Monthly Archives: September 2005

Cheney’s Blogcast: “I Feel Awesome!”

Posted on 09/26/2005 at 6:37 pm by Vice President Dick Cheney

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Breaking News: Cindy Sheehan arrested

Posted on 09/26/2005 at 3:08 pm by Bob Cesca

From the LA Times: Cindy Sheehan, whose protest camp outside President Bush’s vacation home in Texas became a focal point of the antiwar movement this summer, was arrested today outside the White House at the head of a civil disobedience … Continue reading →

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100,000 or 500

Posted on 09/26/2005 at 3:07 pm by John Christian Plummer

Cindy Sheehan was arrested today, joining the proud ranks of incarcerated non-violent civil protestors like Rosa Parks, M.K. Gandhi and Dr. King. She’s in great company. Oh, I just thought of another non-violent civil protestor who was arrested for his … Continue reading →

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Paul’s ‘opinion’ versus Paul’s ‘word of God’

Posted on 09/26/2005 at 1:42 pm by Bob Cesca

Graduated up from the comments are some insightful thoughts from commenter “Sojourner Wolf”. -Bob Unbeknownst to many sitting in the pews on Sunday are some things that are taught in seminary (yes, I have a Masters of Divinity degree from … Continue reading →

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Constitutional ban on ‘reviler marriage’, too?

Posted on 09/26/2005 at 12:11 pm by Bob Cesca

In response to John’s Idiot Nation and my Bigotry In The Name of Jesus H. Christ, one of the most oft quoted New Testament passages which we’ve received has been: 1 Corithians 6:9-10: “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall … Continue reading →

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Cheney’s Blogcast: Surgery a Success!

Posted on 09/25/2005 at 12:43 pm by Vice President Dick Cheney

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Brownies, Brownies everywhere

Posted on 09/25/2005 at 11:07 am by John Christian Plummer

A couple weeks back, Paul Krugman asked what other federal agencies, beyond FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security, were being run by Bush cronies who weren’t qualified for the job. Time Magazine has some of the answers, and they … Continue reading →

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Which prison gang will Frist join?

Posted on 09/25/2005 at 10:33 am by John Christian Plummer

The stock-holding members of Congress are bound by law to have their money in “blind trusts.” This way, they don’t know what companies may benefit or suffer from the way they vote on bills before them. But as usual for … Continue reading →

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100,000

Posted on 09/25/2005 at 4:42 am by John Christian Plummer

In Washington today, at least 100,000 citizens marched against the war. Republicans, Democrats, independents. Young, old. Vets, pacifists. United in one thought: get out of Iraq. It’s taken Tony Blair two years to figure out his country doesn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Cheney’s Blogcast: A Bedside Radio Address

Posted on 09/24/2005 at 12:54 pm by Vice President Dick Cheney

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Shepard Smith Gets Blown Away

Posted on 09/24/2005 at 12:41 am by Bob Cesca

This is one of the funniest cable news videos I’ve ever seen. Shepard Smith getting blown away by Hurricane Rita. Windows Media. Share

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Idiot Nation.

Posted on 09/23/2005 at 5:18 pm by John Christian Plummer

Why are Americans so stupid? The lack of a good education is doubtless at the root of this particular evil. For instance, a school that would expel a kid for having gay parents. That’s not my kind of school. But … Continue reading →

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The flyover presidency continues

Posted on 09/23/2005 at 4:03 pm by John Christian Plummer

Numbnuts, en route, to his home state: “There will be no risk of me getting in the way. What I will do is observe.” Share

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Disaster without end

Posted on 09/23/2005 at 2:54 pm by John Christian Plummer

New Orleans today: “Our worst fears came true,” said Maj. Barry Guidry of the Georgia National Guard. “We have three significant breaches in the levee and the water is rising rapidly,” he said. “At daybreak I found substantial breaks and … Continue reading →

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Global climate change

Posted on 09/23/2005 at 2:37 pm by John Christian Plummer

The term “global warming,” like many quickly adopted scientific terms (i.e. the theory of general relativity) is not entirely accurate. And it’s the lack of accuracy that lends credence to the cudgels of the anti-science monkeys who seek to beat … Continue reading →

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