That huge firefight, going on in Pakistan right now between coalition troops and al-Qaida, in which the U.S. intends to seize Ayman al-Zawahiri? Well, The Guardian reported his capture two years ago. What’s going on here?
Category Archives: Politics
Face the nation, indeed.
Don’t miss this high-larious clip of Donald Rumsfeld on “Face the Nation” last weekend. It would be scandalous if we hadn’t been so deadened to the reality of the situation.
Abu Hafs al-Masri endorses Bush.
The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, the al-Qaeda-related group that has claimed responsibility for the Madrid bombings, has endorsed George Bush for the presidency. I swear I’m not making this up. From Reuters: The statement said it supported President Bush in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic …
Homosexual sex is “like pure heroin.”
Says Dr. Paul Cameron, the founder of the right-wing (obviously; just look at the name) Family Research Institute: “Untrammeled homosexuality can take over and destroy a social system. If you isolate sexuality as something solely for one’s own personal amusement, and all you want is the most satisfying orgasm you can get — and that …
U.S. overthrows Haiti?
I’m watching Anderson Cooper on CNN, and he is currently conducting a live telephone interview with Jean Bertrand Aristide, who is speaking from the Central African Republic. Aristide says that he was overthrown by the United States, not rebels. He claims that he was kidnapped, flown out of Haiti, and left in Africa. Although Colin …
Twelve reasons same-sex marriage will ruin society.
Courtesy of the University of Florida’s Gay-Straight Alliance: Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents …
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Those darned activist judges.
I’m pleased to read that President Bush intends to crack down on “activist judges”. These judges radically alter and, at times, actually create law, bypassing the legislature entirely, in violation of our constitution. And, frankly, I’m shocked — shocked — that it’s taken this long for something to happen. It is with this in mind …
It’s a simple question.
The press, it seems, is finally getting tired of being pushed around by the White House. I’ve read the transcript of just about every press briefing and press gaggle since August, and there has been a long, slow slide as the media has gotten tired of being lied to, tired of being pushed around, and …
Scrubbing the voter list.
I remain appalled by the 2000 election debacle in Florida, and I periodically feel the need to remind myself exactly how bald-faced the whole rip-off was. It’s all too easy to think “well, that’s behind us now; the courts settled it.” Only they never considered the real matter, which was that of some 55,000 voters …
Marshall opposed to “sex pills.”
Bob “Freakshow” Marshall attempted to block Governor Mark Warner’s appointments to the James Madison University Board of Visitors. JMU was the site of the last Marshall show-down: it was there that Marshall convicted then-board-member (now General Assembly member) Mark Obenshain to push to have the morning-after pill banned. If I may quote from myself, from …