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Over the weekend it was National Doughnut Day, and you are supposed to get a free doughnut. At Dunkin' Donuts you had to buy coffee or tea, but it doesn't matter much here in Colorado Springs, because there aren't anymore independent doughnut shops, just the stale, bland tasting circles you get thawed out at the local supermarkets... so, here's a little too much frosting, Enjoy.
On Monday, there will be some kind of web blog awards. The Huffington Post considers itself a political blog and has won this award for the last couple of years and will win it again. Personally, I don't consider it a blog, since its a huge enterprise, more a news service like Politico, one step down from the news sites like MSNBC, CNN, or New York Times and Washington Post. Then come ones with a smaller staff, like the Moderate Voice and Daily Politics. Next are the ones written by individuals but financed by papers and magazines, Political Animal and Swampland, for example. Last, there are the ones like myself, the lonely voices in the wilderness that do this for fun because I haven't made more than a few bucks total. We are the most numerous, tend to be the most passionate, and also will go with the more outrageous theories and unsubstantiated stories if it fits our blatant biases. So, here's a bumper sticker for Ariana in bitter congragulations for not even considering us little guys:
The Huffington Post: Best Blog Money Can Buy
The strangest piece of news came out of the closet in Pennsylvania. There is this weirdly Midwestern sex cult, that is partly propagated through the Internet, and is fueled by memories of stuffed animals from childhood. Inspired by sports mascots, people make their own costumes that resemble either furry creatures, or creepier, plush toys. They then get together in meetings or conventions in hotels to rub around on each other and have sex. I thought this tradition had died out years ago, but I guess infantilism is alive and well, especially among politicians: "An aide to a McCandless state senator known for her tough stance on sex crimes was arrested late Thursday on accusations he propositioned a 15-year-old over the Internet.
In a series of instant messages and online chats, Alan David Berlin, 40, of Carlisle, discussed dressing up in animal costumes and engaging in various sex acts with the boy, the state attorney general's office said yesterday."
Not to be outdone, the Washington Independent revealed this sicko working for both Tom Tancredo and Pat Buchanon's sister. As reported in TPM: "Remember how Tom Tancredo went on CNN last week and called Sonia Sotomayor a racist, accusing her falsely of being a member of a "Latino KKK"? Well, if racism so offends him, how does he explain this?
On July 7, 2007, at approximately 7:15 p.m. at Jefferson and M Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C., defendant was walking down the street making offensive remarks when he encountered the complainant, Ms. [REDACTED], who is African-American. The defendant uttered, "Nigger," as he delivered a karate chop to Ms. [REDACTED]'s head.
That defendant is named Marcus Epstein--a former Tancredo speechwriter who now works as executive director of Tancredo's political action committee.
Epstein pled guilty to the charge, but, according to Dave Weigel of The Washington Independent, he'll remain on the job "until he leaves for law school in the fall."
Bay Buchanon responded with an article on the Human Events website: "Marcus agreed and spent six weeks in a California facility. I told him if he did so he would have a job to come back to. In the last two years I have seen a transformation. He joined AA, attends meetings several times a week, and volunteers at detox and rehab facilities to help others struggling with alcoholism.
As for the assault Marcus was charged and a plea bargain was worked out.
It took Marcus a year after this incident to start thinking about a future. He took the LSATs and was accepted at the University of Virginia Law School on early admissions. The presence of a strong recovery community was one of the reasons he chose UVA and was ready to move to Charlottesville next month. But the Left doesn’t care about any of this..." The Dean of the University of Virginia responded that the young man was not currently enrolled at the Law school, nor would he ever be enrolled in the future...
Here we have poor old G Gordon Liddy, senile, in his 80's, talking about the Supreme Court nominee: "LIDDY: Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then." It goes on... He was never very smart, but had a pugnacious way of speech. He made the most money in his career, based on being one of the folks who broke into a Democratic headquarters office building for Richard Nixon, by touring the country with Timothy Leary and having mock debates...
On July 7, 2007, at approximately 7:15 p.m. at Jefferson and M Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C., defendant was walking down the street making offensive remarks when he encountered the complainant, Ms. [REDACTED], who is African-American. The defendant uttered, "Nigger," as he delivered a karate chop to Ms. [REDACTED]'s head.
That defendant is named Marcus Epstein--a former Tancredo speechwriter who now works as executive director of Tancredo's political action committee.
Epstein pled guilty to the charge, but, according to Dave Weigel of The Washington Independent, he'll remain on the job "until he leaves for law school in the fall."
Bay Buchanon responded with an article on the Human Events website: "Marcus agreed and spent six weeks in a California facility. I told him if he did so he would have a job to come back to. In the last two years I have seen a transformation. He joined AA, attends meetings several times a week, and volunteers at detox and rehab facilities to help others struggling with alcoholism.
As for the assault Marcus was charged and a plea bargain was worked out.
It took Marcus a year after this incident to start thinking about a future. He took the LSATs and was accepted at the University of Virginia Law School on early admissions. The presence of a strong recovery community was one of the reasons he chose UVA and was ready to move to Charlottesville next month. But the Left doesn’t care about any of this..." The Dean of the University of Virginia responded that the young man was not currently enrolled at the Law school, nor would he ever be enrolled in the future...
Here we have poor old G Gordon Liddy, senile, in his 80's, talking about the Supreme Court nominee: "LIDDY: Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then." It goes on... He was never very smart, but had a pugnacious way of speech. He made the most money in his career, based on being one of the folks who broke into a Democratic headquarters office building for Richard Nixon, by touring the country with Timothy Leary and having mock debates...
Finally, we end with a bit of moderation from Newt Gingrich, as reported in the so-called blog, the Huffington Post: "Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich did something on Sunday a bit unexpected: He urged his fellow Republicans to ignore calls for ideological purity within the party.
"Shrug them off," the conservative firebrand told CBS's "Face the Nation." "Reagan shrugged them off. Reagan was frequently attacked. I talked to Michael Reagan the other night, President Reagan's son, who pointed out that Reagan had done all sorts of things that were deviances from the conservative purity. But people knew in general he was a conservative. People accepted him as a conservative. And he built a very broad coalition."
The remarks illustrate the growing effort within the GOP to smooth the edges of its image. "My advice is that Colin Powell is a great American," Gingrich said. "I'm proud that he is a Republican. Dick Cheney is a great American. I'm glad both of them are Republicans."
Gingrich's "shrug-it-off approach" seems more practical in theory than in practice. After all, the former Speaker himself has played a leading role in demanding certain litmus tests of Republican figures, whether it be on supporting tax cuts or opposing the Employee Free Choice Act. And as he contemplates making a run at the Republican nomination for president in 2012, the allure of appealing to the party's base seems likely to be more tempting than a lofty belief in ideological inclusiveness." So now we have two side of Newt Gingrich, and on a specific day you never know which one you will get, the good Newt, or the bad Newt. The longer he is out in the public spotlight, the more his quirky, conflicted personality is exposed. Consider that he was previously fired by his own party as Speaker of the House, I don't see this man appealing to anyone who has a working bs meter...
"Shrug them off," the conservative firebrand told CBS's "Face the Nation." "Reagan shrugged them off. Reagan was frequently attacked. I talked to Michael Reagan the other night, President Reagan's son, who pointed out that Reagan had done all sorts of things that were deviances from the conservative purity. But people knew in general he was a conservative. People accepted him as a conservative. And he built a very broad coalition."
The remarks illustrate the growing effort within the GOP to smooth the edges of its image. "My advice is that Colin Powell is a great American," Gingrich said. "I'm proud that he is a Republican. Dick Cheney is a great American. I'm glad both of them are Republicans."
Gingrich's "shrug-it-off approach" seems more practical in theory than in practice. After all, the former Speaker himself has played a leading role in demanding certain litmus tests of Republican figures, whether it be on supporting tax cuts or opposing the Employee Free Choice Act. And as he contemplates making a run at the Republican nomination for president in 2012, the allure of appealing to the party's base seems likely to be more tempting than a lofty belief in ideological inclusiveness." So now we have two side of Newt Gingrich, and on a specific day you never know which one you will get, the good Newt, or the bad Newt. The longer he is out in the public spotlight, the more his quirky, conflicted personality is exposed. Consider that he was previously fired by his own party as Speaker of the House, I don't see this man appealing to anyone who has a working bs meter...
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