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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

This man wants to be a Senator????? Part 2

I think this is going to be a long running multi-parter.

Al Franken strikes again. This time in New York where he presumed to lecture Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on "judicial demeanor". The New York Post reports that Mr. Franken queried Justice Scalia about the "appropriateness" of hearing the case of someone he had gone hunting with (an obvious reference to the 2000 case Bush V. Gore). When the host of the event (Conversations on the Circle) opened the floor to questions, Franken got up and started lecturing about "judicial demeanor". Justice Scalia retorted (in what sounded to be a classic smack down) that "Demeanor is the wrong word. You mean ethics." He then went on further to explain that "It has never been the case where you recuse because of friendship."

In the quote of the article, Time Warner chairman Dick Parsons later told the Post: "Al was not quite ready for prime time."

So Al Franken thinks he has the gravitas to be a Senator? After this little show, I think Mr. Franken needs to go back to Civics class. My pre-teen has a better grasp on what politics is about than Al seems to have.....

(Hat Tip KvM)

posted by The Lady Logician at 9:04 PM permalink 0 comments

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Minnesota Democrats Exposed

MDE over at Minnesota Democrats Exposed is an amazing person. He has access to information on our local politicians that they would really rather he not have. As a result, many people have tried to "out" MDE. Their reasoning is simple....expose his identity and dry up his (or her) resources and thus put MDE out of business.

The latest attempt comes via the weblog Inside Minnesota Politics. Now, IMP does not require registration or subscription. Their content is as available for anyone to peruse as it is here at Savage Republican. MDE has quoted content from their site in the past - all properly sourced as it should be. Well apparently that is not good enough for the operators of IMP and they are suing MDE for "copyright infringement". MDE posted a picture from IMP and sourced it to their site. Then 2 weeks ago, MDE was notified (through his/her hosting company) that a "cease and desist order" had been issued. MDE apologized and pulled the offending picture immediately. Then today MDE was informed that IMP and their lawyers were still pushing for his/her hosting company for his/her identity so that the "proper legal papers" could be filed with him/her!

Now many people blog anonymously for a variety of reasons. Some do so because of safety concerns, so do so because of work "conflicts". Whatever the reason, that person should be allowed to exercise his/her free speech rights anynomously if that is that person's desire. No one should be forced to reveal his/her identity because of some sue happy lawyer.

MDE will be looking for help with his/her legal fund. Hopefully, some of the great legal minds that are affiliated with the MOB (Minnesota Organization of Blogs) will be able to assist MDE in his/her time of need. I hope all of you will support MDE, financially if possible, and with your traffic! MDE has done a fabulous job exposing the Democrats for what they are. Their answer, as always, is to try to stifle dissenting voices. WE CAN NOT LET THEM WIN!

posted by The Lady Logician at 9:33 PM permalink 0 comments

"X" marks the spot

This is by far the funniest story of the year. During the live CNN broadcast of Vice President Cheney's speech on Monday, an "X" showed up across the VP's face. Republican pundits were (rightly) outraged and at first CNN blew it off with a dismissive "This was a technolgical malfunction, not an issue of operator error. A portion of the switcher experienced a momentary glitch." Now I am not by nature a cynical person, but please....can we have a lamer excuse? I mean really....the only network MORE hostile to the Bush Administration than CNN is MSNBC and that is a judgement call! The website that broke the story (The Drudge Report) is reporting today that a control room operator "laughed" when the image first appeared and somehow that doesn't shock me at all.

The blatent hatred of the anti-Bush crowd has reached it's most frantic. The fun thing is, we have another 3 years of this to go. My only worry is that they (they hysterical left fringe) peaks too soon. If they do peak before the '08 election things could be boring for those who make a living at political analysis.

That the legacy media is biased against President Bush is no surprise. What is surprising me is how they are not even trying to hide it. I have no doubt that we will see more and more of the anti-Bush hysteria.

posted by The Lady Logician at 7:10 PM permalink 1 comments

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Could it be true?????

According to this report by the AP, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been killed by coalition troops in Mosul yesterday. If true, this will definately help turn the rhetorical tide in DC!

Stay tuned....

posted by The Lady Logician at 4:05 PM permalink 0 comments

What a week it was in DC...

The Senate lost it's backbone and House found theirs.

The Senate, in a widely debated vote, defeated a call for setting a withdrawal timetable - then passed a bill that calls for greater accountability on the conduct of the war. Pundits like Hugh Hewitt called it a "vote of no-confidence" and that their timing of the vote was a "slap in the Presidents face". Make no doubt about this, the timing of the vote was intentional! The Senate Democrats (weasles that they are) held their proposal specifically for the day when the President was travelling. However, I can see why the Republican leadership responded in the way they did. The only way for the Administration to win the war of words right now is to take the progress reports directly to the American people and I can think of no better way for the President to take control of the discussion. The Senate redeemed themselves (slightly) when they found the will to cut $50b in earmarked spending.

The House leadership, conversely, finally showed their collective will. When Rep Joe Murtha called for an "immediate redeplyment" of US troops the House leadership said "let's put it to a vote". The Democratic Leadership immediately cried "FOWL" even going so far as to call it "personal attack on one of the best members, one of the most respected members of this House". What a joke! They have been calling for a complete withdrawl ever since Cindy Sheehan appeared on the scene! To call Friday's debate an exercise in hypocricy would be an understatement of epic proportions!

All in all, I think that this week is the beginning of the end for the debate on the war. The Democrats left themselves wide open for this. Their rhetoric (in calling for a withdrawal) lead them to this precipice and the Republicans finally called their bluff. All I can say is, it's about time!

posted by The Lady Logician at 10:27 AM permalink 1 comments