Constitutionally Correct

MOVING

2005-07-21T17:40:00.000-05:00

I'm dumping Blogger and heading over to LiveJournal...Here's the new adress: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conserpat/

Hope to see you there.

CP

So just who does read this blog?

2005-07-20T11:53:00.000-05:00

Well, I'm curious, who exactly [if anyone :P] reads Constitutionally Correct reguarly...A journalist [rolls eyes] always should know his readership.

CP

John Roberts?

2005-07-19T18:51:00.000-05:00

"I'm going to appoint a strict constructionist."-George Bush, no more than a month ago.

Minutes ago, the AP announced that George W. Bush is about to announce John G. Roberts as his Supreme Court appointee. But just who is John Roberts. http://www.independentjudiciary.com/nominees/nominee.cfm?NomineeID=5

John Roberts is a socially conservative activist judge. Super. He believes that public school prayer is okay, and that the Federal Government can regulate abortion...Whatever you do, don't ask him what Article of the Constitution gives the government power to do either one.

At one point I had a great deal of respect for George Bush, but this is an incredible betrayal of my trust. I don't care is a Constitutionalist would be called extreme, George. You said you'd appoint one and you didn't...in English, we call that a lie. Justice Janice Brown was just to damn "extreme" [READ: Just] for you wasn't she, so instead, you don't even appoint a moderate, you appoint a social conservative, finally giving power to Christian Conservatives.

Nice going George, hey Democrats, fillibuster like there's no tommorow.

CP

They....just...don't...get it.

2005-07-18T16:48:00.000-05:00

Today, President Bush said that he'd like to see a moderate appointed to the Supreme Court...Well, that sounds great and well and reasonable, way to be a uniter, not a divider George...But...ummm...What the hell is a moderate Supreme Court Justice? Someone who upholds the Constitution 50% of the time? How 'bout appointing a man or woman who faithfully upholds the Constitution...you know, like that oath says? Oh, that's right, because a Constitutionalist will be labled an "ultra-conservative" by the Democratic Party. That's right boys and girls, doing your job as a member of the judiciary will result in your record being called into question and your character being impuned, welcome to America 2005. So what will wind up happening is instead of appointing a hardcore Constitutionalist [cough, Janet Brown], a wishy washy, I love everybody judge will be appointed, maintaining the number of judges who couldn't care any less about the Constitution at seven. If you are a Democrat or anyone really who thinks that Constitutionalism is extreme, I'm asking you why? Seriously. Why is it that a judge that upholds the Constitution at all costs extreme? And while your answering that, here's another, tell me what an "unextreme" judge looks like.

CP

God Bless the United Kingdom

2005-07-10T12:53:00.000-05:00

I'm not going to re-explain what happened in London like other blogs are doing...You already know. With that being said, I offer my condolences to the people of England and especially London. I'm proud as a human being to see there defiance in the face of terrorism and hope that they continue being a beacon of freedom for the rest of the world.

CP

He felt like a nigger...that's all

2005-07-01T08:34:00.000-05:00

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/319830p-273490c.html
Ralph Nader said, "I felt like a nigger." in that he was not allowed to appear on ballots in Souther states. He also said this in a room with a fair amount of reporters in it, apparently he knew that he was among friends. As you can see, my link came from the New York Daily Freaking News, so you know that no one else is covering this.

Here's my favorite part of the article:
Yesterday, Nader told me he was using the word in the same spirit as the Black Panthers of the 1960s - "as a word of defiance."

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha.....hahahahahahahahaha.

A word of defiance...What a badass! Ralph you're a blue blooded, WHITE, millionaire, Ivy League, Princeton Grad...speak not of defiance sir.

Okay, enough fooling around...What message is the media in this country sending if it allows some [pardon the expression] rich liberal cracker from the Northeast to use a racial epithet but runs out of office a rich conservative cracker from Mississippi for suggesting that we'd be better off with a former racist as Senator? If this doesn't scream "Media Bias!" To you what does. The American Left is being completely protected by the very same people charged with the responsibility of informing the American people. What the Hell has happened to journalism?

CP

Cut and Paste

2005-06-29T14:06:00.000-05:00

[turns away from Presidential Speech last night]...And that friends, is why God invented Microsoft Word...cut and paste baby, cut and paste...

In a mindblowing speech that lacked any resemblance of a fresh idea, the President outlined his outline of the outline of the Iraq post-war plannish...thing. In addition, he re-explained why he will not commit more troops to Iraq saying, "If my generals tell me they need more troops, I'll give them to them." That's easy to say after firing the generals who speak out now isn't it.

What pissed me off the most was this though, and I'm paraphrasing, "The terrorists in Iraq are of the same mentality of those that attacked us on 9/11." Yeah, I know, that is true, but that wasn't what he was trying to do. He was trying to connect Sept. 11th with Iraq indirectly and discreetly...It was a very underhanded thing to do and I expect more from this or any President of the United States.

CP

Richard Rider for Mayor of San Diego

2005-06-27T18:33:00.000-05:00

This is not a joke folks, a registered Libertarian is a serious candidate for the office of mayor in America's 4th largest city. If you live in San Diego, it is in your best interest to vote for Rider, do not be intimidated by that strange party next to his name. Rider stands for low taxes, limited gov't and personal and economic liberty. Many of San Diego's other mayoral candidates are pledging to take the city into bankruptcy, Rider is your alternative. Vote Richard Rider for Mayor. http://www.richardrider.org/tbcm/

CP

Supreme Court Rules Ilegal Seizure of Private Property is Legal

2005-06-23T15:37:00.000-05:00

...nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

Pretty easy to understand right. You don't have to go to Yale Law to realize that that means just what it says, no gov't seizure of private land without just compensation, so long as the seized land is used as public property.

Well, the Supreme Court of these United States has decided that that particular clause is meaningless. They decided today 5-4 that local towns can seize PRIVATE land in order to make way for PRIVATE development. Call eight of your friends over to you house, ask them to read that last sentence. If they and you can't see the word public in it, tell them to raise there hands. Okay, good, nine hands up right? No, no, don't panic, you're not wrong, it's just that mind-numbingly easy. The Supreme Court has failed us again. It just goes to show you that when a Court is divided by political affiliation, justice will very seldomly be served.

CP

Cynical Yet?

2005-06-14T14:57:00.000-05:00

Part I: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Fricken Jackson. Michael Jackson on Fox, Michael Jackson on CNN, Michael Jackson on MSNBC, Michael Jackson as the most popular news item on Yahoo. My God in heaven, and we wonder why we are an uninformed country...It's in our culture. We make God's out of freaks [sorry, but the man is a freak] and then follow their lives like sheep. This man evoked enough emotion out of a lot of people so that they would wait outside the courtroom releasing doves into the air after the verdict [what the Hell was that lady's plan if he was found guilty?]. Meanwhile: The PATRIOT ACT's renewal is being pushed by conservatives, the Senate is wasting it's time appologizing for anti-anti-lynching law past acts, the President's approval rating is approaching Stalin's and oh, by the way, we're still at war. Jesus, we've got our priorities straight.

Part II: Anyone watching the Discovery Channel's 100 Greatest Americans? How unthinkably depressing. If you haven't, the concept is, our fellow countrymen [countrypeople?] vote on who they think are the greatest Americans. I checked out the website, looked down the list which is ordered alphabetically...Hmmm, let's see here...Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X, Marylin Monroe...Wait what? Oh yeah, down the line some more was Jacko, and that was before he was aquitted. We the people were willing to put a whore and a possible child molester on the list of greatest Americans along with the likes of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. When in the hell did the word "great" lose it's meaning?

CP

House Repubs to Dems: "La, la, la, la...We're not listening...We can't hear you."

2005-06-13T15:23:00.000-05:00

House Judiciary Committee Republicans walked out of a meeting yesterday after Democrats began talking about Gitmo instead of the PATRIOT ACT. In an act that even a ninth grader would call "gay, dude", the Republicans immaturely cut the mics of dissenting Democrats who attempted to recommence the debate. Wow...Predicably enough, Fox News didn't mention this little indisgression on any of their shows last night...See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil right?

What pissed me off the most about this is the fact that the man who the Repubs shut up as they walked out just happened to be some guy who was elected by those dudes in that City in New York with the towers, you know what I'm talking about. He was the Congressmen from Lower Manhattan. Well gee whiz, I sure as hell would like to know his opinion on the PATRIOT ACT. But apparently the Repubs already knew, and well, they're just not going to put up with this "dissention" BS. If I were a Republican official sitting on a contested Congressional seat, I'd be worried come 2006. The Republicans are giving off the perception of being afraid of debate...And that perception is slowly becoming reality.

CP

Yay, My First Endorsement!

2005-06-08T15:46:00.000-05:00

Well, the New Jersey GOP primary is over. Unfortunately, Pro-Liberty Candidate and former Jersey City Mayor Brett Schundler was defeated by a still fairly pro-liberty former mayor of West Windsor, Doug Forrester. Though I am unhappy with Schundler's defeat, as a former West Windsor resident, I can say with 100% certainty that Doug Forrester is a far safer choice than Senator Corzine to run the Great State of New Jersey. Accordingly, I hereby endorse Former Mayor Forrester as the next Governor of New Jersey. If you're a New Jersey resident who values civil and economic liberty, I suggest you hold your nose and vote Republican for Governor this year.

CP

*Note: Post assumes that I have regular readers.

**Note: Post assumes that I have regular readers from New Jersey

R.I.P States Rights...1776-2005

2005-06-07T15:40:00.000-05:00

Well, it was a hell of a run. We've had legitimate state's rights in this country for over 200 years, but ever since the Civil War, they've been eroded, little by little. The most recent example is this week's ruling by the Supreme Court against the usage of medicinal marijuana. By a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against Diane Monson, a Californian who uses marijuana to ease pain caused by her numerous health issues, stating that allowing medicinal marijuana violates federal drug laws [which are inherenetly unConstitutional, but hey, they're the gov't, they can do anything]. What's really annoyed me about this whole thing are the "champions of civil rights", the liberals, and how they're handling this. They aren't angry, they're whiny. On the Alan Colmes radio show on Sirius Radio last night, a liberal whose name was not important enough for me to remember was saying that, well, as long as the women were using is medicinally, I don't see what the problem is...Actually, if these women were lighting up for the hell of it that'd be perfectly fine by me. Why is it extreme to support legalizing pot? Ask yourselves that. Don't just say wow, CP's nuts, he wants to legalize all drugs...Think about it! Why not? And if that doesn't work, ask yourself, is the drug war a right given to the government in the Constitution. When you arrive at the inevitable "no" answer, then ask yourself why you support it. Think!

CP

Might I Suggest....

2005-05-26T16:44:00.000-05:00

http://joesblog.canadasdebate.com/

UltimateJoe, a Canadian fellow AD'er [and one, if not my favorite adversary, though we do seem to agree more often now] has a blog. Read it, if it's anything like his posts on Americas Debate, it should be one of the best blogs out there.

CP

Welcome to the Age of Uber-Sensitivity!

2005-05-22T10:32:00.000-05:00

If somebody took a picture of Hitler in his underwear and distributed it in the Allied countries' newspapers would you be offended? Well, welcome to 2005, where Americans can feel bad for a homicidal dictator because he was shown scratching his ass in front of a camera in his underwear. I don't know where to start, so here's a refresher course on SH's attrocities:

He frequently sat and watched the torture of political prisoners, torture that included:

Acid Baths
Roof dives
Electro Shock
Gang Rapings
Good old fashion firing squad
Mutilation

He used WMD against his own people, invaded half of the Middle East and supports Palestinian terrorists...

But Jesus H. Christ, let's not make a fuss over that now, I mean, the man was shown, in his underwear. What a horrible country we are. I bet Bush is to blame for this...He's like Hitler you know...My God...

CP

Pot Legalization

2005-05-06T16:45:00.000-05:00

We're having quite a humdinger [wow, I hate that word] of a thread here at AD: http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9815&pid=150474&st=40&#entry150474...

It's about the legalization of marijuana, started by yours truly. Same arguement libertarians have been waging forever, same arguement from everyone else. Still haven't heard a legit reason to keep the stuff legal. If people want to get high off their rocker and fail out of college, good luck...If they want to shoot up and die...I'll send flowers to the funeral. The government still doesn't have any control over what people do to their own bodies. And it's thinking like that that's the reason why suicide is ILLEGAL in this country. Oh...and really, during an era in which we're fighting the War on Terror, do we honestly have the resources or money to be fighting a ridiculous War on Drugs also? How 'bout we fight a War on Unconstitutionalism, or a War on Opression...

CP

Italians Say Agent Killing was not Intentional...

2005-05-02T17:11:00.000-05:00

So...the Italians, after investigating the death of Nicola Calipari, an Italian inteligence officer, they have concluded that the American troops who killed him did so unintentionally. They said in their statement that the death was a result of

"...tension....inexperience and stress led some of the U.S. troops to react
instinctively and with little control."

Well...that's a relief, I thought that we might have a problem on our hands. Troops guarding a "shoddy, and ill protected" checkpoint were trying to kill an allied officer, they were just inexperienced, tense and uncontrolable...phew. Very few times am I actually embarassed at the actions of my country, but I really am right now.

CP

Buy Blue

2005-04-22T08:13:00.000-05:00

A fellow AD'er, Cube Jockey, has started up a political organization designed to help consumers purchase from progressive leaning businesses. The organization is called Buy Blue.org, a link to it can be found lower on the page under the Might I Suggest header. If there are any Democrats reading [assuming I have readers, lol] this site is an absolute must. You guys need to get yourselves together and stop feeding the Republican war chest, which is essentially what you're doing when you buy from companies such as Ace Hardware or Domino's Pizza.

The site has an index that shows which companies lean where, color coding them as either red or blue. Here's the link : http://www.buyblue.org/rankedlist.php.

So there you go Democrats, start gearing up for 'O8, but when Rudy G. gets the Repubs nomination, don't ask me for anymore websites like this one.

CP

My "Oh, Yeah, The Pope" Post

2005-04-21T06:34:00.000-05:00

Right, so I'm a few days late in writing about our newly elected Fuhrer...Er, Pope. Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a former Hitler Youth Member is the new leader of Catholics. Yeah I know, I can forgive the whole Hitler Youth thing, but it can't go without mentioning, he's the Pope for God's sake. Anyway, people on TV have just been amazed at how conservative a Pope we now have...Which makes sense given the Catholic Church's history of electing left-field liberal Cardinals as the leader of their spiritual world.

Honestly, I'm incredibly uninterested in this guy, and really anyone in that Church right now [I'm a somewhat disgruntled Catholic, as you may know] I knew what we were going to get long before Das Pope was elected...Let me guess his policy...Gays=You're going to Hell...Abortion=You're going to Hell...Fun in general=You're going to Hell...Priest feeling up 12 year-old boy=Eh, well, we're kinda up in the air about that...Ya gotta forgive you know...Yeah...

CP

Gay Marriage Shot Down By Oregon Supreme Court

2005-04-18T07:46:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&ncid=701&e=2&u=/afp/20050414/ts_alt_afp/usgaymarriage
So the Supreme Court of the Vast Wilderness that is Oregon has decided that Portland, the state's largest city, had no right in giving marriage liscences to gay couples. The judges cite that according to Oregon state law, that gays have no legal entitlement to marriage...Do I disagree with the FACT that they don't have that right...Sure...Is the Court right in it's decision...Absolutely. If the Court did not nullify the marriages, they would be legalizing gay marriage in Oregon, which, I believe, would be the job of the Legislature. The decision is a right one, technically Oregon's laws do not give gays the right to marriage, don't like it? Fight it, push for legislation, but don't expect a clause giving gays marriage rights to magically appear in Oregon State law or the Constitution.

CP

Arizona Minutemen

2005-04-12T19:17:00.000-05:00

http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9629
That particular AmericasDebate thread is about the uproar over the so called "Minutemen" in Arizona who essentially patrol the boarder to prevent illegal aliens from coming in. Great idea, maybe we should have a government police-type force PATROL the BOARDER. That's a damn good idea...Anyway....In theory I do believe that these citizens should be able to enforce the law that our government refuses to enforce, however, I can definitely foresee some abuse arising from untrained vigilantes patrolling our boarder. While I do think that these Minutemen have their hearts in the right place, they aren't qualified [like our boarder patrol<--Sarcasm/Cynicism] and they create an atomosphere that fosters the possibility of abuse. Good idea...in principle, not practice. But hey, maybe this'll bring attention to illegal immigration and our government will take care of the problem *laughs*.

CP

Padilla Lawyer Appeals Indefinite Detention

2005-04-09T14:19:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&amp;ncid=701&e=1&u=/afp/20050408/ts_alt_afp/usattacksjustice
Jose Padilla just may get his day in court yet. For those of you who are unaware, this man [and US CITIZEN no less]...amazingly has been held in dentention by the United States Government for almost three years...Without being charged with a crime! Our government in one of the most amazing uses of doublespeak in the history of organized thought, has told us that his detainment is completely legitimate because they're sure he was GOING TO commit a crime. Two things...um...by detaining him without charging him...YOU ARE TOO! Second, if it was/is sooooo obvious that he was going to commit a crime, then why the hell haven't you charged him with anything!? Incredible...Oh, and our judges...you know, the guys with the funny wigs and the hammers...yeah, them...the ones charged with the job of upholding our Constitution, they've already ruled that his detainment is illegal. From the article

"In February, a federal judge ordered Padilla's release within 45 days, arguing
the government had no right to suspend due process of law. Earlier this
week, the same judge agreed to put his ruling on hold so as to give federal
prosecutors time to file an appeal."

I'm happy this appeal is finally happening, but I have no doubt that the government will be able to get away with this crap...again...Sigh...Do you remember the time when the government followed its own laws? Yeah, me neither.

CP

SC Won't Hear Police Dog Case

2005-04-04T17:15:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=701&e=4&u=/ap/20050404/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_drug_dogs
Thank God. There was no way in Hell the Supreme Court could go 3 straight rulings without screwing up. The Supreme Court has decided that they will not hear a case regarding the unconstitutionality of police dogs being used without a warrant.

The Supreme Court's reasoning was that the dogs were not violating the 4th Amendment which protects [or should I say protected] against unreasonable searches. Pardon my French but what the bonjour are the dogs there for? They're there to SEARCH! Without a warrant, probable cause or even a suspicion. If that isn't a violation of our rights than what is. Thank you Supreme Court for de-restoring my faith in you.

CP

Colorado Supreme Court Blocks Bible Approved Execution

2005-04-02T12:16:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&ncid=701&e=16&u=/afp/20050329/ts_alt_afp/usjusticeoffbeatbible
The Supreme Court of Colorado struck down a decision to execute a man because the jury justified his execution with the "eye for an eye" clause in the Bible. This is amazing, two Supreme Court rulings, two Supreme Court rulings approved by me. This is the right decision. Outside references have no place in the courtroom, including the Bible. Individual cases need to be looked at, examined and then though out, not referenced. I believe the Bible has a line that okays the flogging of adulterers [or possibly thieves, but you get my point], so how far do you draw the line. Good job SC of Colorado.

CP

Supreme Court Rules on Age Discrimination

2005-03-31T19:52:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&amp;ncid=701&e=9&u=/nm/20050330/pl_nm/court_discrimination_dc
The Supreme Court, by a 5-3 vote, has decided that workers over 40 can sue potential employers for age discrimination, even if it is unintentional. This begs the obvious question of, "How can you tell if it someone's discriminating against you if they don't even know it?" Let that sit for a while. Again, I'm up in the air about this one. Let's look at it from a Constitutionalist's point of view.

Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution doth state that the State cannot, "deny to any person within it's jurisdiction equal protection under the law." If you look at it this way, the law is absolutely correct. If other workers can sue if they feel that they are being discriminated against, then the "older workers" [40 isn't old] should have the right to do so as well.

But now let's look at it from a libertarian's point of view...

An employer has the inherent right to hire and fire anyone he/she wants for any reason, it's his/her business, he/she makes the decisions, he/she accepts the consequences of those decisions. Taking into account both sides of the internal argument I am having with myself, I will agree, yet again, with Constitutionalist me, for now; and here's my explanation...I really would prefer businesses to be deregulated to the point where business owners can hire and fire for any reason and deal with the consequences; but until that happens, the Supreme Court's decision is applicable, and dare I say it...Constitutionally Correct.

CP

Terry Schiavo II

2005-03-25T18:12:00.000-05:00

[Warning: this will be a very emotional post, and therefore will lack my normal articulate and finesse style]

Inside of a hospice in Flordia, families are mourning their dead family members. People are dying...and outside, members of the media, including Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes are covering the final hours of a dying woman. Jesus Christ. Let the woman die in peace...Let the family mourn their loss in peace. This is none of your damn business. Absolutely incredible. I'm at a loss for words.

The "Christian Right", God-fearing, moral people are hold up outside of a hospice trying to involve themselves in a family issue...Is that what Jesus would do? I hate the Church so...so much [Don't get me wrong, I love Christianity, I'm a Catholic, however, the Catholic Church is a corupt power hungry organization]. I wonder, has anyone asked themselves, "How would I feel if a family member of mine was dying and I had to deal with a political circus as I watch him/her die?"

Let her die in peace.

CP

Terry Schiavo

2005-03-21T19:21:00.000-05:00

I've yet to write about the Terry Schiavo incident because I'm so unbelievably up in the air about it.

Normally Dominant Libertarian Me: The government is getting involved in a family matter. A large family arguement, but a family arguement nonetheless. What possible authority do they have to decide a woman's fate. Any more than her husband? I don't think so. The goverment's saying "Oh, that man has no right to make decisions regarding this womans faith...but we sure as hell can!" Let the legal guardian decide and move on, stop making this woman's final days a circus.

Almost Non-Existant Socially Conservative Me: Jesus, how is her husband even this woman's guardian? Seems to me as though he's moved on, a completely uninvolved person in this woman's life [who by the way, didn't have the stones to watch her feeding tube pulled out] is making a decision to end her life? How aren't the parents' voices considered?

Given my schizophranic stance on this issue, my fall back is the law. Legally the husband is the guardian, and as such, he makes the call.

CP

The High Road?

2005-03-09T18:44:00.001-05:00

Now I very rarely post about an article, but this caught my eye:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18755-2005Mar8.html
Dan Rather exits by the high road? Oy vey. I'm a big Washington Post supporter, but give me a break. Oh, I should probably explain what I'm complaining about, huh? You've probably heard that Walter Kronkite, and several others that were close to Dan Rather at CBS have recently blasted him publically. Rather said that he wouldn't respond to these people...That's what the author of the linked article meant by the high road? [rolls eyes, then inhales]You know what, let's just forget about Dan Rather's 40+ year career of partisan journalism, which, as we all know, was capped off by one of the most embarassing journalistic moments since Dewey beats Truman and skip right to the part where Rather has the morals not to respond to people who publically mentioned how horrendous of a job he's been doing [exhales]. Dan Rather is commendable for not responding to people who correctly pointed out that his career, specifically the past few years have been a joke. What a guy. I wonder, if Rather was going to say something, how would he respond? How on Earth can he say with a straight face, "No Walter Kronkite and formerly respected peers, you're wrong...I...uh...Vietnam...Documents...uh...Air Natonal Guard...uh...CBS is sorry...Nixon...Career..."

CP

Ten Commandments Episode

2005-03-05T12:47:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=703&e=10&u=/ap/20050304/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_ten_commandments

I've come to the conclusion that I'm the only person in America who doesn't care, one way or the other, about the displayal of the Ten Commandments in government buildings. Both side are driving me nuts:

The Right: Christianity is part of American history and culture. We need to be reminded of what we stand for.

George Washington : The Constitution is in no way based on the Christian religion.

Me: Yeah, what George said. In addition, you mean to tell me that a judge needs a reminder when ruling on cases. And that reminder has to come from the Bible? Sorry, not buying it.

The Left: This is an outrage! You Christians are breaking the First Amendment, keep your damn morality to yourselves.

Me: The Constitution says that government can't establish religion. Found-To set up; also, To cause to be recognized and accepted. By placing the 10 Commandments in a government building the gov't is attempting to recognize Christianity, however, it clearly is not being accepted. So would I prefer the 10 Commandments be taken out of gov't bulidings, yes. Will I lose sleep over it....Zzzzzzz

CP

AIDS Pageant

2005-02-28T17:20:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20050228/od_nm/aids_beauty_dc
If you decided to skip the article and head straight for the pithy comments, I'll summarize. *Takes a deep breath* In Botswanna, Africa, one of the most AIDS infested countries on this planet, there is being held a contest *takes another deep breath*. This contest is called, wait for it...Miss HIV, Stigma Free. I will repeat that. The beauty contest is called Miss HIV, Stigma Free. One more time...A beauty pageant in Africa is entitled Miss HIV Stigma Free. I'm speechless [a condition that I'll fight through]. For right now, I'll let the "constestants" speak for themselves...

"We are saying here we are, we are HIV positive and it doesn't mean it's the end
of the line," 33 year old reigning Miss HIV Kgalalelo Ntsepe told Reuters in her
cluttered one room cottage, where she displays trophies of her win in 2003.

I couldn't make this up if I wanted to [and I'd have to be pretty sick to do so]. These woman-mind you, in a country in which one in three are HIV positive- are competing, in a beauty pageant...in an attempt to judge on who gives a [expletive deleted] less. That's where the stigma free comes in. Don't get me wrong, I'm an anti-stigma kinda guy *rolls eyes heavily*, but in a country where 33% of people are HIV positive, maybe HIV should be considered more of a stigma. Seems to me that if that many people are HIV positive, the stigma has been intercoursed out. But wait, there's more...

"It may just be a pageant, but it is important because it brings together people
with HIV who are open about their status," said Brad Ryder, spokesman for the
African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Programme.

Ahem, you live in a country where one in three are HIV positive...You mean to tell me that you have to have a pageant to bring people with HIV together? God help us...Everyone.

CP

Reefer Madness

2005-02-21T17:02:00.000-05:00

So, you've probably heard that some whorish journalist taped private conversations he had with then Governor George Bush. In those tapes Bushed confessed to doing stupid things as a young adult [gasp]. These acts included...smoking pot. Of course, the President's opponents [who could use a puff or two themselves] have used that against him, turning that into *looks up* a reason to impeach the President.

A couple of things:
1. Pot? THE MAN DID COKE FOR GOD'S SAKE! And you're using pot to impeach him, Holy Jesus! Aren't there a few more pressing excuses for impeachment than pot?
2. President Bill [Shout the Stain Out] Clinton smoked pot too, yet Dems didn't call for his head on a pike.
3. Even if pot was a reasonable excuse for impeachment, try impeaching a Republican President with a Republican Senate and House.

Oy.

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And Justice For All

2005-02-18T16:19:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&ncid=703&e=11&u=/afp/20050217/wl_afp/unsudandarfurrightsicc

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said the
tribunal was the best choice for ending the violence in Sudan's war-torn Darfur
region and bringing rights violators to justice.
"Referral to the ICC is the
best means by which to halt ongoing violations and prevent future ones," Arbour
told the UN Security Council at an open meeting.

You hear that all you genocidal maniacs out there, we're...taking you...to court...A court by the way, that doesn't allow for the death sentence. I don't know what I'd do if not for the UN, there'd be so little to complain about.

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Welcome to the Party Howard

2005-02-17T15:18:00.000-05:00

"You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color
in a single room?," Dean asked to laughter. "Only if they had the hotel staff in
here."

Wow Howard, way to prove the Republicans calling you a liability and loose cannon wrong...you...idiot. In fairness, Dean's statement was no better nor worse than what Sen. Trent Lott said at the late Strom Thurman's 100th birthday party a few years ago...With that being said, you...Democrats, quickly now, call for the head of Howard Dean! After all, he alluded that the hotel staff is comprised mostly of black people...And God knows if a Republican said that, he would be a racist, minority hatin', cross burnin', tobacco spittin' no good SOB right? I won't hold my breath. I'm sure what'll happen is Fox News will run this clip for the next couple of months, and in 40 or so years, on the day of Howard Dean's funeral, will run it some more. On the flip side, CNN will probably run a special on Global Warming and forget that this little transgression ever happened. Chris Matthews won't feign outrage, Dan Rather won't forge documents linking Dean to the Holocaust and Keith Olberman, eh, who cares, no one watches him anyway....

At this point I would like to say that if this website had that little area where you write down your emotion, it would read Cynical.

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Drudge Attacks Academy,Chris Rock

2005-02-17T14:41:00.000-05:00

Matt Drudge has recently been on a few news shows [mostly on FoxNews, imagine that] complaining about Chris Rock, who will host the upcoming Oscars. Drudge claims that Rock's profane brand of humor will make the Oscars unsafe for the ears of children watching the award show [Please, most adults I know don't watch the Oscars]. Drudge cites one particular segment of Rock's show where he claims that "Abortion clinics are a beautiful thing, because you know the girls there are [expletive deleted]-ing." At the risk of upsetting the Christian right/left...ummm...that's A: Funny, and B: True. It is dumbfounding to Drudge that a comedian has the nerve to make fun of people, or say something sensational or offensive...He's a comedian Matt...Get over yourself.

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House Passes Indecency Bill

2005-02-16T17:09:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&amp;amp;ncid=718&e=1&u=/ap/20050216/ap_on_go_co/congress_indecency

From the article

Rejecting criticism the penalties will stifle free speech and homogenize radio
and TV broadcasts, bill supporters said stiff fines were needed to give
deep-pocketed broadcasters more incentive to clean up their programs and to help
assure parents that their children won't be exposed to inappropriate material.

Right, because honestly, how the Hell are we supposed to expect parents to assure themselves that their children aren't exposed to inappropriate material?

The bill now allows for a maximum fine of $500,000 for "inappropriate behavior". A large amount of suspected rapists have their bail set at under $500,000. It's good to live in a country that has its priorities in order. Republicans and Democrats alike are proud of themselves, here's what one of them, Joe Barton [R] of Texas had to say...

This legislation makes great strides in making it safe for families to come back
into their living room.

Safe? Right...You can come back from underneath the bed children, the breasts are gone, and I promise, they'll never come back...Ever.

Well, it sure is a good thing that the Founding Fathers, in their infinite wisdom, decided not to make it illegal for the government to restrict the press...Oh...Wait...Whatever, who reads the Constitution any more anyway, it's so 18th Century.

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Read my lips, Part Deux

2005-02-16T14:44:00.000-05:00

President Bush said today that he would "not rule out" a tax increase on people who make more than 90 grand per year in order to fund Social Security. It's deja vu all over again. It blows my mind how anyone can actually refer to this man as "conservative", needless to say "right-wing".

Amnesty to illegals.... Check
Raising tariffs..............Check
Tax increase................Check
Gov't size/budget increase...Check

That seems ,dare I say, Kerryesque.

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Police To Sue Unruly Senior

2005-02-15T17:30:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&amp;ncid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20050215/ap_on_fe_st/cane_attack
Every now and then I like to post [I say like, though I never have, so that is, I will post...] odd news stories. This one caught my eye. From the article,

Prosecutors were considering Tuesday whether to file charges against a
79-year-old woman who police say injured two officers when she struck them with
a wooden cane. The officers, both of whom were treated for their
injuries at area hospitals, were hurt after they arrived at the woman's home to
check on her welfare. One officer had a separated shoulder and hand injury while
the other might have suffered a mild concussion, said Jaimee Thirion, a
spokeswoman for St. Joseph County police.

A police officer, trained to take down dangerous criminals was smacked around by an 80 year old with a walking cane. Wait, it get's better, here's what the county's esteemed prosecutor had to say...St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak said officers were called to the home to investigate a possible domestic abuse charge against the caretaker.

"This is a serious concern because police are there to protect all of us,"
Dvorak said.

Protect us? Mr. Dvorak, you're officers couldn't protect themselves from a 79 year old women; let's not get ahead of ourselves. By far the biggest gem of an excuse came from another lawyer on TV, explaining what happened, and why it was so dastardly.

"The defendant snuck up on the officers and assaulted them with a deadly
weapon."

I can't help but smile when someone brings up the possibility of a 79 year old "sneaking". God be with the good people of South Bend, Indiana.

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Ward Churchill

2005-02-14T17:56:00.000-05:00

I was just scanning through my favorite websites. I passed through Bill O'Reilly's, don't' worry, it's for entertainment value only. Apparently he still has his nickers in a twist about Ward Churchill. While listening to his and Michael Savage's radio show [again, entertaining], I've been startled by many callers who have stated with absolute certainty that Americans have no right to say something that "is damaging to the country". Oy vey. I'm no Ward Churchill fan, but gee whiz. Was he an absolute moron for calling Sept. 11th victims little Eichmanns? Absolutely. Is he well within his rights in doing so, absolutely. Furthermore, since he works for a public university [and therefore, the government], firing him would be overtly unconstitutional. So go ahead, hate Ward Churchill, that's justifiable, he's a horrible person. But respect his and your right to free expression, no matter how offensive it is.

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Houston, we have a problem

2005-02-14T15:18:00.000-05:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23242-2005Feb14.html

The Missile defense system underwent a test yesterday, and failed, miserably. The interceptor rocket who's job it is to blow enemy missiles out of the sky, did not, itself, get into the air. Experts were surprised by the system's failure, and with good reason, given its success in the past. I wonder how much money that thing costs to test, needless to say create. Not that we need any of that money though. I mean, the roads in this country are in perfect shape, the state of our education couldn't be better, our boarder with Mexico doesn't resemble a cheese grater and we're certainly not facing down the largest budgit deficit ever [thank God]. So now that our country is completely devoid of problems, we can afford to appease our inner Star Trek fan with missile defense and the like. I'm sure glad terrorists are predictable enough to attack us with missiles.

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Iraq Election Results...Anyone?

2005-02-13T16:00:00.000-05:00

As you probably know, the Iraqi election results were in. Oh, you'd know that, unless you read the New York Times, here are today's front page headlines shown below.

A Former Exile Sees His Hopes Revive in Iraq-No, nothing about the election
here.
Iraqi Insurgents Step Up Attacks After Election-Hey, at least they say the
word election.
In a Saffron Ribbon, A Billowy Gift to the City-In a related
story, no one cares.
Detainee Says He Was Tortured in U.S. Custody-More
good news.
AIDS Report Brings Alarm, Not Surprise-Then why is it on the front
page?
Fat Substitute, Once Praised, Is Pushed Out of the Kitchen-Slow news day,
huh?

Sense a trend? Oh, well, maybe page three...Brazil, Bowing to Protests, Reopens Logging in Amazon. Page four? Mexico Opens Files Related to '71 Killing. Page five...

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Don't drink the tea

2005-02-13T11:48:00.000-05:00

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&amp;amp;amp;ncid=703&e=10&u=/ap/20050210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/scotus_religious_tea

It seems as though our Supreme Court is finally taking aim at the pressing issues in our country. No, not the PATRIOT ACT, and its illegality; no, not Affirmative Action and its illegality. The Supreme Court of the United States of America has tea in its crosshairs. Apparently a church in New Mexico is using a halllucinogenic tea in its services that our government has deemed "potentially dangerous" [you know, like cars, knives, cell phones, football, runnning...]. And to think that I've said that the Supreme Court is failing miserably at its task of upholding the Constitution! Anyway, even our newly appointed Attorney General has gotten in on the act. Alberto Gonzales has stated that a lower court's decision that allowed this church to import this tea from Brazil into the United States was "wrong". I'm sorry buddy, you're the highest ranking law official in my country, you're going to have to do better than that.

Maybe I've got my priorities mixed up, but it just doesn't seem to me that the highest [no pun intended] Court in the land should be spending its valuable time deciding that 140 church-goers in New Mexico can't drink spiked Jesus juice during Mass.

Fiscal Responsibility?

2005-02-12T18:29:00.000-05:00

DNC Chairman Howard "the Hammer" Dean made his first speech as Chairman today, this was particuarly amusing,

"We Democrats believe in fiscal responsibility, and we're the only ones who have
delivered it."

Yeah, we've heard Howard, you balanced the sprawling budget of the great state of Vermont. That doesn't mean I have to believe that the Democratic Party is the epitome of economic restraint. And then we've got the Bush Administration, oy. Calling all Third Parties, calling all Third Parties...

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Howard Dean, DNC Chair; Democrats, this is your face

2005-02-11T17:58:00.000-05:00

Well, Howard Dean is all but the Democratic Party's Chairman, begging the question, do Democrats understand that Americans have thoroughly rejected their agenda, and are not fans of liberalism? The answer is apparently, no. It seems as though Democrats believe that their message was not conveyed to Americans clearly enough. Senator John Kerry [remember him?] has stated that "the Democratic Party doesn't need a makeover." Okay, Democrats, John Kerry is giving you advise on how to win a Presidential eleciton. I'll repeat that, John Kerry is giving you advice on how to win an election. We need an opposition party in this country; for the love of God, don't take his advice.

Still, it seems the Democrats believe that those ignorant, intolerant Evangelicals outside of LA and New York City need to have liberal ideals hammered into their heads; Red America, meet the Hammer.

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*When I say Democrats, I mean politicians, not voters.

Intro

2005-02-11T17:56:00.000-05:00

Hello, this blog will be about current events, politics, and basically, whatever else I want...More later. By the way, I'm a libertarian, not a conservative.

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