Ned Rice on Andrew Breitbart. The title? “Can Andrew Breitbart Save Hollywood?” The whole thing is great but this may be the best part: But beneath the sunny exterior, behind the eyes some might actually call merry, Breitbart is a man unceasingly obsessed with politics and the daily battlefield reports from a culture war he’s …
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The Fact That I Am Completely Wrong Is Just More Proof How Right I Am
This little anecdote, included in a list of “outrageous lawsuits,” just came to one of my email lists: This year’s runaway First Place Stella Award winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home from an OU football game, she, having driven onto the …
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The Riddle That is Bob Barr
Bob Barr has an op-ed in the NY Times: THERE is no abuse of government power more egregious than executing an innocent man. But that is exactly what may happen if the United States Supreme Court fails to intervene on behalf of Troy Davis. Mr. Davis is facing execution for the 1989 murder of an …
Vilifying the victim
The pundits haven’t really started in on vilifying George Tiller yet, but this from Tucker Carlson probably gives a taste of what’s to come: Anonymous: Over the past few years, Bill O’Reilly has made the following comments about Dr. Tiller: – He “destroys fetuses for just about any reason right up until the birth date …
The End of GM
Some jaw-dropping numbers in this report: Calling the federal government a reluctant shareholder, President Obama on Monday characterized the bankruptcy filing of General Motors as necessary to assure that the company remained a viable part of America in the years ahead. President Obama said that the government had agreed to support G.M.’s reorganization because executives …
Because
Sullivan: As someone who has always called what the Jihadists do terrorism, could I get a response from Malkin as to whether she believes this Christianist murder is terrorism as well? Imagine an Islamist fanatic had assassinated a pro-Israel rabbi in a synagogue, and had harassed synagogues for years, including one arrest for bomb materials …
Connect The Dots
DHS report: Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may …