Gods of the Copybook Headings
February 28, 2008
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Defeat John Murtha!
February 28, 2008
The Republican challenger to John “The Marines killed innocent civilians in cold blood” Murtha is William Russell, and his name had conveniently been tossed off the ballot in his Pennsylvania district, the Johnstown, PA Tribune Democrat reports, because it was determined he only had 993 “valid” signatures on his petition, seven short of the 1,000 required. Read more
Defeat John Murtha!
February 28, 2008
The Republican challenger to John “The Marines killed innocent civilians in cold blood” Murtha is William Russell, and his name had conveniently been tossed off the ballot in his Pennsylvania district, the Johnstown, PA Tribune Democrat reports, because it was determined he only had 993 “valid” signatures on his petition, seven short of the 1,000 required. Without him on the ballot, Murtha will have no challengers, and he doesn’t have the funds for a legal battle to fight the petition decision.
He can still run as the Republican nominee if at least 1,000 people write him in, and he has the most votes of any write-ins, so it is imperative that Republican voters in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District (map) go to the polls and write in Bill Russell, if they want to see Murtha defeated.
Pamela, of Atlas Shrugs has all the details, here. William Russell’s campain site is here, and if you would like to donate to his campaign via Slatecard, go here.
(hat-tip to FHK Secret Agent appleann1!)
Actually Howard, Thats Backwards
February 28, 2008
They talk like the 1950s (though without that underlying disappointment at the inevitability of socialism), and look like the 1850s. We mean, you’ve seen John McCain…right?
Planned Parenthood Showing its True Colors (With Video)
February 28, 2008
…from Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council:
Racism Alive and Well at Planned Parenthood
A shocking set of recordings was released this week that could prove disastrous for Planned Parenthood’s ties with the African-American community. Lila Rose, a pro-life student and reporter at UCLA, launched an undercover investigation aimed at exposing the racism of the nation’s largest abortion merchant. With the help of an actor, she contacted Planned Parenthood clinics in seven states, inquiring if they would be willing to accept a donation earmarked for the abortion of black babies. The results were jaw-dropping. (more…)
Nothing To Complain About
February 28, 2008
There’s nothing that can cheer up a pretty slow blogging day (unless we’re into defending John McCain’s constitutional status, or whatnot) than a good celebrity with a something stupid to say about the current state of World Affairs. We look to our Golden Gods and Goddesses for pearls of wisdom in our darkness. But, it just goes to show that sometimes life throws you a curveball; you have to expect what you least expect.
My visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis.
Today’s humanitarian crisis in Iraq — and the potential consequences for our national security — are great. Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won’t explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder?
What we cannot afford, in my view, is to squander the progress that has been made. In fact, we should step up our financial and material assistance…
As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and those of non-governmental organizations seem to feel they have the right set of circumstances to attempt to scale up their programs. And when I asked the troops if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, they said that they miss home but feel invested in Iraq. They have lost many friends and want to be a part of the humanitarian progress they now feel is possible.
No, its not Kid Rock speaking, or that guy who released that country song about bombing the tar out of Baghdad. Its Angelina Jolie, actress, mom, and United Nations Spokescelebrity.
Theoretically, the comment means nothing. In fact, to give any credence to it seems to undermine the general consensus that celebrities with ideas should immediately be reintroduced to their purpose in life through, perhaps, an awards show. The Right has been championing that idea for years, and to abandon it now to embrace a starlet who managed to stumble upon a grain of truth seems disingenuous. So instead, we’ll just say that we’re happy to have independent confirmation from an unexpected source of something we already trusted was true, but had only previously heard from people with similar agendas to ours. Angelina Jolie seems like a nice person — though we don’t, admittedly know everything about her and with celebrities you always assume they’ve done something totally stupid like endorse the Palestinian cause — and you don’t get to be a United Nations ambassador without putting in some serious effort at world peace, but like with all celebrities, our immediate assumption is that she’s not championing American interests abroad, and we don’t particularly think her track record shows her standing up for the Good Old Stars ‘n Stripes. So to have someone like that vouch for our general plan…it feels like a small victory.
Although, if the trend of lavishing praise all over the Right keeps up, we’re going to have to start watching celebrity programs again and thats not really good for anyone. And if you think we’re kidding about a ‘Trend,’ you only have to look at today’s Time, which features an article penned by 80s pop star Bob Geldof, claiming that maybe Bush isn’t as stupid as the Left assumed.
Maybe its just a phase brought on by the lightheaded giddiness of less than a year left in Bush’s term. Ah well, we’ll enjoy it while it lasts.
Update on the Murtha Pork Orgy
February 28, 2008
Americans for Prosperity have some pictures and updates posted regarding the Murtha Bash Crash.
I’m happy to report that last night’s “Murtha Bash - Pork Crash” was a resounding success. A solid crowd of taxpayer advocates braved brutal winter winds to help expose the connections between Congressman John Murtha’s campaign contributors and the taxpayer-funded pork-barrel earmarks he secures for them.
Mixxin’ up Facebook
February 28, 2008
Mixx is being touted as the alternative to Digg. Of course there are literally millions (give or take) of new social networking sites wanting to be the next Digg, but Mixx is actually pretty good. It’s user-friendly, and thus far seems to have avoided the whole “bury brigade” fiasco. Also, Mixx has taken steps to interact with other social networking programs…very Web 2.0!
Now, from the Mixx Blog:
Now you don’t have to leave Facebook to submit, comment on and share content from around the web, and you can share with your Facebook and your Mixx Friends at the same time. And by setting your Facebook Interests you’ll get the stuff you want delivered right to your profile page. (more…)
Obama Is Destined To Lose
February 28, 2008
Now that he’s taken his own uber-dorky Democratic Presidential candidate photo.
Okay, so its not John Kerry getting hit in the face with a football or anything like that, but you have to admit its…uh…special. And its part of the running theme of dorky Democrat photos — men who probably never did much besides read, write and play chess most of their adult lives, never had a date in college and never really brought their noses out of stolen copies of New Republic getting the chance to do something they’ve always dreamed of, yet fate, for reasons often explained by the resulting photo itself, just never quite gave them the chance to do, like drive a tank, play on a football team, look like an idiot crawling through the hatch of a docked space shuttle.
Which brings us to our own question: if we, one day, heaven forbid, are bitten by the desire to run for an office…what our dorky Presidential picture would involve. Probably a Disney character of some sort.
UPDATE:
Before anyone assumes anything about pictures of a certain Presidential candidate that they probably wish you’d never seen…you’d had better visit US Weekly.
This Dude Is Awesome
February 28, 2008
Prince Harry has been fighting the Taliban on the front lines in Afghanistan.
PRINCE HARRY has been secretly fighting the Taliban on the front line in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today.
The 23-year-old Household Cavalry officer has spent the past 10 weeks serving in war-ravaged Helmand Province.
The deployment had been cloaked in secrecy under a news blackout deal agreed across the UK media to prevent details reaching the Taliban and endangering Harry and his comrades.
He’s been called “exemplary” and a “credit to his nation.”
Thats just really pretty cool.
