tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57293862012-01-09T14:45:51.173-05:00Bull Moose Forum"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore RooseveltTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1122557539839963502005-07-28T09:31:00.000-04:002005-07-28T09:32:19.846-04:00War? What war?I guess the Global War on Terrorism is at an end. Or maybe it's been going so poorly President Scrimgeouris hoping a name change will make us forget that.Either way, we are now engaged in the Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism......The WHAT??What a nice, bland phrase. And it's so versatile. Now we can go after "extremism", which I am sure can be manipulated to mean anything Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com168tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1122064623867316042005-07-22T16:36:00.000-04:002005-07-22T16:37:03.876-04:00Daddy...get your gunWell, now that recruiting for the Armed Forces (esp. the Army) is in the toilet, a solution has been found. Better equipment for the troops? No.Getting NATO involved in sealing the borders? Nope.The grand solution? Upping the enlistment age from 35 to 42 years old.That's great. Pure genius. I'm sure that, since the 18-35 bracket have no interest in being President Scrimgeour'sTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1122039789002240702005-07-22T09:42:00.000-04:002005-07-22T09:44:56.330-04:00They don't get itApparently the terrorists are determined to make the same mistakes. You cannot cower the Brits into turning tail by detonating a few bombs. It only pisses them off and makes them more determined.Another group that doesn't get it is the House of Representatives. They recently passed a bill to make permanent most pieces of the Patriot Act. An act that is supposed to be directed at Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1121653479918072452005-07-17T22:24:00.000-04:002005-07-17T22:24:57.440-04:00Would you believe a third story??Now that the second explanation by the White House over the Karl Rove/Valerie Plame blowup has been trashed, prepare for the third one. It'll be along the lines of "I never said she was covert or actually said her name, so I didn't break the law"Riiggghhtt. And just what is the meaning of "is", boys? Clinton parses his speech amd you mock it. Rove, Bush et al do Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1121434423487143152005-07-15T09:32:00.000-04:002005-07-15T09:33:43.496-04:00Solving the pedophile problemWe have all read and heard about the horror story out of Montana. A convicted pedophile is released on bail, abducts two children, kills the rest of the family, repeatedly molests the two children and kills one of them before an alert waitress sees the surviving girl and notifies the police.The sick tale of Joseph Edward Duncan III is horrifying. But, sadly, not an Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1121286836708405282005-07-13T16:32:00.000-04:002005-07-13T16:33:56.716-04:00Santorum! Try using your brain! (Oh right, you don't have one...)I was born in New Hampshire, raised in Connecticut. I met my wife in Massachusetts and I live in Maine. Most of my relatives are from Rhode Island, including my parents. In short, I am as New England as they come, and the "big city" in my life was never New York, but Boston.I. Love. Boston. For all its corruption, ridiculous trafficTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1121131436910178212005-07-11T21:22:00.000-04:002005-07-11T21:23:56.916-04:00McClellan wants to show Rove the doorFrom a CNN story, dated 9/29/2003:McClellan said that if anyone at the White House leaked Plame's identity, he should be fired, and pursued to the "fullest extent." "No one was authorized to do this. That is simply not the way this White House operates and if someone leaked classified information it is a very serious matter," he said. andMcClellan said he Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1120922349901030022005-07-09T11:18:00.000-04:002005-07-09T11:19:09.986-04:00The War Goes OnAs London and England recover from the horrible bomb blasts, one cannot help but think that the terrorists have made a critical mistake.Unlike Spain, the English don't roll over. They took a daily bombing from the most fearsome war machine the Earth has ever seen for four years. They fought a 103-year war over land in France. They picked a fight with the Russians in the 19th Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1120242646609557662005-07-01T14:29:00.000-04:002005-07-01T14:30:46.616-04:00Not Racist?In case you've missed it, Mexico has released a series of stamps showing a lovable cartoon character beloved in the nation. His name? Memin Pinguin. His appearance?Wow. Now, I am rather anti-PC. I see a lot of it as cry-baby antics. But this stamp is so over-the-top racist as to beggar the imagination.Oh, never mind. According to Vincente Fox, President of Mexico, I don't have the Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1120053180591181972005-06-29T09:52:00.000-04:002005-06-29T09:53:00.600-04:00Bush Speech = Political ExpediencyThis'll be quick, but I wanted to get something in as I slowly (oh so slowly) get back into the writing routine.Bush's speech last night was lousy. Just lousy. Why?He used our troops as political props: Bush spoke of supporting our men and women in uniform and letting them know we're behind them. Which is the proper thing to do. These brave warriors don't craft Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1116532258611767932005-05-19T15:50:00.000-04:002005-05-19T15:50:58.623-04:00End of an EraNo politics today. Rather, a commentary on a social event that has come to a theatrical close after 28 years.I saw the original "Star Wars" when it came out in 1977. I was five. My dad took me to a crowded theatre at the nearby mall. And as soon as the music hit, and the crawl began, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. It gave breath to and shaped my love for movies which Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1112626410989712672005-04-04T10:51:00.000-04:002005-04-04T10:53:30.996-04:00Maurauding Liberals on the Bench??Nope.Sorry to worry you there. After all, in the wake of the Schiavo case, Tom Delay threatening the very independence of the judiciary, and what could be the dumbest book ever (Thanks Levin! Thanks Regnery!), you'd think that the court system was full of godless heathens intent on force-feeding us liberal orthodoxy. The horror!! The horror!!After all, just read Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1112106573291331362005-03-29T09:28:00.000-05:002005-03-29T09:30:51.623-05:00Life is precious...except when it's Tom Delay's father.Oops!Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1111687786121843772005-03-24T13:09:00.000-05:002005-03-24T13:09:46.123-05:00What is the greater offense?Michael Schiavo wanting his wife to die with dignity and peace? Or the Republican Party using Terri Schiavo like a political pinata to score points with their base?Okay, it's not a real question. The answer is obvious. The Republican Party has trampled federalism and common sense to do all in its power to manipulate Terri Schiavo into some idol for their "culture of Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1111502950126840052005-03-22T09:48:00.000-05:002005-03-22T09:49:10.126-05:00Congress gone madI was going to write about the utter insanity that is the Terry Schiavo situation. But Dahlia Lithwick at Slate has done such a superior job, I'll let her do the talking. I urge you to read it and consider seriously the issues she brings up. The foremost one being the Republicans trampling all over the concept of federalism, a bedrock of the American legal and political system. Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1110993085954006642005-03-16T12:08:00.000-05:002005-03-16T13:19:56.843-05:00History...or bias?Yes, I am going to keep harping on Thomas Woods' The Guide to Politically Incorrect History. It's important to expose this book for the cheap, shallow piece of work it is. Today, I am going to tackle his characterization of the 14th Amendment as being ratified unconstitutionally. As he says in an essay he wrote:In 1865 Congress had accepted the Southern states’ ratification of Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1110821753804831282005-03-14T12:34:00.000-05:002005-03-14T12:35:53.813-05:00Straight from the Ministry of TruthHe who controls the past, controls the future; he who controls the present, controls the pastYou all recognize that quote, I am sure. It's from the seminal George Orwell novel 1984. And I bring it up because of a disturbing book you should be aware of.You can read the article at Slate here. But in short, it appears that Thomas E. Woods Jr., an assistant Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1109882170155341602005-03-03T15:34:00.000-05:002005-03-03T15:42:11.693-05:00Ann the raving pitbullNow, it should come as no surprise that I dislike Ann Coulter. She a babbling psychopath, whose "contribution" to political discourse is nothing more than insults and semi-coherent rants. She does it so much, in fact, you have to wonder if she's a little...touched.Well, here is a theory from a poster on another website. And while I can't vouch for his last statement, the Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1109799060653298742005-03-02T16:30:00.000-05:002005-03-03T09:35:41.860-05:00What role DOES the Ten Commandments play?I am sure you all know that arguments were heard today by the Supreme Court over the Ten Commandments being prominently displayed in a public courthouse. This stems from two years ago when Roy Moore had one in the Alabama state courthouse, which was subsequently removed.The argument in favor is this: America's legal and moral heritage stem from the Ten Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1109611693361619052005-02-28T12:26:00.000-05:002005-02-28T12:28:13.370-05:00Cut-Rate LeviathanOver at Slate is a wonderful look at the slag-heap that is WalMart.Yes, they provide low prices. Yes, they have a wide selection. But, they also pay over half their employees poverty wages. Which means they can't afford even the low-level health care packages. It also means they can only afford to shop at...that's right; WalMart.I covered this a while back when I was bemoaning Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1109341443260532682005-02-25T09:23:00.000-05:002005-02-25T09:24:03.263-05:00Banned!! (or my 13 minutes as a Free Republic Poster)So it was around 11:30 or so last night. I was bored. And I had just read about the US Episcopal Church being asked to leave an Anglican Community committee over the whole Gene Robinson flap.Now, you should know two things. One, I am an Episcopalian. Two, my parents are heavily involved in the Church, and they have met Gene Robinson. He is one Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1108749471150811342005-02-18T12:56:00.000-05:002005-02-18T12:57:51.150-05:00Fair is FairLest anyone think I am biased, I also want to point out my pleasure in seeing Eason Jordan get booted from CNN. After making those insane claims at Davos, it's only proper he reaps the fallout. (If you have been under a rock for the past month, just Google "Easongate" and you'll get all the details.)Of course, anyone with a shred of integrity would rightfully decry both the Jordan andTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1108655067799164212005-02-17T10:42:00.000-05:002005-02-17T10:44:27.806-05:00Dredging the DepthsBy now we all know about the farce that is the Jeff Gannon/Talon News/GOPUSA debacle. GOPUSA set up a group called Talon News. Talon News hired a guy "named" Jeff Gannon to be their "reporter." He was granted press credentials into the White House Briefings with ease, depsite being denied Capitol Hill credentials. He would then ask the most ridiculous, Bush-biased questions Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1104442626581218732004-12-30T16:34:00.000-05:002004-12-30T16:37:06.583-05:00So who'll complain about the courts now?
An interesting scenario is playing out in the state of Washington. In the election for Governor, the Democratic nominee has won a hand recount by a bare 129 votes.
In response, the Republican nominee is calling for a special election and a possible court challenge.
Of course, this is utter crap. The Democrat won. But it will be interesting to see how Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1103647132463751572004-12-21T11:35:00.000-05:002004-12-21T11:38:52.463-05:00Has there been a more pathetic press conference in White House history?
Nope.
Not a chance.
Pretty lame.
But hey, why should he be worried? It's not like our men and women are in any danger. Everything is going just great....
Good Lord, how can we stand another term at this level of incompetence and denial?Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1103120647672370202004-12-15T09:23:00.000-05:002004-12-15T09:24:07.673-05:00Putting the "mental" in Fundamentalism
Apparently there is a move afoot in the fundamentalist Christian community to put "the Christ back into Christmas."
After complaining (with some merit) about intolerance regarding the mentioning of Christmas in public life, they have decided to go tit for tat. Now right-wing bible-thumpers are petitioning government buildings to hang "merry Christmas" signsTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1103049279148561602004-12-14T13:33:00.000-05:002004-12-14T13:34:39.150-05:00One of these things is not like the other...
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the greatest honor the US Government can bestow on a civilian. The list of recipients over the years is astounding. In 1964 alone, you had Aaron Copland, John L. Lewis, Carl Sandburg and John Steinbeck. Other recipients have been great figures in history, such as Jonas Salk, Anwar el Sadat, Vaclav Havel and Dr. Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1101937225466807832004-12-01T16:38:00.000-05:002004-12-01T16:40:25.466-05:00It's not Italy invading Ethiopia, but it's enough
Back in the 1930s, the League of Nations was exposed for the fraud it was when they refused to restrain Italy from invading Ethiopia. It was the death-knell for a still-born organization.
In the wake of World War II, the United Nations was born. Given more teeth (and the support of the US), it was a much more effective organization. From the Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1101755847349551182004-11-29T14:16:00.000-05:002004-11-29T14:21:37.876-05:00Hello!
Did ya miss me? I love vacations....
But I am glad to see a nation standing up for what is right. Taking issue with a disputed election and asking tough questions. The legislative branch repudiating the vote and demanding answers. An electorate taking to the streets in non-violent protest to keep their democracy alive.
And even President Bush supports them! He just said "There's just a Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1100878272192466132004-11-19T10:28:00.000-05:002004-11-19T10:31:12.193-05:00Sticking it to the average American
Bush talks all the time about creating an "ownership society." One where your average citizen would be more prosperous. Well, let's take a look at his latest tax proposals. Or, as I call them, the "If You Ain't Rich, You Ain't Shit" proposals.
Read the article first. I'll wait.....
Okay. Here are the two key paragraphs:
Instead the administration plans to Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1100115000554609442004-11-10T14:28:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:30:00.556-05:00Well, so much for being a unificator...
So, Ashcroft resigns and Alberto Gonzalez is going to be the new Attorney General, pending confirmation.
This is the same gentleman who said that the Geneva Convention seemed "quaint" and is stridently anti-choice.
I don't know if Bush could have picked a more divisive candidate.
Should make for some interesting television...Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099929747692751142004-11-08T11:01:00.000-05:002004-11-08T11:02:27.693-05:00The Battle has Begun
Our soldiers in the Army and Marines have secured preliminary positions in Fallujah and are preparing to engage the insurgents to take back the city.
I won't deny I have been a critic of the Bush administration on Iraq. I think we should have dedicated these resources to Afghanistan. And, once this war was underway, Bush has done a horrific job of executing it. Our soldiers Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099743545592697232004-11-06T07:17:00.000-05:002004-11-06T07:19:05.593-05:00Hmmmm....
Once, it is a coincidence.
Twice, maybe it's a coincidence.
Three times... it stops being a coincidence.
I'm not claiming fraud (yet), as some are. Incompetence, yes. This technology never should have been used for the Presidential election, especially without paper receipts to create a trail. But with all these errors, you have to start thinking...
And two other things. Why do allTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099585444668913072004-11-04T11:19:00.000-05:002004-11-04T11:24:04.666-05:00Okay. Listen up, Democrats!
You've had your 24-hour period of mourning after the election. Now it's time to decide whether you'll fade into irrelevance like the Whigs, or pick yourselves up, redefine what you stand for and fight. Yes,I am not a Democrat. But the only thing I hate more than a two-party system is a one-party system. And your blatant incompetence is making that possibility more Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099531693260090162004-11-03T20:24:00.000-05:002004-11-03T20:31:49.346-05:00Say what?
From President Bush's speech today:
...and the result is now clear -- a record voter turnout and a broad, nationwide victory
Sir? Winning with 51% of the electorate and 274 electoral votes is
not a "broad, nationwide victory. This is what a broad, nationwide victory looks like. You have a long way to go to get that kind of support. I suggest you start working on it.
BTW, have you Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099502561506065432004-11-03T13:21:00.000-05:002004-11-03T12:22:41.506-05:00I guess it is over
Apparently Kerry has decided to pursue the high road, ala Nixon in 1960, and concede the election to Bush rather than fight it out in Ohio and (possibly) Florida.
So now we have another four years of W to look ahead to. And some questions will be answered. Such as:
Will he develop an actual exit strategy for Iraq?
Will he actually start vetoing spending bills and reigning inTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099499717823284152004-11-03T11:33:00.000-05:002004-11-03T11:35:17.823-05:00Is it over?
I was hoping that my line yesterday about the courts would just be in jest, but it looks like we're on the road to more litigation.
Ohio is the new Florida, as somewhere between 140,000-250,000 absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be counted. And though it would take a miracle for those to break all in Kerry's favor (almost a necessity to make up the 130,000 vote gap he facesTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099405631847033102004-11-02T09:26:00.000-05:002004-11-02T09:27:11.846-05:00Take the pledge
Okay folks, it's Election Day. And no matter the insanity that follows, one of these two guys will be President. And then we have a choice. We can either continue the "He's not MY President" vibe and further rend this country apart, or we can choose to be civilized in our opposition.
To that end, Andrew Sullivan has listed a pledge I think all bloggers would do well to follow:
Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1099056650646203012004-10-29T09:29:00.000-04:002004-10-29T09:30:50.646-04:00Does the video lie?
Why don't you be the judge. (KSTP story). The video clearly shows US troops unsealing IAEA-sealed explosives well after the invasion date. These are HMX containers.
And no, it's not the fault of the 101st for not securing these munitions. They were ordered to continue on and not secure the facility because they didn't have enough troops to do so. Why didn't they have enough Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1098898139665921352004-10-27T13:27:00.000-04:002004-10-27T13:28:59.666-04:00Probably not the right thing to say
Today, as Kerry and Bush have been verbally boxing over the disappearing Iraqi explosives, Bush fired off this ill-planned phrase, meant to be about Kerry's criticisms over the explosives:
For a political candidate to jump to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief
Um...hmmm....Mr President, isn't that what Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1098816804158431262004-10-26T14:50:00.000-04:002004-10-26T14:53:24.156-04:00Can you vote for a President who...
Signs yet-another corporate welfare bill disguised as a tax cut. Not only does it pay out billions in economy-distorting subsidies, but it earmarks 169 million dollars for propping up the Puerto Rican rum industry. That money could've been used to buy 938 up-armored Humvees for our men and women in Iraq. But since President Bush has never vetoed a single Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1098464362339726912004-10-22T13:55:00.000-04:002004-10-22T12:59:22.340-04:00Yet another non-Conservative move by Bush
In an Administration that has been conservative in name only (excepting the intolerant social brand which Bush has embraced), yet another tax-cut/giveaway bill has been signed into law by Uncle Moneybags.
This one is a $136 billion tax-cut bill that is anything but. A true tax cut bill lowers rates, elinimates double-charges and the like without giving Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1098300785616965762004-10-20T15:30:00.000-04:002004-10-20T15:33:05.616-04:00Kerry 291 Bush 247
That's where we stand, people. According to the good folks at Electoral-Vote.com, Kerry is widening his lead. The movers this time? Minnesota and Iowa moving into the Kerry column, Minnesota enough so to be a solid Kerry state. Kerry has also widened his lead in Michigan and Pennsylvania. And he holds Florida by the skin of his teeth, 50-49. Which bodes ill for post-election Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1098105976098352592004-10-18T09:25:00.000-04:002004-10-18T09:26:16.096-04:00Oh, it's close
Head on over to Electoral-Vote.com to see how close. In just a few days, the totals have shifted from Bush: 257 Kerry: 243 to Kerry: 257 Bush: 247. In other words, get ready for a nail-biter election and (sadly) the inevitable court challenges.
The key changes? Wisconsin going for Kerry in recent polls and Iowa is now up for grabs. Also surprising is Bush's weak support in Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097774796651100132004-10-14T13:25:00.000-04:002004-10-14T13:26:36.650-04:00This explains a lot
Over at Slate, Chris Suellentrop hits the mark on the most important quote from Bush on the "not concerned about bin Laden" statement. And it's this:
"I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country. I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban."
As Suellentrop follows up:
The president's Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097764436897767512004-10-14T10:30:00.000-04:002004-10-14T10:33:56.896-04:00Answer: Salmon, Sausage, George Bush in a debate
Question: Named three things that get smoked.
I'm here all week, folks.
All kidding aside, I can't recall seeing a candidate doing as poorly across a series of debates as George Bush has this year. He was never able to paint Kerry in a negative light, and frequently did or said things to do more damage to himself. Join me, won't you, as we Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097713685033762322004-10-13T20:26:00.000-04:002004-10-13T20:28:05.033-04:00The revolution eats its young...
Can't say I have any problems with this development in Iraq.Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097685835774162672004-10-13T13:43:00.000-04:002004-10-13T12:43:55.773-04:00Orwell's rolling in his grave
If my doctor offered me this, I'd have three little words for him.
No. Fucking. Way.Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097680535147797282004-10-13T11:13:00.000-04:002004-10-13T11:15:35.146-04:00Not Helping
I'm voting for Kerry this year. This should not be a shock. But in doing so, I have had to hold my nose at some of the garbage the Left is spewing out. First, there was that horrific Ted Rall hatchet-job on Pat Tillman. And now there is piece of garbage from Jeff Danzinger.
Criticizing Rice for her verbal gymnastics about the aluminum tubes found in Iraq is one thing. To use blatantTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097589198103258242004-10-12T09:52:00.000-04:002004-10-12T09:54:48.720-04:00Manipulating the Airwaves
By now, most of you have heard about the Sinclair Broadcasting Group commanding their affiliates to run an anti-Kerry "documentary" roughly 12 days before the election. The hit-piece, entitled "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" will pre-empt regular programming.
I want to first mention two things. First, hats off to Brad at BRADBLOG for calling attention to this. WeTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097318148000898852004-10-09T06:33:00.000-04:002004-10-09T06:35:48.000-04:00Round Two
I like this style of debate better. While I doubt that five people in that audience truly were undecided, the questions were fresh, and the candidates weren't sure what to expect. Which, I think, gives you an even better look at what a candidate is like.
So, who won? I'd have to say Kerry. Not necessarily on "points" (in which case it's closer to a draw, though Kerry's Supreme Court Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097179896675587492004-10-07T16:07:00.000-04:002004-10-07T16:11:36.676-04:00Keeping America Safe?
He could have passed that knowledge [of WMD weapons] onto our terrorist enemies ... [he] was a unique threat, a sworn enemy of our country, a state sponsor of terror operating in the world's most volatile region. In the world after Sept. 11, he was a threat we had to confront and America and the world are safer for our actions.''
- President Bush today, talking about the Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097165009297000242004-10-07T13:00:00.000-04:002004-10-07T12:03:29.296-04:00Really, how can anyone vote for Bush
I present the following tidbits for your consumption. First, an excellent question from Andrew Sullivan:
Returning to Bremer. One of his early complaints was insufficient troop numbers to stop looting, restore order and protect unguarded weapon sites. Leave everything aside and focus on the latter. The war was launched because we feared Saddam had weapons ofTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1097094631546856762004-10-06T16:27:00.000-04:002004-10-06T16:30:31.546-04:00The Report is out
And by "Report" I mean the final report of the Iraq Survey Group. Led by the CIA, it's job was to determine the extent of Saddam Hussein's WMD programs prior to the US invasion in 2003.
Here are the highlights:
Hussein held no A/B/C stockpiles at the time of the US-led invasion
Hussien held small quantities of Biological material, likely used for assassination purposes.
Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1096627600812104862004-10-01T06:46:00.000-04:002004-10-01T06:46:40.813-04:00Smoked
Can't write much for now. Busy moving house items...
But Kerry smoked Bush last night. The President looked hesitant and unsure of himself. His answers were full of long pauses. He kept harping on Kerry's "Wrong War. Wrong Time." not as a touchstone, but as something he could come back to if he lost his train of thought.
This was supposed to be Bush's best debate, seeing as it was on Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1096317396753823082004-09-27T16:35:00.000-04:002004-09-27T16:36:36.753-04:00League of Nations...UN...what's next?
I have major problems with Bush and how he's run the Iraq situation. Under-manned, under-equipped, listening only to "yes-men", ignoring the deadly reality of what his policies have wrought. It's a situation we did not have to enter into, a war we could have held off on until Afghanistan was safely secured as a real beacon of democracy. (which may be Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1096040537849400822004-09-24T11:40:00.000-04:002004-09-24T11:42:17.850-04:00Interesting...
Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country. But in some places you couldn't because the violence was too great. Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet," - Donald Rumsfeld.
So, theoretically, if violence Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1096038976601437092004-09-24T11:14:00.000-04:002004-09-24T11:16:16.600-04:00How to look like an ignorant fool
Obviously, from the title, we're talking about Rush Limbaugh. At one time a conservative, yet independent, voice. Now, a GOP shill who will say anything and do anything for his masters. A man who finds no irony is decrying drug users on his show while downing more painkillers than Joe Theismann after LT broke his leg.
So, I was listening to this blowhole as I Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095707869826427142004-09-20T15:16:00.000-04:002004-09-20T15:17:49.826-04:00Pulling out?
Interesting Bob Novak column today, talking about the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq following the election and Iraq's January 2005 elections.
I don't know how I feel about this. I know Bush screwed this up. But do we have an obligation to see this out? Some officials see the chaos in a sectarian Iraq as a good thing. With an autonomous Kurd region and the Sunni and Shia Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095641400897689312004-09-19T20:49:00.000-04:002004-09-19T20:50:00.896-04:00How to look like a jackass
Hastert's al Qaeda comment draws fire
After reading and hearing something this stupid, the question isn't "Why did I leave the Republican Party?"
It's "Why didn't more Republicans follow me?"Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095432283501623312004-09-17T10:43:00.000-04:002004-09-17T10:44:43.500-04:00How you know, really know, that Iraq is screwed up.
There are no links for this, because it's from I guess is technically "a source." More accurately, a friend who has connecitons at the Pentagon and Quantico.
After the four security advisors were killed in Fallujah, the White House ordered the Marines to attack Fallujah in retaliation. The Marines, from sergeants on the ground to the CommandantTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095346504515052192004-09-16T10:54:00.000-04:002004-09-16T11:09:58.010-04:00Rather a big mess, wouldn't you say?
Okay, so I want to get this straight. CBS, in their "statement" yesterday, basically did this:
Essentially called the two authenticators who disagreed with them liars
Continued to say that Matley believes that all documents are authentic, even though he said in a LA Times piece that he only judged one memo.
And I find it hard to believe that Matley was Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095342685041984742004-09-16T09:49:00.000-04:002004-09-16T09:59:00.416-04:00Yes, it's getting bad in Iraq
In case you've been drinking the Bush Kool-Aid over Iraq (Everything is great...everything is great...), here's a wake-up call.
You know things aren't going well when the Marines tell you there is a problem. They aptly describe Fallujah as "a cancer" that could spread throughout Iraq.
It's at a point where the only way to bring it back under control would be a Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095303302899981992004-09-15T22:53:00.000-04:002004-09-15T22:55:02.900-04:00"Conservative"? Hardly.
At least by any reasonable definition. But to some, this should be standard procedure. And the GOP has passed a measure through the House to allow it.
Allowing pharmacists and health-care professional to opt-out of their duty under the law simply because THEY don't like doing it is abysmal. Already, some pharmacists are refusing to distribute the Pill. Not the Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095303196091557422004-09-15T22:52:00.000-04:002004-09-15T22:53:16.090-04:00Follies on Ice
Well, with the lights going out on the World Cup of Hockey, the NHL ownership has officially locked out the players. So begins what will be the most acrimonious labor dispute in professional sports history, easily surpassing the NFL's 1987 lockout and the infamous baseball lockout of 1994, which spiked the World Series for the first time in 90 years.
The current estimate is that Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095194690250919942004-09-14T16:44:00.000-04:002004-09-14T16:44:50.250-04:00Even left-leaning independents get it
Kerry may suck, but Bush takes suck-itude to a new level. Brad at the Brad Blog lays down some knowledge for the masses.
Let's face it. If the two of us can agree that Bush is a disaster, then you know he's doing something wrong.Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095178345410556602004-09-14T13:10:00.000-04:002004-09-14T12:12:25.410-04:00How to get burnt in the press game
Okay, it's pretty obvious by now that those stunning "60 Minutes" Bush/Texas ANG documents are fradulent. Incorrect nomenclature. Formatting differences. People who CBS claimed "verified" the docs actually didn't. Matley is saying he couldn't prove them authentic. I mean, their "big gun" on the news was Bill Glennon, an IT consultant. He had to admit that he isTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095171427271530792004-09-14T10:12:00.000-04:002004-09-14T10:17:07.273-04:00From the mouth of a child
My two-year-old son, when you ask him "Who is the best choice for America?", now answers "John Kerry!"
Any other year I'd wash his mouth out with soap. But this year, even a toddler knows what's at stake.
Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095171143198937652004-09-14T10:10:00.001-04:002004-09-14T10:12:23.196-04:00How to destroy conservatism
It continues to perplex me how George W. Bush has so thoroughly demolished what "conservative" used to mean. The latest example in his "damn-the-deficit", Big-Brother, "Half-ass support of the military" ways comes from a revealing piece in the Washington Post.
It analyzes the costs of W's domestic policies over a 10-year period. First up are the cost of making his Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1095171032898768112004-09-14T10:10:00.000-04:002004-09-14T10:10:32.896-04:00The Key Quote
From Andrewsullivan.com (link at top of left column). Fellow disaffected/former Republicans, sing this one from the rooftops:
Mr president, you have the courage to launch vital wars; you just don't have the competence to win them. Get out of the way before we lose this battle - and make things even worse than before 9/11.
Testify!!Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094845172679858762004-09-10T15:37:00.000-04:002004-09-10T15:39:32.680-04:00With Allies like this...
While the US fights terror (rightly in Afghanistan, cluelessly in Iraq), our Euro "ally" Germany has seen fit to sit this one out, content to hurl invective at the US and decry us for maltreatment of prisoners at Gitmo. Apparently three squares, prayer rights and full health care are bad things to the Germans. Anywho, we can now find out why they didn't sign up. They Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094764526381233092004-09-09T17:14:00.000-04:002004-09-09T17:15:46.316-04:00He said, he said gets ugly
So the warring "Your a liar about your service" choruses grew louder in the wake of the "60 Minutes" piece last night that allegedly showed documents casting Bush's Texas ANG service in a negative light.
I have said before that BOTH SIDES need to stop this crap. Bush got an honorable discharge from a unit that could have been called to active duty. Kerry earned five Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094676239771809602004-09-08T16:42:00.000-04:002004-09-08T16:43:59.770-04:00How to destroy someone's faith in politics (or Some Mouths are Better Left Shut)
I don't think we have ever had two worse candidates for the Presidency in the history of our nation. Sure, some of you may point to the classic 1856 Buchanan/Fremont/Fillmore campaign. But this is easily the most god-awful selection we have had since...well, the last election.
I think you can easily track this by Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094596296368658632004-09-07T18:25:00.000-04:002004-09-07T18:31:36.366-04:00Working on something
Please excuse the paucity of posts these past few days. I am trying to work up a series of posts that deal with a simple fact:
George W. Bush is not a conservative.
At least not in the classic sense of it. Frankly, they'll have to come up with a new moniker for whatever he and his actually are. Perhaps "fundamentalist radicals" is a more apt name.
Anywho, I'll try to getTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094348070193135382004-09-04T21:29:00.000-04:002004-09-04T21:35:24.133-04:00How to inoculate yourself from criticism
In the wake of Zell Miller's speech at the GOP Convention, it seems he isn't all that cozy with the Neo-Cons after all. In an insightful piece at The Brad Blog (link to his whole blog at the top left), he details how the GOP threw Zell over the bow of the boat once he slung his slime at Kerry.
Who says they didn't learn from '92? It's not about slinging Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094232111894589632004-09-03T13:20:00.000-04:002004-09-03T13:21:51.893-04:00How to say something without meaning it
Well, the Bush acceptance speech went off last night. And it was a good one. For someone who never held the office.
But for someone who has had 3 1/2 years in office, it was an exercise in willfull ignorance.
While the structure of the speech was masterful, the content was lacking. Because now, there truly is no "conservative" party anymore. Just two Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094138130487142482004-09-02T11:15:00.000-04:002004-09-02T11:15:30.486-04:00How a failure as President will get re-elected (or The Poll Tolls for Thee)
I talked yesterday about what a disaster John Kerry's campaign has been up to now. With a beatable incumbent at hand, he and his staff have done everything imaginable to throw the 04 election away.
But hey, don't take my word for it. Check out a recent Zogby poll of undecided voters taken on Aug. 30.
The relevant pointsTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094138076767640592004-09-02T11:13:00.000-04:002004-09-02T11:14:36.766-04:00How to abuse patriotism
Well, if you caught the speeches last night, you know now that a vote against President Bush is tantamount to a vote against America. You love America, don't you? Don't you! Well, how can you dissent against the President and love America?!!!
....
Sorry about that. A bit of Zell Miller got into me. Anyway, I found the speeches last night pretty offensive, in that they Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094071950404382552004-09-01T16:52:00.000-04:002004-09-01T16:52:30.403-04:00See? The Seattle Times gets it!
Weighing in with an endorsement before Bush is even officially nominated, the Seattle Times has backed John Kerry for President in 2004.
The Times backed Bush in 2000. But rightly, they have judged him on what he said he would do and what he has done. Apparently, getting into wars without exit strategies, using tarriffs, spending tax money like Robert Byrd on Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094056391927993042004-09-01T12:32:00.001-04:002004-09-01T12:33:11.926-04:00How to influence people and shoot yourself in the foot
Two of the biggest opponents to the invasion of Iraq were France and Russia. So, in a stunning failure of logic, Islamic terrorists have kidnapped two French journalists and holding hundreds of schoolchildren hostage in Moscow, threatening to blow them up. This after a car bomb and two blown-up airliners.
Yes, there are the ancilliary Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094056368686142722004-09-01T12:32:00.000-04:002004-09-01T12:32:48.686-04:00How to lose a winnable election in 90 days
The Kerry campaign continues to show that George W. is the luckiest sumbitch in the world today. Here is a President with a bogged-down situation in Iraq. The deficit is growing. The economy is slowing down. He speaks like the English language is an obstacle course for the mind. And yet he is TIED in almost every poll regarding the 2004 campaign. How is Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094056205042721922004-09-01T12:29:00.000-04:002004-09-01T12:30:21.826-04:00How to make me nostalgic
So, I caught Arnie's speech the other night. It was a good speech. But, as William Saletan said on Slate today:
It's telling that Schwarzenegger says he's "proud to belong to the party of Abraham Lincoln, the party of Teddy Roosevelt, the party of Ronald Reagan, and the party of George W. Bush." The GOP under Bush is nothing like what it was under Lincoln or even Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1094056157904172662004-09-01T12:28:00.000-04:002004-09-01T12:29:17.903-04:00How to save money on the backs of the poor
Rather than save government funds by limiting upper-class tax cuts, getting back overcharges from Halliburton or reining in bloated government Medicare giveaways and farm subsidies, the Bush Adminstration is trying to save a few bucks by cutting Section 8 housing vouchers.
Hey, let's starve some poor kids at school and kill Head Start while we're at it!Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1093555278695336692004-08-26T17:18:00.000-04:002004-08-26T17:21:18.696-04:00I'm back
I took a self-imposed hiatus to get my breath and my bearings. I didn't like the way my blog was developing. It was a little too Rush Limbaugh/Randi Rhodes for my taste (and yes, I used them on purpose). So I am hoping that I can be more independent from here on.
The first issue I noticed today was, of course, the Census Bureau poverty report. Good luck on finding it online, as most Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1092080030474158642004-08-09T15:32:00.000-04:002004-08-09T15:33:50.476-04:00Endangering our rights
Though I don't own a firearm, I am a full supporter of the Second Amendment. I believe that an armed populace is a safe populace. But, with the right to bear arms, you have the responsibility to do so safely and properly. Unlike this dumb-ass:
BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) — Drew Patterson wanted to protect himself after hearing reports of a fugitive in this northeastern Oklahoma Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091723202932579492004-08-05T12:25:00.000-04:002004-08-05T12:26:42.933-04:00Don't fake the funk
On the radio yesterday, on a couple of stations, I heard a story about Sen. Kerry.
It seems he was at an event in Milwaukee. During the speech he talked about going to a couple of local food spots, a rib joint and Leon's (a well-known frozen custard stand) after the rally. Politicans often do this, much in a way a band says "We love you (insert city here)!" in a concert.
Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091550205507982602004-08-03T12:22:00.000-04:002004-08-03T12:23:25.506-04:00Old news. Does it matter?
So the big terror threat for the NYC and DC areas turns out to be based on information that is three to four years old. Also, much of the information was available through "open-source" Internet sites.
The question is: why did we go to a heightened state of alert based on old information?
Well, as some have pointed out, the age of gathered information doesn't mean it Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091548186292071812004-08-03T11:48:00.000-04:002004-08-03T11:49:46.293-04:00Crying in their Brie
Interesting piece in the Boston Globe today about France struggling to come to terms with their falling world influence. They are taking a hard look at why a country that called the tune for hundreds of years in Europe is now fading in influence.
Some quotes:
"There is agreement these days that a national rigidity and an aversion to risk have stunted France's development."Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091473177799731532004-08-02T14:58:00.000-04:002004-08-02T14:59:37.800-04:00Quick hits (and one long one)
Mark Hacking arrested in Salt Lake City for murder of Lori Hacking: No! You're kidding! What's next, the sun rose in the East? Anyone with one functioning brain cell knew her husband killed her.
Bush agrees to National Director of Intelligence and National Counter-Terrorism Center: He says he looks forward to "moving ahead on this important reform." Of course, two Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091467676005658482004-08-02T13:26:00.000-04:002004-08-02T13:27:56.006-04:00Turning over a new Leaf
You remember Ryan Leaf, don't you? QB at Washington State, drafted second in the 1998 NFL Draft behind only Peyton Manning. Hell of an athlete... for four years.
Yes, with that arm of gold went a head of stone. Surly and stubborn, he wore out his welcome at four different cities before leaving the game for good in 2002. Never living up to his promise, he is the biggest Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091377159341607952004-08-01T12:16:00.000-04:002004-08-01T15:42:27.673-04:00The Missing Story
In the prior entry, I wrote about how Kerry's top donor, millionaire Steven Bing, has connections to a convicted mob hitman nicknamed Donnie Shacks. I read the story in the NY Post, but the story originated over at ABC News.
Someone asked me for the link. So I went to the Post. Story was gone. So I went to ABC. The story is gone.
Odd.
But thanks to Google, the cached story Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091204328048323782004-07-30T12:18:00.000-04:002004-07-30T12:18:48.050-04:00The company you keep....
Senator Kerry, it's a bad thing when your largest donor is closely associated with a mob guy nicknamed "Donnie Shacks".
For those who missed the story, Kerry's largest contributor, billionaire Steven Bing, is apparently quite cozy with jailed mobster hit-man Dominic Montemarano, a.k.a. Donnie Shacks.
Bing paid his legal fees the last time he was in court, had him act in Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1091125153720816792004-07-29T14:18:00.000-04:002004-07-29T14:19:13.720-04:00Back to the Grind
After a relaxing vacation in which I watched Part One of "The Conventions", I have a few thoughts:
Barack Obama is one sharp cookie: Said all the right things. Personable, smart, sense of humor, well-spoken. His life story is compelling. This guy will roll to victory in November.
He is the first "new wave" politican from either party to really capture the attention of the Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1090353319034689932004-07-20T15:54:00.000-04:002004-07-20T15:55:19.033-04:00You must be kidding...
Michael Jackson to become father of quadruplets
This is like letting Chris Rock's character from New Jack City guard 100 pounds of crack. How in the Hell does a man who consistently has legal trouble over his interaction with children father four more kids, let alone keep the ones he has? I mean, he named a child 'Blanket.'
FREAKING 'BLANKET!'
Isn't anyone Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1090257557618586082004-07-19T13:17:00.000-04:002004-07-19T13:19:17.616-04:00Why Israel cannot negotiate anymore
It takes two to tango, play "Go Fish", and to negotiate complicated settlements to land issues that have festered for 50+ years. Israel is constantly criticized by the global press (including some US papers) for their treatment of Palestinians, the security wall, and whatever else they can come up with.
This ignores the constant suicide attacks they suffer,Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1090092801719702702004-07-17T15:32:00.000-04:002004-07-17T15:33:21.720-04:00Oops!
So it turns out that Iran may have had more to do with 9/11 than Iraq? No! Your kidding?? Not Iran!
So because of Feith, Wolfwitz and the Gang, not only did we cut back on Afghanistan before we finished, but we targeted the wrong I-country... good Lord.
Again, I believe that Hussein needed to be removed sooner or later. But this is supposed to be about cleaning up the trash that Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1089987139958099432004-07-16T10:11:00.000-04:002004-07-16T10:12:19.956-04:00More terror?
Here's a story that brings home the very real threat that terrorists still pose to us within the United States. And another good reason why airport security should be allowed to target suspicious people for screening regardless of their ethnic background or their number.
Because you know the current rule, right? The FAA will fine an airline that has more than two arabic men in Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1089984872510467102004-07-16T09:33:00.000-04:002004-07-16T09:34:32.510-04:00Speaking without talking
It now appears that Sen. Clinton will, in fact, be speaking at the Democratic Convention in Boston. But only to introduce her husband on the first night.
Hmm. Sounds like the DNC is mollifying the Clintons and their supporters without running the risk of a polarizing prime-time speech from Hillary. Nice finesse job on the part of the Democrats. Unless she introduces Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1089904319166686992004-07-15T11:11:00.000-04:002004-07-15T11:12:10.280-04:00(Almost) Learning the lessons of '92
The Democratic Party showed it still has a few brain cells in operation by not including Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to the speaker's list during the Convention in Boston. Sen. Clinton herself is not disappointed about this (at least not outwardly). But a major Dem. fund-raiser, Judith Hope, is livid.
She has called the decision "a total outrage...very stupidTeddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729386.post-1089833839888094512004-07-14T15:36:00.000-04:002004-07-14T15:55:02.510-04:00FMA crashes and burns
The ill-conceived attempt by theo-cons to insert blatant bias into the Constitution came to a screeching halt today, when they couldn't even muster a majority of votes, let alone the 67 they needed. So for now, marriage laws remain under the purview of the states.
And thank God for that. This whole idea is so at odds with what the GOP is supposed to stand for. It's called Teddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090276970264514342noreply@blogger.com0