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Random, occasionally rambling thoughts with links to interesting, scandalous, or partisan news of the day. Fair and Balanced 
We owe the liberty and freedom we take for granted to the enlisted men and women in the armed forces. They sacrifice family, ease, and even life laboring in service to all of us. The least we can do for them is honor their devotion with dignified pay scales, decent education for themselves and their children, and reasonable compensation for service away from their families and death on the battlefield. Flag waving politicians who praise the troops on one hand and cut their pay and benefits with the other should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
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Friday, May 31, 2002
Okay, where was I. Ashcroft didn't get it, doesn't get it, and can't get it. He's a moral warrior in a country with no moral battles that are legally contestible. He's picking stupid fights, wasting the country's time and resources, and generally pissing people off. We want and need an attorney general who can clean house at the lamentably dysfunctional FBI and start sticking it to our enemies, preferrably the foreign ones. His appeal of the Oregon death with dignity decision is the mark of a religiously intolerant man, not a dispassionate civil servant working on behalf of the American people. When the judge in that case rightfully admonished him for interfering in the affairs of a state he should have backed off. His appeal shows arrogance and a fundamental misunderstanding of our Federal system. Not a good sign from a former governor and senator. He has proven his inability to do his job protecting the country and it's time for him to go. posted by Dave on 11:33 PM | 0 comments link
The gist of the spiel was that we have an Attorney General who has: 1. an abnormal interest in child pornography 2. a reluctance to be photographed within range of a stutuary breast 3. a demonstrated inability to let the voters of Oregon determine their own laws 4. a fixation on marijuana and drugs in general as the biggest threat to America 5. an inability to understand that Americans, by and large, don't need more than one new gun a month. 6. an unhealth fixation on child porn. 7. virtual child porn on his virtual mind all day long. Did I mention child porn? Hey John! Wake up, dude! There's no giant child porn industry! The US Justice Department is the biggest distributor of child pornography in the United States...along with the US Postal Service. Hey John, I've just got one thing to say to you: "Osama bin Laden". Today's papers make it clear...oh yeah, Post. posted by Dave on 11:28 PM | 0 comments link
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Damn it. I just wrote the world's most eloquent indictment of J Edgar Ashcroft and Blogger ate it during a time-out. I type fast, but I guess I paused too much. I guess I'll have to Post posted by Dave on 11:22 PM | 0 comments link -------------------- Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Welcome to the rant. There has been a great bash of the Saudis today at a congressional hearing with panelists ranging from Bill Kristol to James Woolsey. Everybody agrees the Saudis are nasty shits who deserve to be moved from the friend column. Not a good day to buy futures in the Al Saud clan. Then again, we're not done with our Sept 11 payback and the Saudis leaders are occupied with hassling women, paying homicide bombers, and setting up more "Hate America" schools. I don't have anything against Islam, but I do hate hypocrites and the Saud family are really lousy Muslims. posted by Dave on 12:37 PM | 0 comments link -------------------- |