Point made. Again.

Not that I really believe it's needed but, to further strengthen my argument that the media is NOT biased to the right (see "Right-wing Media Indeed, March 14, 2006 in this blog), I quote the latest e-News from Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-partisan watch-dog group that is really non-partisan:

"Porker of the Month"
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Representative Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) Porker of the Month for abusing his position on the House Appropriations Committee by securing hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks that may have benefited him personally. In an April 8, 2006 article, the New York Times detailed how Rep.Mollohan has directed $250 million to five nonprofit organizations that he set up. To run the organizations, Rep. Mollohan has recruited friends and former aides who then contribute to his political campaigns and family foundation. The National Legaland Policy Center has filed a complaint questioning whether a spike in Rep. Mollohan's personal fortune had any connection to earmarks that he secured, and on April 21, Rep. Mollohan stepped down from his position as the senior Democrat on the House Ethics Committee. For directing earmarks to wasteful projects that have the effect of swelling his campaign coffers and possibly his personal wealth, CAGW names Rep. Alan Mollohan Porker of the Month for April 2006. Read more about the Porker of the Month.http://www.cagw.org/site/R?i=ReksTOgAwJ44tjGfPP0yycA.

Have you heard about this? Of course not. It's a Democrat! The ranking Democrat on the Ethics Committee for crying out loud! The Times was forced to run their article when the Wall Street Journal broke it the story the day before. Since then? Compare this case with that of Tom Delay. Delay's alleged transgressions would appear on the surface to pale in comparison but while the Delay story has lead the network news for months, we've heard not a word about this scandal. As I wrote in my previous post, the media's bias is as clear by what they don't cover as by what they do. Point made. Again.

Oh yea...

Suri?
Congrats Brooke!
Shut up Clooney.
Amer, I wish you had a noonah!

Daddy knows best?

Last week Katie Holmes was wise enough to deliver a new baby girl while the enthusiastic daddy was in London promoting his new movie. I say wise because Dad's whereabouts at the time of delivery seem to be a direct reflection of his life priorities. There's no sense subjecting this poor kid to him any sooner than she had to. If this child has any luck Mom & psuedo-Dad's relationship will deteriorate sooner rather than later, Mom will come to her senses, go home to Grandma & Grandpa and she will have something approaching a normal, well-adjusted, faith-based life. You can bet Dad will be too busy to stop in fly-over country just to see his kid. If not, I'm afraid she is in for a hell of a ride as her Daddy seems to get stranger by the day. My guess is that Tommy-boy is just a couple couch bounces away from dangling this poor kid off a balcony somewhere. By the way, that is NOT the new baby that Tom is holding in the adjoining photo but it's probably only a matter of time.

Have a take, DON'T SUCK!

My advice to everyone, on every subject is something I'm borrowing from Jim Rome the sports talk show host. What Mr. Rome tells his callers and what I'm telling you is this: "Have a take, don't suck!". Be it religion, politics, Bush, the economy, the environment, sports, cars or any other subject you decide to vent your opinion or feelings about, please..."HAVE A TAKE, DON'T SUCK!".
My college age daughter and her boyfriend were telling me recently about a friend of theirs that, despite his fairly conservative Catholic upbringing, had decided to become a Bush hating, war protesting, pseudo-environmentalist, atheist liberal though he could offer them no reasonable explaination of why that was the correct position to hold. The retelling of the discussion with him sounded much like the multitudes of conversations I've heard and had myself with his kind. Many, if not most, liberals have absolutely no basis for the opinions and beliefs they profess to hold. They offer little, if any, scientific or historical foundation to reinforce their arguments. I.e., "They don't have a take, they suck".
While I know there are intelligent, deep-thinking leftists out there, I believe that in many cases the pseudo liberals that make up most of the "left" are regurgitating what they have heard in the media or from their leftist friends (or professors in my daughter's friend's case). It is the modern way of fitting in, of going with the crowd. Many older liberals are leftover hippies that have had nothing to protest since the sixties and seek to relive their youth, to find a new cause to believe in. Many of the younger ones seek the passion that was that era to fill the void in their meaningless, materialistic little lives. They've never learned to believe passionately in anything.
I really have no problem with someone who legitimately disagrees with me if they can do it in a civilized, intelligent manner. I enjoy those thought-provoking, mind-expanding discussions. But don't offer up some half-baked mimic of a sound bite you've heard between Eminem songs. "Bush lied!" they always scream. Yea, yea and Limbaugh's fat. Think, dammit! Decide what you believe and why. Be able to support your argument.
In other words: Have a take, don't suck. Thanks Jim

Ahhh, for Reagan again

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." - Ronald Reagan

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." - Ronald Reagan

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting." - Ronald Reagan

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." - Ronald Reagan

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will & moral courage of free men & women. - Ronald Reagan