From Talk-Left via Matt Gross, let’s everyone remember what is at stake in this election — there could be up to four new justices picked during the next Presidential term. Go read the article.
A View From the Schoolhouse
From Talk-Left via Matt Gross, let’s everyone remember what is at stake in this election — there could be up to four new justices picked during the next Presidential term. Go read the article.
Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, performs a version of the Village People’s hit disco song ‘YMCA’ at the conclusion of Asia’s largest security meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday July 2, 2004. Powell took to the stage, dressed as a construction worker Friday, with other unidentified US diplomats to deliver their rendition of the 1970’s hit song to an audience of Asia Security meeting delegates.
Click the link for a photo… and here’s another.
I’m actually aghast at this. At a time when our credibility world-wide is at what must be close to an all-time low, we sent the Secretary of State to Indonesia to dress up like a camp act from the 1970s and sing YMCA. At what point during the evening did Powell think, "That’s it. I really have sold my soul to the devil?"
From Crooked Timber:
According to the blog Non Prophet, James Dobsons socially conservative activist group, Focus on the Family, has included Michael Moores home address in their daily email to supporters.
What legitimate purpose could this possibly serve? What have Moores neighbors, wife and daughter done to merit the danger that FOTF have foolishly put them in? Simply disgusting.
To me, this is just one more example of the right-wing’s unwillingness to debate on issues, choosing instead to bully and harrass. Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Focus on the Family, Karl Rove, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Ann Coulter, etc… there’s no attempt to dialogue, there’s just a ‘We Will Do Whatever It Takes To Win, and anyone who disagrees with us deserve what they get" mentality.
What’s sad is that who wants to have to play that way to win?