We know the story. Massachussettes “found” a right to gay marriage in their Constitution by apparently using a weegee (yes, it’s grossly mispelled but sorry, I don’t keep up with pagan practices to know correct spelling, I’ve never seen it in print to remember) board. The Supreme Court declined to overturn [...]

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He defends Rather based on the fact that people treated him as guilty until proven innocent. Well, we know the docs were forged and he was the public face behind them. What do you expect? Whe it turned out some alleged claims about Iraqi WMD weren’t apparently true Bush got blamed, despite [...]

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Diplomad has this article, Mine Furor, on the ongoing controversy about the US not signing on to the Landmine treaty. It expands on what I’ve always thought and said, that the US isn’t a problem in this regard and that we shouldn’t sign treaties just because they are pretty. Diplomad takes [...]

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Rightwingsparkle has this on an ABC news article that talks about evangelical Christians and voting. Specifically it talked to Coral Ridge Ministries, a not small outfit out of Florida, where they are quoted as saying some pretty silly things. I get their e-mails from time to time because I managed to [...]

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Ok, this is technogeek time, and I’m not broken up in the least that this happened to SCO. Apparently being a litigious bastard has consequences afterall.

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Blogs for Bush has this on a NYPost article suggesting Congress may cut UN funding to encourage reform in the organization. Well, it’s about time guys. How many scandals between Oil-for-Food and rape in the Congo will it take to spur these guys into action?
The UN is accountable to no [...]

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This Week With The Swings
“The Fat Machine” and “Fight or Kiss”
http://www.fromthepen.com/swings/

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Speculation is buzzing with Rehnquist not returning to the court while he is recovering at home. The one thing that will be interesting to see is if and when he does retire (and I think he probably will after the inauguration) whether the Dems will fillibuster a replacement. If Rehnquist is [...]

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Backcountry Conservative writes that reporters have reviewed ballots in Florida and found not conspiracy. This directly contradicts these scholars who from their ivory towers in California have claimed vote fraud in Florida.
Nice try guys… do come again.
Hat tip:
Backcountry Conservative

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Iran is funding suicide bombers, here and doesn’t seem to be that widely reported. In a nutshell, some high up officials in Iran are involved with recruiting, training, and sending suicide bombers into Iraq and Israel. This should be more widely known because if and when we go into there, it [...]

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(Story via Bill’s Comments.)
Steve Gardner had a story to tell about John Kerry.
His superior, for four months, was none other than Lt. j.g. John F. Kerry.
“I had confrontations with him there. He nearly got us rammed by the VC one night because he wasn’t watching the helm. I heard the motor coming close, turned on [...]

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The notion of happiness as a virtue has been discussed in detail in books by Dennis Prager and Marc Gafni. Prager’s book makes the point that being happy is not just something nice, but it’s a responsibility each of us has for the sake of those around us. Unhappy people make those around [...]

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In addition to my stabs at political humor in my weekly column, I write greeting cards for American Greetings, and, when I have a bit of free time combined with a lack of REM sleep, I also write parody news stories, just to stay in the humor mindset. The latter doesn’t pay at all, but [...]

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Election News
This year’s presidential election was an early Christmas gift. My wife voted in the Ukrainian elections which are now being disputed. Unlike conspiracy theorists in the states, there is serious evidence of ballot tampering now being examined by their Supreme Court. Here’s a link: http://www.ukranews.com/eng/index_high.html
A few observations that may not gleam from the [...]

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If we, as conservatives are going to argue that gay marriage shouldn’t allowed because the majority of Americans are against it, as evident by the referendums in the recent election, it is only fair to point out that the majority of Americans want Roe v. Wade upheld. That is, unless people don’t mind being [...]

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Osama Bin Laden’s top deputy released a videotape saying he vows to keep fighting the U.S. until the U.S. changes its foreign policies. Besides U.S. support for Israel, can anyone name a specific policy that has caused such animosity? Over at Indymedia, the socialists are also always complaining about U.S. policies without naming [...]

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Wired.com has an interesting story about how the US military is utilizing former members of Saddam’s special forces to take on the insurgents in the Sunni triangle.
NEAR ISKANDARIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Twenty months after toppling Saddam Hussein, U.S. troops still battling his followers in the heartland of Iraq’s old arms [...]

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James Flanigan, in the LA Times, explains why a weak dollar is not the threat to US well-being that some would have us believe.
When the dollar is weak, other currencies are stronger and goods from other countries are more expensive in the US. That means fewer foreign goods are bought. It also means more [...]

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An article appearing on The American Thinker is “An Open Letter to Europe”.
The first line is, “Hi, are you nuts?”
Across Europe, the reaction to the re-election of George Bush has been … interesting. I, personally, have listened to a non-American describe the US as acting like a small child throwing a tantrum. This same [...]

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