Zen over at Daily Whackjob has posted a link to a Staunton News-Leader editorial by Dennis Neal that burns the other (liberal) spectrum of SWAC-area blogs, Cobalt6. The DWJ post is sure to have loads of comments once this gets around to the rest of the blogosphere.
I do find it incredibly funny that A) Neal mis-stated kestrel9000's name as "Andy" Garcia and B) It was a similar editorial (with many of the same criticism) that bashed the Sayre bloggers that was praised heavily, and promoted endlessly by Eddie and Cliff.
Here's a bit from Dennis Neal's editorial...
As far as "nonsense" goes, anyone who's familiar with my distaste for obscenities knows that "nonsense" equals something else. When obscenities were used in response to my posts, I declared myself no longer a participant in the so-called "conversation."
I am convinced more and more that we are headed for the Second Civil War unless we can begin to be civil to one another.
Blogs like Cobalt6 and the SWAC group do not advance anything except hatred. I can't put it any plainer than that. Just because you fly one flag or the other does not make you bullet-proof.
Can't say I, or most logical people, would disagree with that.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Roscoe Reynolds, Class Without the CL
State Senator Roscoe Reynolds (D-20th District) showcased his arrogance and inability to handle a direct question in responding to a caller on a local TV show.
See it here, courtesy of Virginia Virtucon. However, I have the text of Reynolds' mini-meltdown courtesy of Leslie Carbone.
The caller was asking about a Texas firm that does work for the Reynolds campaign, and if they are being paid to spread dirt about Reynolds' challenger, Republican Jeff Evans...
Reynolds: "I have not paid a Texas firm to spread dirt about Mr. Evans"
Caller: "So what are they doing for you?"
Reynolds: "That's none of your business"
Caller: "Sure it is; I'm one of your constituents"
How did Reynolds handle that statement? As Carbone puts it, Reynolds "actually rolled his eyes, sneered, and tossed his torso back in the chair he undoubtedly imagined a throne."
I intended to endorse Jeff Evans previously, but never got around to announcing that endorsement. However, now is as good a time as ever to announce The Podium's endorsement of Jeff Evans for State Senate in the 20th District.
See it here, courtesy of Virginia Virtucon. However, I have the text of Reynolds' mini-meltdown courtesy of Leslie Carbone.
The caller was asking about a Texas firm that does work for the Reynolds campaign, and if they are being paid to spread dirt about Reynolds' challenger, Republican Jeff Evans...
Reynolds: "I have not paid a Texas firm to spread dirt about Mr. Evans"
Caller: "So what are they doing for you?"
Reynolds: "That's none of your business"
Caller: "Sure it is; I'm one of your constituents"
How did Reynolds handle that statement? As Carbone puts it, Reynolds "actually rolled his eyes, sneered, and tossed his torso back in the chair he undoubtedly imagined a throne."
I intended to endorse Jeff Evans previously, but never got around to announcing that endorsement. However, now is as good a time as ever to announce The Podium's endorsement of Jeff Evans for State Senate in the 20th District.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Throw Some D's On That B****...
...cause someone just bought a Cadillac. (Most of you won't get the reference in the title, but oh well)
Namely, someone on welfare. As Dave Briggman reports on Republitarian, he saw a woman drive up in a brand-new Cadillac (with 30 day tags) at his local 7-11, purchase some soda and chips, and pay for it with a Virginia Cardinal card...which, if you didn't know, is the EBT card that is given to people who are on welfare, so they don't have to deal with food stamps.
While Briggman had some questions about how you can buy food with no nutritional value with a welfare card...I didn't particularly care about that part.
My question is: how does one get a brand-new Cadillac while on welfare??? Just like the title...another hip-hop song comes to mind when reading this story...
"Can't pay my rent, cause all my money's spent/But that's okay, cause I'm still fly"
Is there someone who can actually justify this? Or can we agree that this is obviously blatant abuse of the welfare program.
Namely, someone on welfare. As Dave Briggman reports on Republitarian, he saw a woman drive up in a brand-new Cadillac (with 30 day tags) at his local 7-11, purchase some soda and chips, and pay for it with a Virginia Cardinal card...which, if you didn't know, is the EBT card that is given to people who are on welfare, so they don't have to deal with food stamps.
While Briggman had some questions about how you can buy food with no nutritional value with a welfare card...I didn't particularly care about that part.
My question is: how does one get a brand-new Cadillac while on welfare??? Just like the title...another hip-hop song comes to mind when reading this story...
"Can't pay my rent, cause all my money's spent/But that's okay, cause I'm still fly"
Is there someone who can actually justify this? Or can we agree that this is obviously blatant abuse of the welfare program.
1 Year Ago Today...Jim Webb Caught a Break
The liberal bloggers are having a field day with today being the 1 year anniversary of "Macacagate". George Allen's use of a word that nobody, not even Allen, could really come up with a consensus as to what it means is what led to Allen's downfall in last year's elections.
Seriously, since nobody could come up with a real, definitive answer to what "Macaca" means, many people jumped on the "racial slur" bandwagon, even though there has been evidence to the contrary.
Nonetheless, it was a stupid move by Allen, and his mishandling of the ensuing media frenzy propped up a Jim Webb victory...because, if you had been following the polls up until that point, Allen had a solid 10-15 point lead in most polls and was holding pretty steady.
However, holding up Webb's victory as a sign of a Blue Virginia is a perfect example of propaganda for the Democrats...because really, Jim Webb did not win the election last year, George Allen simply lost it. Any revisions to the history of the 2006 U.S. Senate campaign in Virginia would be a serious abortion of justice to the facts.
Still...chalk the gross mis-handling of the "Macaca" incident to George Allen and his campaign.
Seriously, since nobody could come up with a real, definitive answer to what "Macaca" means, many people jumped on the "racial slur" bandwagon, even though there has been evidence to the contrary.
Nonetheless, it was a stupid move by Allen, and his mishandling of the ensuing media frenzy propped up a Jim Webb victory...because, if you had been following the polls up until that point, Allen had a solid 10-15 point lead in most polls and was holding pretty steady.
However, holding up Webb's victory as a sign of a Blue Virginia is a perfect example of propaganda for the Democrats...because really, Jim Webb did not win the election last year, George Allen simply lost it. Any revisions to the history of the 2006 U.S. Senate campaign in Virginia would be a serious abortion of justice to the facts.
Still...chalk the gross mis-handling of the "Macaca" incident to George Allen and his campaign.
Code Pinko Starving Themselves...Again
So now we've got another "Code Pink Hunger Strike" going on. They're starting at Dianne Feinstein's home, then moving on to Nancy Pelosi's office. The point of these hunger strikes is to end the war.
Personally, I think it's a good thing. Our food would be better spent nourishing our soldiers than a bunch of aimless protesters who think not eating will accomplish anything. In fact, can anyone thing of a hunger strike that has accomplished anything of significance since Gandhi?
They're so excited to have 8 people who will starve themselves for this hunger strike. 8 people? This is supposed to be a "big" event for Code Pink...and the got all of 8 people to go through with this?
Those will be the same 8 people that actually vote for Cindy Sheehan over Nancy Pelosi next year.
Personally, I think it's a good thing. Our food would be better spent nourishing our soldiers than a bunch of aimless protesters who think not eating will accomplish anything. In fact, can anyone thing of a hunger strike that has accomplished anything of significance since Gandhi?
They're so excited to have 8 people who will starve themselves for this hunger strike. 8 people? This is supposed to be a "big" event for Code Pink...and the got all of 8 people to go through with this?
Those will be the same 8 people that actually vote for Cindy Sheehan over Nancy Pelosi next year.
"Abuser Fees Are Constitutional" - Henrico Co. Circuit Court
At least, the excusion of out-of-state motorists is constitutional. This is today's ruling from a Henrico County Circuit Court judge.
What I find amazing is that people pointed at the initial lower-court ruling as "proof" that the abuser fees were unconstitutional. What many missed was that the lower-court ruling stated that the exclusion of out-of-state motorists was unconstitutional, and not the fees themselves.
I think that including out-of-state motorists would be a fair amendment to the Abuser Fee rules. However, the Circuit Court judge disagrees...he believes that since Virginia motorists are the mass majority of drivers on Virginia roads, that there is a reasonable case for placing the scope of the fees on Virginia drivers only.
One can only look to the Capital Beltway and the Northern Shenandoah Valley to see a lot of fallacy in that statement. I see many West Virginia tags on I-81, and many Maryland and D.C. tags on the Beltway and I-66...so I would have to personally disagree with the judge on this one.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
What I find amazing is that people pointed at the initial lower-court ruling as "proof" that the abuser fees were unconstitutional. What many missed was that the lower-court ruling stated that the exclusion of out-of-state motorists was unconstitutional, and not the fees themselves.
I think that including out-of-state motorists would be a fair amendment to the Abuser Fee rules. However, the Circuit Court judge disagrees...he believes that since Virginia motorists are the mass majority of drivers on Virginia roads, that there is a reasonable case for placing the scope of the fees on Virginia drivers only.
One can only look to the Capital Beltway and the Northern Shenandoah Valley to see a lot of fallacy in that statement. I see many West Virginia tags on I-81, and many Maryland and D.C. tags on the Beltway and I-66...so I would have to personally disagree with the judge on this one.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Do We Need Another 9/11???
Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News believes we need another 9/11 to heal the wounds of divisive politics. Another terrorist attack, in his opinion, would at least bring some unity to our country. He opens his article with this...
"ONE MONTH from The Anniversary, I'm thinking another 9/11 would help America.
What kind of a sick bastard would write such a thing?
A bastard so sick of how splintered we are politically - thanks mainly to our ineptitude in Iraq - that we have forgotten who the enemy is.
It is not Bush and it is not Hillary and it is not Daily Kos or Bill O'Reilly or Giuliani or Barack. It is global terrorists who use Islam to justify their hideous sins, including blowing up women and children."
However, Bykofsky's next statement says a lot about America...
"Iraq has fractured the U.S. into jigsaw pieces of competing interests that encourage our enemies. We are deeply divided and division is weakness.
Most Americans today believe Iraq was a mistake. Why?
Not because Americans are "anti-war."
Americans have turned their backs because the war has dragged on too long and we don't have the patience for a long slog. We've been in Iraq for four years, but to some it seems like a century. In contrast, Britain just pulled its soldiers out of Northern Ireland where they had been, often being shot at, almost 40 years.
That's not the American way.
In Iraq, we don't believe our military is being beaten on the battleground. It's more that there is no formal "battleground." There is the drip of daily casualties and victory is not around the corner. Americans are impatient. We like fast food and fast war.
Americans loved the 1991 Gulf War. It raged for just 100 hours when George H.W. Bush ended it with a declaration of victory. He sent a half-million troops into harm's way and we suffered fewer than 300 deaths.
America likes wars shorter than the World Series."
I will agree with this to the extent that our society is very oriented towards instant gratification. Of course, it wasn't long before we won the actual Iraq War. What we're dealing with now is a long, drawn out occupation.
Bykofsky makes another point about what's gone wrong since 9/11...
"Because we have mislaid 9/11, we have endless sideshow squabbles about whether the surge is working, if we are "safer" now, whether the FBI should listen in on foreign phone calls, whether cops should detain odd-acting "flying imams," whether those plotting alleged attacks on Fort Dix or Kennedy airport are serious threats or amateur bumblers. We bicker over the trees while the forest is ablaze. "
However, I do think that his final comments below, while true, are a bit reckless and almost seems to be asking for another 9/11...which, honestly, it would be the last thing anyone wants.
"America's fabric is pulling apart like a cheap sweater.
What would sew us back together?
Another 9/11 attack.
The Golden Gate Bridge. Mount Rushmore. Chicago's Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia subway system. The U.S. is a target-rich environment for al Qaeda.
Is there any doubt they are planning to hit us again?
If it is to be, then let it be. It will take another attack on the homeland to quell the chattering of chipmunks and to restore America's righteous rage and singular purpose to prevail.
The unity brought by such an attack sadly won't last forever.
The first 9/11 proved that."
I don't know about the rest of you, but I think we should focus on the singular task of PREVENTING these types of attacks from happening, instead of waiting for another one attack (and who knows how many deaths) to create that focus?
I see his point, I really do...I just think that wanting another 9/11-type of attack to reunite the nation is not the line of thinking we need to have as a society. However, I do agree that our society is too geared towards instant gratification when it comes to these matters, and that we need to focus on the big picture and the important things first.
(h/t Michelle Malkin)
"ONE MONTH from The Anniversary, I'm thinking another 9/11 would help America.
What kind of a sick bastard would write such a thing?
A bastard so sick of how splintered we are politically - thanks mainly to our ineptitude in Iraq - that we have forgotten who the enemy is.
It is not Bush and it is not Hillary and it is not Daily Kos or Bill O'Reilly or Giuliani or Barack. It is global terrorists who use Islam to justify their hideous sins, including blowing up women and children."
However, Bykofsky's next statement says a lot about America...
"Iraq has fractured the U.S. into jigsaw pieces of competing interests that encourage our enemies. We are deeply divided and division is weakness.
Most Americans today believe Iraq was a mistake. Why?
Not because Americans are "anti-war."
Americans have turned their backs because the war has dragged on too long and we don't have the patience for a long slog. We've been in Iraq for four years, but to some it seems like a century. In contrast, Britain just pulled its soldiers out of Northern Ireland where they had been, often being shot at, almost 40 years.
That's not the American way.
In Iraq, we don't believe our military is being beaten on the battleground. It's more that there is no formal "battleground." There is the drip of daily casualties and victory is not around the corner. Americans are impatient. We like fast food and fast war.
Americans loved the 1991 Gulf War. It raged for just 100 hours when George H.W. Bush ended it with a declaration of victory. He sent a half-million troops into harm's way and we suffered fewer than 300 deaths.
America likes wars shorter than the World Series."
I will agree with this to the extent that our society is very oriented towards instant gratification. Of course, it wasn't long before we won the actual Iraq War. What we're dealing with now is a long, drawn out occupation.
Bykofsky makes another point about what's gone wrong since 9/11...
"Because we have mislaid 9/11, we have endless sideshow squabbles about whether the surge is working, if we are "safer" now, whether the FBI should listen in on foreign phone calls, whether cops should detain odd-acting "flying imams," whether those plotting alleged attacks on Fort Dix or Kennedy airport are serious threats or amateur bumblers. We bicker over the trees while the forest is ablaze. "
However, I do think that his final comments below, while true, are a bit reckless and almost seems to be asking for another 9/11...which, honestly, it would be the last thing anyone wants.
"America's fabric is pulling apart like a cheap sweater.
What would sew us back together?
Another 9/11 attack.
The Golden Gate Bridge. Mount Rushmore. Chicago's Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia subway system. The U.S. is a target-rich environment for al Qaeda.
Is there any doubt they are planning to hit us again?
If it is to be, then let it be. It will take another attack on the homeland to quell the chattering of chipmunks and to restore America's righteous rage and singular purpose to prevail.
The unity brought by such an attack sadly won't last forever.
The first 9/11 proved that."
I don't know about the rest of you, but I think we should focus on the singular task of PREVENTING these types of attacks from happening, instead of waiting for another one attack (and who knows how many deaths) to create that focus?
I see his point, I really do...I just think that wanting another 9/11-type of attack to reunite the nation is not the line of thinking we need to have as a society. However, I do agree that our society is too geared towards instant gratification when it comes to these matters, and that we need to focus on the big picture and the important things first.
(h/t Michelle Malkin)
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