A good point that a wonderful friend (a Democrat!) made to "How To Be A Good Democrat."
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
He asks... "Was there any art after Federal funding?"
Sunday, November 30, 2003
DUH! The newest spin is that a Democratic investment group planning to start liberal radio network is close to purchasing radio stations in five major cities in the U.S.... I hate to rain on their parade, and I'd love to experience the diversity of their thoughts, but how much money are they willing to pour into it to keep it viable and up-and-running?. As someone who was involved in various phases with a Internet-based radio station and couldn't convince the folks in charge that they needed a solid marketing plan in order to attract advertising (duhhhhh!) in order to keep the electricity on, they are going to need RATINGS (people listening) in order to attract advertisers... Unfortunately the Democratic party hasn't quite figured it out that doesn't need to preach to the crowd, rather, they need to convince those who don't hold their opinions Holy in order to "make a difference" and to sway opinions. Al Gore tried to buy a cable TV network to do the same, but has run into roadblocks on this same front. Broadcasting costs money...we'll see how long it takes for these stations to try to air the King of Blustering, Rush Limbaugh in order to bring the money in! Just a thought....
Although I profess to be a Republicrat (10 extra points if you figure out how I came up with that compound word) and a charter member of the "Anti-Moron" party (deduct 10 points if you think it is an actual party with a nominating convention), I came across a pretty good piece on how to be a good democrat.
HOW TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT
Virtually anyone can be a Democrat. Just simply quit thinking and vote that way. But if you want to be a GOOD Democrat, there are some prerequisites.
Consider the list below to see how you rate.
1. You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
2. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans, are more of a threat than United States nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth's climate, and more affected by yuppies driving SUVs.
6. You have to be against capital punishment but support abortion on demand.
7. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
8. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists from Seattle do.
9. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
10. You have to believe the military, not corrupt politicians, start wars.
11. You have to believe the NRA is bad, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
12. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
13. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, General Robert E. Lee or Thomas Edison.
14. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides aren't.
15. You have to believe Hillary Clinton is really a lady.
16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried, is because the right people haven't been in charge.
17. You have to believe Republicans telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and sex offender belongs in the White House.
18. Manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal and that you should be working on Christmas Day rather than observing the holiday.
19. You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese is somehow in the best interest of the United States.
Some truths?
HOW TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT
Virtually anyone can be a Democrat. Just simply quit thinking and vote that way. But if you want to be a GOOD Democrat, there are some prerequisites.
Consider the list below to see how you rate.
1. You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
2. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans, are more of a threat than United States nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth's climate, and more affected by yuppies driving SUVs.
6. You have to be against capital punishment but support abortion on demand.
7. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
8. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists from Seattle do.
9. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
10. You have to believe the military, not corrupt politicians, start wars.
11. You have to believe the NRA is bad, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
12. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
13. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, General Robert E. Lee or Thomas Edison.
14. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides aren't.
15. You have to believe Hillary Clinton is really a lady.
16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried, is because the right people haven't been in charge.
17. You have to believe Republicans telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and sex offender belongs in the White House.
18. Manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal and that you should be working on Christmas Day rather than observing the holiday.
19. You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese is somehow in the best interest of the United States.
Some truths?
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Monday, November 17, 2003
I don't understand how liberal Democrats can be so rabid about President Bush.
President Clinton though is their standard bearer who apparently made no mistakes.... What about "Don't Ask Don't Tell"? What about his ignoring opportunities to assasinate Bin Laden? What about President Clinton's claims about Saddam's so-called "Weapons of Mass Destruction" during his administration? Every President makes stupid mistakes. Every President makes moves which could be regarded as corrupt... I want a STATESMAN in the White House... NOT a POLITICIAN!
President Clinton though is their standard bearer who apparently made no mistakes.... What about "Don't Ask Don't Tell"? What about his ignoring opportunities to assasinate Bin Laden? What about President Clinton's claims about Saddam's so-called "Weapons of Mass Destruction" during his administration? Every President makes stupid mistakes. Every President makes moves which could be regarded as corrupt... I want a STATESMAN in the White House... NOT a POLITICIAN!
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
I finally figured out why I don't care for any of the 9 Democratic presidential challengers (besides calling them blowhards). I find distasteful their stupid and infantile potshots at each other and President Bush. Like one Democratic party stalwart said on TV the other night, "You have 9 candidates, one brain who will say anything to get a vote."
Monday, November 10, 2003
As someone who is soooooooooo undecided at this point on who to give his vote to in the 2004 Presidential Elections, and is tepid about President Bush and so disgusted at the nine Democratic blowhards trying to make themselves so important with their cheap rhetoric of nothingness, Ralph Nader's Green Party may get my vote, especially after seeing this article about his opinion about the Democrats....
"(11-09-2003) - (CBS NEWS) Former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader called Democrats "chronic whiners" for continuing to accuse him of spoiling the 2000 presidential election for Al Gore. "They should realize that the retrospect on Florida concluded Gore won Florida," the consumer activist told the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday. "It was stolen from the Democrats. And they should concentrate on the thieves and the blunderers in Florida, not on the Green Party." A media-sponsored review of more than 175,000 disputed ballots found that Gore would have won by a small margin if there had been a complete statewide recount. President Bush won Florida, and thus the White House, by 537 votes out of more than 6 million cast.
Nader, in town for a speech at the National Conference on Media Reform at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, noted that 300,000 registered Democrats in Florida voted for Bush.
"I think the Democrats can be fairly charged with chronic whining, and they ought to look at themselves first and foremost," Nader said. During his speech, Nader reiterated that he would decide by the end of the year if he's running for the White House in 2004."
I couldn't say it any better.
"(11-09-2003) - (CBS NEWS) Former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader called Democrats "chronic whiners" for continuing to accuse him of spoiling the 2000 presidential election for Al Gore. "They should realize that the retrospect on Florida concluded Gore won Florida," the consumer activist told the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday. "It was stolen from the Democrats. And they should concentrate on the thieves and the blunderers in Florida, not on the Green Party." A media-sponsored review of more than 175,000 disputed ballots found that Gore would have won by a small margin if there had been a complete statewide recount. President Bush won Florida, and thus the White House, by 537 votes out of more than 6 million cast.
Nader, in town for a speech at the National Conference on Media Reform at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, noted that 300,000 registered Democrats in Florida voted for Bush.
"I think the Democrats can be fairly charged with chronic whining, and they ought to look at themselves first and foremost," Nader said. During his speech, Nader reiterated that he would decide by the end of the year if he's running for the White House in 2004."
I couldn't say it any better.
Friday, November 07, 2003
The Brits always seem to turn their noses down at us Americans. They often make comments in different ways about our tawdriness, lack of sophistication, etc. We Americans like to make fun of their national cuisine, their bad teeth. But no matter what side of the Atlantic, both of us love indulging in pure salaciousness a la Jerry Springer. The latest little bit is about Prince Charles and the rumor and accusation no one really knows, but which Buckingham Palace has vehemently denied beforehand.
In the words of the New York Times, "No one would say what the rumor was. Not the British newspapers, which were writing long, innuendo-laced articles about it. Not the television commentators, who were discussing it with acrobatic opacity."
Now the cat is making itself out of the bag. "The allegation (although no one has said so publicly) has to do with purported sexual contact between Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and Michael Fawcett, one of his closest advisers." Wonder what that means (wink, wink, wink).
Whether its in the US or Britain, Jerry Springer SURELY Rules!
In the words of the New York Times, "No one would say what the rumor was. Not the British newspapers, which were writing long, innuendo-laced articles about it. Not the television commentators, who were discussing it with acrobatic opacity."
Now the cat is making itself out of the bag. "The allegation (although no one has said so publicly) has to do with purported sexual contact between Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and Michael Fawcett, one of his closest advisers." Wonder what that means (wink, wink, wink).
Whether its in the US or Britain, Jerry Springer SURELY Rules!
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
My love affair with Howard Dean has been terminated. Hasta La Bye-Bye. Ba-da...Ba-da...Ba-da..That's all folks. At least it lasted for 18 hours... This is what did it... This is what ended the love affair... I admit it, I lived fast, and loved fast...
(MSNBC) SPEAKING IN NEW York about campaign finance, the former Vermont governor sought to quell the dispute that erupted over his recent comment and his unwillingness to apologize for it during Tuesday night’s debate.
“I regret the pain that I have caused, but I will tell you there is no easy way to do this and there will be pain as we discuss it and we must face this together hand in hand as Dr. King and Abraham Lincoln asked us to do,” Dean said.
On Wednesday, Dean’s rivals sought to undercut his front-running status, criticizing the former Vermont governor’s comments on the Confederate flag and his refusal to apologize.
“Howard Dean offended both blacks and whites in the South by using the Confederate flag as a political symbol and should admit he was wrong,” Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said during a campaign stop in New Hampshire, adding, “a leader has to be strong enough to admit a mistake.”
Ugh.... I'm glad that Howard Dean came to his senses and understood that he had to be politically correct...otherwise I would have had to call for his trial in absentia for speaking his mind and face appropriate punishment. MAY CORRECT-SPEAK Rule! MAY CORRECT-SPEAK Rule!
So much for learning that when you love fast...it doesn't last....
(MSNBC) SPEAKING IN NEW York about campaign finance, the former Vermont governor sought to quell the dispute that erupted over his recent comment and his unwillingness to apologize for it during Tuesday night’s debate.
“I regret the pain that I have caused, but I will tell you there is no easy way to do this and there will be pain as we discuss it and we must face this together hand in hand as Dr. King and Abraham Lincoln asked us to do,” Dean said.
On Wednesday, Dean’s rivals sought to undercut his front-running status, criticizing the former Vermont governor’s comments on the Confederate flag and his refusal to apologize.
“Howard Dean offended both blacks and whites in the South by using the Confederate flag as a political symbol and should admit he was wrong,” Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said during a campaign stop in New Hampshire, adding, “a leader has to be strong enough to admit a mistake.”
Ugh.... I'm glad that Howard Dean came to his senses and understood that he had to be politically correct...otherwise I would have had to call for his trial in absentia for speaking his mind and face appropriate punishment. MAY CORRECT-SPEAK Rule! MAY CORRECT-SPEAK Rule!
So much for learning that when you love fast...it doesn't last....
It scares me that suddenly I like Democratic candidate Howard Dean. He recently uttered that Democratic party must court Southerners who display the symbol of the Confederacy in their pickup trucks if they are to win. Suddenly everybody jumps on him and calls him a racist. The Confederate Flag is part of a very sad and unfortunate history. To ban it to be shown, flown or discussed is no different than what Stalin dictated in the Soviet Union, Hitler in Germany, and Saddam Hussein in Iraq when they demanded that their revisionist interpretations of history be the "only" and "correct" version of history. I've said it in the past, and I say it now, "Those Who Refuse To Recognize The Mistakes Of The Mistakes Of The Past, Are Sure To Repeat Them." Displaying the Confederate Flag is NOT Racism (or Racist) and any interpretation of it being a racist symbol by itself is stretching things. We need to REMEMBER the mistakes of the Civil War and NOT repeat them, just as we cannot forget the events leading up to and including Jewish holocaust.
However....I digress. At the "Rock The Vote" debate in order to score points the Democratic presidential candidates wanted him to recant his statement. Howard Dean refused. He refused to budge on what he said by saying, “IT’S a racist symbol but I also think the Democratic Party has to be a big tent,” Dean said Tuesday night, refusing to recant his statement that the party must court Southerners who display the symbol of the Confederacy in their pickup trucks. “Poor white people need to vote their economic interest,” he said. A politician with backbone, perhaps? I'm watching with great interest......
However....I digress. At the "Rock The Vote" debate in order to score points the Democratic presidential candidates wanted him to recant his statement. Howard Dean refused. He refused to budge on what he said by saying, “IT’S a racist symbol but I also think the Democratic Party has to be a big tent,” Dean said Tuesday night, refusing to recant his statement that the party must court Southerners who display the symbol of the Confederacy in their pickup trucks. “Poor white people need to vote their economic interest,” he said. A politician with backbone, perhaps? I'm watching with great interest......
Monday, November 03, 2003
The First Amendment guarantees that government will not actively endorse religion in general or favor one faith over another. The same amendment also guarantees an individual’s right to worship as he or she pleases. The Ten Commandments contain both religious and secular directives, including the familiar bans on stealing, killing and adultery.
I don't understand the controversy over the display of the Ten Commandments in the Alabama State Courthouse....Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians all agree on these principles of not stealing, killing, and adultery...so why can't they be on display as a reminder? Is "In God We Trust" so bad as a reference to a higher Being?
I don't understand the controversy over the display of the Ten Commandments in the Alabama State Courthouse....Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians all agree on these principles of not stealing, killing, and adultery...so why can't they be on display as a reminder? Is "In God We Trust" so bad as a reference to a higher Being?
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