Live, from the pulpit, Howard Dean.
Archives for 2004
Is O’Neill Another Rove Operative?
Iraq Reconstruction
Good news from Iraq, reported in a German newspaper.
Mars Rover
Here is the Nasa website for the Mars Rover, and you an check out some really cool panoramic pictures that they have assembled (in various sizes). If you really want a hoot, turn oin your AM radio and listen to the Coast to Coast guys speculating about the images.
BTW- I just love radio, and Coast to Coast is a lot of fun to listen to. Most of the topics and people are way out there (last night they were talking to time travelers), but for some reason I just think it is a great show. Plus, it has the best bumper music ever.
Where is Mrs. Dean?
Unlike Oliver, I do not think this weird New York Times piece is a right-wing smear job (seriously- stop giggling), but I must admit I thought it was weird when I read it last night.
From what I read, Mrs. Dean (actually Dr. Dean, as she is an accomplished doctor), seems to be quite comfortable at home with the kids and the pets. If we were to pass judgement on that sort of attitude in the Cole household or elsewhere in WV, I think the words used to describe her decision to stay home would be ‘sane,’ or ‘normal.’ In fact, she sounds a helluva lot like many of my neighbors in our hometown.
I wonder if Paul Krugman is going to freak out on Jodi Wilgoren for this puff piece.
When Racism is Acceptable
When is blatant racism acceptable?* When it is used by a liberal as a ‘rhetorical ploy:’
ROOTS CANAL: Colin Powell dances for his massah.
I’m sorry, but any shred of dignity or integrity Colin Powell may have had is now long gone. His continuing Stepin’ Fetchit routine on behalf of the Cheney/Rumsfeld administration is outrageous and embarrassing.H
How humiliating. Any man in Powell’s position with the slightest shred of pride or self-respect would have resigned a long time ago.
When called on this overty offensive and blatantly racist statement, he replies with this tortured logic:
UPDATE: Some people are criticizing this post as en egregious example of “race baiting.” I disagree. It’s an attempt to light a fire under people’s butts by using incendiary rhetoric. I am not arguing that Powell is acting like a compliant Uncle Tom BECAUSE he’s black, and that’s just the way black people act. Quite the opposite. It’s demeaning for a man of his stature and reputation to be put forward by this administration and to dance for the cameras, and lie about pre-war Iraq intelligence.
Fortunately, Oliver Willis and Tacitus treat this bile seriously, because I was merely going to turn it into a game for my readers. Like, for example, see how many cotradictory thoughts you can find in Hesiod’s post in 30 seconds. Or, count the number of different ways this is racist (I found 3 in no time).
* General Disclaimer for moonbats and others who plague the comments section- Racism is never acceptable, and no, I don’t think liberals and Democrats are racist. Quite the opposite, which is why Hesiod’s post is so breathtakingingly offensive.
Balloon Juice Endorsed
Check out my latest endorsement:
This blog used to be an interesting place to see a sane right-wing perspective, but it has degenerated into useless partisan frothing, devoid of sense or support. I’ve moved on to tacitus.org, and I sincerely recommend that you do the same.
I’m insane- devoid of sense, and frothingly partisan! Now that is what I call an endorsement! You might ask- what brought on this critique?
Well, in a nutshell- I discussed Howard Dean, and did not keep my discussion to only glowingly positive descriptions of the candidate. Not that I dissed him- just that I noted that what is propelling his candidacy is anger of the far left- the people who run the Democrastic nominating process. And guess what- even though the media may be new to this idea, I have been stating it all along. From the Balloon Juice archives, 23 May 2003:
Dean seems to have a shot because he is strident and angry, and he appeals to the fringe elements of the Democrat party who are just bitter and angry. That counts, for now.
Dean’s performance so far has been a mixture of half-truths, outright lies, appeals to anger, distortions of the actual record, and general foolishness including his daily backtracking on a previously issued statement. I don’t see it getting much better.
If, after all, God had wanted Dean elected- he wouldn’t have made Dean so unelectable.