Conservative Politics, Religion, Culture, and Anything Else
From the monthly archives:
Tonight, the Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 89-81 in Game Six of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Championship game. The Celts will now play for the NBA Championship for the first time in 21 years (that was 1987 for those of you with a public school education). The kicker is who they are playing: the Los Angeles Lakers!
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Former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan has written a book that apparently says nothing new about the Bush Administration: Plame? Been there (Richard Armitage, folks). The Rove-Libby-Cheney Triumvirate of Evil? Done That. The government response to Katrina had flaws? Yawn. Bush actually at one point tried to sell his Iraq policy to the people? I’m shocked! [...]
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To most, Memorial Day is the official kickoff to the summer season — pools, barbecue, the beach, movie marathons.
Lately, to more and more Americans its more solemn roots are revived. It was a day first commemorated as “Decoration Day” to put flags and other items at the graves of friends or relatives who died in [...]
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That’s just what a Santa Fe group wants: the ban of WiFi service in public facilities like the library, city hall, and eventually stores. They claim that since some people have real allergies to certain electrical fields (”electro-smog”), like those emitted by WiFi and cellphones, keeping WiFi in public areas risks discrimination in a way that violates of the Americans [...]
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I think the MSM might try to make this RFK statement made by She Who Must Not Be Named their 2008 Election attempt at another “Dean Scream.”
In defense of SWMNBN (shudder), she was just indicating that historically the primaries are still wide open in June and there is no precedent of getting out this early in tight primary races like [...]
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NOTE: A FEW LIGHT SPOILERS:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008 ) was a damn great flick, following in the serious, yet sometimes tongue-in-cheek, pulp action of the originals! It was full of fun and outrageous death-defying action sequences, mystical plot twists, and of course the commies are the bad guys this time!
In [...]
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Oh snap! She let it out of the bag this time! I thought they told their people to keep quiet until after the election:
Freud would have a field day with this lady! I mean WOW lady, that pregnant pause was absolutely priceless.
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I just read this Politico piece by John Feehery on the Republican Party’s relationship with McCain. His take is that Bush stalwarts like Hastert, Lott, and Delay are no longer on the scene and McCain, ever the frustrating maverick, is now the presumptive GOP nominee. Hence, the maverick becomes the savior in lieu of the Republican’s crushing Congressional [...]
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Doctors have identified “a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe” as the cause of Senator Kennedy’s seizure over the weekend. This kind of cancer affects roughly 9000 Americans per year and early diagnosis and a non-aggressive type can lead to about five more years.
But it’ll be a tough slog. Kennedy’s cancer is inoperable and [...]
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White House counsel Ed Gillespie had some tough words for NBC after they disingenuously edited an interview with President Bush which indicated that the President accepted a negative premise on the appeasement issue when the President did not.
But what I love about the letter sent to NBC is Gillespie’s memory of two years ago when [...]
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I just got back from viewing The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian at a new movie-viewing location near my new place. So, let me get right to it without ruining the plot for those who haven’t seen it:
I like C.S. Lewis, for both his fantasy novels and his philosophical works. Part 1 (or Book 2 if [...]
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Whereas sometimes we at AOR like to poke fun at Ted Kennedy, in times like this it is not appropriate. He’s human, and we are not just fallible beings, we’re mortal beings who must deal with what life hands us sometimes.
It’s reported at this early hour that the 76-year-old Kennedy was hospitalized with symptoms of a stroke. [...]
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Oscar Pistorius, a man who needed part of his legs amputated as a young child, has been cleared by the IAAF to compete in the Beijing Olympics. This point is controversial because some believe that his prosthetic limbs could indicate an unfair advantage against non-bionic opponents, and the “Paralympics” is an existing competitive body for [...]
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In a blatant example of judicial activism, the California Supreme Court today voted 4-3 to overturn the will of the people in order to impose gay marriage on the Golden State.
If McCain nor Congressional Republicans won’t jazz up the conservative base, this should! Marriage issues, cultural issues, judicial activism, court appointments, etc. are all at [...]
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President Bush was giving a speech to the Israeli Knesset commemorating the 60th birthday of Israel. One of the most traumatic events in the history of the Jews and an integral part of the history of the state of Israel was the Holocaust, which only happened because of the horrors of World War II. That war [...]
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Has anyone noticed that Asia’s been the Earth’s scratching post lately?
Cyclone smacking up Burma whose junta is playing games with people’s lives.
Earthquakes beating up China with the death toll rising daily.
Terrorism in Western India from religious strife (Muslims and Hindus).
Jeez! When it rains, it pours, I suppose. I guess we can just hope and pray and donate.
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I’m feeling a little vindictive right now. Since this song has been stuck in my head for about two and a half days now, I think you need to hear it too.
Come to think of it, you probably already have.
ETA: The song is “It’s Love” by Chris Knox
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The former New England Patriots’ scout, Matt Walsh, handed over eight more tapes related to the Spygate scandal which followed the Pats near-perfect run last season, leading to that karmic smackdown called Super Bowl XLII.
As a wounded Patriots fan, more tapes mean more pain, however I was elated to hear that no Super Bowl tapes were part of [...]
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