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Why I Love George W. Bush

edhula3 — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:20:33 EST

Yes, I do mean the President George W. Bush.

This is why.

It is pretty hard to hate a guy who gets locked in to his oen press conference and then makes a joke about it.

Election Watch or: How Touching a Screen can be Fun

edhula3 — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:49:17 EST

I voted here in Atlanta, even though the results for mayor were already known two years before the election (eds.: 91% victory! The only reason people didn't vote for her was because she is black, a woman, or a black woman. A small fourth variable were the people who didn't like her for being a woman who is black).

Pentagon Watch

edhula3 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:32:16 EST

Yes I am watching the Pentagon. What with my ultra clandestine monitorting systems...but mainly by means of their podcasts.

Facebook

edhula3 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:18:31 EST

Even if you do not believe in God, Facebook shows the proof of Satan, as Facebook is his spawn.

Do it: Facebook me!

PBS and it's Future

edhula3 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:10:16 EST

I am a big fan of PBS. Big fan. Give me two hours and a show on String Theory (the proposed "theory of everything") and I am amazingly content and...captivated. However I digress.

Joe Gandelman writes a superb piece on Kenneth Tomlinson, the former director of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Gandelman shows how Tomlinson only wanted, not to make PBS a network of the middle ground but rather simply a place for a conservative viewpoint.

The case is made that there are "responsible" members of the GOP (eds.: what? Is that an oxymoron?) who could have done what, frankly, needs to be done to the CPB. And that is to make it a place, not for one political idealogy, but rather to make sure that conservative voices are not marganilized or misrepresented.

I have to agree. The goal of the CPB is ultimately to provide broadcasts for the people. If it is to be "for the people" then there should not be one dominating political idealogy throughout its programming. It should be the government promoting both sides and not indoctrinating people. After all, once a government starts indoctrinating people, its leaders start to sound like this loon and drain on civilized culture.

Why the South is so Much Better than the North

edhula3 — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:37:49 EST

November 2nd and not a cold day yet. By this I mean it has been 60s-ish to 50s-ish.

And the women (eds.:just GRITS though, not these transplants).

Oh, and our state politics are actually exciting and interesting.

(eds.:why then do you want to transfer to a college in the north?) No further comment.

Update: It's been true since '72; "the South is the Key". (This of course references the need for a presidential candidate to take the south to win the race).

Catholics and...uhh, Politics

edhula3 — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:50:20 EST

I would love to be a member of this group (for the idea of being a meber and because of my faith) but you all should read this article about it. Quite interesting indeed.

The Case FOR Harriet Miers; Revisited and Resloved

edhula3 — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:33:36 EST

"She" has (had?) a funny blog.

Laura Alito, attractive (eds.:just wait a few years and she will be a "chick he'd go convservative for"), Harriet Miers--not so much.

The Case FOR Samuel Alito

edhula3 — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:26:46 EST

I'll say it. No one else wants to admit it. But I will.

His daughter is kind of attractive.

There.

Catholics and the Dems

edhula3 — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:10:52 EST

It's something I have opined about earlier, and here are two most exceptional articles relating to that matter. Go ahead read them, you will love it.
(Then read these half Catholic half Jewish too smart for their own good types.)

Just so you know, I am a Catholic, have no doubt. (We have two mafias. Beat that Protestants!)

The Case FOR Harriet Miers

edhula3 — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:46:11 EDT

Uhh, I'll get back to you on that.

Update: From the funniest Irish-American Oxford tutor in
politics living in Switzerland who maintains a blog.

Question for Feminists and other CPeeps

edhula3 — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:09:37 EDT

I am not trying to be a jerk but, do you think that this is just too much?

If Cigarettes were illegal in the US, it would cost governments a total of:

edhula3 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:09:57 EDT

$ 1,164,125,000 using the median state cigarette tax, and assuming that the number of taxable cigarettes as found here does not get revised (and I have little reason to believe it will be altered significantly).

A footnote: (God I can not believe I just copied Robert Novak in any way, albeit a small one) This is only how much it would cost state governments in taxes only. I am trying to figure out how much it would cost due to an increase in the number of Social Security payments issued.

Justices O'Connor and Breyer at GSU

edhula3 — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:33:39 EDT

They will be there and I shall report...assuming I get in.

While GSU is not that concerned about its speakers, Cornell West came last year and he filled the auditorium in about 30 minutes, so I will be waiting by the door for a full two to three hours before the event.

Here's to hoping I get in.

Damn Abalama

edhula3 — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:31:05 EDT

I went to an institute not known for its higher education to play Rugby on Saturday, my team had a 50/50 record by the way.

We stayed to watch a moment of triumph, experienced normally only by soldiers, and left with the following quote that is so apt,

"Alabama. What a waste of a state."

Now there is a story that accompanies said quote and it is quite hillarious (the "I" is not me, but rather Woody, the creator of the quote);

So Max and I got into a quasi-fight after the football game. Here's how it went down:

We were walking from the stadium back to Theta Chi were the van was. A guy in some very stylish orange pants with an orange and blue tie stumbled by us (he clearly had not been drinking AT ALL).

Orange Pants: I Say 'FUCK Georgia Tech!'
Woody: Yeah, well...I say 'fuck Auburn...'
Orange Pants: What?
Woody: You heard me you peter puffing, salad tossing geish monkey.
Orange Pants: Fuck you! Go back to Atlanta you fag!
Woody: (with a dismissive wave) Oh...go be frat-tastic somewhere, cock holster.

Max and I had continued down the street a ways and I was having this dialogue over a space of about 20 yards.

Orange Pants: Come back here and say that! Fag! Fuck you!

I turned to face him, jumped up and down, flailed my arms about and made an "Oooh oooh" monkey noise. That seemed to really irritate him for some reason. He had a really good comeback, though.

Orange Pants: What!? Fuck you!
Woody: Sure thing, Scooter.
Orange Pants: You just gonna talk and walk? Come back here!
Max: (turning around) Hey, man. Just take it easy.

Good luck at school

edhula3 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:44:53 EDT

To all, may you fare well during this school year! I am incredibly excited about this year as I am taking Political Communication (we simulate a campaign), Intro to Political Research, Modern Political Thought, and Latin (back to back with Political Thought).

Even more exciting, I have started my research for the year and might be published.

I am working for a gubernatorial campaign so that explains my recent (and continued) lack of posting. I might however be the blogger for that campaign. FYI, the candidate's initials are MT. And I live in Georgia.

If I do post anything, it will be on policy and not politics, although I will be posting comments on blogs.

DeLay is Still Innocent but...

edhula3 — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:12:27 EDT

This
and especially this will make it much harder for the public to view him as such.

Unlike Msr. Tucker Carlson, I am a busy man and will not be able to elaborate at this juncture, but I will this afternoon.

Finland, Finland, Finland

edhula3 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:27:55 EDT

I have returned from my journies.

Finland was a wonderful place indeed. First the women, oy vey! The women, I am not sure if I can say any mo-(eds: NO!).

A great place, I will write about my experiences tommorow.

As it is, I am exhausted and sick, and have completed two posts, which I will admit are lacking in quality, mostly because of my current status.

I might even be tempted to do some photo-blogging, or go back next year.

Cindy Sheehan

edhula3 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:19:58 EDT

Crazy, insane to the degree of needs to be institutionalized, just plain stupid.

Madame Fury Thrower, nee Michelle Malkin (eds: she is a "Chick he'd go Conservative for), claims that Ms. Sheehan is being swallowed by the left. No, I think Ms. Sheehan is using them to get her message across. Good for her, she needed it at the start.

But to totally discredit her for her choice of allies and speaking out against a war you vehemently supported is callous, rude, and disgraceful on your part. This is a time for Ms. Sheehan that is intensely personal and distressing, to demonize her due to politics while she is suffering as greatly as she is, is so egregiously vile and contemptuous I wouldn't wish it upon Mme. Malkin.

Mister Moore, and others on the left, are no less guilty of idiocy. Using someone who has a loved one involved with the war to show that this war should not be fought is a stupid choice due to how clear the bias will be. Allow me to highlight how pointless such a biased position is; would we take into consideration a prisoner on death row's proposal for jail security? I would hope not.

But, and this might be the pot calling the kettle black (see above about Mme. Malkin) why would you be so stunned that your son, a soldier in active duty, would be killed?

Part of his job was to potentially sacrifice his life, so that you, I, and everyone else in America, can continue to chose to live how we want to. It was how he was called to duty, and I wish I had the courage, strength, and bravery to do likewise.

On Shrub's part, all he has to do is walk out of his house, go on a 500 yard stroll to his gate, and spend 30 minutes, an hour, however long it takes, listening to a distraught mother, whose sorrow is his doing. Quite simple.

Granted he won't do it because he has what is appearing to be clearer every day, no real plan of action, and no idea how to formulate one.

I understand he doesn't want to be seen meeting with grieving parents as an attempted photo-op, but this is getting to the point where he is appearing more aloof and distant than ever, teetering on the point of indifference to the families of the soldiers he commands.

The worst outcome, and I think most plausible, of this is that Shrub will show his total apathy to pain he has caused. I hope, I truly do, that just for a few minutes at least, Dubya will listen to her. Face to face. I hope then he does realize the full scale and scope of his decisions.

Don't Attack Judge Roberts

edhula3 — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:42:33 EDT

Here's why.

Moreover, NARAL seems as uninformed as ever and is determined to show the world.

Let us not forget, the Democrats were originally, and many still are, attacking Judge Roberts simply to attack him. They still do not seem to be aware of what are the real issues at stake.

If nothing else, for each specious claim that groups against him make, there is plenty of documentation to go against what ever charges are thrown at him, making him "super candidate", and therefore "unborkable".

So what should progressives, liberals, and other left-of-centerites be doing? Keep all the money being raised, save the energy, and stop wasting time labeling him as something he is not.

Remeber that Clinton's nominees sailed through the Senate. Democrats do have an obligation, not to sacrifice their views, but to treat the proces with civility it deserves.