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"THE SKY IS FALLING !! THE SKY IS FALLING !! THE SKY IS FALLING !!...

Could the letter writer, explain what rights she has lost??? Neocon the sky is not falling. I checked.

"Do Americans, regardless of political leanings, really want a man who will unquestioningly support the power of the presidency, disregarding our constitution and nullifying the balance of powers, on our highest court for the next 30 years?"

As I watch Sam Alito and his wife on televison the past few weeks, it is clear to me why the liberal elite are so concerned about Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court. Alito and his wife appear to be two down-to-earth, common sense people, just like you might have living next door to you. Sam Alito even appears to be a little like the intelligent nerd that you went to college with, very unassuming, who always had all of the right answers on the tests. Yes, I can see how he disturbs the liberal elites. He is too normal.

Sam Alito is just one of nine people on the Supreme Court. He is not the coming of evil that the left fears. Their only fear is that he and John Roberts will bring some semblance of common sense to this court that has been lacking for years. They represent the mainstream of America, whether the liberal elite want to acknowledge that or not. That is what they fear.

Elections have consequences.

"Do Americans, regardless of political leanings, really want a man who will unquestioningly support the power of the presidency,"

And will the writer still be asking that question when (IF) Hillary is President?

"the fear-mongering title 'war on terrorism'"

Oh, so 3,000 Americans didn't die on September 11, 2001, 18 sailors were not killed on the USS Cole in 2000, 8 American embassy staff weren't killed in "Twin Embassy bombings" in 1998, 19 servicemen weren't killed in Khobar Towers attack in Saudi Arabia in 1996, and the WTC wasn't attacked in 1993 that left 6 dead? To you, terrorism doesn't exist, but because of people like you and your "ostrich strategy", countless more Americans will die in the future at the hands of Islamic barbarians.

Thank God we have a leader more concerned about taking this fight to the murderers who do us harm and not concerned about poll numbers and getting his next "trick" with a vulnerable, young, White House intern (that's where Bill Clinton's attention was focused).

Ms. Crosby,

For what it's worth, I share your outrage. Just because I personally haven't been thrown in jail, had my phone tapped (I hope), or had my home searched without due process it upsets me greatly that there are others who have. It upsets me even more that more people aren't outraged. And it further disturbs me that the blatant disregard for the law is being rammed down our throats as a means of protecting us. Well who is going to protect us from our protectors?

To those on the right, you may now commence with trashing me personally, telling me how naive and ill-informed I am, and that I have had my information spoon-fed to me by Dean, Kerry, Mao, Marx, etc., because that's how these interchanges usually go. No one on the left is capable of original thought, merely repetition of Pelosi and Reid, while those on the right are enlightened and reasonable.

Have fun.

Howie G,

Way to judge and dismiss all those who might lean to a different ideology than you do before they say a word.

Some would say you have a defeatist attitude. Or perhaps you're proactive?

I agree wholeheartedly with your first paragraph (except for that blatant disregard for the law crap) by the way.

Hugh, you are so right. Elections have consequences and the last one will have continuing consequences for our children. The conservatives are supporting a President who has NEVER vetoed one bit of ridiculous spending---but he is such a "Godly man" to them. It is also amazing that he receives support from those he is harming the most--many working class americans.

And, like Howie, I will now be told how ignorant I am for disagreeing with the Republican God.

To those of you on the Left,

I was wondering if you attended the "peaceful" protest against President Bush last night on Elm Street, where 7 protestors assaulted an under-cover Greensboro police officer? This is another example of the loonie-Left becoming unhinged as they cannot engage in civil debate. Other examples include conservative Ann Coulter being attacked on stage at the University of Arizona and being shouted down by hundreds of leftist thugs at her speech at UConn, and such treatment against conservative speakers David Horowitz, Michele Malkin, and Bill Krystal on college campuses.

This one is going get ugly and fast.
PLEASE try to keep the gloves above the belt and no low blows

Thomas,

Those seven protestors, some of which were carrying concealed weapons, to a protest were minions of World Can't Wait, a far left wing organization. For everyone's delight and amazement, here's a list of the supporters of World Can't Wait. This group is well-defined by its supporters, and no one should be surprised about its violent antics:

ACT UP, New York City
Mumia Abu-Jamal, political prisoner, journalist
Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, mosque of Islamic Brotherhood; Justice Committee, Majlis Ash-Shura, NY
Pam Africa, Move Organization and International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
After Downing Street Coalition
Vicente "Panama" Alba, Organizer, Laborers Union Local 108, New York
"Alberto Lovera" Bolivian Circle, New York
Aimee Allison, army conscientious objector (Gulf War
90)/counter-Recruiter
Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Aris Anagnos, Los Angeles
Anti-Flag
Carlos Arango, director of Casa Aztlan*
Edward Asner
Asociacion Tepeyac de New York
Axis of Justice
Rosa Ayala, Justice for Janitors*
William Ayers, professor and author
Russell Banks, writer
Father Luis Barrios, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas, New York
Rev. Willie Barrow, Women Connecting*
Ed Begley Jr.
Harry Belafonte
Dave Berenson, Cleveland, OH, U.S. Green Party
Michael Berg, anti-war activist
Jessica Blank, writer, actor
Blase Bonpane, author
Bob Bossie, SCJ, 8th Day Center for Justice*
Father Roy Bourgeois, MM
St. Clair Bourne, film maker
Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, NYC
Jane Bright, Co-founder, Goldstar Families for Peace
Carol Brightman, author, "Total Insecurity: The Myth of American Omnipotence"
Dennis Brutus
Gabriel Byrne, Actor
Campus Anti-War Network(CAN)
Tim Carpenter, Director, Progressive Democrats of America
Center for Constitutional Rights
Chicago ADAPT
Ward Churchill
Citizens For Legitimate Government
Kate Clinton, humorist
Clothing of American Mind
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate
Code Pink: Women for Peace
Steve Colman, poet
John Conyers, US Representative
Carlos Cornier, percussionist, Funkadesi, Old Town School of Folk
Music
Barry Crimmins, writer/
correspondent, Air America Radio
Culture Clash
Charles W. Dahm (Father Chuck), Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago
Chris Daly, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Julie Delpy, Actress
DC Anti-War Network
Democrats.com
Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party
Leonard "Len" Dominguez, Candidate for Cook County Commissioner
Dominican Women's Development Center, New York
Tom Duane, NY State Senator
Michael Eric Dyson, author, "Is Bill Cosby Right?"
Steve Earle, musician
Niles Eldredge, curator of the Darwin Show at the Museum of Natural History, NYC
Edwin Ellis, President of Veterans for Peace, LA*
Eve Ensler
Michelle Esrick, actress, poet, filmmaker
Donelle Estey, artist, Artists Against the War
Christian Ettinger, exec. prod. of film "The Weather Underground"
Jodie Evans, Code Pink
Nina Felshin, curator, writer
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Rev. John Fife
Jane Fonda
Prof. Barbara Forrest, Southeastern Louisana University (testifed in Dover against intelligent design)
Michael Franti, musician
Aaron Freeman, comdian
Samina Faheem Fundas, American Muslim Voice*
reg e. gaines, poet, playwright
Martin Garbus, NYC
Deborah Glick, NY State Assemblywoman
Ted Glick, Climate Crisis Coalition
Global Justice and Peace Ministries, Riverside Church,
New York
Frances Goldin, literary agent
Sam Greenlee, poet
André Gregory, theater director
Andy Griggs, US Labor Against the War, Exec. Board of United Teachers of LA*
Jose Guerrero, artist and muralist, Chicago
Lawrence Guyot, former SNCC member and former Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Paul Haggis, Director/Writer of Crash, screenwriter of Million Dollar Baby
Haitian Coalition for Justice
Suheir Hammad, poet
Sam Hamill, Poets Against War
Kathleen Hanna, Le Tigre
David Harris, founder of The Resistance*, writer
Jon Hendricks, jazz singer/lyricist
Jon Hendricks, artist
Hermandad Mexicana
Warren M. Hern, MD, MPH, PhD, Director, Boulder Abortion Clinic
Hip Hop Caucus
Dorothy Hoobler, PEN
Marie Howe, poet and writer
Impeach Bush Coalition
Mesha Monge Irizarry, Idriss StelleyFoundation
Islamic Association of America
Abdeen Jabara, past president, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee*
Ron Jacobs, writer
Dahr Jamail, independent journalist
Alan Jones, Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College*
Bill T. Jones, dancer
Sarah Jones, poet and actor
Rickie Lee Jones, musician
Esther Kaplan, author of With God On Their Side
Janis Karpinski, Brig. General (retired)
Casey Kasem
M. Ali Khan, American Muslim Council
C. Clark Kissinger
Frances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice*
Yuri Kochiyama
Ron Kovic, author, Vietnam Veteran
Jonathan Kozol
Joyce Kozloff, artist
Jim Lafferty, Executive Director of the National Lawyer's Guild of Los Angeles
Ray Laforest, organizer, DC 1707, AFSCME*; member, Pacifica National Board*
Beth Lamont
Jessica Lange
Lewis Lapham, former editor, Harper's Magazine
Martha Lavey, Chicago
Mark Leno, California Assemblyman
Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine
James Levin, co-director of Cleveland Festival of Arts & Technology (Ingenuity)
Simon Levy, director, "What I Heard About Iraq" at Fountain St. Theatre
Toby Devan Lewis
Bruce Lincoln, professor, History of Religions, University of Chicago
Margarita Lopez, New York City Council Member
Haki R. Madhubuti, chairman, publisher, Third World Press
Devorah major, poet & novelist
Make the Road by Walking, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Mike Malloy, syndicated radio talk show host
Lucinda Marshall, Founder Feminist Peace Network*
Bill Martin, philosopher
Father Matthius, Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago
Malachy McCourt, actor & author
Allen Michann, owner, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA
Ellen McLaughlin, actress and playwright
Camilo Mejia, conscientious objector
Dave Meserve, Arcata California city council member
Carol Migden, CA State Senator
Carly Miller, Clothing of the American Mind
Mark Crispin Miller, author, "Fooled Again"
Alderman Joe Moore, Chicago's City Council
Millions More Movement, Pittsburg /Antioch CA organizing committee
Bill Mitchell, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace*
Leon Mobley, musician
Tom Morello, Audioslave
Tracie Morris, poet
Andrew Muñana, Images Salón, East Los Angeles
Cecil Murray, Retired Minister First AME Church, Los Angeles
Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan
National Lawyers Guild
Armando Navarro, chair and professor, Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside
The Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines
Bill Nevins, teacher, Albuquerque
Northwestern College Feminists
Not in Our Name
Mike and Julie Nussbaum
Efia Nwangaza, director, African American Institute for Policy Studies, Greenville, SC
Brian O'Leary, PhD., author, former astronaut
Bertell Ollman, prof. Dept. of Politics, NYU
R. Tomás Olmos, President, Mexican American Bar Foundation, Los Angeles County*, Dean Emeritus, People's College of Law*
Barbara Olshansky, Center for Constitutional Rights
Outernational
Major Owens, 11th Congressional District, D-NY
Ozomatli
Jose Padilla*, executive director, California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)
Grace Paley, writer
Patrick Henry Democratic Club
Harvey Pekar, American Splendor
Sean Penn
Rosalind Petchesky, prof., Hunter College & Grad. Center, CUNY
Peter Phillips PhD, Project Censored, Sociology Dept Sonoma State University
Jeremy Pikser, screenwriter, Bulworth
Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize winning playwright
Frances Fox Piven
Sterling Plumpp, poet
Kevin Powell, writer
Progressive Democrats of America
Francine Prose, novelist
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party - New York Branch
Queers for Economic Justice
Jerry Quickley, poet and playwright
Malik Rahim, New Orleans Community Organizer
Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights*
Reach Hip Hop Coalition
Raghava Reddy, stem cell biologist, biomedical scientist, film maker
Maggie Renzi, filmmaker
Eric Resnick, Gay People's Chronicle* reporter, peace activist, one time candidate for US Congress
Allan Rich, screenwriter/actor
Boots Riley, The Coup
Walter Riley, lawyer
Joshua Rosenbloom, Composer/ Director of Bush is Bad
Mark Ruffalo, actor
Bobby Rush, US Representative, Chicago
Douglas Rushkoff, author
Kalamu ya Salaam, Listen to the People
JD Samson, Le Tigre
Sonia Sanchez
Rev. Henry Sanders, Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church, Watts, CA
San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
Sapphire, poet, writer
Susan Sarandon
John Sayles, filmmaker
Rinku Sen, Colorlines*
Richard Serra, artist
Rev. Al Sharpton
Lou Shaw, writer, creator of Quincy MD
Cindy Sheehan
Martin Sheen
Stanley Sheinbaum, economist, LA
Nancy Spero, artist
Dona Spring, Berkeley Council member
Gloria Steinem
Malcolm Suber, People's Hurricane Relief Fund*
Serj Tankian System of a Down
Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper
Studs Terkel
Marianne Torres, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane*
Dwight Trible, jazz vocalist
George Tuttle & Ben Cushman, grapegrowers
Gore Vidal, writer
Kurt Vonnegut
Alice Walker
Maxine Waters, US Representative
Wavy Gravy
Leonard Weinglass, lawyer
Rev. Dave Weissbard, senior minister, The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL
Cornel West, Princeton University
Rev. Phil Wheaton, Episcopal Co-pastor, Community of Christ, Washington DC
Joan Wile, Director, Grandmothers Against the War
Saul Williams, poet
Standish E. Willis, National Conference of Black Lawyers
Krzysztof Wodiczko, artist
Ann Wright, former US diplomat, resigned in protest of Iraq war
Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies
Leland Y. Yee, Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly
Juanita Young, courageous resister, leader in October 22nd Coalition*
Dr. Quentin Young, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group*
Dave Zeiger, filmmaker, "Sir, No, Sir!"
Zephyr, graffiti artist, writer
Robert Zevin, Robert Brooke Zevin Associates, Inc.
Howard Zinn, historian, "A Peoples' History of the United States"
David Zirin, author, "What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States"

I was at the protest last night. It was peaceful, except for those that got arrested. They were separate from the larger group. I didn't see what happened, since they weren't with the rest of the group, but I know that the police pepper sprayed some innocent people that were just walking on the sidewalk and almost ran over a bunch of people. No one seemed to know why the others were being arrested and I only found out this morning from the news that they supposedly assaulted an officer. So that's the story about the protest.

Armed peace protestors. More like provacatures who seek to create trouble.

Good thing there wasn't a Starbucks on that section of Elm St.

I must admit that I honestly agree with part of Deacon's post. Since when did Republicans gain a monopoly on morality? It really makes me angry when a few extreme leftist make a bad example of themselves, then conservatives simply point to the nut-jobs when trying to argue their point.

When did conservativism equate to spending liberally? I fail to see Bush's logic in lowering taxes, but spending more. I hate taxes as much as the next guy, but we can't continue to spend more and more without raising taxes. It's basic economics.

We're pretty much committed with all the federal money that's been allocated for things such as Iraq and Katrina (in fact most of the money's already gone) so easing the spending isn't an option. The cash has to come from somewhere.

As for the individuals Thomas mentioned I have this to say. The rotten apple spoils the bunch. I don't necessarily agree with some of the things Ann Coulter has to say, but that doesn't give anybody the right to physically assault her. Those "peaceful" protesters ought to be locked-up for as long as the law allows.

By the way, hugh... Hillary for president? This is one guy you will not find checking a box next to her name. I wouldn't mind seeing Colin Powell's name on the ballot though.

In re-reading my post, I can see Yellowdog's point, and that I didn't clearly address my criticism to the more specific group of people who troll this board offering nothing but personal attacks on anyone who does not agree with them. That is where my comment was directed, not at anyone who has an opposing viewpoint. My mistake.

I will not, however, back down from my contention that this administration is circumventing the law. And to those who have said that prior administrations did the same thing, the principle -- and undeniable -- difference is that previous administrations used court-issued warrants, where this administration does not.

And I read the story about the peaceful protest in the "Liberal rag" on whose board we are posting, and I actually noticed some civil liberty questions that are appopriate to this discussion. When the small group broke off from the larger demonstration, why did the plain-clothed officer attempt to photograph them? Did he identify himself and tell them why he intended to photograph them? What happened in that exchange? What was the weapon that the guy was carrying? Was it a gun, or was it a leatherman all-purpose tool? The whole post from the police department press release struck me as odd. Believe me I am in no way condoning the attack of an officer, but if I decide to go to a protest, should I be concerned about plain-clothed officers following me when I decide to leave? I think there might be a lesson in this somewhere, but I don't know enough about it yet.

The sky may not be falling ... but for a FACT ... this country has been seized if not hijacked by the Self-Right-eous NeoCon movement.

American domination of the world as a national goal is well under march, past the point of no return, and there is no-one to stop it. They just blow over anything in their way. Doubting Thomas' organizations are too disorganized, un-focused, too fringe, or just too small to provide any sense of balance.

How this will turn out is a great unknown ... but it is also a FACT the true believers are doing this - we are letting them redefine our country - without national debate, without any clear consensous. We get the Gloat though, along with with questionable rationale and malleable data.

This lack of debate, the we-know-best arrogance, and their ever broadening powers scare me much more than the occassional airplane flying into a tall building.

Faith,

I am also outraged. However, due to the vicious nature of these blogs I will not elaborate.

Thank you for your letter. You are not alone in your anger.

"The sky may not be falling ... but for a FACT ... this country has been seized if not hijacked by the Self-Right-eous NeoCon movement."

(yawn)

SOTLBSDD

"...Ann Coulter being attacked on stage at the University of Arizona and being shouted down by hundreds of leftist thugs at her speech at UConn, and such treatment against conservative speakers David Horowitz, Michele Malkin, and Bill Krystal on college campuses."

Ann Coulter advocated poisoning a sumpreme court justice she didn't agree with. Would a neo-con audience sit still and silent if someone publicly advocated poisoning Antonin Scalia?

"this country hes been seized if not hijacked"...

Hmmm. I thought we had an ELECTION. In fact I absolutely remember voting and I also remember having to stand in line to vote. So I know I wasn't the only one to exercise this right.

"Lack of debate"?? That's all there has been in this country for the past 5 years. Just because Hillary points to a "lack of debate" as proof that the majority of americans reject her socialist agenda does not mean there actually has been a lack of debate.

"Ann Coulter advocated poisoning a sumpreme court justice she didn't agree with. Would a neo-con audience sit still and silent if someone publicly advocated poisoning Antonin Scalia?"

....so Ann Coulter's remarks gives some leftist whackos the right to deny Horowitz, Malkin, and Krystal remarks, as well as their very appearence on campus?

The NEA Government School System/Liberal Indoctination Centers have certainly done their job well over the last few decades, haven't they?

I'm not talking Hilary, Neo.

Try Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rummy, the Project for a New American Century. Bush's search starting 9-12 for a way to tie in Saddam, and his anouncement a year ahead of the actual war that "We're takin' him out" .. but of course publically only as a last resort.

For elections, discuss Swift Boat ads vs. rational thought. Discuss also the GOP letterhead threatening Banning of the Bible, and Cheney's threats of terrorist attacks to soccer moms that didn't vote him back. Consider all that voted solely for Pro-Life issues putting everything else aside. The list goes on forever.

The ownership of Media (press, radio, TV) by only a few Corporations.

The current "All We Want is an Up or Down vote" BS. Where was that cry earlier - when the decks weren't stacked?

The growth of the lobby industry over the past 5 years - what is it 10 fold?

The inability - unwillingness - of congress to tackle the monied corruption of politics, with sideshows featuring Delay's gerrymandering.

An economy growing but with it all going to the upper crust, witnessed by yesterday's overall savings rates statistics.

Roll back of environmental laws to help the poor corporations that now not ownly own America but have been re-selling it to the overseas owners, who frankly have no interest in you or I.

... but as the super intellegent and always one to add a thoughtful comment .. Bubba .. said: Yawn.

Ya know - the pendulum of life always swings - and some day it'll swing back and I hope it hit's ya'll hard enough to knock some sense into you.

Frankly, I hate the Dem's almost as much as I hate the Rep's - they're all a bunch of slimy loosers ... but I hate this blind cult worship even more.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

JDR, it boils down to this: you are not happy with the outcome of the elections. You are free to vote for whoever you want,providing they are on the ballot,no? The majority of americans elected the current president ,knowing full well where he stood.

You can tout the swiftboat ads and the 'bible banning' issue all you want,but the fact of the matter is the majority of americans voted for Bush and as president it is his job to fill vacancies on the sc. I don't recall those on the right howling about a stacked deck when Ginsberg (sp?) was put up by slick willie. Why? Because he won the election!

....tell us again, Mr Rocketfella: What kind of cheese do you want with your whine?

Howie, Update on the arrests:

"About 9:45 p.m., police said, Detective E.L. Cuthbertson, who was "monitoring the demonstration," was pushed by protestors and struck in the chest and elbow. One of the people arrested had a collapsible police-style baton and another had a lock blade knife. Neither of the weapons was used in the scuffle.

During the arrests, the crowd became agitated and yelled obscenities at police, according to a news release. More officers were called to restore order."

Question, when is a lock blade knife, which I would guess is a folder, be considered a concealed weapon?

Ah the left gets more whacked out by the day. Kennedy ranting like a slobbering bulldog against Alito, Kerry calling for a fillibuster of the Alito vote from the ski slopes of Switzerland, Cindy Sheehan trying to slip into the State of the Union address with her stupid T-shirt, undoubtely to raise her voice and embarrass the president, JDR whining about the neocon movement "hijacking" the country.

I was listening to (former senator)Tom Daschle whining on NPR about Bush this morning. That's the best they could do? Get a defeated senator to lament his case????

Please, please keep it up!! Get more shrill please!!! It will help tremendously in Nov. '06 and '08.

Hugh,

Thanks for the update. I thought it was an odd scenario -- undercover officer takes pictures; protesters turn on him. Didn't add up.

JDR,

Nicely stated.

There is some hope in this madness. Dan is listening to NPR! Weeping Jesus on the cross! Next thing you know, he'll be connecting the dots and will realize George Bush is to his family what Teddy Kennedy is to his family---Fredo!

Orr's list of leftist wakos is why the democrats are in trouble,politically imo. They are forced to pander to groups like this in order to get their money,but the mainstream democrats want nothing to do with this crowd. Sean Penn,Jane Fonda et al are driving voters away from the democrats in droves. Not swiftboat vets or threats of bible confiscation.

The chappaquiddick kid did more to help elect republicans and conservative democrats during the Alito hearings than $10 million worth of swiftboat ads. imo of course !!

With every defeat they get more and more shrill. Fun to watch.

" With every defeat they get more and more shrill. Fun to watch."

Go Team!! Whooo! Party before principle!!

Deac, I have listened to NPR for 20+ years. I left the house at 4:30 this morning to visit a client. NPR is the only thing on at 5:00 am. They do a good job with some stories, but I can cut through their liberal bias like a hot knife through butter.

Neo, ain't it fun to watch the Dem party imploding? No need to help them, they do a good job by themselves.

Denz, yep party before principle, that's what your party is all about. Ask Howard Dean. Are you glad he is DNC spokesman?

Dan, also last week Cindy Sheehan told Nancy Pelosi that she'd run against her for her Senate seat if Pelosi didn't support a filibuster against Alito.

Later in the day Pelosi came out supporting the filibuster. Sheehan's response was thanks, and I'll probably run for the Sentate seat anyway.

I'd love it, love it, love it to see her run against Pelosi!

Oh yeah, one more bit of news. Howard Dean has spent almost all DNC cash! They've only got $6 million leftover from last year, compared to RNC $34 million.

The DNC spent $50 million last year. What did it get them?

Howies gonna get the boot soon.

It may not have anything to do with the incident, but it should be noted that Detective Cuthberson is a veteran policeman, and also happens to be the GPD gang expert. It's interesting that he was involved in this incident given his area of focus. He has spoken to the GCS BOE several times about gangs in the schools.

I think we would all agree that George Bush has been the most divisive president in American history since Bill Clinton. And there were plenty of moonbat rightwingers accusing Clinton of murdering Vince Foster, fathering children out of wedlock, pushing through NAFTA and welfare reform (sorry, that was the good Clinton), destroying America, running roughshod over democracy, getting oral sex from interns, and so forth. What those of those of on the right need to remember is how nuttily deranged some of us were back then. That way we'll be able to take more exquisite and nuanced pleasure in watching the moonbat left become completely unhinged.

The Attitude of Many; The State of American Politics:

We bad we bad, we got this thing we can't be had
We're the best our teams so cool
We're gunna rock this place.. this hole damn school..

break it down now

We will we will rock you sock you beat you bad
We're the best team they've ever had
We're the best its so true we have come to defeat you

Brian444, so anyone who thinks Clinton got oral sex from interns is a moonbat rightwinger? Thanks for the laugh.

Hugh I heard about the Pelosi / Sheehan deal, another good laugh. I wouldn't be surprised if the libs in CA elected her. Maybe Sheehan would do better as the US ambassador to Palestine. She & Hamas would get along well.

"Denz, yep party before principle, that's what your party is all about."

Actually, I was referring to the runaway spending and fiscal recklessness of a Republican Congress and exective.

Hugh,
Liked your comments about Dean in that NOW the whole world knows where the RNC got its money!
K Street gang lined the pockets of Tom DeLay and his C-R-O-N-I-E-S. Too bad that every case you make for your friends, and your GOD, George II, ends up back at corruption central.

Oh, I also loved Bush's comments about ending the bitterness, during his SOTU speech---he then heads out into the heartland calling anyone who opposes him an "obstructionist". Folks, you can't make this stuff up!

with sideshows featuring Delay's gerrymandering-jdr

JDR, seems I remember some mighty fancy gerrymandering being done in NC not too many years ago. DO you remember who did that piece of work and for who? It's not hard, you only have two choices.
My my my how soon folks forget.

Mr P,
It was wrong then, and it is wrong today. Mel Watt's district looks more like a river than a district---but the shenanigans of DeLay are even worse than what Jim Wright (another corrupt Texan)did when he was a leader of the House.
What really frosts my rump are those who absolutely support Bush on anything, without looking at what the real consequences are. How big of a deal was lying about a hum job, versus, going to war without the facts? I must be on to something because only 39% of the population believes he is doing a good job. Oh, of course, with that kind of number, we always hear, "polls don't mean anything" "polls are meaningless" "You can't trust polls".

That has been true with every President, but this one has trouble with being wrong---it is not a sign of weakness to admit when you are wrong, it is a sign of strength. Strength of character is when a man/woman can admit their mistakes.

Have you noticed that when something or someone on the left is compared to something or someone on the right, that the right was more at fault than the left was, and we shouldn't be bring up the ones on the left because they are in power now.

In other words, do as we say not as we do.

To try to label the rep. as the only corrupt group in charge is both being blind and stupid. All you need to look at in our on state is the ones in charge now. You man ,Mr.Black, is on the way out for his corruption. Your man, the Gov, has lied to the people of NC repeatedly, but not one word has been said by you or yours about it.

I guess it only matters to you when you can label rep. Guess you like the new 3 cent gas tax we now have, even though we have a surplus in our road fund. But wait, didn't they dip into that fund for other uses. So don't give me that bull about your side. You side is in the Governor seat and in control of both houses. And is in need of desperate change.

Take the Prescription Drug Plan....PLEASE!

From the Charlotte Observer this morning (Friday):
"Think how many years Democrats have talked about adding a prescription drug benefit," Dole told reporters last week. "But we (Republicans) got it done."
Dole is invested in the success of the Medicare plan. Her husband, ex-Sen. Bob Dole, is promoting Part D on a speaking tour largely paid for by Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company.
And, as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, her job is to elect enough GOP candidates this fall to keep the Senate in Republican control.
That could be tough if seniors, always reliable voters, go Democratic in a big way.

We could only hope the senior vote turns out en masse this November. If they do, there will be a new congress and maybe the current leadership can go back to doing what they do best---lobbing grenades from the back row!
For the Big Three: What that means is, the Republicans were not prepared to lead, as evidenced by their implosion in such a short time.

MRP:

You know me well enough to know I consider Gerrymandering a universal issue - and one huge problems facing a clean-up of the Political process.

I only pointed out Delay because he happens to be a very large target, although I confess he's a personal favorite target.