I’m a union-card carrying, Hubert Humphrey Democrat. So Ronald Reagan is not one of my favorite presidents, not by a long shot. But I’ve got to hand it to the Gipper for coming up with what was called the 11th Commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” I’d like to see our party modify it to read, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Democrat.” Of course, Republicans trash each other. But in my native Kentucky, Democrats...
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Lawmakers Honor The Dalai Lama
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award on Tuesday. The Dalai Lama said the award encourages him, at 74, to dedicate the rest of his life to the “promotion of human affection and compassion, and equality and basic human rights in Tibet, or in mainland China, or everywhere.” Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, said at the ceremony that “unless we speak out for human rights in China and in Tibet, we lose all...
The Eliminationists: Violent Language and Intent In America
“Eliminationist? What’s that? Who are they? I’ve not seen that word before and don’t understand. “ These are common reactions when people see the real work being done to define the violent rhetoric today. There is a movement of people who are radical and think seriously of how to demonize then eliminate their opposition. The language of elimination is becoming very common. There have been public calls for the President’s death. We have a Facebook poll voting for or...
Letterman
The latest sex scandal… David Letterman: A top CBS News producer was busted Thursday for trying to shake down late night TV host David Letterman – threatening to expose the funnyman’s affairs with several female staffers in a movie and book. Letterman’s big announcement last night, live on his show was perhaps a bit of not to be missed TV. I’m glad I did miss it however. It’s another one of those stories about men with some power acting...
Kerry Might Buck Obama on Afghanistan Troop Increase
There’s speculation in the WaPo today that Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, may be prepared to “buck” the Obama Administration if his “fact-finding leads him to conclude that Afghanistan could turn into another Vietnam.” Video of Kerry’s interview with Lois Romano of the WaPo is available here and the transcript of the interview is here. I expect we will be hearing more from Kerry on the topic of Afghanistan, as the Senate approved proposal...
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