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Enough is Enough!

by John Cole|  January 15, 200312:53 pm| 1 Comment

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

From the comments section at DailyPundit:

After thirty years as a registered Democrat, I’ve finally had enough of their pandering to parasites, no-hacks, freeloaders, the strategically thin-skinned and the tactically aggrieved, Marxist academics, watermelon environmentalists, Hollywood dimwits (why the hell should I give a shit what Sheryl Crow thinks???), brainless, aging peacenik hippies, corrupt union bosses and doctrinaire feminist loonies whose inscrutable vagina logic leads them to the conclusion that bikinis worn in America are just as oppressive to women as burkhas worn in Afghanistan.

Yes, enough is enough: today I walked down to the courthouse and registered as a Republican.

Fuck you, Tom Daschle.

Posted by Dave D. at January 15, 2003 07:50 AM

Hehe.

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Balloon Juice Involved in an Unfair Smear

by John Cole|  January 14, 20038:23 pm| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Open Threads

A few days ago, I made some pointed comments about Sean Penn (I called him a blithering idiot- which I still stand by), and then I linked him to a less than flattering piece from the Drudge Report. That piece was supposed to be a transcript, but as Avedon Carol has noticed, it bears no resemblance to the CNN transcript. In fact, you can’t even find where the Drudge snippet is supposed to be in the CNN transcript.

I have been informed by a reader that the Drudge transcript was a joke, poking fun at Penn’s speech patterns.

What gives, Drudge? CNN? I still think Penn is a useful idiot, and he has admitted as much, but this is nonsense. If anyone knows what is going on here, please email me, so if necessary, I can make the appropriate retraction.

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Are Democrats Lying Again?

by John Cole|  January 14, 20038:01 pm| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

The Democrats lost the Senate in the last election, but they refuse to give up power, and want unparalled financing and power- in other words, they want to keep running things, even though they don’t.

A dispute over the composition of Senate committees in the new Congress has boiled over into a full-blown battle, with the Senate’s Republican leadership accusing Democrats of attempting a coup.

Democrats are refusing to agree to a GOP proposal on the composition and funding of committees unless they get higher than typical representation.

Normally, the majority party receives an average of two-thirds of the committee budget, while the minority receives the remainder. Because the Senate is in GOP hands, the Republicans had wanted the typical ratios for committees, but because the GOP advantage is only by a single vote, Democrats want a better deal.

The Democrats’ argument is based on the agreement in the last Congress — when the Senate was initially split 50-50 — that allowed the Republicans to keep even committee ratios after power shifted to the Democrats when Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., left the GOP. The only leverage available is the threat to filibuster any organization agreement the Republicans offer.

In other words, they want what is not theirs. Anyone who pays taxes can tell you this is a familiar pattern of behavior.

Assistant Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said his party only wanted what it had given the GOP in the same situation in the last Congress — committee ratios that reflect the closely divided Senate’s composition.

“We are only asking for what we offered the Republicans the last time the Senate was 51 to 49,” Reid said on the Senate floor.

But because that agreement was part of an unusual situation — namely an evenly split Senate that was organized in that manner — a nonpartisan Senate expert described that claim as true only to a point.

“It’s politically true,” he said. “But you can’t say it’s exactly true. That past deal was negotiated when the Senate was even and reflected the fact it could change.

“Here the GOP is clearly the majority party and the Democrats are trying to get a better deal than any other minority party has ever received.”

My goodness, these are just tiresome people.

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Ted Barlow- Headcase

by John Cole|  January 14, 20032:01 pm| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Humorous

Ted Barlow has gone completely bonkers. This was funny, though:

Q. How many bloggers does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: Only one, but when has that ever stopped us?

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Holy Joe Lashes Out!

by John Cole|  January 14, 20039:51 am| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Open Threads

The Democrat’s answer to Bill Bennett, Joe Lieberman, announced yesterday that he was running for President, Holy Joe Lashes Out!”>and then promptly lashed out at Hollywood. Apparently, Joe knows movies, and Joe knows video games, and he doesn’t like what he sees (and thus what you see). This is fabulous- I can’t wait to live in a state that combines the fiscal paternalism of the worst Democrats and the social paternalism/nanny state mentality of the rabid right-wingers. I might move to Canada- except there is no chance Joe will win. The Democrats will never, never, never elect a Jew.

Tom Paine voices their thoughts on Holy Joe.

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Tony Blair Channels George Bush

by John Cole|  January 14, 20039:45 am| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

If President Bush had said this:

An uncompromising Tony Blair said yesterday he would refuse to allow the United Nations to veto military action to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction.

The Prime Minister warned the public that Saddam Hussein’s weapons posed a “direct threat” to Britain but angered his Labour critics by refusing to guarantee that any war in Iraq would have to win the approval of the UN.

He told a Downing Street press conference that Britain’s “preference” would be for a fresh UN resolution before an attack but added a “qualification”

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Tell Us What You Think, Sheryl

by John Cole|  January 14, 20039:17 am| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Open Threads

Phew!

After that whole Sean Penn thing, I was really concerned about what Sheryl Crow might think:

Crow accepted her award for pop-rock female artist wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with the message “war is not the answer” in black sequins. She had the V-neck shirt specially made.

“I just think there’s a really vital, sweeping peace movement out there that’s not getting covered in the press, so I just kind of try to do my part,” she said backstage.

War is not the answer, indeed. But what is the question? Six times seven, perhaps? This next gem of a quote from Crow is a thing of sheer beauty:

“I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.”

Utter idiocy that rots to the core. One more time, with Cheryl:

“The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.”

Imagine if Sheryl Crow were your doctor:

“Doctor Crow- My foot hurts. What should I do?”

“The best way to feel good is to not hurt.”

Is it just me, or did the sequined v-neck t-shirt do a better job of stating her case than her vacuous remarks?

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