:10 AM
August 16, 2005
Well, I've ended my foray into the underworld
Let's see - since Sunday, I posted 3 'diaries' on the Daily KOS, had one deleted with absolutely no communication to me as to why by some nutcase named Armando and had over 100 comments on the remaining posts that simply attacked me because I'm not them.
Some of the posts they made were a little frightening (good thing I'm a good shot) so I deleted the remaining two diaries.
Won't go back there for awhile. Those folks do not want to discuss anything, and if you try to discuss something, they attack you, and completely ignore everything you write.
For example, there are over 300 comments on a post that talks about the crosses being run over in Crawford County. I agree, that was an awful thing to do.
However, they are blaming everyone who voted for Bush for the vandalous acts of this one man. They have put his home phone number, address and business number on the comments, and though I think the guy is a jerk or a drunk, I don't think that his actions require thousands of kovovites calling him and his family and threatening them - which is what the commentors were proposing.
There is more. I copied all the comments and saved them. But those people are not quite sane. They are paranoid, delusional and probably a bit manic, too.
Thank God no one in my family is anywhere at moonbatty as those folks are. They must get off on calling people names, because they do it again and again and again. They are absolutely vile.
And they will never get what they want as long as they are that awful to others.
Posted by Beth at 10:45 PM
Rude Behavior
Someone decided to take things into his own hands and run over all the crosses that Cindy Sheehan and her pals set up in honor of the brave men and women who have died in Iraq.
The culprit has been caught and has to post a $3,000 bond.
The guy is a jerk.
The left is howling.
One of the diarists at the Daily Kos has this headline:"ANTI-AMERICAN ASSHAT MOWS DOWN CROSSES AT CAMP CASEY"
I agree that the guy is an asshat (a term coined by the lovely and right of center Rachel Lucas). Vandalizing someone's temporary memorial is a very bad thing to do.
However, when things like this happen and an asshat mows down crosses memoralizing the deaths of children through abortion, I just don't hear any comment from the left - do you?
Can you imagine what they would do if anyone called the idiot who mowed down the crosses in a churchyard un-American?
Ponder this.
Well, obviously, I'm not the only one who thought of this - great minds think alike, Michelle Malkin!
Posted by Beth at 02:09 PM
August 14, 2005
My Prediction
Since Cindy Sheehan has declared that there should be no Israel, I predict that the MSM will stop reporting her activities. It may take a day or two, but her story has jumped the shark, is toast, is all over.
Posted by Beth at 09:18 AM
She's gone too far
I was going to keep my comments about Cindy Sheehan to a minimum because she lost her son in the war and I could excuse her idiocy because of that. But no more. She has just shown her true colors - she is anti-Semetic in the worst way:
BUSH PROTESTING MOM CALLS FOR 'ISRAEL OUT OF PALESTINE'; VOWS NOT TO PAY TAXES.Anti-war protestor Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq, is calling for Bush's "impeachment," and for Israel to get out of Palestine!
"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," Sheehan declares.
Sheehan says defiantly: "My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny...you give my son back and I'll pay my taxes. Come after me (for back taxes) and we'll put this war on trial."
"And now I'm going to use another 'I' word - impeachment - because we cannot have these people pardoned. They need to be tried on war crimes and go to jail."
The 48-year-old California mom remains tented up in a ditch along the one-lane road that leads to President Bush's Texas ranch.
As her protest entered its second week, hundreds of people with conflicting opinions about the war in Iraq descended on the area.
Source
So now, this self-proclaimed martyr wants the State of Israel to be no more. I bet all terrorrists everywhere are cheering this lunatic on.
I will no longer be silent about someone who is using her son's death as an excuse to demand that the world does what she wants.
And it is the Media's fault for paying her so much attention.
Posted by Beth at 07:53 AM
August 12, 2005
Such a tactful guy, How weird Dean
""New England Republicans are different than most. They are more reasonable and thoughtful," Dean said. "You don't get as many right-wing wackos."Source
You know, I don't hate Democrats. But, Dean is doing his best to make me wish they would all jump off a cliff like sheep in Turkey.
If I were to say something like, "Kansas Democrats are different than most. They are more reasonable and thoughtful. You don't get as many left-wing moonbats." I would bet that moonbats from the DU would be calling me a fascist pig or something.
I am beginning to think that Dr. Dean got into politics because his bedside manner was so darned awful that he lost all his patients!
Posted by Beth at 02:52 PM
August 06, 2005
Is it time to discuss adoption again?
Since the children of Judge and Mrs. Roberts are being discussed around the blogosphere because they are adopted, it seems like a good time to discuss common misconceptions, misunderstandings and mistakes about adoption that I have run into as an adopted person.
I have actually had people say the following things to me from the time I was a little girl:
1. Don't you wish you were a "real' child.
2. Adopted children are "unwanted" children. What was wrong with you?
3. Not enough people want to adopt children, so that makes abortion moral and okay.
4. Haven't you looked for your "real" parents.
5. You must be abnormal if you don't want to find their "real" parents.
6. Are you like The Bad Seed
7. Being adopted must make you feel like you are worthless.
8. Why don't pro-life people adopt children?
9. Adopted children are not "really" part of the family.
10. Adopted children cannot inherit anything from their adoptive parents..
Most of my readers will agree that these are stupid-ass statements. However, I know that I'm not the only one with a relative who insisted that adopted children are not part of a family, and therefore, cannot inherit everything.
My Aunt Jean Carr was such a person. Awful woman. My mom's only sister, and therefore, my godmother. Aunt Jean sold World Book Encyclopedias when I was in grade school. Rather than buy me a Christmas gift each year, she would give me one of the free World Book Year Books
I was the first granddaughter on my mom's side. My Grandmother gave me her sterling silver tea service when I got married because I was the first to marry and the oldest granddaughter. Because my husband and I lived in a small apartment, Grandmother let me store it at her huge old house in St. Louis.
Grandmother died.
Aunt Jean stole the Tea Service and let my mom know that it belonged to her daughter, as she was a 'real' grandchild.
Fortunately, her husband, Uncle Dick, disagreed and took it from Aunt Jean and returned it to me.
I didn't realize the full extent of my Aunt's hatred of me and my sister until Mom died. Aunt Jean stole several items that we were to inherit from my mom that she had inherited from our grandmother. She never returned them.
Some years later, when Daddy died, Aunt Jean threatened to protest the Daddy's will - which left everything to my sister and I (we were his only children, after all). I was livid and I have not spoken to her or any of her children since then.
People like my 'evil Aunt Jean' (as we call her) are responsible for many misconceptions about adoption.
Adopted children have the same inheritance rights as any other child. Adopted children have birth mothers who cared enough about life to let their child have one. Adoptive parents have to go thru hell and back to adopt a child - the checks they have to go through are very difficult - unless, of course, you are a movie star and have a ton of money.
Well, I'll let the rest of you discuss this subject, I have got to get out of bed (John brought me brunch in bed and we have wireless and I'm spoiled) and get dressed (yes, I am bloggin' nekkid!) and do stuff.
Update: I almost forgot this one - my mom's family, the LeMaster family, goes back to the American Revolution. My Aunt Jean let me know every time she had a chance that I was not eligible to be a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) because I am not a 'blood' relative.
Heck, I wouldn't want to be in the darn dar anyway!
This is what their website states about membership and adoption:
Q. I'm adopted can I still become a member?
A. Yes, but only through your birth parents' lineage, not that of your adopted family. All lineage for DAR membership must be bloodline descent.
I suppose all DAR members are the equivalent of an AKC registered dog, eh?
Posted by Beth at 01:19 PM
August 04, 2005
I'm not a Lawyer
I am an adopted child - although more than grown up at 52 - and I am really fed up with the constant reference to the Roberts' adopted children.
If the MSM and politicians could only be sensitive to adopted children and simply refer to them as the children of Judge and Mrs. Roberts.
Believe me. Adopted children don't want to be pointed out by strangers as 'adopted'. And the parents who adopt those children love them every bit as much as any biological chld.
Judge and Mrs. Robert's children are beautiful, active little kids. They looked great in pastels for a fancy occassion when President Bush announced the nomination. Mrs. Roberts looked great, too.
In a family, it matters not if one is adopted or not - a daughter is a daughter and a son is a son.
Update: Michelle Malkin has a post with a lot emails from concerned adoptive parents - or as I prefer to say - parents - real parents - real moms and dads who are raising their real children. It's worth the read.
Posted by Beth at 09:35 PM
July 26, 2005
Jane Fonda - go to Hell
Hanoi Jane is going to go on an anti-war bus tour of the country. Can you imagine Jane with a sword in her hand cheering kidnappers and beheadings?
Posted by Beth at 06:16 AM
July 25, 2005
This is a must read
So go and read it already!
Posted by Beth at 01:16 PM
June 29, 2005
Ward Churchill should be in jail
This "Professor" should be tried for sedition. Pirate Ballerina has the scoop.
Apparently this poor excuse for a man is preaching that soldiers who kill their officers should be supported and encouraged.
UPDATE: Everyone else in the Blogosphere is on this bandwagon now, but they are not linking to the original audio - Pirate Ballerina should be credited for this entire discovery.
This excerpt pretty much says it all, don't you think?
Questioner: I think it's important when you're getting into a discussion of violence and appropriate violence and self-defense, of starting to look at what you're trying to build there, what you're trying to create—for example, fragging an officer, which you were talking about before, at the beginning of your talk, the sort of trauma that that inflicts on that officer's family back home is I feel like an important thing to take into account when you try to think about what your action is trying to accomplish in the first place. I really feel like I can articulate [my question] properly, but that's the general direction I'm heading with it.Churchill: How do you feel about Adolf Eichmann's family?
I hope the FBI or someone arrests him at some point - advocating violence against officers during a time of war is not free speech.
Posted by Beth at 05:38 PM
June 27, 2005
Unacceptable behaviour
Glenn Reynolds points us to this article in the Augusta Free Press:
Potty-mouth politics
I'll wait while you go and read Bruce Kessler's piece.
Done?
I agree with everything in the article.
I would go farther. When 'leaders' such as Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin and people with too much influence like Michael Moore, compare the Bush Administration to the Third Reich and get away with it, that same name-calling habit trickles down to the naive, thoughtless, liberal followers. Pretty soon, they are calling all Republicans Nazis, and unless they are called out on the use of that term, they walk away feeling smug and superior.
I ran into this personally last week. I was talking to my lovely sister-in-law on the phone, attempting to steer clear of politics, as she is quite the liberal, and John and I are, well, quite the opposite.
Her husband is the head of the teacher's union in their town, and she was very upset that the teachers got a very small raise in starting pay - $300. I agreed that seemed miserly (but after doing some research, she didn't tell me the whole story - the average pay increase was closer to 4% according to their local newspaper- not too shabby).
She then called the Governor of her state "a Nazi".
I said, "A Nazi? What makes Governor XXXXX a Nazi?"
My sister-in-law (with a master's degree) said, "Well, he just is".
So I brought her up on this - I asked her what exactly the state government was doing that made her think it was Nazi-like. She, of course, could not answer. But she did go on and on:"Well, it will be like a Nazi state pretty soon, he's signing laws!".
Well, that of course makes all the sense in the world, eh?
I finally told her that calling someone a Nazi because she doesn't like the pay raise her husband got is pretty irresponsible. I told her that I knew a lot of Jews who might disagree with her comparison of the governor to a Nazi.
Finally, after a heated argument, she backed down.
She said, "Well, my choice of words might not have been the best."
Sound familiar?
Posted by Beth at 06:34 AM
June 26, 2005
Medium Rant
1. Flag Amendment. I'm agin it. Free speech is too precious - don't fuck with it. See John's post on the same.
2. The Kelo Decision. Oh, this one makes me want to scream. I can understand using eminent domain for truly public uses - airports, schools - but never, ever for property to be handed over to a private entity just because there might be more tax money generated. I have always disliked developers, now the Supreme Court has given them a tool to wreck the landscape and make blue collar folks give up their property just so they can get richer.
3. Tom Cruise and his 'religion' bwaa haa haa haa!
Scientology is not a Church, is not a Religion and should not be allowed to be tax-exempt. L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer. Fiction was his milieu. Scientology would be better named 'Fictionality'. And they all ought to be charged with practicing medicine without a license. Feh.
Posted by Beth at 12:37 PM
Who Said This?
...I don't see rock and roll and politics being in the same bed together. I just don't see it. When my parents started talking about politics, I'd run in the other room and put the Rolling Stones on at full blast. I didn't want to hear about tax forms, I didn't want to hear about who's doing who to what. I just didn't want to care about it. And to this day, rock and roll should be the escape from politics, not the answer to politics.
One of my favorite rockers - Alice Cooper
Hattip to Chrenkoff
Posted by Beth at 07:55 AM
June 22, 2005
Hmmph
Senator Durbin certainly appeared to be shedding crocodile tears during his *apology*.
Senator Durbin left a whole lot out of his apology. He didn't say he was wrong, he said he was sorry he hurt feelings.
Asshat. If I lived in Illinois, I'd be terribly embarrassed.
Posted by Beth at 04:06 AM
June 10, 2005
How-Weird Dean Resignation Pool
Democratic National Chairman, Howard (How Weird!) Dean has been such a total ass lately that even other Democrats are starting to distance themselves from him.
I wonder - should we set up a pool as to what day Dean 'resigns' from his post?
I'm thinking - August 6th, 2005.
Winner gets a Coffee Mug from the Castle Argghhh! Store.
Leave your guesses in the comments!
Posted by Beth at 08:55 AM
May 23, 2005
Dean is an idiot revisted
Now How-weird Dean doesn't know the difference between Saddam and Osama.
Bwaa-ha-ha-ha!
I'm adding Trey's blog to the blogroll - he's pretty good!
Posted by Beth at 12:18 PM
May 18, 2005
Dean is Dangerous - or just stupid!
Dean jeers DeLay on eve of Valley trip.
If it wasn't for the fact that Dizzy Dean was a friend of my dad's, I would start calling How-weird Dean - Dizzy.
Dean, head of the Democrats, said this today:
There's corruption at the highest level of the Republican Party, and they're going to have to face up to that one of these days, because the law is closing in on Tom DeLay," Dean said in a telephone interview before heading to an appearance today in Phoenix
He has already judged a man who has not even been indicted - hardly an example of believing in innocent until proven guilty -
In case you have forgotten, How-weird Dean was defending Osama Bin Laden's right to be innocent until proven guilty during his (happily) failed campaign last year:
"I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found," Dean said during the 2004 Democratic primary campaign. "I still have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials."
The man is definitely not fit to run anything, much less a major political party in the USA!
Welcome, DUers - please check out the rest of my blog - especially this post.
Posted by Beth at 03:31 PM
May 12, 2005
Illegal Immigration
In my many travels this year, I have seen first hand how many immigrants, illegal or legal, are pouring into the country. From Long Island, New York to Detroit to Denver to California, Nevada, Texas and Louisianna, immigrants, both legal and illegal, line the streets every morning waiting to be picked up for a day's work.
Last month, I saw hundreds of Mexican illegals lining the streets of Farmingville, New York. They were waiting to be picked up by landscaping companies and other businesses who don't mind hiring illegal aliens. Apparently, the INS doesn't care to bother with these illegals unless they commit a crime. American citizens who live in the community and object are labeled "hate-mongerors".
Oddly enough, the labor unions want amnesty for illegal aliens - I suppose that the AFL-CIO and other unions figure they can bring new life to the unions by charging dues to millions of foreigners who are curretly taking jobs from union laborers.
I am not against immigration. I am against illegal immigration. We have to tighten our borders and keep out people who do not go through the proper channels to become legal residents.
President Bush is not doing his job to protect the borders. Congress is not doing its job to protect the borders. The judicial branch is not helping, either.
Our laws must be upheld. No border crossing anywhere in the US should be allowed without the proper papers.
When I was in Los Angeles last week, two homes were raided - one had over 100 illegal aliens living in it (small house), the other had about 50 people living in it. Apparently, people smugglers keep the illegals holed up there until a friend or relative comes and pays for them to be released.
How many more houses are filled with illegal immigrants? This is ridiculous.
Posted by Beth at 07:14 AM
April 30, 2005
hmm
90% Republican. | "You listen to a lot of AM talk radio, don't you?" |
Posted by Beth at 03:37 PM
February 12, 2005
Liberals equating Bush to Nazis
Mike the Librarian has discovered what the liberals really mean.
Posted by Beth at 08:46 AM
February 07, 2005
Good Lord, Liberals, grow up!
Just like spoiled little children who throw a fit when they can't get what they want, some extreme liberals are looking to leave the USA for Canada.
From the International Herald Tribune: Some in U.S. voting with their feet
"We're still not talking about a huge movement of people," said David Cohen, an immigration lawyer in Montreal. "In 2003, the last year where full statistics are available, there were something like 6,000 U.S. citizens who received permanent resident status in Canada. So even if we do go up threefold this year, we're only talking about 18,000 people."Still, that is more than double the population of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "For every one who reacts to the Bush victory by moving to a new country, how many others are there still in America, feeling similarly disaffected but not quite willing to take such a drastic step?" Cohen asked.
Melanie Redman, 30, assistant director of the Epilepsy Foundation in Seattle, said she had put her Volvo up for sale and hopes to be living in Toronto by the summer. She and her Canadian boyfriend, a Web site designer for Canadian nonprofit companies, had been planning to move to New York, but after Nov.2, they decided on Canada instead.
"I'm doing it," she said. "I don't want to participate in what this administration is doing here and around the world. Under Bush, the U.S. seems to be leading the pack as the world spirals down."
Because this is the United States, these folks have the freedom to leave - unlike those in North Korea, Cuba and other loverly lefty places.
Read the entire article. Many of those quoted work for non-profit agencies and are rewarded quite well (see the woman above selling her Volvo) by government largesse to these non-profits. I'm curious if perhaps some of them are more concerned that their gravy train might get cut off?
But mostly, what a bunch of children. They can't always get what they want, so they run away crying.
Now, please remember they are not giving up their citizenship, they will still get their Social Security when it is due them and they can still vote in elections - they just don't want to live among those of us who have a different viewpoint - how's that for inclusiveness?
Posted by Beth at 06:42 AM
February 01, 2005
Uh Oh!
This should be interesting - Acidman is thinking about running for President in 2008. Can you imagine his press conferences?
And I'll bet he would have a lot of women in his cabinet. Probably make old Clinton look like a wallflower.
Posted by Beth at 08:57 PM
This is heartening
Young man seeks out the truth and is strong enough and brave enough to change his mind.
Read the whole post.
Posted by Beth at 06:02 AM
January 16, 2005
Update on post below
Edrienne, who I like quite a bit, seems to think I believe all Democrats to be morons.
No, I don't think all Democrats are morons - but there are so many of them like the incredibly nasty commenters on Zephyr's site, Kos's site and Atrios's site that the normal, sane Democrats are pretty much overshadowed by them. I see no excuse for that kind of vitriol anywhere.
And Zephyr is one of their own - that's how they treat a fellow democrat.
Now, Michelle Malkin is being harrassed by likely the same morons who are harrassing Zephyr.
As for Armstrong Williams - he was fired, as he should be, and I have never said there is any comparison between what Kos did (he partially disclosed his clients) and what Williams did.
However, Kos's claim that he was merely a 'technical consultant' is a little silly. He was still payed by the Dean campaign, so you can't tell me he wouldn't be more likely to lean toward Dr. Dean for $3,000 a month.
Posted by Beth at 09:53 AM
January 15, 2005
Poor little Deaniac Zephyr
Zephyr is the young woman who pointed out that the Dean Campaign was hoping that the payments they made to KOS (Markos Zuniga) would encourage him to write a lot of pro-Dean propaganda on his blog.
Now, all the other Deaniacs have come out from under their rocks to spew indignation and hate in the general direction of young Zephyr. Go read her post here, then scroll down and get a load of the absolutely hateful, spiteful, threatening comments from people who are on the same side of the political spectrum that she is on.
It will take some time - they have a lot of anger (as did Dr. Dean during his scream moment).
Now, after you have read such lovely comments to this young woman - like this one -
I would not walk across the street to piss in your mouth if you were dying of thirst.Your are the most wretched scum I have ever seen. I remember meeting you in Iowa & thinking that you were not only harsh to look at but so full of yourself that you will probably always be single.
Now I understand what a truly putrid piece of human debris you are. You would probably kill your own pets for $20 or sell out your own mother if it would get you a TV interview.
Your father must be so ashamed. I imagine him sitting outside in his underwear at the trailer park with his head in his hands thinking what a waste of sperm you were. Even now he laments that if only he would have blown his wad into a kleenex, at least he could have been proud of that, far more than the anorexic rat headed beast he has unleashed into the world with a stupid name & hateful countenance.
Oh how your mother must rue the day you slithered out of her rotten womb.
May God mercifully bless them both with Alzheimer's to quell the agony of shame you have wrought upon their lives.
Or the one that simply calls the young woman a dumb bitch
Now, think about all these truly bizarre and horrid comments - all from Democrats. Many from Deaniacs.
Are these the people we want making any kind of decision about how our country should be run?
I was once a Democrat. One of the reasons I quit being a democrat is the blatant hostility and just plain meanness that so many democrats have toward anyone who disagrees with them on anything. Even people on the same side they are on.
Morons.
Morons all.
Posted by Beth at 12:23 PM
January 12, 2005
Why Social Security is in danger
The Left declares there is nothing wrong with Social Security that removing President Bush's tax cuts won't fix.
Their answer to everything is - more taxes, more taxes, damn the 'rich' people.
But let's think about the real reason Social Security is in trouble - we won't have enough working population to support the elderly in coming years because there are too many of us Baby Boomers and not enough young people.
And let's consider a major reason why that is the case.
Abortion on demand. Legal abortion up until the minute before that baby is completely out of the mother's body.
So, in reality, Social Security will be screwed some years down the line because we are aborting our future generations.
In fact, I fully expect the Left to insist that euthanasia be legalized for folks who are too old to be taxed so we are not a burden to society.
Just wait. It will happen. It is happening in Europe now.
The life of an individual human being means nothing to the Left. Nothing.
Hat Tip to Dog Snot Diaries
Posted by Beth at 06:43 AM
January 08, 2005
Opinion Payola
What Armstrong Williams did was very wrong. It was also very wrong for the Education Department to offer him money to promote the No Child Left Behind Act. He is paying for what he did, though - his column has been dropped by his newspaper.
However, the reaction from the Left is a bit on the outrageous side, if you ask me.
Alex Jones, director of Harvard's Shorenstein media center, said he is "disgusted" by what he called "the worst kind of fakery and flackery" on Williams's part. "It's propaganda masquerading as news, paid by government, truly a recipe from hell," he said. "It would make any thinking person hearing any pundit speak want to say, 'Okay, how much did they pay you to say that?' " Jones said the contract also shows that "the Bush administration neither understands nor respects the idea of an independent media."
Independent media? Where was this guy when Dan Rather was cooking up faked documents in an attempt to bring down President Bush? I don't recall anyone from Harvard condemning CBS news about the 'worst kind of fackery and flackery'.
And then, this guy - a black liberal - writes an extremely bigoted post - "Massa, I sure do likes No Child Left Behind " - where he insists that
... this ought to expose the character of the negro conservative. They have no soul and no morals. They can be bought by their white overlords because they apsire to their status, but think themselves unworthy to be treated as the same. Now, I'll freely admit both Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have used their position to gain personally. But this kind of craven greed is a feature of the negro conservative. He shuffles and bucks along for his master, losing his soul and dignity in the process.
Yeah, I guess it's okay for a black guy to make rascists comments about other blacks, or so he claims in his comments. That, of course, is total bullshit. The man has no respect for anyone who has different political beliefs. He is as bigoted as a member of the KKK.
Anyway, LaShawn,Jeff Jarvis and Michelle Malkin all have good commentaries.
Armstrong Williams was wrong, wrong, wrong and the Department of Education (which really ought to be abolished anyway) was completely wrong, and whoever thought up this scheme should be fired and prosecuted!
Posted by Beth at 11:31 AM
November 20, 2004
I've been avoiding politics of late
But I thought I should chime in on Condoleeza Rice's nomination to Secretary of State. I think it's great. She is a strong, brilliant woman. She speaks many languages, she has incredible gravitas. If I had a daughter, I would point to Ms. Rice as a role model.
I am disgusted by the ugly, racist cartoons that leftists have drawn - and the big newspapers have printed.
It's disgusting. It's rascist. It is sexist. There is no excuse for such behaviour.
Posted by Beth at 07:48 AM
November 04, 2004
Now that W has won
Why are all the left-leaning politicos and commentators demanding that President Bush needs to bend to their wishes? Good lord, people, more Americans voted for President Bush than any other American President in history! President Bush reached across to Democrats way too often in his first term, and it did him and the country little good. He even got Ted Kennedy, of all people, involved in writing the No Child Left Behind Act. He has increased social spending way more then I think he should have - all to reach out to the liberals. But you know, all that compromise and reaching out and the Dems still refused to give judicial appointments even a vote. It does not matter how hard President Bush works to make nice nice with liberals, they are not going to like him, mostly because he believes in God, I suppose.
Conservatives have a mandate - look at the make up of Congress now - and it is time to make the Bush tax breaks permanent and redouble our efforts in Iraq.
Europe, too, thinks that disagreements on the War in Iraq and the UN are all President Bush's fault. Balderdash. I have said this many times before, but I'll say it again anyway. The great majority of Americans do not want to be Europeans - we don't want to live in tiny little houses in countries that have rules about what names you can give your children. We don't want to live in a socialist "paradise". I believe that Europeans are very jealous of us, but are too fricking lazy to emulate our so-called 'puritan' work habits to be as prosperous as America. It's time for our troops to come home ... from Europe -let Germany defend itself with its own money. Why on earth do European countries think they have a say in how our government is run anyway? Feh.
As far as the deficit goes - I don't know where people upset about the deficit went to school, but when I took economics 101 I learned that the government should spend lots of money to keep the country from going into a depression in times of crisis (terrorists, war, recession).
I see no need for a President with an actual majority of votes (not a just plurality like Clinton had) to reach across to those who are going to kick him in the ass anyway. The heck with Europe and the far left. They are wrong about the Global War on Terror and they are wrong about the US economy, and I'm not even going to bring morality into the discussion.
Posted by Beth at 06:14 AM
November 03, 2004
Buy a Gun because George won!
I've decided that The Armorer, my beloved, sexy husband, needs a new gun in the collection to celebrate George Bush's election. (I'm pretty sure the President is the winner)
The purchase will have to wait until we are both at home at the same time, though - need to check and see if there are any gun shows coming up!
I think everyone should go out and buy a gun to honor the President's victory!
Posted by Beth at 07:25 AM
November 02, 2004
Well, hmmmm
The Internet is very slow tonight. Funny, that would indicate that people trust the web more then they do Major Mass Media, don't you think?
I have not turned on the TV, but I did listen to the radio when I was driving home earlier.
It's very close, again, dammit! Apparently organizations like moveon.org have managed to scare people with lies about a non-existent draft, etc.
It's too bad there is no truth in labeling laws that apply to groups like that and people like Michael Moore.
Geeze, I can just see Michael Moose Moore being appointed as ambassador to France or something or other if Kerry is elected.
Posted by Beth at 08:12 PM
This Just In!
SarahK was privy to a debate last night - between the heiress and Mrs. Bush. Very exciting stuff!
Posted by Beth at 09:26 AM
November 01, 2004
Tomorrow is the big day
If you have not yet voted, please, think about September 11th, 2001 before you do vote.
Think about the Global War on Terror that we are waging - Iraq is just one front in that war. It took the USA many years to finally fight back against terrorism, and we are succeeding.
George Bush is the Commander in Chief. "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States." That is the first duty of the President - Commander in Chief.
President Bush is doing an admirable job as Commander in Chief, leading our country in a war against terrorism. We have freed over 50 million people in Afghanistan and Iraq from horrible tyranny with minimum loss of human life.
And we are giving those countries back to the people of those countries - we are not exploiting them for oil, as knuckleheads like Michael Moore insist.
John Kerry cannot begin to fill President Bush's shoes. I fear that a Kerry Presidency would sell the soul of the United States into United Nations slavery.
The man is a menance to freedom loving people. He wants to be president only to assuage his great and awful ego. Ugh.
So, think of these things - these are the important things - and vote for George W. Bush tomorrow.
All of these bloggers support President Bush are are proud of it!
Posted by Beth at 07:53 PM
Yet another reason to vote for Bush!
From Bloomberg:
U.S. employers probably added 175,000 workers to payrolls in October, the most in five months, while the unemployment rate held at a three-year low of 5.4 percent, the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists shows.
Posted by Beth at 06:22 AM
October 28, 2004
Undecided voters
The polls indicate there are still enough undecided voters to make a difference in the election.
Here are the (completely unscientific) Top Ten Reasons why a voter would still be undecided:
1. They want to be sure that they vote for the winner so they are waiting until they hear about the Florida Exit Polls.
2. They want to get as much blog traffic as possible by teasing people into trying to convince them to vote one way or another.
3. They really plan on voting for Ralph Nader, but are too embarrassed to admit it to pollsters.
4. They are not really sure where they are supposed to vote, much less who they should vote for.
5. They are going to vote for Kerry, but are embarrassed to tell the pollster.
6. They are going to write in a vote for themselves, but are embarrassed to tell the pollster.
7. They are probably not going to get around to voting at all, but are embarrassed to tell the pollster.
8. They are simply not going to tell a stranger on the phone diddly squat but are really going to vote for Bush.
9. They are going to vote for the Libertarian candidate, but are too embarrassed to tell the pollster.
10. They are total idiots if they really don't know who the hell they are going to vote for in 5 days and probably should not be voting anyway!!!
Posted by Beth at 07:49 PM
October 27, 2004
Differences
I much prefer to have in office someone like George Bush. He is so human and warm and real and funny.
And there there are the Kerry/Edwards dudes.
UPDATE!:: You must see the synthesis of the two videos at the daily recylcler - oh, what genius some bloggers have!
Posted by Beth at 08:13 PM
October 26, 2004
Why my Vote went to George Bush
1. Security.
2. Because I don't want our National Security Dependant upon the good will of the United Nations - an organization made up of mostly tyrants.
3. Because I work hard for my money and I want to keep the tax cuts that President Bush made possible.
4. Because I'm a veteran and my husband is a disabled veteran and that man who opposes the President has already hurt POWs - God only knows how much he will hurt today's military men and women.
5. Because President Bush understands core American values - life is a precious gift - one which should not be taken easily.
6. Because President Bush is not going to tax my guns. John Kerry will do everything in his power to tax my guns. If he can, he will take my guns.
7. Because I am better off now then I was 4 years ago. My own salary has increased by $22,000 since President Bush was elected.
8. Because President Bush supports the troops and will never establish a draft.
9. Because First Lady, Laura Bush, is indeed a lady, who I greatly admire for her strong beliefs.
10. Because even though President Bush is a Christian, he does not wear his Christianity on his sleeve as a reason for all he does as President Carter did his.
11. Because George Bush speaks just like most of us.
12. Because John Kerry is from the Northeast and thinks he is better than all of us and seems to think he needs to speak slowly enough so we can all understand what he is saying.
13. Because Teresa Kerry is a shallow, rude, bitch born and raised in another country as a rich bitch and has never done a lick of real work in her life.
14. Because the Bush twins are normal girls - I did the same things they did when I was in college, they are cute, they are funny, they are just a couple of years older than Andy and August, yet the press has gone after Jenna and Barbara's butts for the last few years - but these girls still do what they can for their dad. Oh, and I have eaten at Chuy's before - not impressed at all. Service sucked!
15. Because Main Stream Media hate the Bush Presidency, I love it.
16. Because President Bush is making schools responsible for their funding - No Child Left Behind is a great start to making all the public schools worthy of all the dollars they get - all children, no matter what their background, deserve the very best education this incredibly rich and wonderful country can give them.
17. Because President Bush will continue to stand with Israel. Gee, maybe that should really be #2.
18. Because President Bush has actually worked on his ranch, and can chop wood and hack through weeds.
19. Because John Kerry speaks to us all as if we were idiots, and he is the only person on earth who knows English. The fuckhead!
20. Because I can't imagine spending the next four years having to listen to John f'n Kerry drone on and on about whatever. The man has about the most annoying speaking voice of any politician. I so wish the Dems had had enough brains to nominate Lieberman - but I suspect that all the anti-Semitic Dems like Michael Moore were responsible for his defeat.
Posted by Beth at 08:06 PM
October 23, 2004
Another Must See
John Kerry's actions and lies are not forgotten by Vietnam Veterans or their children. This is well worth the time.
After you see the video, go to Small Town Veteran and read the entire post.
Posted by Beth at 09:16 AM
Stolen Honor
Dean Esmay has links where you can see Stolen Honor.
Posted by Beth at 09:06 AM
October 21, 2004
Wictory Wednesday a day late!
I just got back from voting. For the first time in my life, I voted a straight Republican ticket. Normally, I go for a Libertarian here or there, but not this year. Our security is just too important. Our troops are just too important.
All the bloggers listed below are also going to vote for President Bush.
Posted by Beth at 10:46 AM
This country needs a Voter ID Card
I'm frightened by all the talk of vote fraud. It seems to be here, there and everywhere.
Voter fraud undermines our free society and makes the votes of real live people less valuable than they would otherwise be.
There are several things that Congress needs to do to change this mess. It may require a Constitutional Ammendment, but keeping voting fair is worth it!
First, when someone registers to vote, they must show positive identification proving that they are a US citizen.
Second, a Voter Registration ID card will be issued to everyone who is registered - because it is an ID card, a photo of the voter will be on it. And, of course there is no cost to getting the ID Card. (thanks for that, Marybeth!)
Third, when a voter moves and registers in a new place, the old voter registration ID will be returned to the county of origin (so that voter can be taken off the polls).
And last, only volunteers or county officials can register voters - this foolishness about one party or another paying people per voter registered has got to stop. Anytime you bring money into the picture, there will be people who cheat.
Yes, I know that the ACLU doesn't think it is fair to ask for Identification when voting, but we have to show ID for almost everything else we do - why not for the most important act we as citizens perform?
Posted by Beth at 07:05 AM
October 20, 2004
Do it
Vote for George Bush.
We can vote early here in Kansas. I'll probably go in and vote tomorrow morning. It is very important to vote even if you are in a state that is not a battleground state. I want very much for George Bush to win not only the electoral college, but to get a definite majority of the votes so he will have a mandate to fight the war on terror.
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