Archive for October, 2008
Unusual
From www.justonejudge.com: [cross-posted to PWPL]
Read More..>>A tough one
A break from election talk and other serious Hallowe’en (sorry, “black and orange day”) preparations. Who’s the best Bond ever? Daniel Craig or Sean Connery? (Roger Moore is out, as far as I’m concerned – never should have been considered.) I’m a big Connery fan… [cross-posted PWPL]
Read More..>>This is what I call principle
Obama/Edwards/Clinton speechwriter Wendy Button on why she’ll be voting McCain. You don’t have to agree with her reasons (I mostly do) or her conclusions. But you’ve got to admire her courage for daring to act according to her principles. The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked [...]
Read More..>>Ah yes, art
Imagine if they’d gone with, oh, I don’t know, Mr. Obama instead? Think the neighbours would have found it giggle-worthy? WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) ― A Halloween decoration showing a mannequin dressed as vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin hanging by a noose from the roof of a West Hollywood home is drawing giggles from some [...]
Read More..>>Give the lady a break, will ya?
So now it’s wrong to be a strong, independent-minded woman? Stories about how Sarah Palin is “going rogue” because she said a few (relatively minor) things that weren’t vetted by McCain’s aides are being played as though she had warned that America would be faced with a difficult crisis should McCain be elected president… And [...]
Read More..>>A touch over-enthusiastic, methinks
Contrary to DH, I don’t think Barack Obama is going to win so splendidly. I’m not even convinced he’s going to win at all. But if he does, he won’t be done with folks like Joe the Plumber.
Read More..>>Girls gotta shop
No, seriously. I don’t get at all excited over the $150,000 spent on Sarah Palin’s clothing, hair, and make-up for the duration of the campaign since Labour Day. That’s 60 days (I’m presuming she’s not getting much time away from the cameras) of campaigning. That means $2,500 per day. I wouldn’t be surprised if she [...]
Read More..>>In praise of plain language
This speech by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has attracted some notice for his reference to abortion as “little murders”. But I found something else worth noting in it: We need to be very forceful in defending what the words in our political vocabulary really mean. Words are important because they shape our thinking, and our [...]
Read More..>>Quick question
What do you do when even the French don’t care about you?
Read More..>>Sorry Andrea…
I’m not trying to make you cry, I promise. But you know, sometimes we forget that being pro-life isn’t only about saving unborn babies from abortion. Check out the last minute and 20 seconds of this video. When’s the last time anyone stood up for people like Cody Ring? Who’s the last politician who paid [...]
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