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September 30, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
Lack Of Judgment: Are Some Too Quick To Embrace John Roberts?
- By Frederick Meekins
From his response to a questionnaire submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, it has been reported Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has pledged to honor established precedent if confirmed as a jurist to the nation’s highest court. While such posturing might be an elaborate rhetorical ploy to throw off the snarling liberal jackals off his trail, it does not bode well for the nation if such sentiments are actually an accurate summation of his legal philosophy.
In defense of his position, Judge Roberts continued, “Precedent plays an important role in promoting the stability of the legal system. A sound judicial philosophy should reflect recognition of the fact that the judge operates within a system of rules developed over the years by other judges…They do not have a commission to solve society’s problems…but simply to decide cases before them according to the rule of law.”
But what precedents are you going to abide by, Mr. Roberts? And if he lacks the courage to step out from behind the judicial shadow, should he be entrusted with a position that requires a backbone beneath the black robe?…….
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September 29, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
The ANSWER is No
- By Robin Mullins Boyd
The anti-war crowd held another well-publicized “End the Occupation” rally in Washington DC this past weekend. The rally’s primary sponsors were ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and United for Peace and Justice. The rally was also the final stop for the Cindy Sheehan bus tour.
Thanks to CSPAN’s live coverage, America got to see the anti-war crowd in all its glory. Peace signs, “Bush is a Liar and War Criminal” t-shirts and Palestinian scarves were haute couture at the rally. There was even an American Flag but not in the usual sense. Someone had replaced the 50 stars with a giant peace symbol. Some fun-loving rally attendees wore orange jumpsuits just like Nick Berg wore when he was beheaded. After the announcement about the Amtrak closure conspiracy, I am sure that there were some tin foil hats. The obligatory red donation buckets were passed throughout the rally………….
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September 28, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
Disasters drive home basic truths
- By Michael M. Bates
We humans sometimes lull ourselves into believing we run the world. We explore outer space, delve deeply into the mysteries of life, and build bigger and better MP3 players. In general, we live lives undreamed of even fifty years ago. Yep, we’ve come a long way, baby.
Then the tsunami or Katrina or another disaster happens. They are forceful reminders of how impotent mere humans are in the face of Nature.
Not totally powerless of course. Scientific progress permits us to determine in advance how severe many natural disasters will be. When they will hit can often be pinpointed.
Warnings can be issued. People can take precautions………………..
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Streisand’s Hot Air? Global Warming INDEED!
September 26, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
Babs “the wing nut” Streisand is BACK!
Good old Babs must have snuck in a few PHDs in Weather and history between those movies and albums she has done over the last 40 some years because she has announced a “Global Warming Emergency”!
“This summer’s back to back superstorms are proof positive we have entered a new period of “global warming emergency,” Streisand said in an interview with Diane Sawyer.
“We are in a global warming emergency state, and these storms are going to become more frequent, more intense,” Streisand continued.
Yep, this wingnut is SOOO qualified to give us this scientific “fact” based on her years of research and study, no doubt.
While she is at it, perhaps she can tell us how the pyramids were built, expound on the string theory in physics and tell us what photosynthesis is and how it works. After all, she MUST be all smart, all knowing and all seeing.
Even Drudge is having a laugh at both Streisand’s and Sawyer’s expense reminding us just how many category 5 hurricanes -it seems to be a dozwn or so- we have had in the singer’s lifetime even as she seems to say that this is all a new phenomenon.
One theory is sure and I don’t need a PHD to expound upon it myself. Should Babs wish to ease “Global Warming”, keeping the hot air from spewing out of her mouth would be a good first step!
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September 25, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
Dr. Phil’s Son To Wed Playboy Centerfold
Ironically, an episode the other day was about the evils of judging by appearance.
As with those that claim they read Playboy for the articles, I suppose he became smitten by this tramp through her personality.
For those charmed by the puny, ditzy model type, be warned. They don’t strike me as the kind that will do much housework or happily do as they are told like a proper wife should.
Any satisfaction to be derived from having such a showcase bride based upon contemporary standards of beauty idolizing malnutrition and an emaciated look will no doubt be eaten up by divorce settlement costs a few years down the road.
Glamour wenches seldom make good companions and hardly the best selection as mothers.
As I once read in a Christian book on youth ministry, when it comes to basing a relationship primarily on appearance, fine feathers clothe an expensive bird.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick Meekins
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September 24, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
A Five Days in Philadelphia - A Book Review
- By Warner Todd Huston
The story of how Wendell Wilkie became the 1940 Republican candidate for President as FDR ran for an unprecedented third term is not one told often and mores the pity, really. It was an interesting time, one that author Charles Peters relates to us in an easy to read conversational manner. His folksy style causes one to imagine himself listening to a favorite next door neighbor or kindly grandfather tell an engrossing tale of yesteryear.
The story of one of the last exciting Party conventions in US history is an interesting tale but, unfortunately, I found author Peters not wholly up to the task. Perhaps I am too used to more ponderous historical tomes but Peters’ more journalistic and colloquial style just didn’t satisfy. And, folksy manner aside, he did not present a solidly convincing argument to support his thesis……….
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September 23, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
Ward and June have left the expletive deleted building
- By Michael M. Bates
In the past I’ve written that never have I heard someone leaving a theater say to the person he’s with, “You know, honey, I liked that movie, but I just wish it had had a lot more cussin’.”
The point was that, despite its pervasiveness in entertainment, bad language isn’t something demanded by most consumers. It is, it seems to me, just tossed in gratuitously many times.
A recent study suggests I may be wrong………………..
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September 22, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | No Comments
Perhaps America Should Act Like the United Nations
- By Justin Darr
Here is a quick “Final Jeopardy” question for you: “Name an organization that within the last year has been found complicit in child molestation and prostitution, abandoning hundreds of thousands of civilians to genocide because they are not Muslim, summarily terminating the employment of those who wrote a book outlining the organization’s systematic patterns of abuse, actively working to obstruct an investigation that proved that its employees where taking bribes and kickbacks from funds intended to feed women and children, and still receives the praises of those who feel America should yield its national sovereignty over to it.”
“What is the United Nations, Alex?”
“Very good! You get to move on to the next round and for the rest of you, here is the home version of the game and a couple of boxes of ‘Rice-a-Roni’.”. ………….
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