I am glad that the tragic story of the police in Tennesee shooting a family pet in a routine traffic stop is getting a lot of air time, and I hope everyone views it. There is a policing problem in this country. It starts with the police. If the police can say that shooting a family pet in front of children is the appropriate response and according to department policy, let me suggest it is time to re-work the policies of the department. This is also not the first time this department has been involved in wrong-doings. The word fascist is thrown out a lot by Democrats when talking about conservatives. I don’t know the political affiliation of these guys, but fascist sounds about right.
Archives for January 2003
Signs
I just saw Signs. I was disappointed. I think M. Night has caught Tarantino syndrome- each movie gets progressively worse.
Charles Dodgson Asks:
Am I the only person who suspects that the Republican failure to extend unemployment benefits last month was a deliberate ploy to let them bundle the extension in with Dubya’s tax package, to try to make it look a little more balanced?
It sure would have been good politics.
Via Avedon Carol’s Sideshow. I have added The Sideshow to the perma-links. I think I have only agreed with Avedon once, but I like balance (in the links, at least) here, and it is always good to see what the left is thinking, and The Sideshow is a good read.
Paging Joseph Biden
In the opening of his State of the State speech, Gov. Gray Davis used the same ideas and many of the same words that President Clinton used in his first State of the Union address — a similarity so striking that it prompted charges Thursday of plagiarism.
In his speech, seen by many as the most important of his career, Davis on Wednesday echoed themes Clinton had outlined 10 years earlier: In both cases, the politicians said the ailing economy demanded their full attention and that only a united effort could rescue the economy from its doldrums.
Davis even repeated one sentence verbatim. Referring to the economies of the United States in 1993 and California in 2003, both said, “But these are not ordinary times.”
Steve Maviglio, Davis’ spokesman, declined to comment. The governor’s speech writer, Jason Kinney, dismissed the parallels as an “accidental homage.”
Hey- cut him some slack. What is a little perjury plagiarism amongst friends?
*** UPDATE ***
Joe Arrieta, who is no right winger, SAVAGES Davis in a post in the must-read Political State Report. Who exactly voted for this guy?
Joe states emphatically:
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Clinton Jokes
Here is my nasty Clinton joke for the week-end:
Bill Clinton started jogging near his new home in Chappaqua.
But on each run, he happened to jog past a hooker standing on
the same street corner, day after day.
With some apprehension he would brace himself as he approached
her for what was most certainly to follow. “Fifty dollars!”
she would shout from the curb. “No. Five dollars!” fired back
Clinton. This ritual between Bill and the hooker continued for
days. He’d run by. She’d holler, “Fifty dollars!” He’d yell
back, “Five dollars!”
One day however, Hillary decided that she wanted to accompany
her husband on his jog. As the jogging couple neared the
problematic street corner, Bill realized the “pro” would bark
her $50 offer and Hillary would wonder what Bill had been
really doing on all his past outings. He realized he should
have a darn good explanation for the junior Senator.
As they jogged into the turn that would take them past the
corner, Bill became even more apprehensive than usual. Sure
enough, there was the hooker where she always stood. Bill tried
to evade the prostitute’s eyes as she watched the pair jog
past.
Then, from the sidewalk, the hooker yelled, “See what you get
for five bucks!”
See, Hesiod? Republicans do have a sense of humor.
Drudge Kills Me
Gotta love Drudge. North Korea is saber-rattling and pulling out of the NNT, and Drudge’s headline is, in big bold letters:
MOTTOLA OUT AT SONY RECORDS!
You Have to BE Kidding Me
I read this editorial in the NY Times, and I was shocked. You mean to tell me, that in 2003, we don’t videotape confessions? It should be mandatory. If anyone can come up with a reason why it shouldn’t be, I am all ears.