Month: August 2008

The Politics of Distraction

In the interest of full disclosure, I am not an expert when it comes to political debates. I do not have some magical ability to be able to determine how someone did or whether they “won” the debate or not. However, I do know when I see blatant stupidity. This is one of those times.

How does one compensate for when a presidential candidate loses a debate and performs poorly? The said person’s campaign screams, “They cheated!” as long and loud as possible to distract from that fact that said person did quite poorly in the debate.

Such is the case, in the recent “civil” Non-Debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. This was not even a debate at all, but rather a “supposed” interview between a so-called Pastor Rick Warren and the presidential candidates for President of the United States. In the interest of full disclosure, I have little or no use for “Pastor” Rick Warren’s type of “Christianity for Dummies” style of Ministry. I made it through half of a chapter of his book, “The Purpose Driven Life,” and quickly realized that it was nothing more than Robert Schuller humanistic theology made palatable for Non-Reformist Christians.

However, the issue here at hand is. Did McCain cheat? McCain was in a motorcade coming to the event, which hardly qualifies as cheating. It seems to me that someone who was better prepared beat Obama, badly. That person was John McCain. I will let it be known, that I do not support John McCain for President of the United States. However, for Obama to infer that McCain cheated shows that Obama is not someone who is even remotely ready for the office of President of The United States. He lacks the talent, He lacks the experience, and he lacks the ability to debate his positions.

Those who agree with me are Hot Air, Megan McArdle, Right Wing Watch,

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Roman Catholic Thug Bill Donohue wants to control free speech.

This is stupid beyond words.

Via Catholic League:

“The list of credentialed blogs include radical sites like The Daily Kos. Worse are blogs that feature anti-Catholic and obscene material. The two most offensive are Bitch Ph.D. and Towleroad.

“On the home page of Bitch Ph.D. there is a picture of two children: one of them is shown flashing his middle finger. Today’s lead post, which was written August 17, is called ‘Jesus Christ.’ It begins with, ‘I’m a really crappy Catholic who hasn’t been to mass in ages because most parishes around here ‘will’ insist on being aggressively anti-abortion….’ The writer then objects to some children’s toys on the grounds that they are more offensive than desecrating the Eucharist. The toys are actually balloons that have been made to depict Jesus in various poses, including a crucified Christ; one of these images shows Jesus with a penis. Several who commented on this image made patently obscene comments.

“Towleroad describes itself as ‘A Site with Homosexual Tendencies.’ Accordingly, it shows men in jock straps and underwear. It also has a post on Pope Benedict XVI that takes him to task for wearing a cape with ermine. Some of those who commented on this described the pope in a vile and profane way.

“Both of these blogs should be cut immediately from the list of credentialed sites. Neither functions as a responsible media outlet and both offend Catholics, as well as others. To allow them access to the Democratic National Convention sends a message to Catholics they will not forget. We look for Leah Daughtry, CEO of the Convention, to nix them ASAP.”

I tend to believe that Mr. Donohue might want to rethink his position on this, because insulting the Catholic Church is one thing, but suppression of free speech is another, especially in the Blogging world. This could backfire in the face of Bill and his band of idiots.

Others: The Edge of the American West, Right Wing Watch, The Carpetbagger Report and ATTACKERMAN

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Site Numbers

I got my site numbers in for this month. I must say, that I was shocked…

Check it out:

From the beginning of the month:

  • Hits: 1874
  • Hosts: 861
  • Visitors: 981
  • Sessions: 1245

Last week:

  • Hits: 806
  • Hosts: 405
  • Visitors: 422
  • Sessions: 526

I must say, that is pretty darned awesome.

Donation Appeal (with cool Gun Video….)

Hey All, It’s the time again… Where I rattle my donation can.

Check this video out and please, donate to the Blog.

You can either via PayPal or by Revolution Money Exchange. Either way, do it. You’ll be doing a great thing. Karma is such a nice thing.

Yes, I am Pro-Gun and Yes, I am a Libertarian Conservative, and yes, this is my full time gig.

Enjoy the Video:

The Week in Review (Open Trackback)

Here’s my bi weekly open trackback posting…

The neighborhood had it’s yearly cookout. I ate good, a good time was had by all. It was a wee bit hot out for me. I couldn’t stay in that direct sunlight, My medication won’t let me, makes me sick. So, I was in and out all day.

Other than that, I had a good time.

In other news:

The magic one was caught in a lie.

I shared my thoughts on the CNN/Rick Warren dog and pony show last night.

I also took Allahpundit to task on his choice of words in a article he wrote, and in usual cowardly fashion, he deleted my trackback.

I also mentioned this week, that a blogger couple needs help.

I reported that Detroit’s Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick will stand trial for shoving a Wayne County officer. Who was just doing his job.

Howard Dean is an idiot, as always.

John McCain is not far behind himself.

I laid the smackdown on WorldNetDaily for their blantant stupidity.

I also condemned Rush Limbaugh for his rather idiotic remarks about John Edward’s wife.

…and that’s it for this Round up!

Here’s those trackbacks:

Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Full Metal Cynic, Rosemary’s Thoughts, A Blog For All, Right Truth, Shadowscope, Cao’s Blog, Democrat=Socialist, Conservative Cat, Nuke’s, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, Allie is Wired, third world county, Woman Honor Thyself, McCain Blogs, The World According to Carl, Pirate’s Cove, , The Pink Flamingo, , Dumb Ox Daily News, and Right Voices, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

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