Archives for: November 2007
11/30/07
Once again, we see an example of what passes for art these days. Specifically, thoughtless, political emoting- the crasser the better. See here.
To paraphrase one of the popularizers of female bisexuality, this is PC idiocy gone wild. The only way one can think a headline not absurd is if one assumes that bisexuality is some hard-wired biological trait like a preference for sweets. As proven by the Girls Gone Wild videos, preference conversions by Anne Heche and Angelina Jolie, and the increased level of bisexuality in my own high school and in colleges (it's cool), people can "change" their sexual orientation frequently. Some biological basis exists in some men, I'm sure, but unless you think people change genes in jail or that Greeks drank water with too much fluoride of something, it's obvious that a strong social component exists as well.
Whew! I don't know what to say. I have to believe that my Muslim friends (Sharif, Atac, et. al.) are shaking their heads today. They must feel like Christians do about Fred Phelps- hopefully.
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and knives, rallied Friday in a central square and demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Muhammad."
In response to the demonstration, teacher Gillian Gibbons was moved from the women's prison near Khartoum to a secret location for her safety, her lawyer said.
In her first remarks since being detained, Gibbons appealed for tolerance Friday in a conversation with her son.
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At first, I thought my liberal friend was quoting from a liberal blog, but it was Richelieu from The Weekly Standard. I'm glad because only somebody truly naive would consider it fair to judge a party by .2% of submitted questions as selected by a left-leaning news organization (CNN). One correction for Richelieu: Huckabee never said that his theology degree qualified him for president. He said it gave him some authority when talking about the Bible which seems reasonable.
I actually don't mind dumb questions. The ones that played into non-Republican's fears of Republicans (literal Bible-thumper guy, gun-tosser guy) elicited smart answers from the candidates.
Were the "Jethro" questions designed to make Republicans look bad? Well, CNN didn't try to make Republicans look good. That much is for sure.
He said:
11/29/07
In level of pathos-drenched rhetoric and intellectual sophistication, comparing a Democrat debate to a Republican one is like comparing Britney Spears to Frank Sinatra, Charles in Charge with The Sopranos, or a Yugo to a BMW. Nothing in this debate was as stupid as the typical Kucinich ("No human being is illegal."), Richardson ("Tell Mexico to give their people jobs."), or Obama (Pick one.) statement (I'll criticize Hillary as soon as she says something. You can go here and here for Democrat debate analysis). The Republican field also spared us the "Well, I've got a program just for you" mentality of our Democrat brothers and sisters.
Besides the awkward and useless opening song and the creepy Bible guy, the youtube aspect of the debate wasn't too bad.
11/28/07
Huckabee's religious commercial doesn't have wide appeal.
Gays in military:
Hunter:
Odd reply. We shouldn't do it because conservatives are less tolerant of gays. Either artless or honest.
Romney:
Terrible answer. Only have gays in military in times of peace. This is why people don't like Romney.
Rudy went for humor. Has a Hillary fixation.
Giuliani:
Didn't take bait of anti-Muslim hook. We want to offend terrorists. We're smart enough to tell the difference. Great answer.
McCain's video shouldn't have used a "greatest hit" (Woodstock line).
Gun control:
Good video. Hunter did the good "dad" thing and told the guy to be safer.
Giuliani:
Gun exam. indefensible. Talks about his record. Directly answered question. Regional rules. Fine. Didn't duck question. Good enough. Moderate. By the way, he should apologize for illegal alien remark.
Mean. It backfired. Potentially damaging, but Huck and Rom responded well.
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Immigration:
Giuliani:
Not too bad. Could be considered moderate. Reported Illegal aliens reported.
The guitar is painful
11/27/07
I'm starting to hate these things. Anyways, I'll be live blogging it...again. It's the blogger burden, I suppose. Catch my other debate blogs here.