Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
On Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani will make yet another attempt to court the vote of evangelical Christians: In what may be one of the most important speeches of his campaign thus far, Mayor Giuliani will make his pitch tomorrow to Christian conservatives, aiming to convince them that his bona fides on leadership and … Read more
You can’t judge a book by it’s cover, but you can judge a reader by the books he or she reads, right? Well, my logic may be faulty, but this all but disqualifies Mitt Romney in my book (no pun intended): When asked his favorite novel in an interview shown yesterday on the Fox News … Read more
Here in Washington, protests are a part of the scenery, often happening year-round (even in the president’s back yard). As a conservative, I’ve never seen much effectiveness in demonstrations, but I do support the people’s right to protest — even when I disagree. After all, that’s the beauty of the First Amendment. It doesn’t work … Read more
If the news is true, then former peanut farmer, President of the United States, and Nobel Prize winner Jimmy Carter has won a Grammy award. That’s right a Grammy. The thirty ninth president has no where to go but down from this point. Although there still is one major award that remains elusive…
In addition to using the unseeming phrase “contagion of violence,” President Bush also used another word that has previously been unused in a State of the Union address: Belarus. The president pronounced it “Bail-uh-rus,” but Belarus (pronounced byelaRUS) was added to what amounted to a miniature axis of evil. Said the president: And we will … Read more
In a debate that was often heated, emotional, and woefully misinformed, the House of Representatives voted today to extend federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. As this will likely also pass the Senate, only a veto from President Bush stands in the way of your tax dollars and mine being used for the destruction … Read more
My newborn daughter recently received in the mail her social security card, complete with a nine-digit number that she’ll have to memorize and recite for the rest of her life if she ever wants to have anything “official” completed. Given the chances that she’ll ever receive back any benefits that she’ll pay into the program … Read more
Forget the so-called “nanny–state.” Now that the New York City Board of Health has banned trans fats in its restaurants, the only thing left for the NYC government to control is its citizens’ bowel movements. To aid in this final conquest, perhaps the city’s next mandate should be to require daily doses of Metamucil® for … Read more
Last night’s Ted Koppel Discovery Channel special on Iran was both interesting and annoying. The former ABC Nightline host took a camera crew inside the charter member of the Axis of Evil, and produced the two-hour documentary, “Iran: the Most Dangerous Nation.” The annoying part, of course, was the oozing moral equivalence with which Koppel … Read more
I’m not voting on Tuesday. Why am I sitting this one out? If you believe various media, pundits, and politicians, you might think that it’s because as an evangelical Christian, I’m disillusioned with the Republican party’s failure to deliver on a number of important issues. Therefore, I’m staying home from the polls this year. Or, … Read more