Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Victor Davis Hanson on those who label Bush as Hitler: So what gives with this crazy popular analogy — one that on a typical Internet Google search of “Bush†+ “Hitler†yields about 1,350,000 matches? One explanation is simply the ignorance of the icons of our popular culture. A Linda Ronstadt, Garrison Keillor, or Harold … Read more
Bill Moyers is off his rocker. Newly retired from his journalistic career at PBS and other outlets, Moyers has been keeping the fires burning via a string of articles, speeches, and interviews all with basically the same point: fundamentalist Christians who think the rapture is coming soon have taken over the government and are eliminating … Read more
In an interview with CNET, FEC commissioner Bradley Smith discusses possible effects of impending internet regulation on bloggers. Smith notes that if bloggers reproduce any of a campaign’s material (think of the ubiquitous GeorgeWBush.com news feeds on blogs in the 2004 campaign), it could constitute a violation of Campaign Finance Law: If Congress doesn’t change … Read more
If I were an enemy of the United Stated Navy and I heard that the USS Ronald Reagan was coming to get me, I’d be shaking in my boots. Run fer th’ hills! Somehow I don’t think the USS Jimmy Carter will evoke the same kind of response… UPDATE: The cartoon Day by Day has … Read more
In short, I thought it was a great speech. One might say that there was a shortage of details, but where details were lacking, President Bush laid much philosophical groundwork. After all, in a 40-minute speech that covers everthing from domestic policy to the war on terror, how much detail could someone give? Bush instead … Read more
Sen. John Kerry’s comments on “Meet the Press” aren’t his first betrayal of Iraq’s new government by the people—his snubbing of Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi in September handily took that honor. The Senator’s continued pessimism toward a free Iraq betrays the fact that Kerry’s time as an influential in the politics of freedom has long … Read more
In his Inaugural address today, President Bush made a familiar-sounding pronouncement: So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world. Why does this sound familiar? Because it echoes the … Read more
If his initial idea of the academic left and the Christian right forming a political coalition was a misty but hopeful notion, William J. Stuntz’s latest elaboration of the idea is a pipe dream. A Harvard Law professor, Stuntz claims that having belonged to evangelical churches for the last twenty years gives him a unique … Read more
After a “victory,” there’s nothing like the feeling of having all your buddies singing your praises and standing with you—be it in sports or presidential elections. Nobody likes to stand with a loser, right? According to this BBC report, 9 out of 10 Soviet nations agree that the ever-so-suspect Viktor Yanukovych is the rightful president-elect … Read more
I know I’ve already mentioned this before, but if you’re not reading Discoshaman and his wife Tulip Girl right now, you’re missing out on some first-hand accounts of history. They’re both Americans living in Kiyiv, Ukraine and Discoshaman is reporting from the front lines of the Ukrainian protestors. Keep praying for Ukraine—that justice will be … Read more