Ron Paul
One reason I haven't jumped on the Ron Paul ship is because I'm not sure he's a
legitimate candidate (why spend time reading up on him, if there's no way he'll
get the nod?). That might now change:
> Congressman
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Hillary Trouble?
I quote and link
[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55320]. You decide
whether this will teflon off her:
> A business mogul who says he was Hillary Clinton's biggest donor in her 2000
Senate campaign is preparing to release a newly recovered videotape his
The New Gay Strategy
"They Won't Know What Hit Them [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200703/tim-gill]
." That's the title of a scary piece at The Atlantic Monthly. Summary: Led by
wealthy homosexual Tim Gill, some very rich homosexuals and homosexual
sympathizers have come up with a
Politicians Mowing the Lawn
The new issue of The Atlantic Monthly came yesterday. It looks alright, perhaps
a little sub-par compared to most issues. It has some good stuff, though, like
this funny re-run of P.J. O'Rourke's views on politicians
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610/150-
Barnes on Media
The most-recent issue of Imprimis has a good account by Fred Barnes of
mainstream media bias. Link [http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/]. Excerpts:
> President Bush is similarly treated as someone who is obsessive about his
religion. And what does he do? Well, he reads a devotional every day;
The Gay Landscape
Benjamin Wittes writes in The Atlantic Monthly about the current pink battle
waging in the states about gay marriage. Subscriber-only link
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200605/gay-marriage]. I disagree with Wittes'
views that color his "facts" a little, but overall, he does a nice
Trash Science
> Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought
everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with
complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative.
> At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids
Leno
I voted for Bush twice, but Leno slayed me with this one: "Mexican President
Vicente Fox announced that they have discovered oil under the Gulf of Mexico. In
a related story, President Bush accused Mexico of having weapons of mass
destruction."
It's the Dead Babies
Joseph Bottum talks about Republican many problems and the Democrats' big one:
abortion. Good stuff [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/]. Excerpt:
> And the trouble is abortion, for the Democrats are pinned by it. Although NARAL
may have an ordained Methodist minister to act as its official chaplain, there
Hot Blooded in Spain
> There were massacres of Catholic clergy and churches, monasteries and convents
were burned with severe impact to the rich Spanish historical and artistic
heritage. Twelve bishops, 283 nuns 2,365 monks and 4,184 priests were murdered
That's from Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_