Archive for the 'hypocrisy' Category
Mixed Feelings About the Cops in the Park
Right now, there are about a dozen cops in the same area of the park where there was a shooting last year. From what I’ve gleaned from my neighbor, they busted a couple of people smoking pot. I have mixed feelings about this.
Philadelphia’s long been known for its lenience with regard to to pot, [...]
I Love the Smell of Hypocrisy
Oh, this looks like fun!:
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain will speak in New York City on September 11 at a non-partisan forum for public service, organizers said Wednesday.
The event is organized by “ServiceNation,” a coalition of about 100 organizations that aims to strengthen democracy by encouraging civic action and volunteer work.
Obama and McCain [...]
Nancy Pelosi Has Some Nerve
Talking Points Memo reports that Nancy Pelosi is calling George Bush “a failure”
President Bush has been a “total failure” in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the [...]
Vichy Democrats: Complicit
Crossposted at Booman
On Olbermann tonight, Jonathan Turley said:
“we now know that the democratic leadership knew about the illegal surveillance program almost from its inception…they were aware of an unlawful surveillance program as well as a torture program. and ever since that came out the democrats have been silently trying to kill any effort to hold [...]
Arlen Specter E-Mails Me; I Call Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter emailed me this afternoon. All emphases are mine.
Dear Mr. Skwire:
Thank you for contacting my office to express your concerns regarding the United States’ treatment of detained enemy combatants and suspected terrorists. I appreciate your interest in this matter and your willingness to share your views with me.
I have consistently supported efforts to prohibit [...]
Phone Call to Arlen Specter
The news of Senator Kennedy’s cancer hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. I am typically hostile and caustic to politicians, but there is one major exception: I love Ted Kennedy. I think he’s perhaps the greatest sitting senator of my lifetime. His tireless efforts on behalf of the poor, those [...]
Read More..>>Captain Petard
Well, well, well. Look who got caught sticking his dingaling in a woman who’s not his [second] wife.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate [...]
Let’s Put Slots Parlors in Tom Ferrick’s Neighborhood
In a highly dishonest and self-satisfied article, Tom Ferrick Jr. tells Philadelphia residents opposed to having slots parlors jammed down their throats to suck it up, and get used to the higher crime rates. The problem is, Ferrick’s thinking is so muddled and confused, he literally undermines his own case.
First he says:
To summarize their [...]
Palestinian Beer Barred from the US
You can get it in Germany, you can get it in Israel, but you can’t get it in the US. Why?
Because the label says “Brewed in Palestine, and the US doesn’t recognize Palestine as a country.
The maker of Taybeh beer, which is brewed in a mini-brewery owned by a Palestinian family, the Khoury family [...]
Senator Specter Doesn’t Care for Schwartzers
Our noble Senator defending Senator Lott’s praise of dead segregationist/ miscengenationist Strom Thurmond.
Beautiful stuff. h/t
